The Rev. Terry Jones may just have exposed the ultimate futility of America's war in Afghanistan. Consider the portrait of frustrated impotence America presented to the world last week.
The Rev. Terry Jones may just have exposed the ultimate futility of America's war in Afghanistan. Consider the portrait of frustrated impotence America presented to the world last week.
John Stemberger, president and general counsel of the Florida Family Policy Council, sent out an email to supporters on Monday reporting that his organizations website had been hacked by a radical Muslim hacker.
We have some rather stunning and almost unbelievable news that we need to report, wrote Stemberger. Late last week, we were attacked and the code of our FFPC website at FLFamily.org was completely disabled and destroyed by a radical Muslim hacker.
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Federal probation officials apparently are recommending that Debra Villegas, a co-conspirator in Scott Rothstein's billion-dollar ponzi scheme, be sentenced to more than 10 years in prison.
Villegas' attorney reportedly filed an objection to the undisclosed recommendation over the weekend, saying she deserved less than the max because of her cooperation with federal agents and prosecutors.
U.S. District Judge William Zloch is scheduled to hand down Villegas' sentence on Oct. 8 in Fort Lauderdale.
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U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, the Democratic nominee in the U.S. Senate race, continued on Monday to hammer Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running in the race without party affiliation. Meek, who is in third place and looking to stop Democrats from backing Crist, ran a new web video, taking shots at new commercials that Crist has run stressing his abilities to bridge Republicans and Democrats and pledging to take the best ideas from both parties.
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In a year of hotly contested elections and raging anti-incumbent fervor, Florida's 23rd Congressional District remains a stagnant backwater sure to re-elect U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings.
With Gov. Charlie Crist running two new ads for his bid without party affiliation to the U.S. Senate, touting his independence from the Democrats and the Republicans, the campaign team of Republican rival fired off a return volley on Monday morning.
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Former Rep. Dennis Ross, the Republican nominee to replace U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam who is running to be Floridas next commissioner of agriculture and consumer services, launched a new commercial on Monday blasting Democratic rival Polk County Elections Supervisor Lori Edwards for backing the Obama administration.
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University of Florida officials complain about campus budget shortfalls, but UF grads apparently know business and finance.
A Wall Street Journal survey of corporate recruiters ranks the school ninth in the nation for quality of bachelor's degree graduates.
Ranked by field, UF rated No. 12 in finance and 23rd in business.
The survey of 480 companies gave the top ratings to large public schools, led by Penn State, Texas A&M and the University of Illinois. No other Florida school made the top 25.
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Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running in the U.S. Senate campaign without party affiliation, has launched two new television commercials, both of which attempt to show the governor is able to work above partisan politics -- while his opponents seek to remind Florida voters about Crist's record.
Defeated politicians never die; they dont even fade away. With Sen. Frederica Wilson, D-Miami Gardens, defeating a large field in the Democratic primary and facing an independent candidate for the congressional seat currently held by U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, it looks like some politicians will get a second chance to move up the ladder. Former Rep. Phillip Brutus, Rep. James Bush, D-Miami, and Rep.
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