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The Significance of the Diaz-Balarts' "Un-Endorsement" of Charlie Crist

Sergio Bendixen | Posted 12.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Miami, Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida, Charlie Crist, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Cuba, Diaz-Balarts, Politics News
Sergio Bendixen

Call me naïve or an idealist, but endorsements should be based on merits, issues and convictions, not political favors. Our country and community deserve better.

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Southern States Losing Population As Recession Alters Migration Patterns, According To U.S. Census Bureau Data

Wall Street Journal | Posted 12.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Economy, Texas, Population, Census Bureau, Migration, California, US Census Bureau, Nevada, Florida, Wall Street Journal, Sunbelt, Demographics, Recession, Business News

The recession has had a profound effect on migration patterns in the U.S., reversing the flow of people to former housing-boom states such as Florida ...

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Health Care Gift Cards: The Latest Stocking Stuffer

AP | SUZETTE LABOY | Posted 12.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Gift Cards, Florida, Health Care Bills, Doctor's Visits, Stocking Stuffers, Health Care, Holiday Gifts, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Business News

MIAMI — Health care providers are rolling out a different sort of stocking stuffer: Gift cards that can be used to pay bills and insurance premi...

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Panic – but no deaths – in jet accident in Jamaica

AP | BEN FOX and HOWARD CAMPBELL | Posted 12.23.2009 | World

Read More: Norman Manley, Kingston, Jamaica, Flight 331, Florida, Norman Manley International Airport, American Airlines, Overshoots Runway, Aa Flight 331, Miami, World News

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Passengers on American Airlines Flight 331 had endured the crowded airports and delays of holiday travel, and were moments f...

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Charlie Crist Endorsements Withdrawn By Two Republican Congressmen

AP | Lesley Clark | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Florida Republicans, Florida Senate, Diaz-Balart Crist, Florida Senate Race, Florida Senate Seat, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida, Charlie Crist, Governor Charlie Crist, Crist, Politics News

MIAMI — Lately, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has been having a tough time in his bid for U.S. Senate, and he's experienced another setback. U.S. ...

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No Hurricane Worries? Not So Fast

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 12.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Coast, Knight Foundation, Tropical, Category, 2010, Preparedness, Philip J. Klotzbach, Cone of Uncertainty, Gerald Campbell, Katrina, Experts, Mississippi, National Hurricane Center, Season, Miami, Knight Center for International, Depression, Florida, Zone, Complacency, Louisiana, Wind, Develop, Forecast, El Nino, William M. Gray, Colorado State University, Office of Emergency Management, Water, Storms, Atlantic Ocean, Bill, Bill Read, Hurricane, Ocean, Green News
Joseph B. Treaster

Here's the bad news about the quiet, almost peaceful hurricane season in 2009: Right away, people start thinking this is the norm. They start to relax and maybe even make fun of hurricanes.

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Bank's Failure Shows Lapses By Regulators

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Keith Epstein | Posted 12.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Ocala National Bank, Fdic, Huffpost Investigative Fund, Financial Reform, Regulation, Mortgage Crisis, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Predatory Lending, Financial Crisis, Ocala National, Housing Crisis, Florida, Development, Subprime Mortgage, Wall Street, Business News

Even by the distorted standards of the national housing bubble, north central Florida was a hot market. Between 2004 and 2006 new houses and property ...

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FDIC Shuts Down 3 More Banks; 2009 Total Rises To 133

AP | IEVA M. AUGSTUMS and MARCY GORDON | Posted 12.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Enterprise Bank, Valley Capital Bank, Florida, Kansas, Arizona, 1st United Bank, Republic Federal Bank, Business News

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Regulators on Friday shut down banks in Florida, Arizona and Kansas, bringing to 133 the number of U.S. banks that have failed...

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Jeffrey Epstein Sues Accused Ponzi Schemer Scott Rothstein For Misusing His Name

Posted 12.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Scott Rothstein, Ponzi Scheme, Florida, Epstein Lawsuit, Egg Shaped Penis, Jeffrey Epstein, Business News

It's hard to know who to root for when two disgraced Florida financiers duke it out in court. CityFile reports that billionaire money manager Jeff...

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Was Fla. Man Harassed To Death By Debt Collectors?

Posted 12.10.2009 | Impact

Read More: Green Tree Servicing, Heart Condition, Debt Collection Harassment, Florida, Heart Attack, Debt Collection, Impact News

A Florida woman is suing her mortgage company, Green Tree Servicing, for allegedly harassing her husband to death with debt collection phone calls, CN...

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Nancy Grace Interview Contributed To Melinda Duckett Suicide, Professor Says

AP | Posted 12.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Nancy Grace, Florida, Suicide, Trenton Duckett, Melinda Duckett, Melinda Duckett Suicide, Harold J. Bursztajn, Harold Bursztajn, Cnn, Media News

OCALA, Fla. — A Harvard professor says CNN Headline News host Nancy Grace's relentless questioning of a Florida mother three years ago contribut...

