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'Sweepstakes' game rooms raise legal, tax questions
Lillie Chappell was up about $50, then down about the same, and was into her third hour playing a video game — pressing a button on the computer screen and watching tumbling four-leaf clovers, bars, horseshoes, numeral sevens. Compared with slot...Tags: Patapsco, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Judges, Justice System
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City sues state over jail report
Sun reporterTaking up the cause of public access to government information, Baltimore officials filed a lawsuit yesterday against the state prison system, demanding an uncensored version of a consultant's report about problems at the Central Booking and Intake...Tags: Prisons, Maryland, Safety of Citizens, Government, Justice System
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Intake center report is out
Sun reporterState prison officials have given a judge and the city solicitor a heavily redacted consultant's report on problems at the state-run Central Booking and Intake Center in Baltimore, making it impossible to determine what, if any, remedies were recommended....Tags: Litigation, Prisons, Maryland, Safety of Citizens, Judges
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Florida fair is unorthodox host to Cabinet meeting
Starting the day with an impromptu square dance and a crack of a bullwhip, Gov. Rick Scott celebrated the opening day of the Florida State Fair and held a cabinet meeting at the fairgrounds Thursday morning. It's the first time the Florida Cabinet has...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Jeffrey Atwater, Pam Bondi, Executive Branch, Rick Scott
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Man critically burned trying to set fire to wife, Tampa authorities say
TAMPA, Florida — Deputies in Tampa say a man was critically burned when he tried to set his estranged wife on fire.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said it happened Monday morning at 47-year-old Gloria Davis' apartment. Deputies say...Tags: Fires, Fires, Tampa
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150 at USF to be tested for tuberculosis
TAMPA, Florida — About 150 people at the University of South Florida will be tested for tuberculosis after a student is believed to have come down with the illness.
The Hillsborough County Health Department reports the ill student has been placed...Tags: Lungs and Airways, University of South Florida, Health and Safety at School, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Today in Tallahassee: Budget, divorce, and speed-reading of bills
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — The Florida House is slated to take up its proposed $69.2 billion budget today, while the Senate is inching closer to producing one of its own. Welcome to Day 30 of the 2012 legislative session — the official midpoint, if you... -
1 dead after 2 personal watercrafts collide on Tampa-area lake
LUTZ, Florida — Authorities say two personal watercrafts collided on a Tampa Bay-area lake, killing one man.
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the two watercrafts collided around 3 a.m. Saturday on Lake Hobbs in...Tags: Conservation, Natural Resources, Endangered Species, Natural Resources, Tampa
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Gas pump stickers would let disabled phone in for fuel
For disabled South Florida drivers pulling up to the gas pump, help soon could be just a phone call away.
Veterans advocates are pushing for county ordinances that would require gas stations with two or more attendants to post stickers on their pumps...Tags: Broward County, Labor Legislation, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Vietnam War (1955-1975), Petroleum Industry
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Three killed in Hillsborough County crash
Three people were killed in an early morning crash in Hillsborough County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
The crash occurred about 3:10 a.m. on U.S. Highway 41, north of Valroy Road, near Ruskin, troopers said.
They identified the dead as Jesus Jaime,...Tags: Florida Highway Patrol
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Man, 36, survives suicide jump off Skyway bridge
TAMPA, Florida — Deputies say a 36-year-old man is in good condition after jumping off the Sunshine Skyway bridge, which spans Tampa Bay.
Hillsborough County Sheriff's deputies say John Stewart Murray of Pinellas Park attempted suicide early Friday...Tags: Suicide, Suicide
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Suffolk U. predicting a blow-out for Romney
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelSuffolk University, a blue-collar school in downtown Boston that over the years has produced legions of Bay State lawyers, among other professionals, is predicting a blowout for Mitt Romney in tomorrow's Republican presidential primary. SU's polling has...
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