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Sources: Fla. gubernatorial candidate Sink to name Rod Smith as running mate
By Michael C. Bender and Dara Kam
Palm Beach Post
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink will announce former state Sen. Rod Smith as her running mate on Thursday in West Palm Beach, The Palm Beach Post has learned.
Clinton lends his Democratic star power to Kendrick Meek in South Florida
By Beth Reinhard and Patricia Mazzei
St. Petersburg Times
For financially strapped Senate candidate Kendrick Meek, the cavalry arrived Monday in the form of Bill Clinton, who rallied the Democratic troops Monday at three back-to-back rallies in South Florida.
Federal government, states nearing agreement on oil cleanup strategy
By Craig Pittman
St. Petersburg Times
Now that the well that spewed oil from the Deepwater Horizon rig for three months has been plugged, the federal government is completing agreements with states, including Florida, on defining "how clean is clean."
Emergency Money Puts Laid Off Florida Teachers Back to Work
By Gina Presson
Public News Service Florida
It's back-to-school time for teachers and school support personnel across Florida, but this year some 9,000 such people are returning to work who thought they had lost their jobs for good.
Suicide dogs the long-term unemployed
By Annie Lowrey
Florida Independent
He hit “publish” on the last Wednesday in July, in the middle of a long afternoon.
POLITICAL RACES
Charlie Crist campaign returns Jim Greer donations
By John Frank
St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau
Gov. Charlie Crist's independent U.S. Senate campaign is refunding nearly $10,000 to Jim Greer after the indicted former Republican Party state chairman asked for the money to help pay for his legal defense.
Bill Clinton provides helping hand to Kendrick Meek
By Anthony Man
Orlando Sentinel
With a week left in the volatile campaign for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination, Kendrick Meek turned to former President Bill Clinton for final shot of momentum.
McCollum taps corporate money to fight self-financed millionaire Scott
By Steve Bousquet and Marc Caputo
St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau
As Rick Scott freely spends his fortune in his bid to become governor, Republican rival Bill McCollum is fighting to keep up by spending the millions of others.
Bill Clinton endorses Meek in Delray; Greene retorts, 'I don't think it matters'
By George Bennett
Palm Beach Post
Former President Bill Clinton urged Democrats to support Kendrick Meek in next week's Senate primary and pleaded with frustrated Americans to give Democrats more time to address the country's economic woes.
McCollum, Scott aim to stand out, yet share commonalities
By Brandon Larrabee
Florida Times-Union
Related: Q&A: Scott says McCollum isn’t playing fair, defends his own record
With the economy still recovering from one of the worst economic downturns since the Great Depression, Bill McCollum and Rick Scott are touting their ideas for spurring job creation in the state.
AHCA won't investigate Scott clinics
By Jim Saunders
Health News Florida
The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration will not investigate politically explosive allegations against a clinic chain founded by Rick Scott, who is running for the Republican nomination for governor.
In campaigns' TV ad war, truth takes a pounding
By Aaron Sharockman
St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald Politifact
Fueled by unprecedented amounts of money and a bottomless barrel of attacks, the primary campaigns for governor and U.S. Senate have trapped Floridians in two escalating TV ad wars.
9 seek rare House seat replacing Kendrick Meek
By Patricia Mazzei
Miami Herald
The crowded race to replace Kendrick Meek is about more than winning a rare open seat to Congress.
Tea partiers on Fla. congressional ballot
The Associated Press
Tampa Tribune
Patricia Sullivan, a local tea party movement leader in central Florida, thinks it's time for people to take the running of government away from professional politicians and power brokers.
BALLOT INITIATIVES
Amendment 8 asks Florida voters to reconsider class sizes
By Howard Troxler
St. Petersburg Times
The most important fight in Florida this year is not about Republicans and Democrats, or rich guys trying to buy public office.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
US is toughening scrutiny of deepwater drilling
The Associated Press
Tampa Tribune
The government said Monday it is toughening environmental reviews for all new deepwater oil drilling, ending an easy path to oil riches that allowed BP to drill its blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico with little federal scrutiny.
Oil spill: Feinberg back to clear air on claims
By Louis Cooper
Pensacola News Journal
The man in charge of the $20 billion BP compensation fund is in Pensacola today to talk with those affected by the spill just days before his claims offices are scheduled to open.
La. shrimpers reporting clean 1st day catch
The Associated Press
Palm Beach Post
Commercial shrimpers out for the first season since BP's disastrous spill indicated their catch was plentiful and free of oil, despite a report by scientists that much of the crude remains below the surface of the Gulf.
State finds some money for $52-million solar rebate backlog
By Bruce Ritchie
FloridaEnvironments.com
A solar energy representative on Monday welcomed state action to pay some of the more than 15,000 in applications that have been filed for solar energy rebates.
LGBT
Court halts Calif. gay marriages pending appeal
The Associated Press
Miami Herald
A federal appeals court put same-sex weddings in California on hold indefinitely Monday while it considers the constitutionality of the state's gay marriage ban.
EDUCATION
Revamped FCAT, state-mandated algebra exam to greet students as new school year dawns
By Cara Fitzpatrick
Palm Beach Post
A new reading and math FCAT, Florida's first state-mandated end-of-course exam, and tougher high school graduation requirements await students as a new school year starts Tuesday in Palm Beach County.
UM overtakes UF as top Florida college in U.S. News & World Report survey
By Scott Travis
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
The University of Miami has pulled an upset in the annual U.S. News & World Report college rankings.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
Foreclosure prevention programs let homeowners down
By Todd Ruger
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
In hopes of saving their homes, troubled homeowners in the Sarasota area worked out deals with their lenders to reduce their monthly mortgage payments.
HEALTH AND SENIORS
By Christine Jordan Sexton
Florida Tribune
Florida insurance regulators will receive $1 million from the federal government to better help the state regulate health insurance premiums, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced on Monday.
Bogus health insurance rising
By Bob LaMendola
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
The promotions show up in your e-mail inbox, and on fax machines, websites, TV, radio and even handmade signs along South Florida roads – offering health insurance at bargain prices.
FMA votes 'no confidence' in AMA
By Carol Gentry
Health News Florida
The Florida Medical Association decided Sunday after two days of heated debate not to break off relations with the American Medical Association, officials and delegates said at the conclusion of the event.
Fla. seniors rally on Social Security anniversary
The Associated Press
Tampa Tribune
A Tampa congresswoman rallied with seniors to mark the 75th anniversary of Social Security.
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