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Ryan Grim

Nelson Ready To Bust Pharma Deal: 'They Need 60 Votes, Don't They?'

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Senate, Senate Finance Committee, Phrma, Florida, Senate Democrats, Bill Nelson, Health Care, Pharma, #Hcr, Health Care Reform Bill, Drug Companies, Obama Administration, Drugs @Y:Politics, Pharmaceutical Companies, White House, Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Politics News

Sen. Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat, said on Sunday that if leadership doesn't work with him on his amendment that would break the White House deal w...

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Charlie Crist Phone Message Directed Callers To Phone Sex Hotline

Posted 12.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Sex Hotline, Sex, Phone Sex, Phone Sex Hotline, Kidcare, Florida, Republican, Charlie Crist, Charlie Crist Phone Number, Politics News

Florida Governor Charlie Crist mistakenly directed callers to a phone sex line in a recording that played when callers to KidCare, the state's child h...

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Scott Rothstein: Florida Lawyer Charged With $1B Investment Fraud

AP | CURT ANDERSON | Posted 12.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Lawyers, Ponzi Scheme, Florida, Scott-Rothstein, Florida Democratic Party, Rico, Business News

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A once high-flying attorney who courted politicians and celebrities was arrested Tuesday on federal racketeering and fra...

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Reihan Salam: U.S. Economy Could Parallel Michigan's Decline

forbes.com | Reihan Salam, | Posted 11.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Detroit Automakers, New York Economy, Mayor Bloomberg, Economy, Detroit, Nevada, Florida, Arizona, Michigan, Michigan Economy, Business News

Just as the roughly $3 trillion spent on the former East Germany didn't stave off economic collapse, federal bailouts won't bring back Detroit. As Mic...

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Paul Merhige Wanted: Man Accused Of Gunning Down Family, Executing Girl During Thanksgiving Visit

AP | Travis Reed | Posted 11.28.2009 | Home

Read More: Murder, Makayla Sitton, Shooting, Thanksgiving Murder, Crime, Jupiter, Paul Michael Merhige, Thanksgiving, Florida, Jim Sitton, Paul Merhige, Wanted, Michigan, Domestic Violence, Home News

JUPITER, Fla. -- Authorities in Florida were searching Saturday for a man police said opened fire on his family after Thanksgiving dinner and killed f...

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'Jungle Golf': Economic Downturn Ruins Florida Golf Courses (VIDEO)

Posted 11.26.2009 | Sports

Read More: Florida, Video, Jungle Golf, Golf, Florida Golf, Golf Courses, Sports News

Fox News reported last night on "jungle golf" and other golf-related phenomena in Florida resulting from the recession. Many golfing communities strug...

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Abraham Shakespeare Missing: Florida Lottery Winner Disappears

AP | Posted 11.25.2009 | Home

Read More: Energy, Search, Polk County, Lottery, Jackpot, Missing, Police, Lottery Winner, Lakeland Florida, Florida, Lakeland, Abraham Shakespeare, Home News

LAKELAND, Fla. — Authorities are asking for the public's help in finding a man, who won the Florida lottery in 2006, and has now gone missing. T...

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Philip Morris Ordered To Pay $300 Million To Former Smoker

Posted 11.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Big Tobacco, Philip Morris, Smoking, Tobacco Litigation, Emphysema, Florida, Altria Group, Business News

MIAMI - CHRISTINE ARMARIO (AP)-- A South Florida jury on Thursday ordered Philip Morris USA to pay $300 million to a former smoker, agreeing that the ...

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Urban Meyer Notre Dame Rumors HEAT UP: Fighting Irish Head Coach Job May Be Up For Grabs

Posted 11.18.2009 | Sports

Read More: Notre Dame Head Coach, Urban Meyer to Notre Dame, Head Coach, Urban Meyer ND, Notre Dame, Urban Meyer, Urban Meyer Notre Dame, Fighting Irish, Charlie Weis, Florida, Poll, College Football, Urban Meyer Notre Dame Rumors, Urban Mayer Notre Dame, Ashtabula-Ohio, Sports News

Urban Meyer to Notre Dame? Rumors are heating up that Meyer could be courted to return to the Fighting Irish, where he served as an assistant coach f...

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10 States Face Looming Budget Disasters: Pew Report

AP | JUDY LIN | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: States Fiscal Crisis, Wisconsin, California, States Budgets, Florida, Illinois, Nevada, Arizona, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Michigan, Oregon, Politics News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In Arizona, the budget has grown so gloomy that lawmakers are considering mortgaging Capitol buildings. In Michigan, state ...

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Rep. Kosmas's Health Care Position Draws Unions' Ire

Jerry Waxman | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Orlando, Public Option, Flara, Health Care Reform, Florida, Iupat, Unions, Suzanne Kosmas, Health Care, Afscme, Gerald McEntee, Politics News
Jerry Waxman

All of the union leaders declared that their members felt betrayed by Kosmas and that she had sold out to her big insurance and real estate friends.

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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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