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RNC Attacks Obama in New Ad Counting Down to 2012

The Republican National Committee (RNC) launched a Web video on Tuesday to mark three years since Barack Obama was elected president -- and one year till he faces voters in his bid for a second term.

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The Florida Bar: 12 Attorneys Disbarred, 10 Suspended

The Florida Supreme Court has disciplined 24 attorneys, with 12 disbarred and 10 suspended, The Florida Bar announced Monday.

Some attorneys received more than one discipline.

Two attorneys were placed on probation, two received public reprimands and two were ordered to pay restitution.

According to a Florida Bar release:

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Deadline is Tuesday for Public to Submit Redistricting Maps

The deadline to submit proposals on how the state should redraw the boundary lines of Florida House, Senate and congressional districts is 5 p.m. Tuesday.

The state has received more than 130 partial or complete maps.

The Legislature is expected to use the maps as it redraws the lines during the 2012 session that begins in January.

A decade ago, the state received four public proposals.

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Occupy Soggy Bottom ... uh ... That's Occupy West Palm Beach

If ever there was a drowned rat of an event, it's Occupy West Palm Beach.

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Now Herman Cain Recalls Details of Sexual Harassment Payout

Herman Cain's memory appears to be getting clearer.

Hours after saying he had no knowledge of any settlement of sexual harassment allegations at the National Restaurant Association he headed in the 1990s, the GOP presidential candidate provided details of one case to Fox News' Greta Van Sustern.

"My general counsel [at the NRA] said this started out where [the complainant] and her lawyer were demanding a huge financial settlement I don't remember a number," Cain said on Monday's program.

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GOP Ballot Set for Florida's Presidential Preference Primary

The ballot for the Republican Presidential Preference Primary, Jan. 31, has been set.

With names submitted by the Republican Party of Florida, Secretary of State Kurt Browning verified the lineup on Monday: Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, Gary Johnson, Ron Paul, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum.

With Florida requiring ballots for military and overseas voters in the mail no later than 45 days before the election, the first ballots could be sent out Dec. 17.

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Florida to Appeal Prison Privatization Ruling

State Attorney Pam Bondi has filed an appeal to the 1st District Court of Appeal, late Monday afternoon, seeking to reverse a lower court ruling that halted plans to privatize 29 correctional facilities across South Florida.

Her office said the appeal was on behalf of the legislators.

Leon County Circuit Judge Jackie Fulford sided with Florida Police Benevolent Association attorneys who argued that lawmakers should have put the potential privatization of 29 prisons in South Florida into a separate bill, rather than as a proviso to the budget.

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Central Florida 7: With Republicans Like These, Who Needs Democrats?

October 30, 2011 - 7:00pm

Some things are better left unsaid. And in these politically correct times, the "smart" move for state Sen. Alan Hays would have been to keep his mouth shut.

Media Call Wrong Tune: Herman Cain Wasn't Singing 'Amazing Grace'

Media outlets, including Politico, widely misreported the hymn that Herman Cain sang at the end of his appearance at the National Press Club Monday.

Reporters -- few of whom have set foot in a church in years, if ever -- reported that Cain was singing "Amazing Grace." But they called the wrong tune.

It was, in fact, "He Looked Beyond My Fault," whose melody, which Cain carried beautifully, sounds nothing like "Amazing Grace."

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