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The high-stakes campaign for Florida's 22nd Congressional district began in earnest this week, with a TV commercial touting Republican U.S. Rep. Clay Shaw's environmental record. |
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The federal probe of developer Sergio Pino has spilled into Miami's nastiest state Senate race as voters began receiving attack mailers that mention the investigation and depict rattlesnakes writhing near a Pino-backed candidate. |
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Six solid weeks of television advertising has helped Attorney General Charlie Crist increase his lead over opponent Tom Gallagher in the Republican race for governor to 31 percentage points, according to a poll released Monday. |
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Sen. Bill Nelson's best-known Republican rival in Florida's U.S. Senate race is churning through campaign staffers, trailing by 30 points in the polls and wounded by ties to a scandal-linked lobbyist. |
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In an effort to serve South Florida better in the event of another hurricane, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is developing a third major staging area in the state, this one specializing in emergency housing -- travel trailers. |
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(AP) -- No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, resulting in a rollover and producing an estimated jackpot of $18 million for Wednesday's drawing, lottery officials said Sunday. |
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Mosquito season has meant long sleeves and bug spray ever since West Nile virus migrated to Florida, spreading fear like some infernal itch. |
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(AP) -- Singing a takeoff of Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Blues helped a Texas commercial property developer win the annual Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest during a festival celebrating the macho novelist that ended Sunday. |
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Businesses have only until midnight today to participate in a statewide survey about the commercial property insurance crisis. They should visit the Office of Insurance Regulation website -- www.floir.com -- and click on Hot Topics to take an online survey about the troubles they have been experiencing finding or affording insurance. |
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(AP) -- Florida's top university official said he wants the state's 11 public universities to increase summer enrollment by 30,000 by offering a full curriculum. |
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Campaign: Governor's race. Candidate: Tom Gallagher. Opponents: Republican Charlie Crist, Democrats Jim Davis and Rod Smith. Available on the web: www.tg2006.com. |
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Voters in Florida's Republican primary have a choice between two major candidates for governor who are remarkably similar but who will devote the next five weeks to telling voters why they are very different. |
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The Democratic contest for governor pits a guy better suited for the Sept. 5 primary against a guy more cut out for the Nov. 7 general election. |
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If Saturday night's debate is any indication, the Democratic primary for governor will turn on which lobbyist-infested place voters trust less: Tallahassee or Washington. |
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Brian Gordon Sinclair looked into the mirror in the Waterfront Playhouse dressing room, meticulously styling the black wig atop his balding head. A few minutes later, after smoothing his thick, dark mustache, the transformation was complete. |
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(AP) -- The first happened just after the New Year turned. An 18-year-old man lay bullet-riddled and dead on his street, apparently mistaken for another youth in a feud with two gun-wielding 20-somethings. |
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The quick-thinking supporters of Miami-Dade School Board Member Frank Bolaños last week revealed the extent to which political revenge will be exacted against Miami state Sen. Alex Villalobos for voting his conscience on class size and voucher legislation last session. But, just watch, the biggest show is yet to come. |
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Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist, the Republican frontrunner for governor, is standing by a top South Florida fundraiser who is under federal investigation and has been linked to potential campaign-finance violations while raising money for Gov. Jeb Bush's 2002 race. |
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Acknowledging that illegal immigration is a litmus-test issue for many voters, Republican governor candidate Tom Gallagher pledged Friday to beef up state enforcement of immigration laws and prohibit government contractors from hiring illegal workers. |
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TALLAHASSEE -- (AP) -- One player matched all five winning numbers of the Fantasy 5 game and will collect $240,768.32, Florida Lottery officials said Friday. |
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The massive collapse of the hurricane insurance market for Florida businesses has morphed from an economic headache just weeks ago into a clear and growing threat to the region's economic vitality, experts say. |
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The L.D. Pankey Dental Foundation and the Pankey Institute, a nonprofit provider of continuing dental education, has seen hurricane-sensitive premiums escalate from $100,000 in 1999 to almost $1 million for same level coverage. |
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Lawmakers as well as this year's candidates are hearing from Floridians about skyrocketing insurance costs and the lack of available coverage. The Miami Herald asked what near-term solutions they could suggest to solve this widening problem. |
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Lawmakers as well as this year's candidates are hearing from Floridians about skyrocketing insurance costs and the lack of available coverage. The Miami Herald asked what near-term solutions they could suggest to solve this widening problem. |
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Small-town roots could entangle Democrat As he campaigns for governor of the nation's fourth largest state, Democratic state Sen. Rod Smith often jokes about his stagnant hometown of Alachua, population 6,098. |
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The Sierra Club settled its administrative law challenge against a developer Thursday to clear the way for the state's largest-ever conservation lands purchase -- nearly 74,000 acres of Babcock Ranch in Southwest Florida for $310 million. |
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(AP) -- Five federal prison guards already accused of conspiracy in an alleged sex scandal that ended in a deadly gunfight will also face substantive charges including witness tampering, according to a new grand jury indictment. |
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Campaign: Governor's race. Candidate: Charlie Crist. Opponents: Republican Tom Gallagher, Democrats Jim Davis and Rod Smith. Markets: South Florida Hispanics: Radio stations WAQI-AM (710) and WQBA-AM (1140). |
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Shaw disappointed over veto Rep. Clay Shaw and his Democratic opponent disagree on many issues. But they both decry President Bush's veto of a bill to expand federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research. |
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The two main Republican candidates for governor sharply diverged Wednesday on the emotionally charged issue of stem-cell research, a move that comes at a time both candidates claim to be the conservative heirs to Gov. Jeb Bush. |
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