April 15, 2012 - 6:00pm
Rick Scott to Attend Arthrex Groundbreaking in Ave Maria
Submitted by Anonymous on April 15, 2012 - 11:40pm
Gov. Rick Scott is scheduled to attend the groundbreaking for the Arthrex manufacturing plant in Ave Maria on Monday morning.
Arthrex specializes in minimally invasive orthopedic surgery products and physician education. The construction cost for the plant is $25 million; another $8 million or more will be spent on equipment, according to the Naples Daily News.
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Shuttle Discovery to Take Off Once More from the Cape
Submitted by Anonymous on April 15, 2012 - 11:37pm
The space shuttle Discovery, which completed 39 missions, spent 365 days in space, orbited the Earth 5,830 times, and traveled 148,221,675 miles, is to be lifted off for its final flight out of Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday.
Residents along the Space Coast may be able to see the retired craft as it is flown to its new home at the National Air and Space Museum, Udvar-Hazy Center in Washington, D.C., on the back of the shuttle carrier aircraft as the 747.
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Rick Scott Plays Up Tourism Impact at Tampa Airport Workday
Submitted by Anonymous on April 15, 2012 - 11:36pm
Gov. Rick Scott released the following comments after spending his eighth Lets Get to Work! day on Friday at Tampa International Airport.
Tourism remains a top job creator and a leading driver of Floridas rebounding economy, Scott stated in a release. Floridas tourism success is directly linked to the people who work at our airports to help our visitors have a great travel experience.
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Marco Rubio Carries Plea From 'Women in White'; Obama's Security Detail Takes Hits in Hooker Scandal
Submitted by Anonymous on April 15, 2012 - 8:10am
Making the rounds at the Summit of the Americas, Sen. Marco Rubio on Saturday met with Paraguay President Fernando Lugo and Chilean President Sebasti Pira (pictured here).
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What? Mitt and Ann Romney Don't Even Have a Maid?
Submitted by Nancy Smith on April 15, 2012 - 2:31am
Now the news is out that, not only did Ann Romney stay at home to care for her five boys, she didn't get a lick of help from maids or nannies.
Read all about it on the website Politicker.
The Romneys' youngest boy Ben, 31, wrote this on his Facebook page: Growing up, we never had a nanny or a mommys helper. Never went to daycare."
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Mainstreamers Behaving Badly: Could Wisconsin Happen in Florida?
April 12, 2012 - 6:00pm
If ever a story carried a ring of familiarity, the Gov. Scott Walker recall in Wisconsin is it for me. It's the story of a tea-party-conservative governor roundly disliked by unions, sour-grapes election losers and a liberal press.
Adam Putnam Energy Bill Prevails
April 12, 2012 - 6:00pm
The states first comprehensive energy bill in five years, considered a more modest approach than past diversification efforts and approved with overwhelming bipartisan support by the Legislature, will become law without the governors signature.
In announcing Friday that he will allow the bill to become law effective July 1, Gov. Rick Scott expressed mixed feelings on the pro-business legislation due to the addition of targeted tax credits that he threatened to later try to repeal if they dont work as advertised.
Weekly Roundup: Martin Case Draws Nation's Eyes
April 12, 2012 - 6:00pm
The national debate over guns, racial profiling and Florida's controversial self-defense law continued this week as murder charges were brought against a neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed a 17-year-old black teenager.
National news networks all went live as Special Prosecutor Angela Corey ended weeks of speculation by announcing Wednesday that 31-year-old George Zimmerman would face second-degree murder charges for the death of Trayvon Martin, whose shooting in a gated community in Sanford has sparked a national furor.
Is Obama's Secretary in the Same 'Unfair' Boat as Warren Buffett's?
Submitted by Anonymous on April 13, 2012 - 7:01pm
Time for the Obama Rule.
(Well get to that in a second).
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