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NEWS ABOUT: Florida

Florida stories: 378 news summaries

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South Carolina Prompts Primary Chaos

SC to jump to January, pushing primary schedule as early as December

Aug 9, 07 5:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - South Carolina's Republican Party is about to shift its primary to January 19, triggering a chain reaction of primary rescheduling that is infuriating candidates and campaign managers, the Washington Post reports. The New Hampshire primary will likely be rescheduled for early January and the Iowa caucuses as early as December.... More »

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Florida • Republican • New Hampshire • South Carolina • primary • GOP • Election 2008 • presidential election

Gay Support Turns Off
Swing Voters

Endorsements hurt more than help in key states, poll finds

Aug 8, 07 7:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - The backing of gay rights groups could turn swing-state voters against a candidate, new polls show. Politico reports that Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania voters, by a large margin, consider the support of such groups reason to vote against rather than for a candidate; no one since JFK has been elected... More »

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Florida • gay rights • Ohio • business • labor • Pennsylvania • poll • voters • swing voters • Election 2008

Fla. Governor Joins Green Revolution

Toughest emissions standard in nation
will make waves

Jul 13, 07 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Florida governor Charlie Crist is taking the green revolution farther down the road traveled in California, with an executive order setting the nation's toughest emission standards. Highly vulnerable to climate change, the fourth largest state will catalyze legal, business and attitude shifts throughout the country, says the Economist. More »

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Florida • greenhouse gases • Arnold Schwarzenegger

Hemingway Cats Dodge Bullet

Literary felines evade Key West eviction order

Jul 9, 07 2:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - The six-toed cats that make Ernest Hemingway's Key West home a magnet for lovers of both literature and animals can stay right where they are, the city says. The feds have targeted the literary lions, saying they're "on exhibit," but the local government passed an ordinance last week... More »

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Florida • six toed cats • cat

Soldier Sues Over Fifth Deployment

Reservist takes Army to court over tour he says could cost him home, job

Jul 9, 07 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 26-year-old sergeant is suing the army to prevent his fifth deployment to Iraq, claiming that the Army follows inconsistent policies in mobilizing reserves. The military wants reservist Erik Botta return to Iraq next week, the Miami Herald reports, but Botta is suing to stop the order he says will... More »

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Iraq • Florida • military • deployment • federal courts • US troops • Erik Botta • tour of duty • Army Reserves • US Army • soldier

Flying Fish
Crash Into Boaters

Once-endangered sturgeon weigh up to 200 lbs, can't be killed

Jul 4, 07 5:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Boaters on Florida’s Suwannee River have been knocked unconscious by "sturgeon strikes" as the muscular fish rocket through the air, the New York Times reports. The  collisions  have caused a broken pelvis, shattered leg and a slashed throat. The fish, which can weigh up to 200 pounds, have... More »

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Florida • weird • fish • Suwannee River • sturgeon • animal

10 Best Retirement Bargains

U.S. News susses out the 10 spots that offer the most to retirees on a limited budget

Jul 2, 07 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cost of living isn't the only important factor when deciding on a place to retire. Weather, proximity to cities, airports, entertainment and hospitals are also play a part. U.S. News considered all the angles and came out with these top picks:
  1. Boone, North Carolina
  2. Dahlonega, Georgia
  3. Fredericksburg, Texas
... More »

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Florida • Texas • Georgia • North Carolina • list • retirement • homes • Maine

Atlantis Hitches Ride to Florida

Shuttle leaves California
for home, mounted on a 747

Jul 1, 07 5:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - The space shuttle Atlantis set off to return to Florida from its emergency landing site in California today—strapped to a jumbo jet. The Boeing 747 carrying Atlantis departed from the Mojave Desert Air Base and will stop to refuel along its trip at undisclosed locations. It's expected to arrive... More »

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Florida • NASA • California • Boeing • Kennedy Space Center • air base • International Space Station • Mojave Desert • Atlantis Space Shuttle

For Rudy, It Aways Comes Back to 9/11

The pros and cons
of having terror as
your touchstone

Jun 28, 07 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Los Angeles Times tracks Rudy Giuliani's rhetoric on the stump, and marvels at the way he manages to bring just about any topic around to the threat of  terror. Fourteen seconds into in a speech in Des Moines called "Restoring Fiscal Discipline and Cutting Wasteful Washington Spending" the... More »

