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Happiness Index: Nebraska Ranked First, Florida Last In Economic Happiness

Mainstreet | MainStreet.Com Staff Writers | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Inflation Rate, Unemployment, Employment, Foreclosure, Florida, Misery Index, Non-Mortgage Debt, Income, Happiness, Business News

The newest installment of the Happiness Index has arrived and residents of the midwest will be happy to learn that their strangle-hold on the top spot...

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Feds Raid Offices Of Florida Lawyer And Political Booster Scott Rothstein

AP | CURT ANDERSON | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Florida, Charlie Crist, Rothstein Raid, Rothstein Fraud, Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, Scott-Rothstein, Business News

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Federal agents seized computers, bank and investment records, cash and even the key to a Ferrari during an all-night sea...

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Inmates Save Guard's Life From Attack By Another Prisoner (VIDEO)

Posted 11.05.2009 | Home

Read More: Inmates Rescue Prisoner Guard, Video, Crime, Criminals, Inmate Attacks Prison Guard, Florida, Inmates Save Prison Guards Life, Home News

A Florida prison guard has some unlikely heroes to thank for saving his life - the very inmates he guards. The man was attacked by a prisoner while s...

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Job Losses? Not in North Dakota. A Stimulus Plan That Really Works

Ellen Brown | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: State Deficits, Banking Crisis, Fractional-Reserve-System, Job Loss, Unemployment, Farid Khavari, Bank of North Dakota, President Obama, North Dakota, Florida, Montana, State-Owned Banks, Job Creation, California, Business News

Why is North Dakota doing so well, when other states are suffering the ravages of a deepening credit crisis? Its secret may be that it has its own credit machine.

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Crist's Senate Candidacy Undercut by Claims, Power Grab

Matt Mackowiak | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Races, Charlie Crist, Senate, Florida, Governor Charlie Crist, Marco Rubio, Politics News

As the open U.S. Senate race in Florida heats up, the record of incumbent Governor Charlie Crist is rightly being examined by the news media, conservative activists and Florida voters.

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Jeffry Picower Dead: Madoff Friend Found At Bottom Of Pool

AP | BRIAN SKOLOFF | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Palm Beach, Sec, Florida, Crime, Madoff, Philanthropy, Picower Drowned, Picower Drowns, New York, Fraud, Picower Dead, Wall Street, Ponzi Scheme, Picower Dies, Jeffry Picower, Business News

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Jeffry Picower, a philanthropist accused of profiting more than $7 billion from the investment schemes of his longtime friend...

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Marco Rubio Will Defeat Charlie Crist in the 2010 GOP Senate Primary

Senate Guru | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Charlie Crist, Florida, Nrsc, Marco Rubio, Senate 2010, Republican Primary, Republicans, Straw Polls, Florida Senate Race, Politics News

Florida's conservative Republican base overwhelmingly prefers Rubio to Crist as their nominee, no matter what the DC GOP establishment and NRSC might try to dictate. Look at the polls.

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Retirement Community Fights To Evict 6-Year-Old Girl (VIDEO)

Posted 10.21.2009 | Home

Read More: Kimberly Broffman, Senior Citizens, Children, Eviction, Retirement Community, Florida, Housing Crisis, Kimberly Stottler, Parenting, Grandparents, Real Estate, 6 Yearold, Home News

A retirement community in Largo, Florida is fighting to evict six-year-old Kimberly Broffman from the home of her grandparents Jimmy and Judie Stottle...

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SEC Charges 3 Men In $14 Million Ponzi Scheme That Targeted Haitians In Florida, New Jersey

AP | JENNIFER KAY | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business

MIAMI — Three men are accused of running a Ponzi scheme that scammed more than $14 million from hundreds of Haitian-American investors in South ...

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Reviving the Local Economy With Publicly-Owned Banks

Ellen Brown | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Florida, Deflation, Wall Street, Inflation, Derivatives, Banks, Federal Reserve, Credit Crunch, Bank Bailout, Business News

Despite trillions of dollars in bailout money, bank loans fell to their lowest rate since the onset of the Great Depression. Now that the Fed has done all they can, is it time for the states to step in?

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6 Bonnano New York Crime Family Members Plead Guilty To Racketeering In Florida

AP | CURT ANDERSON | Posted 10.15.2009 | New York

Read More: Organized Crime, Racketeering, Florida, Mob, RICO Law, Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Law, Mafia, Mafia Probe, South Florida, New York, Bonnano Crime Family, Bonnano, New York News

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — One by one, members of a South Florida crew of the New York-based Bonanno crime family stood before a federal judge Wedn...

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Bill Nelson On Tavis Smiley Show: Senator: I Think You're Going To See A Lot More Bipartisanship On Health Care Bill

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tavis Smiley, Sen. Olympia Snowe, Senate Finance Committee, Collins, Olympia Snowe, Maine, Senator Snowe, Reform Bill, Susan Collins, Bill Nelson, Health, Snow, Health Care Reform, Florida, Health Care, Snowe, Politics News

Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) believes more Republicans will vote for the health care reform bill in its final phase. During an interview on Tuesday,...

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz for President/Vice-President in 2016?

2morrowknight | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jewish Heritage, President, 2020, 2016, Florida, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Vice-President, Florida Politics, Michelle Bachman, Kathleen Sebelius, Democratic Party, Democrats, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Women, Woman's Right to Vote, Hillary Clinton, Female Politicians, Politics News

Could a female candidate be the answer for Democratic longevity in 2016? If so, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, with her toughness and ability to net the Dems Florida might be that female.

