August 7, 2012 - 6:00pm
The Florida attorney general's office is investigating allegations that as many as half of the cardiac operations at some of Floridas major hospitals are being performed needlessly.
BREAKING: Pam Bondi’s Office Investigating Revelations of Fraudulently Induced, Unnecessary Heart Surgeries
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 7, 2012 - 8:24pm
The Florida attorney general's office is investigating allegations that perhaps as many as half of the cardiac operations at some of Floridas major hospitals are being performed needlessly.
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Run For Your Life
August 7, 2012 - 6:00pm
WASHINGTON -- Oh, to be the fastest woman in the world.
Fairy Tales?
August 7, 2012 - 6:00pm
Environmental Groups Want Guaranteed $10 Billion Expenditure in State Constitution
August 7, 2012 - 6:00pm
Future funding for Everglades restoration and other environmental programs would be enshrined in the state Constitution under a ballot initative proposal to guarantee the spending of $10 billion on such programs over the next 20 years.
Lawsuits Pending over Deadly Smoke-Related I-75 Crashes
Submitted by Anonymous on August 7, 2012 - 4:47pm
At least 11 lawsuits are pending against the state over the deadly crashes along a smoke-shrouded I-75, along Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, south of Gainesville, last January.
Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Executive Director Julie Jones mentioned the lawsuits while noting that a report on the series of crashes, resulting in 11 deaths and more than 25 injuries, is due to be released on Friday.
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CD 7: John Mica and Sandy Adams Attack Each Other and Add GOP Support
August 6, 2012 - 6:00pm
With a week to go until the primary, the fight between congressional colleagues U.S. Rep. John Mica and U.S. Rep. Sandy Adams continues to intensify -- and Florida Republicans are taking sides.
On Tuesday, Adams unveiled the support of two fellow congressional freshmen from the Sunshine State --U.S. Rep. Rich Nugent and U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross. After serving eight years in the Florida House of Representatives in Tallahassee, Adams won a congressional seat in 2010. Mica was first elected to the U.S. House in 1992.
Rick Scott Orders Flags at Half-Staff for Specialist Justin Horsley
Submitted by Anonymous on August 7, 2012 - 3:31pm
Gov. Rick Scott has ordered state and national flags lowered to half-staff outside the Brevard County Courthouse, Palm Bay City Hall and Florida Capitol on Wednesday to honor U.S. Army Specialist Justin L. Horsley, of Palm Bay.
Horsley, 21, was one of two Floridians killed July 22 after their unit was attacked with an improvised explosive device in Pul-E Alam, Afghanistan.
U.S. Army Specialist Brenden N. Salazar, 20, of Chuluota in Seminole County, also died in the attack.
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Florida to Join National Tribute to Oak Creek Victims
Submitted by Anonymous on August 7, 2012 - 2:13pm
Gov. Rick Scott has ordered flags lowered to half-staff, following a proclamation from President Obama, to honor the victims at a mass-shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis.
National and state flags have been ordered lowered to half-staff at all local, state, and federal buildings, installations, and grounds throughout Florida until sunset on Friday, Aug. 10, the announcement Tuesday afternoon from the governors office stated.
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Rick Scott Issues Special Elections Order
Submitted by Anonymous on August 7, 2012 - 2:02pm
Gov. Rick Scott has issued an executive order for special elections on Nov. 6 for seats on the Charlotte County Airport Authority and the Loxahatchee River Environmental Control District.
No one qualified for three nonpartisan seats on the airport authority or the two nonpartisan seats up at the district that covers parts of northern Palm Beach County and southern Martin County, around the Loxahatchee River, that were up for election on Aug. 14.
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