Most books by former presidents are easily forgettable (as anyone who has ever read Gerald Fords "A Time to Heal" can attest), but there is at least one major exception among the men who occupied the White House in the 20th century. During his more than three decades of life after losing the 1932 presidential election to FDR, Herbert Hoover penned an interesting three-volume autobiography and a fascinating study on the presidency of Woodrow Wilson.
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American Crossroads, a conservative political organization with ties to many prominent Republican leaders including legendary strategist Karl Rove, released a Web video on Tuesday featuring Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi attacking the record of President Barack Obama.
In the video, Barbour bashes Obamas record on the economy and calls for electing Republicans in 2012.
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Fresh off a trade mission to Sao Paulo, Brazil, Gov. Rick Scott said Tuesday hewill be off to Israel next month for a similar endeavor.
But first hes going to do another of his Lets Get to Work days later this week in Immokalee, before he attends a Council of 100 meeting Friday in the Naples area, Scott said on Trey Radel radio show on 92.5 FOX in Southwest Florida this morning.
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Gov. Rick Scott appointed Robert G. Panse, who has been senior attorney for the South Florida Water Management District since 1992, to a seat on the Palm Beach County Court.
With experience as a government lawyer, a private practitioner and a prosecutor, Robert brings to the bench an understanding of the law, as well as an awareness of the needs of those who will appear before him as a county judge, Scott stated in a release. I am confident he possesses a strong commitment to justice, fairness and the rule of law.
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The Florida Supreme Court on Monday unanimously reaffirmed the death penalty for Oba Chandler, who is sentenced to die Nov. 15 at Florida State Prison in Raiford.
No motion for rehearing will be entertained by this court, the justices wrote.
Chandler, through appointed counsel, had sought to overturn a ruling from a circuit court in Pinellas County that supported his three sentences of death.
Gov. Rick Scott signed the death warrant last month for Chandler.
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A panel appointed by Gov. Rick Scott could call for local voters to decide the future of public hospital districts and could recommend that district money only go toward caring for indigent patients.
Dominic Calabro, chairman of the Florida Commission on Review of Taxpayer Funded Hospital Districts, said those are two of the ideas that could be included in a report the panel is required to finish by Jan. 1.
One of the things that has struck me when I have gone on luxury cruise ships, is that most of the passengers look like they are older than the captain -- and luxury cruise ships don't have juveniles as captains.