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Family Electrocuted Putting Up Ham Radio Antenna

AP | Posted 10.13.2009 | Home

Read More: Electrocute, Palm Bay, Power Line, Radio Antenna, Electrocutions, Ham Radio, Ham Radio Antenna, Florida, Home News

PALM BAY, Fla. — Police in Florida say a mother and father and their 15-year-old son died after being electrocuted while putting up a ham radio ...

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Save Space: Letter-Writing Campaign To Save The Space Program

Posted 10.12.2009 | Impact

Read More: U.S. Space Program, Nasa, Twitter, Space Program, Astronomy, Space, Florida, Save Space, Impact News

The national space program is scheduled to end soon, and a vocal group of enthusiasts, businesses and cities have banded together to promote Save Spac...

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1 In Custody At USF After Report Of Person With Bomb, Gun

AP | CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 10.05.2009 | Home

Read More: University of Southern Florida, Florida, Usf, USF Campus, USF Tampa, Tampa, Police, USF Gunman, Crime, Home News

TAMPA, Fla. — The University of South Florida was locked down for a time Monday after someone reported a man with a gun and a bomb near the libr...

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The Obama "Death" Poll on Facebook

Alexia Parks | Posted 10.02.2009 | Denver

Read More: Florida, George W. Bush, Poll, Texas, Jeb Bush, Facebook, Barack Obama, Votelink, Denver News

So the Secret Service has discovered that the person who put the "Should Obama be Killed?" poll on Facebook was only a kid, and they've shut the books...

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Seniors to Humana: "Don't Lie to Us!"

Jerry Waxman | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Florida, Medicare, Health and Human Services, Health Care, Humana, Tony Fransetta, Florida Alliance for Retired Americans, Bearing Witness, Politics News

This wasn't the usual group of activists rallying for health care reform--it was a 21st century version of the Over the Hill Gang, although there were no wheelchairs or walkers in sight.

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Jobs: Optimism Has Employers Hiring Again

Jerry Chautin | Posted 09.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Independent Contractor, Fair Labor Standards Act, Child Labor, Minimum Wage, Florida, Overtime Wages, Workers’ Compensation, Labor Department, Irs, Employment, Business News, Jobs, Sba, Payroll Tax, Small Business, Business News

Employers who think they can avoid payroll tax and employee benefits by mischaracterizing independent contractors may be in for a surprise. The IRS, Labor Department, and even local state governments may disagree and the consequences can be severe.

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Disney Offers Free Park Admission To Volunteers

Los Angeles Times | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Philanthropy, Volunteering, Disney Theme Parks, The Giving Life, Volunteer, Florida, Walt Disney World Resort, Disney, Giving, Volunteerism, Living News

The Walt Disney Co. today unveiled a new promotional campaign for 2010 to spur volunteerism -- even as it sought to boost attendance in its domestic t...

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Lessons in Loving While My Father Was Dying

Jason Mannino | Posted 10.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Castro, Welfare, Florida, Lung Cancer, Gay, Cancer, Dying, Death, Death & Dying, Death and Dying, Living News

Fifteen years ago at my grandmother's funeral was the last time I saw my dad. Two weeks ago I was standing in front of him face to face. It wasn't the visit I had hoped for. He had departed his body 3 days earlier, and I was in attendance at his funeral.

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Still Not Stimulated -- If You're Not First You're Last!

Gihan Perera | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: ARRA 2009, Florida, Stimulus, Foreclosures, Miami, Politics News

It's always great to be the best at something, isn't it? Florida recently got spanked for coming last in spending federal stimulus dollars on transportation and infrastructure.

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Barney Brown: His First Year of Freedom

John Maki | Posted 09.24.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Exoneration, Juvenile Justice, Rainbow Coalition, Barney Brown, Innocence Project, Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, Double Jeopardy, Wrongful Conviction, Florida, Northwestern University, Criminal Justice, Chicago News

On September 24, Barney Brown celebrates his first year of freedom after 38 years of wrongful incarceration. His story is one of the most egregious wrongful convictions in U.S. history.

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Erasing the Doughnut Hole for All Seniors -- A Senate Revolt Against Big Pharma Brewing!

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Donut Hole, Chuck Schumer, Congress, New York, Senate Finance Committee, Delaware, Senator, Ny, Tom Carper, Barack Obama, 2009, John Kerry, Pharmaceutical Industry, Senate, Montana, Ma, Chuck Grassley, Baucus Committe, Doughnut Hole, Iowa, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Ben Nelson, Florida, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Massachusets, Fl, De, Ia, Politics News

An amendment offered by Senator Ben Nelson [D-FL] would reportedly lower the health care reform bill's cost by an additional $86 billion without reducing services.

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Genius: a Talk With Edwidge Danticat

Martha St Jean | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

Read More: Macarthur Foundation, Florida, Author, Third World, Writer, Edwidge Danticat, Haitians, Malcolm Gladwell, Grid, Haiti, Wyclef Jean, Malcolm Gladwell Outliers, Third World Countries, MacArthur Genius Award, Edwidge-Dandicat-Memoir, Haitian-American, Aids, World News

"When [my first novel] was just published, people walked up to me and told me that someone who worked at their house is Haitian," Danticat said. "Now there are a number of people telling me that their doctor is Haitian."

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