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

Gov. Rick Scott hopes Cuba will be a free nation within seven years. Sitting down for an interview at News Radio 970-AM WFLA in Tampa on Wednesday morning, Scott said once the nation 90 miles south of Florida moves to a more democratized government and the U.S. embargo is lifted, the Port of Tampa and all of Florida should benefit.

One of Herman Cain's accusers has a history of filing workplace complaints. The Associated Press reported Wednesday that Karen Kraushaar, 55, filed the complaint while working as a spokeswoman at the Immigration and Naturalization Service four years after she left the National Restaurant Association.

Holiday shopping kicks off next Tuesday for Floridians, and spending will be up, according to AAA. Half of the holiday shopping in Florida will be conducted between Nov. 15 and Dec. 14, up from 46 percent in 2010. More importantly for retailers, the Fourth Annual AAA Consumer Pulse Holiday Shopping survey projects that 67 percent of Floridians will spend between $251 and $750 on gifts this year.Last year, 58 percent of Floridians expected to spend between those numbers.

Liberals and conservatives each scored victories in Ohio Tuesday, with voters overturning restrictions on collective bargaining by public employees and opposing the Obamacare requirement to buy health insurance. Labor unions from around the country spent more than $25 million to overturn a state law that barred government workers from collectively negotiating pensions and health-care benefits. The law, championed by Republican Gov. John Kasich, also banned public-sector strikes, scrapped binding arbitration and eliminated annual pay raises for teachers.