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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: Wilton Manors, Fort Lauderdale, Lawyers, Public Officials, Political Candidates
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South Texas begins cleanup after Dolly
Associated PressResidents across south Texas and in northern Mexico slogged through knee-deep muddy waters, tiptoed around downed power lines and dug through debris Thursday, but were thankful that Hurricane Dolly was not as powerful as they had feared. Downed power...Tags: Natural Resources, Meteorological Disasters, Fires, Executive Branch, Disasters
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Study: Latino voters prefer Obama
Washington BureauWASHINGTON—Juana Marquez very much wanted to cast her first vote in a United States presidential election for Hillary Clinton. Marquez, 19, of Washington, immigrated to the United States from El Salvador five years ago. She, as well as her sisters,...Tags: Georgetown, US Elections, Minority Groups, Democratic Party, National or Ethnic Minorities
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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: David Paterson, Family, Executive Branch, Laws, Minority Groups
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Trade possible if deal is right
South Florida Sun-SentinelMarlins President David Samson was at Wrigley Field after spending much of the past two weeks in Miami-Dade Circuit Court due to Norman Braman's lawsuit. While a resolution isn't expected until mid-September, a delay that endangers the club's plans to...Tags: Florida Marlins, Major League Baseball, Wages and Pensions, National Government, Jeffrey Loria
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Odds of new arena attracting NBA or NHL franchise low
Sun reporterA new arena is a poor risk for Baltimore if the city is counting on attracting an NHL or NBA franchise, sports business experts say, but some agree with city leaders that a proposed 18,500-seat venue could be profitable without such an anchor tenant....Tags: National Basketball Association, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Nashville Predators, Bruce Springsteen, Meteorological Disasters
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Culver extends disaster proclamations
Gov. Chet Culver says he's extending all disaster proclamations until Aug. 22, which means Iowans affected by flooding and severe weather will have more time to get assistance as they clean up and begin to rebuild. According to Culver's office, 86 of...Tags: Executive Branch, Disasters, Regional Authority
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Air Force Missile Launch Crew Falls Asleep
Associated PressWASHINGTON -- Air Force officials say three ballistic missile crew members in North Dakota fell asleep while holding classified launch code devices earlier this month, triggering an investigation by military and National Security Agency experts. The...Tags: Nuclear Weapons, Contracts, Armed Forces, Executive Branch, Defense
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Hijabs at issue of discrimination lawsuit
Two Muslim women claim in a lawsuit that a Detroit area McDonald's would not hire them because they wore traditional Islamic headscarves. The Detroit Free Press reports that Toi Whitfield of Detroit and Quiana Pugh of Dearborn filed the discrimination...Tags: Public Employees, Minority Groups, McDonald's Corp., Islam, Freedom of the Press
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AP top news in Iowa at 4:58 p.m. CDT
The mother of an alleged sexual assault victim has released a letter she sent to University of Iowa officials, accusing them of ignoring her daughter as she faced harassment after reporting the attack. In a copyright story, the Iowa City Press-Citizen...Tags: Fires, Disasters, Minority Groups, Sexual Assault, Retirement
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