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Crist celebrates birthday in Palm Beach
South Florida Sun-SentinelAfter taking a day off to rest from a 10-day trade mission to Paris, Madrid, London and other European cities, Gov. Charlie Crist woke up Thursday another year older. Crist planned to celebrate his 52nd birthday in Palm Beach at a bash at the famed...Tags: Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), John McCain, Executive Branch, Charlie Crist
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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: Energy Resources, Floods, Meteorological Disasters, Tropical Weather, Petroleum Industry
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'Green' jobs expand Michigan worker retraining
Associated Press WriterWhen Joseph Houle lost his job at a Petoskey factory in late 2006, he decided to retrain to be a police officer. This month, he started working as a marine deputy with the Cheboygan County Sheriff's Department. The state's No Worker Left Behind program,...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Retraining, Economy, Employees, Regional Authority
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Expediters for permits may need licenses
Chicago Tribune reporterAldermen took a stab Thursday at curtailing the decades-old practice of cash changing hands for Chicago building permits by recommending that middlemen in the process obtain licenses requiring a criminal-background check. The City Council Building...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Bernard Stone, Bribery, Corporate Crime, Personal Data Collection
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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: Heads of State, Laws, Minority Groups, Mitt Romney, Executive Branch
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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: Major League Baseball, Wages and Pensions, Jeffrey Loria, Brian Fuentes, Atlanta Braves
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Study sees racial bias in traffic-stop searches
Chicago Tribune reportersCivil rights groups called Thursday for ending the state police practice of searching vehicles during routine traffic stops, citing new statistics that show black and Hispanic motorists are searched more often even though drugs or other illegal items turn...Tags: Labor Legislation, National or Ethnic Minorities, NAACP, Vehicles, Minority Groups
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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: Bruce Springsteen, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Meteorological Disasters, Pittsburgh Penguins, National Hockey League
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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: Regional Authority, Disasters, Executive Branch
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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, Public Officials, Lawyers, Wilton Manors, Regional Authority
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