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Campaign accounts for Fort Lauderdale mayor contenders
South Florida Sun-SentinelFive people have opened campaign accounts to run for Fort Lauderdale mayor in spring 2009. Here are the candidates and how much they'd raised and spent on their campaigns by June 30: Cindi Hutchinson: City commissioner, former owner-operator of a small...Tags: Elections, Political Candidates, Regional Authority, Public Officials, Wilton Manors
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New disability rules to have wide effects
The Associated PressThousands of gallons of water pulse through cascading waterfalls and rapids at Adventure Mini Golf in Lake Worth. The course, which covers about an acre, features different elevations with two sets of stairs connecting them. When people ask whether it'...Tags: Miniature Golf, Theme Park Vacations, Civil Laws, Local Authority, National Government
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Home Sales Tumble 2.6%
The Associated PressSales of existing homes fell more sharply than expected in June as the housing industry continued to be bruised by the worst slump in more than two decades. The National Association of Realtors reported that sales dropped by 2.6 percent last month to a...Tags: House, Inventories, George Bush, Real Estate Buyers, State Budgets
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No love from state workers in L.A. for Schwarzenegger's wage-cut plan
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersNo one likes to wake up to the news that the boss may slash salaries to the minimum wage. California's state workers on Thursday were digesting the news that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may cut their pay to the federal minimum wage of $6.55 an hour...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Unemployment, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mortgages, Society
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Miss. River spill idles ships near New Orleans
Associated Press WriterDozens of cargo ships, petrochemical tankers and smaller vessels stacked up Thursday near a closed stretch of the Mississippi River, a day after a collision between a barge and tanker spilled more than 400,000 gallons of fuel oil into the nation's busy...Tags: Environmental Cleanup, Carnival Cruise Lines, Emergency Incidents, National Government, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Midwest relief packages will have to wait
Victims of recent storm and flood damage in the Midwest could get some disaster assistance and tax relief under new measures pending in Congress -- but not until after the August recess. Lawmakers have delayed consideration of a supplemental emergency...Tags: House, Upper House, Retirement, Robert Byrd, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia)
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All Fla. legislators except Rep. Wexler keep a home in state
South Florida Sun-SentinelU.S. Rep. Robert Wexler is Florida's only member of Congress who does not own a home in his congressional district. The Democratic congressman ostensibly from Boca Raton or Delray Beach is under fire this week after he admitted on national TV that the...Tags: House, Boca Raton, Tampa, Robert Wexler, National Government
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Minnesota news in brief at 8:58 p.m. CDT
The House overwhelmingly passed legislation Thursday aimed at improving the safety of the nation's bridges, nearly a year after the deadly collapse of an interstate highway bridge in Minneapolis. The vote was 367-55. The legislation would authorize an...Tags: House, John McCain, Judges, Parliament, Polls
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Hutchinson, Seiler lead way in fundraising for Fort Lauderdale mayor race
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe race to be the next mayor of Fort Lauderdale might be more than half a year away, but already five candidates are raising money and campaigning. The latest campaign finance reports show that two candidates — City Commissioner Cindi Hutchinson...Tags: House, Elections, Legal Services, Minority Groups, Public Officials
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What's tougher to get than a same-sex marriage? A same-sex divorce
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOn the morning of May 26, 2004, Cassandra Ormiston and her long-time partner Margaret Chambers arose early, hopped in the car and raced across the border into Massachusetts. Then-Gov. Mitt Romney, a staunch opponent of same-sex marriage, had already...Tags: Personal Income, Judges, National Government, Lawyers, Heads of State
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