June 9, 2011 - 6:00pm
Gov. Scott Brings Home Canadian Bacon
Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 10, 2011 - 11:15am
Gov. Rick Scott is touting more jobs in Florida as the result of Canadian ventures in the Sunshine State.
Scott has been in Canada this week meeting with companies, and Friday highlighted two companies -- Toronto Sky Aviation (TSA) and UCC Steelwork Connections -- that are adding more than 100 jobs in Florida.
TSA is starting up Aircraft Armature, an aircraft repair company, and is putting its headquarters in a 30,000-square-foot facility in Opa Locka. The move is expected to create 100 jobs in the next three years.
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Sarah Palin -- Coming to a Theater Near You (If You Live Near Orlando)
Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 10, 2011 - 10:45am
A new movie with a favorable slant on former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's rise to national prominence, culminating in her being tapped to be John McCain's vice presidential running mate in 2008, will open in Orlando along with a dozen other cities around the country on July 15. It will be shown in AMC movie theaters.
The Undefeated will also be unveiled in Dallas, Denver, Oklahoma City, Atlanta, Orange County, Phoenix, Houston, Indianapolis and Kansas City next month, but early primary states like Iowa will be able to get a sneak preview.
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Florida's Top Financial Regulator Leaving; Lawyers Call for Stronger Watchdog
June 10, 2011 - 6:00pm
Floridas top financial regulator will step down this summer and South Florida securities lawyers, who say theyre seeing an ugly resurgence of boiler-room stock fraud and bucket-shop commodity swindles, are calling on Gov. Rick Scott to name a replacement who will beef up state regulation.
Marco Rubio Gets Ready for Maiden Speech in the Senate
Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 10, 2011 - 8:50am
Rising conservative star Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio will hit the Senate floor on Tuesday when he makes his maiden speech. Rubio sent out a message to supporters on Friday and released a web video to prepare for the event.
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Mitt Romney Says No to RPOF Presidency 5 Straw Poll
June 9, 2011 - 6:00pm
Former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, the front-runner for the Republican presidential notification in 2012, announced late Thursday that his campaign will not take part in straw polls being set up in Florida, Iowa and Michigan.
Arguing that the event helped propel Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bob Dole to the partys nomination, the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) is hosting the Presidency 5 straw poll in Orlando in September.
Jon Huntsman Team Pledges He Will Take Part in Florida Straw Poll
Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 10, 2011 - 7:29am
Former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, the front-runner for the Republican presidential notification in 2012, announced on Thursday that his campaign would not take part in straw polls, including one in Orlando in September. The team behind former Gov. Jon Huntsman of Utah, who has expressed interest in entering the primaries but has yet to formally announce his candidacy, insisted their candidate would enter the Florida straw poll if he runs.
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Mitt Romney Will Not Take Part in Florida Straw Poll
Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 10, 2011 - 7:26am
Former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, the front-runner for the Republican presidential notification in 2012, announced on Thursday that his campaign would not take part in straw polls being set up in Florida, Iowa and Michigan. Arguing that the event helped propel Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bob Dole to the partys nomination, the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) is hosting the Presidency 5 straw poll in Orlando in September.
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Five Years After Scandal, Mark Foley Faces National Interview and Fox News' Sean Hannity
Submitted by Nancy Smith on June 9, 2011 - 10:24pm
In his first national television interview since he resigned from the U.S. House in a cloud of scandal in 2006, Mark Foley admitted to Fox News' "Hannity" viewers Thursday night that his sexually explicit e-mails to congressional pages were "horriffic behavior" that "embarrassed myself, my staff, my constituents, the Chamber I loved ..."
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Groups File Suit Against Deepwater Rig
June 9, 2011 - 6:00pm
Federal officials overseeing a Shell Oil request to drill in deep water in the Gulf of Mexico are relying on false assumptions and accepting inadequate safety standards to prevent a repeat of the BP Deepwater Horizon spill, environmentalists charged Thursday in a complaint filed in federal court to stop it.
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