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Media Go Leaner on Weiner

June 7, 2011 - 6:00pm

Last July, ABC and NBC highlighted a temper tantrum from Rep. Anthony Weiner, alleging on the House floor that the Republicans were denying health care to the heroes of 9/11.

Russian Soyuz Blasts Off for Space Station

From what was described as an "ink-black launchpad at the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan," a Russian-built Soyuz spacecraft with an international crew blasted off Tuesday afternoon, heading for the International Space Station.

NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, and Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), traveled at speeds of up to 13,500 mph, looking to orbit the space station on Thursday. The launch went off as scheduled and without incident at 4:12 p.m. EDT.

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DOH Suspends Six Health Practitioners on Drug, Sex Charges

The state Department of Health on Tuesday announced the suspension of licenses of six Florida practitioners, including a massage therapist who went over the line.

Emergency suspension orders were filed on:

Joseph Brown, R.P.H., Lake Worth. Brown admittedly violated Florida Statute 8913.13(6) (a) by possessing a controlled substance without a prescription.

Shelby N. Dickens, C.N.A., St. Petersburg. Dickens entered pleas of guilty to multiple counts of sale or possession of controlled substances, including oxycodone and marijuana.

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South Florida Pastor Calls Mosque Activities 'Nothing Short of Treason'

A Christian minister on Tuesday called for state and federal authorities to "shut down all the activities" of a South Florida mosque, citing its leader's alleged connection to terrorist activity.

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Rick Scott May Not Want to Emulate Public Records Siege of Sarah Palin

Bad as public records delays are in the Florida governor's office, imagine if you were looking for an e-mail in the Alaska governor's office of Sarah Palin back in 2008.

You could have died waiting.

On Friday morning, when the office of the Alaska chief executive releases the 24,199 pages of Palin records requested by msnbc.com, 997 days will have passed. That's one day longer than Mama Grizzly was governor.

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Red-Light Cameras Get Green Light in Sarasota and Boca Raton

With clearance from the Legislature, two more Florida cities are installing intersection cameras that issue $158 tickets to motorists caught blowing through red lights.

By the end of the year, Sarasota expects to have 10 or more cameras at busy intersections.

Boca Raton plans to install a half-dozen cameras.

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