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Will Heads Roll for the Stuxnet Leak?

By Pat Buchanan

Florida Sues Obama Officials for Hindering 'Fair Elections' Voter Review

By Jim Turner

FreedomWorks' Tea Party Stirs Senate Race for Connie Mack

By Kenric Ward

Hand Stands

Rachel Burgin Taps Grassroots, Family Ties for Senate Seat

By Kenric Ward

Frank Brogan: Don't Expect Those Big Tuition Hikes

By Jim Turner

We'll Soon See How Meritorious Merit Retention Is

By Lloyd Brown

Minimum Mandatories a Decade on: Longer Prison Terms in Florida

By Margie Menzel News Service of Florida

Frank Brogan: UF Shouldn't Limit President Search to Academic World

By Jim Turner

Mitt Romney Follows Bill Clinton's Gameplan and Gets on the Bus

By Kevin Derby

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By Kevin Derby

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Greene spent Monday campaigning in Liberty City -- the old stomping ground of former U.S. Rep. Carrie Meek, the mother of his chief rival in the U.S. Senate race, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek. As has been his style throughout the campaign, Greene tore into Meek as an infective career politician.

Tea Parties to Protest U.S. Sugar 'Bailout' at South Florida Water District

The South Florida Tea Party and more than a dozen other Tea groups are calling on the South Florida Water Management District to reject the Everglades-U.S. Sugar "bailout." "The deal leaves a bad taste in the mouth of taxpayers and environmentalists," said Everett Wilkinson, the Palm Beach Gardens-based chairman of the South Florida Tea Party.

Crist May Find Himself in a Box -- the Witness Box

Gov. Charlie Crist could be working both sides of the Jim Greer case if and when the disgraced state GOP chairman goes to trial. A Greer attorney said on Monday that he will call Crist as a defense witness. Last week, the statewide prosecutor's office listed the governor among its potential witnesses. Neither scenario is surprising, given that Crist appointed Greer to chair the state party and that the governor's name was cited 62 times in the investigative report.

Cuba Drilling 'Economic and Environmental Disaster for Florida'

As if Florida doesn't have enough problems with Gulf oil, here come Cuba, Spain and the Chinese, ready to drill 60 miles off Key West. As reported in the Wall Street Journal, Cuba's offshore drilling venture will cover tracts just south of the loop current that wraps around the Florida peninsula. "A spill there, even one significantly smaller than the continuing BP spill, could turn into an economic and environmental disaster for Florida," the article states.

State AG Says Comment Made by Manager of BP Escrow-Fund Claims is Wrong

By Kevin Derby

Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial hopeful Bill McCollum wrote Friday to attorney Kenneth Feinberg, who was appointed by President Barack Obama to oversee the nation's independent $20 billion escrow account BP will fund to cover oil-spill response and economic loss and damage claims, to tell him he made incorrect comments to Congress Wednesday about how claims will be decided.

Charlie's Angels and the Governor's Love Boat: Who Knew?

Pleading ignorance, Gov. Charlie Crist says he knew nothing about women for hire on an island junket he attended. The "see-no-evil" governor may not be oriented or interested in such affairs, but investigators perked up when former RPOF operative Beth Kigel related her tawdry tale as part of the Jim Greer, ahem, probe. Kigel said she had heard about a 2008 party-sponsored men-only trip to the Bahamas and that "women were involved and paid."

Coastal Florida PBA President Backs Craig Miller for Congress

By Kevin Derby

Vince Champion, president of the Coastal Florida Police Benevolent Association, endorsed former Ruth's Chris CEO and Republican congressional candidate Craig Miller to take on Democratic U.S. Rep. Suzanne Kosmas.

Senate Committee Meets in Pensacola on July 12 to Examine Economic Impact of Oil Spill

By Kevin Derby

Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, announced on Friday afternoon that the Senates Select Committee on the Economy will meet on July 12 in Pensacola to examine the impact of the oil spill on the economy. Gaetz also announced that he was asking Gov. Charlie Crist for a schedule of when funds received from BP will be used to combat the oil spill.

Bill Nelson and George LeMieux Come Down With World Cup Fever

By Kevin Derby

World Cup fever has hit the U.S. Senate and both Floridas senators have caught it. A bipartisan group of senators has sent off a letter to FIFA pushing for America to host the soccer tournament in either 2018 or 2022. Both Democrat Bill Nelson and Republican George LeMieux signed the letter, along with more than 20 other members of the Senate. The last time the U.S. hosted the World Cup was 1994. No comment from either Nelson or LeMieux on the Netherlands upsetting Brazil on Friday morning.

Concerned About Oil Spills, Bill Young Unveils SAFEGUARDS Act

By Kevin Derby

The dean of Floridas congressional delegation, Republican U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young, proposed the SAFEGUARDS Act (Secure All Facilities to Effectively Guard the United States Against and Respond to Dangerous Spills) in Congress to avoid future disasters resulting from oil spills.

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After 10 Glorious Years, Sunshine State News and I Are Passing the Baton

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