What were they thinking?Legislators this year enacted a law that essentially replaced college preparatory instruction with developmental education.

The recently proposed acquisition of Smithfield Foods by a Chinese company not only marks the largest acquisition of a U.S. company in history, but also highlights a strategic move by the worlds second largest economy to ensure they have enough food to feed their growing population over the long term.

On Monday, Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies (Crossroads GPS), a group with ties to Republican super-PAC American Crossroads, unveiled a major advertising campaign to support immigration reform in Congress which features prominent Florida Republicans.

Former Gov. Jeb Bush, who is a possible presidential candidate in 2016, is featured in Crossroads GPS ads. So are three Republicans who have generated buzz as candidates for higher office down the road -- state CFO Jeff Atwater, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, and House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel.

Bill Nelson keeps downplaying talk that he will challenge Gov. Rick Scott in 2014 -- but that hasnt kept Florida's Democratic senior United States senator from exchanging fire with state Republicans.

Barack Obama's appointments of Susan Rice as national security adviser and Samantha Power as ambassador to the United Nations have naturally triggered speculation about changes in foreign policy.

David Beckham is perfect for Miami. He's a winner, a one-man stimulus package. And how Miami loves its winners.

When President Barack Obama adopted a policy last year aimed at allowing some young, undocumented immigrants to stay in the United States, he likely didn't know it would cause heartburn for Gov. Rick Scott about a year later.

The "deferred action" program didn't give citizenship or permanent-resident status to anyone living illegally in the country, but it did grant two-year nondeportation promises to undocumented immigrants under 30 who met certain conditions.

Rick Scott's conservative base, already disillusioned by a series of steps by the Florida governor toward the political center in recent months in the run-up to a re-election year, has found a new grievance to air against him: his recent suspension of a sheriff who defended the Second Amendment.