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Florida • Rudy Giuliani • terrorism • Iowa • Fidel Castro • World Trade Center • September 11 • straw poll • Election 2008

Toothpaste Scare Widens—Again

Tainted tubes from China turn up
in Georgia prisons, hospitals

Jun 28, 07 7:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Chinese toothpaste scare is far from over and is more than just a scare. Tainted tubes have turned up, as expected, in discount stores—but officials have also found them in institutions such as prisons and hospitals, the Times reports. Nearly 1 million tubes containing varying amounts of a... More »

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China • food • Florida • toothpaste • Georgia • chemicals • food safety • tainted toothpaste • safety • contamination

Top Beaches 2007

Jun 11, 07 10:04 PM CDT
(Newser) -
  1. Ocracoke Lifeguarded Beach, Outer Banks, North Carolina
  2. Caladesi Island State Park, Dunedin/Clearwater, Florida
  3. Coopers Beach, Southampton, New York
  4. Hanalei Bay, Kauai, Hawaii
  5. Coast Guard Beach, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
More »

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Florida • travel • New York • beach • Ocracoke • North Carolina • list • Massachusetts • vacation • Hawaii • Maui

Alaska Rep. Earmarks Cash for Florida

Young channels funds to road project dear to campaign contributor 

Jun 7, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Times blows the whistle on Don Young, the House's most notorious earmarker, who this time managed to slip in $10 million for a boondoggle that's not even in his home state of Alaska. A 2006 transportation bill mysteriously includes funds for a project in Florida that happens... More »

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Florida • Alaska • earmarks • House of Representatives • Don Young • Coconut Road

Florida Throws Off Nomination Race for Dems

Early vote violates party rules, could lead to exclusion of major candidates

May 20, 07 1:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Florida, home of the hanging chad and the butterfly ballot, is causing election-related panic once again, reports The LA Times. Florida Republicans pushed the state's primaries up to January 29, a week earlier than recently changed Democratic rules allow. If the rules aren't amended, delegates for major candidates may actually... More »

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Florida • primary • voting • Election 2008 • election

Miami Beach Battles Sand Hassle

May 16, 07 5:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new kind of sandstorm is brewing in South Florida. As its world-famous beaches face crippling erosion, Miami Beach is hitting up its neighbors for the scarce stuff. But with most of Florida's communities strapped, Miami Beach, like coastal communities in California and Hawaii, is turning to foreign countries, which... More »

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Florida • Miami • beach • erosion • St. Lucie • sand

Florida Moves Primary To January 29

Rescheduling sets off race for first place

May 4, 07 10:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - The state's historic election difficulties notwithstanding, Florida's presidential primaries will be among the earliest in the nation. Yesterday's legislative approval of the January 29 date is already provoking other states into maneuvering for the first spot. Said the Massachusetts secretary of state: "The idea that this election could begin... More »

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Florida • Republican • primary • political party • Democrat • voting • Florida primary • Election 2008 • election

The Run to The NFL Starts Here

No one learns speed like kids chasing
rabbits in Florida sugarcane fields

Apr 20, 07 11:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - There's a good reason Glades Central High School in Bell Glade, Florida, has produced 28 pro football players in the past 29 years. Refreshingly, it has nothing to do with steroids, high endurance training, or secret energy drinks, Eric Adelson testifies in ESPN.  Deep in the Everglades, kids run.... More »

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Florida • high school • Fred Taylor • Jacksonville Jaguars • football • Bell Glade

Gators Win Twice with Teamwork   

Florida Earns Second Championship With Guts and Discipline

Apr 3, 07 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - By repeating as national champions, the University of Florida men's basketball team has shown what commitment and teamwork can do, says Dick Jerardi. "It was equal parts breathtaking and mesmerizing," he writes. "If you love to watch selfless basketball in which there is one goal, you had... More »

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Florida • sports • NBA • NCAA • basketball • University of Florida • Gators

Gitmo Tagged for Cuban Refugees

Navy plans to prevent post-Castro Cuban exodus

Mar 6, 07 11:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Anticipating that Fidel Castro's death will prompt thousands of Cubans to attempt to join their expatriate countrymen in South Florida, U.S. authorities are making space for them—in Cuba. The Miami Herald reports that the DOD has budgeted $18 million to expand its base at Guantanamo Bay to handle... More »

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Florida • Fidel Castro • Cuba • United States • Guantanamo Bay • refugee

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