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Orlando Murder Trial Grabbed Global Online Attention

December 21, 2011 - 6:00pm

One cant but help love Florida, the only state that has its own tag on FARK.com, a website dedicated to tawdry, off-beat news stories.

Thus, it should come as no surprise that in a monumental year --when the Arab Spring and Occupy were said to be movements that fed on the high-tech connectivity, when Europes euro caused constant global financial uncertainty, when Japan faced nuclear peril following an earthquake and tsunami, and when Osama bin Laden was finally gunned down -- online users worldwide should be focused on something going on in Florida.

EPA Puts Out New Air Pollution Standards

Jim Saunders News Service of Florida

December 20, 2011 - 6:00pm

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday released controversial new air-pollution standards that have been long sought by environmental and health advocates but could force expensive upgrades at some Florida power plants.

The standards will require hundreds of coal-fired power plants across the country to make improvements to curb emissions of mercury and other pollutants such as arsenic and nickel.

Muslim Leader Reaches Out to Build Bridges in Tampa Bay

Kenric Ward

December 20, 2011 - 6:00pm

The Tampa Bay area has emerged as a hotbed for Muslim and anti-Muslim activity. The local director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations says he's trying to cool things down.

2011 Year in Cartoons

December 29, 2011 - 6:00pm

Atwater: Most Florida Banks Waive Wire Fees for Holocaust Survivors

Submitted by Anonymous on December 21, 2011 - 4:24pm

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater appeared on the Jewish Life Television show "To Life, L'Chaim," on Dec. 19 to discuss efforts to get banks to forgive wire transfer fees on reparation payments to Holocaust survivors.

Atwater said about 80 percent of the banks in Florida have joined the program since the start of the year.

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New Hampshire Quick to Divorce Candidates, Not Marry Them

Michael Barone

December 22, 2011 - 6:00pm

LACONIA, N.H. -- Three weeks out from the New Hampshire primary, and voters in the Granite State don't seem to have settled firmly on one of the Republican presidential candidates.

November Home Sales Up over 2010, Realtors Report

Michael Peltier News Service of Florida

December 20, 2011 - 6:00pm

Continued low interest rates and a more confident consumer drove existing home sales up in November by 11 percent over last year, according to figures released by Florida Realtors.

Meanwhile, the median price for an existing home remained relatively flat, a continuation of a trend that Realtors say is a good sign that better days are ahead for an industry that could use a little good news.

Rays' Playoff Run, Heat Championship Flop Top Florida Sports in 2011

Jim Turner

December 20, 2011 - 6:00pm

The Tampa Bay Rays' spectacular late-season run -- highlighted bylate-inningheroics from a light-hitting pinch hittercombined with the collapse of the Boston Red Sox -- was one of the most enjoyable sports stories for Florida in 2011.

Still, with college and professional football in a rebuilding mode across the state, the spectacular clunk of the NBAs superteam was Floridas top news story of 2011.

At least Gator fans can still dream of past glory on the gridiron in Denver, alongthe sidelines at South Carolina and, starting next year, at Ohio State.

Sunshine State News on the Ed Dean Radio Show

Submitted by Kevin Derby on December 21, 2011 - 1:58pm

Sunshine State News is hitting the radio airwaves on Wednesday at 3 p.m. I will be on the Ed Dean radio show, which is hosted by one of the most feisty, informative and entertaining conservatives in Florida. It can be heard online here and on two stations in South Florida -- 89.3 on the west coast and 90.3 on the Atlantic coast.

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Church-State Watchdog Disappointed in Bondi's Rewrite

Submitted by Anonymous on December 21, 2011 - 1:19pm

The attorney generals rewrite of the Religious Freedom amendment proposed to go before voters in November 2012 is disappointing and voters are unlikely to understand that the effort would mandate taxpayer funding of religion, a church-state watchdog group stated Wednesday.

The Americans United for Separation of Church and State, one of the parties that challenged the amendment, claimed in a release that the measure requires the government to fund religious institutions.

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