CFO names new insurance consumer advocate
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida's next insurance consumer advocate is going to be a former legislative employee. Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater announced Tuesday that …
New report blasts state over child abuse deaths
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida is failing in its efforts to prevent child abuse deaths because welfare authorities aren't picking up warning signs in families …
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Case stirs talk of ‘Shopping While Black’
The usual scenario involves suspicious glances, inattentive clerks or rude service, not handcuffs. Yet when a black teen said he was wrongly jailed after buying …
Obama meets with envoys on closing Guantanamo Bay
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The White House says President Barack Obama has met with two special envoys for closing the Guantanamo Bay prison and recommitted to …
Activist demands profiling guarantee from Macy’s
NEW YORK (AP) _ The Rev. Al Sharpton said he and other civil rights leaders had a "brutally honest'' meeting Monday with the CEO of …
29 years later, Cuba hijacker wants to come home
HAVANA – William Potts burned with the desire to change the world. Nothing really turned out the way he planned. Dreaming of joining the struggle …
Poynter Institute president announces retirement
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – The president of the Poynter Institute, a journalism foundation that also owns the Tampa Bay Times and Florida Trend magazine, …
Miami-Dade County polling places open for voting until 7 p.m.
MIAMI – All 829 Miami-Dade County precincts are open and welcoming voters. Administrators are on hand in the field and at the Election Central phone …
Cory Booker sworn in as newest US senator
WASHINGTON (AP) – Former Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker is starting his new job in an unusual position _ a freshman Democratic senator with celebrity …