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Barack Obama, Mitt Romney in Close Battle for Florida

By Kevin Derby

Prosecutors Charge 13 in FAMU Hazing Death

By Brandon Larrabee News Service of Florida

GOP Senate Hopefuls Spar Over Conservative Credentials

By Kevin Derby

Taking Shots at Barack Obama, Newt Gingrich Ends Presidential Bid

By Kevin Derby

Florida No. 2 in Eyes of CEOs; Business Leaders Say More Work Is Needed

By Jim Turner

Humility 'R' Us

Obama's Chicago Politics: Thuggery Not Civility

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Bill Clinton Grapples With LBJ's Shadow

By Kevin Derby

AIF Names Legislature's 2012 Business Champions

By Jim Turner

Rick Scott to Tampa: I Won't Ban Guns Outside GOP Convention

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By Kevin Derby

While Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Karen Thurman is attempting to link the arrest of former RPOF Chairman Jim Greer to former House Speaker and current GOP U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio, the Rubio camp is not ducking the Greer controversy. The Rubio campaign even released a video tying independent Senate candidate Gov. Charlie Crist to the disgraced former RPOF chairman, saying Crist handpicked Greer. The Rubio camp blasted Crist in their statement on the new video.

Doctors are Sick Over Congressional Inaction

The Florida Medical Association is urging the state's congressional delegation to take "decisive action" on Medicare now, or face the consequences later. Floridas elected officials in Washington, D.C. represent the state with more Medicare beneficiaries than any other state in the nation, said Dr. James B. Dolan. They face a simple choice: either keep their promise and pay for seniors health care and doctors bills, or transform the Medicare system into one that is economically sustainable. So far, theyve picked none of the above.'"

Sink Wants More Effort From BP, and Wants Its Leaders in Florida to Deal with Oil Spill

By Kevin Derby

State CFO Alex Sink, the leading Democratic candidate in the race for governor, is calling on BP officials to come to Florida to witness the results of the oil spill in the Gulf. Tony Hayward, his company British Petroleum, and his oil are projected to violate the pristine beaches and crystal clear ocean water of northwest Florida -- and I expect him to be in Pensacola to see firsthand the damage his oil is causing, said Sink. Sink pulled no punches in calling for BP to use all of its resources to remedy the damage.

Video: Fox News on Crist's Political Implications from Greer Arrest

By Kevin Derby

Thurman Links Crist, McCollum and Rubio to Greer

By Kevin Derby

It did not take long for the Florida Democratic Party to weigh in on the arrest of former RPOF Chairman Jim Greer. State Democratic Chairwoman Karen Thurman is using Greers arrest to rally Florida voters to defeat his old allies running for office in 2010.

Gelber Cheers Crist for Insurance Veto

By Kevin Derby

Gov. Charlie Crist's veto of a property insurance measure is earning him praise ... from Democrats. Sen. Dan Gelber, D-North Miami Beach, the former leader of the Democrats in the House and now running in a tight contest for attorney general, cheered the former Republican governor for killing the measure.

Former RPOF Chairman Jim Greer Arrested

By Kevin Derby

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is going to hold a news conference at 11:30 a.m.in Orlando about the arrest of former Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer. The charges have not been announced but Greer was under investigation due to lavish spending and financial irregularities at the RPOF during his tenure in charge. Greer is currently being held at the John. E. Polk Correctional Facility in Seminole County and is being held without bail.

Kosmas Praises, Posey Pillories $15 Million Space Coast Relief Package

Rep. Suzanne Kosmas, D-New Smyrna Beach, today hailed a $15 million grant to assist workers on the Space Coast. The grant was awarded to the Brevard Workforce Development Board to aid thousands of workers who will be laid off by the impending retirement of NASAs space shuttle program. Funds will provide career guidance assistance as well as training and continuing education. The grant was made available through the Department of Labors National Emergency Grants program. But Rep. Bill Posey, R-Rockledge, wasn't nearly so impressed.

Internal Beaven Poll Shows Mica Vulnerable and Lots of Voter Anxiety

By Kevin Derby

Democrat Heather Beaven, a Navy veteran who is taking on U.S. Rep. John Mica, is touting the results of a poll her campaign commissioned from SEA. While the polls margin of error is high at 4.9 percent and shows that Micas approval of 56 percent remains fairly strong in this anti-incumbent year, the poll also reveals Beaven has an opportunity. Voters like her biography more than Micas and only 32 percent favor his re-election while 47 percent think its time for someone else.

Meek Backs Federal Civil and Criminal Investigation of BP

By Kevin Derby

U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, the leading candidate in the Democratic primary race for the U.S. Senate nomination, is supporting U.S. Attorney General Eric Holders plan to hold civil and criminal investigations of BP for the oil spill in the Gulf. "Launching a civil and criminal investigation of BP's role in the Deepwater Horizon tragedy is the right thing to do, said Meek.

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