"One can't believe impossible things," Alice objected. 

Even without Tropical Storm Erika --- which could begin affecting Florida on Sunday and strengthen to a hurricane by Monday --- the churning storms of the Atlantic and Florida's unique place as a peninsula jutting into the water were bound to be a topic of political conversation.

With buzz growing that he could enter the Democratic presidential primaries, Vice President Joe Biden is heading to South Florida next week to make the case for President Barack Obama’s deal with Iran over its nuclear program. 

Biden was asked by U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), to speak to Jewish leaders in South Florida. The vice president will be speaking to them on Sept. 3 in Miami. 

Wasserman Schultz weighed in on Thursday, saying she was excited to hear what Biden had to say. 

While many Florida students spent the summer at summer camp, watching cartoons or splashing around in a pool, the Florida Department of Education didn’t kick up its feet and relax the way many of the students it serves year-round did. Since the beginning of the summer, the FDOE has worked hand-in-hand with Utah-based contractor Alpine Testing to determine once and for all if the new Florida Standards Assessment test is a truly valid way to measure student achievement in the Sunshine State.