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  1. Ida Weakens to a Tropical Depression, Heads East-UPDATE 8 a.m. 11/10Read the original story w/Photo

    19 min ago | WJHG-TV Panama City

    Forecasters say Ida has weakened to a tropical depression and is heading east toward the Florida Panhandle with winds near 35 mph .

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    Related Topix: Florida, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Weather, Flood

  2. Fla. Senate candidate Rubio takes tough stance on immigrationRead the original story

    20 min ago | Lexington Herald-Leader

    As an underdog U.S. Senate candidate courting the GOP's conservative wing, Marco Rubio takes a hard-line position against illegal immigration: no amnesty.

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    Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Mel Martinez, Republican, Illegal Immigration, Florida

  3. Wash. Post: "It's a Grand Old Purging as moderate's ouster spotlights Republican dysfunction"Read the original story

    48 min ago | AMERICAblog

    According to the Washington Post, the word "Scozzafava" has become an "epithet" for the hard-core teabagger crowd, led by Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck.

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    Related Topix: New York Government, New York, US Politics, John McCain, US News

  4. Veteran's Day: Courage, sacrifice, grieving chronicledRead the original story

    8 hrs ago | News Press

    "I just wanted to write and tell you I'm still alive" - Letter from Spc. 4 James A. Luckey, Vietnam, Sept.

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    Related Topix: Fort Myers, FL, Sanibel, FL

  5. Chuck Hobbs: High court looks at life sentences for juvenilesRead the original story

    8 hrs ago | Tallahassee.com

    The United States Supreme Court on Monday heard the cases of Graham vs. Florida and Sullivan vs.

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    Related Topix: Florida, US News, US Supreme Court, Prison, Roc, Entertainment, Television

  6. Florida braces as Ida brings rain, wind toward PanhandleRead the original story

    8 hrs ago | Tallahassee.com

    Gov. Charlie Crist declared a state of emergency Monday as a weakened Tropical Storm Ida sloshed toward the Panhandle.

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  7. Apalachee Center, Bond join forcesRead the original story

    8 hrs ago | Tallahassee.com

    Johnny Blackmon doesn't know where he would be without Apalachee Center - a private, not-for-profit behavioral health-care organization that offers emotional, psychiatric and substance abuse services.

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    Related Topix: Florida

  8. Crist lifts hold on Garner's judgeshipRead the original story

    8 hrs ago | Tallahassee.com

    She couldn't let herself get happy just yet. Fresh from a Monday afternoon phone conversation from Gov.

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    Related Topix: Gadsden County, FL, Quincy, FL

  9. Atwater in no hurry on drillingRead the original story

    8 hrs ago | Tallahassee.com

    Senate President Jeff Atwater hinted Monday that he might not consider opening up Florida waters to offshore drilling in the next legislative session, his last before term limits force him to step down.

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    Related Topix: Florida, North Palm Beach, FL, Century, FL, Florida State University, Merritt Island, FL

  10. Our Opinion: Insurance chaosRead the original story

    8 hrs ago | Tallahassee.com

    As Ida moved along in the Gulf yesterday, being reduced from possible hurricane status to a tropical storm or maybe just a big storm, Florida's run of political as well as climatological good luck had apparently, mercifully, been extended.

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    Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Florida, Opinion

  11. Except murder, life for juveniles is too longRead the original story

    8 hrs ago | Des Moines Register

    The idea of life in prison suggests the condemned has absolutely no hope of redemption.

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    Related Topix: US News, US Supreme Court

  12. Offshore drilling claims by oil and gas industry: lies and half-truths?Read the original story w/Photo

    Saturday Nov 7 | Examiner.com

    The debate about whether or not the Florida state legislature should lift the nearly three decade old offshore oil exploration and drilling moratorium has been heating up lately, and has been fueled by a series of symposiums organized by both the media and the industry over the past few weeks.

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    Related Topix: Oil & Gas, Florida

  13. 4Rivers Smokehouse opening to benefit Coalition for the HomelessRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 4 | Cooking Gal

    Nov. 11 is the official grand opening of 4Rivers Smokehouse in Winter Park . Although most Central Floridians have already discovered this little piece of brisket and other smoked meats heaven on Fairbanks Avenue, founder and pit master John Rivers and his team will officially cut the ceremonial ribbon at 10 am Wednesday.

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    Related Topix: Winter Park, FL, Life, Food, Bar-B-Q

  14. Dockery "officially" enters GOP race for Governor todayRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Creative Loafing Tampa

    This afternoon in Lakeland, State Senator Paula Dockery "officially" announces her candidacy for the Republican nomination for Governor.A . The event begins at 5:30 p.m.at Munn park.

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    Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Bill Nelson

  15. Editorial: Cloudy on solarRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun Gainesville, FL

    Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 6:14 p.m. As the days grow shorter, Florida's prospects for producing clean, renewable energy grow brighter.

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    Related Topix: Florida, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Florida State University, Department of Energy, Opinion

  16. Club for Growth Endorses Rubio over CristRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | News Max

    After picking up a key endorsement Monday, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio set to work on another win that would deliver a big, symbolic blow to Charlie Crist in the governor's home county in Florida.

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Chris Chocola, Kendrick Meek, Democrat, Florida

  17. A Battle for Senate - And the GOP's SoulRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | CBS News

    This story was filed by CBSNews.com political reporter Brian Montopoli . Florida Senate hopeful Marco Rubio is sitting in a hotel lobby in midtown Manhattan, arguing that his Republican Party has a decision to make.

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    Related Topix: US News, Florida, Charlie Crist, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election

  18. M.I. man seeks spot on Port AuthorityRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | FloridaToday.com

    William Golding, a Merritt Island charter boat captain who said he grew up around Port Canaveral, is the first person to officially request that Gov.

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    Related Topix: Merritt Island, FL

  19. email articleRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Joe Scott

    Published 1 hour, 16 minutes ago at A bizarre California replay of the Republican special election in New York's 23rd District last month which ended up badly for the party and elected a Democrat, has ignited the 2010 primary race for the seat of veteran liberal Democrat Barbara ...

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    Related Topix: California, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, HP, Computers, John McCain

  20. America's Morning NewsRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | Washington Times

    In case you didn't tune into The Washington Times' nationally syndicated radio show "America's Morning News" - heard in Washington on WTNT-AM 570 and coast to coast via the Talk Radio Network - here's what four of Monday's guests told co-hosts Melanie Morgan and John McCaslin: • Andy McCarthy, senior fellow at the National Review Institute: ...

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    Related Topix: Publishing, Media, Fort Hood, TX