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President Barack Obamas recent comments in support of building a mosque near the site of where the World Trade Center stood in New York has received opposition from within his own party, namely in the form of Jeff Greene who is running in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. "President Obama has this all wrong and I strongly oppose his support for building a mosque near Ground Zero especially since Islamic terrorists have bragged and celebrated destroying the Twin Towers and killing nearly 3,000 Americans, said Greene.

Jeff Greene, running against U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate election, took a shot at Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running in the race without any party affiliation. Greene commented on a Mason-Dixon poll showing declining approval of the way Crist has handled his job as governor.

Here comes porn in the Senate again, but this time not Florida's ... The Associated Press, as well as other major national news organizations, is reporting that U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene is facing a felony charge of showing porn to a South Carolina college student.

While home prices continue to slide statewide, two regions posted gains in the second quarter. Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville median home prices were up 12.7 percent while Cape Coral-Fort Myers climbed 12 percent. Those were the eighth and 10th biggest increases nationwide. The Florida Association of Realtors was not available to comment on the year-to-year gains, but the National Association of Realtors speculated that median prices rose because more buyers were steering clear of foreclosure fire sales.