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Palm Beach County pushes ahead with inspector general legal fight
The legal fight over how to pay for Palm Beach County's government watchdog will continue, county commissioners decided Tuesday, threatening to add another year and half of funding uncertainty for the inspector general's office. A coalition of 14...
Tags: Delray Beach, Justice System, Litigation, Finance, National Government
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Hospitals fare well in recent scorecard
Broward and Palm Beach county hospitals, like those across the rest of the nation, have received their spring report cards as scored by a nonprofit organization that advocates for safer health-care delivery. Nineteen local hospitals earned A grades,...Tags: Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Coral Springs, West Palm Beach, Medical Procedures and Tests, Cleveland Clinic
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New lawsuit filed against missing Boca Raton attorney
A new lawsuit accuses missing Boca Raton attorney Timothy McCabe of ripping off one investor in two different ways. Real estate broker Timothy Sweetman alleges McCabe persuaded him to loan $30,000 to Cruise Superstore, a Deerfield Beach company that...
Tags: Laws, Realty, Business Enterprises, Palm Beach County, Scott Rothstein
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Balancing Act: Young entrepreneurs redefining work world
The Miami HeraldOn a recent college tour with my teenage son, a professor at a Florida university gave him pointed advice: "Don't expect to get a job at a company. You're going to need to be an entrepreneur." It caught me off guard, but my son didn't react. He took it as...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Florida International University, The Miami Herald, Business, University of Miami
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Kosher meals fight continues
Florida's Department of Corrections got a stern rebuke from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals last week when the court sent a lawsuit brought by a Jewish prisoner over the right to receive kosher meals back to a lower court. The appeals court...Tags: Surfside, Justice System, Vegetarian Diet, Military Justice, Miami Beach
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Threatened federal cuts at Boca airport lead to salary debate
In the wake of a proposed $650,000 federal budget cut that threatened to close the tower at Boca Raton Airport, a battle has erupted around the salary of the airport's manager. In one corner is former City Council member David Freudenberg, who says he...
Tags: Laws, Federal Aviation Administration, Justice System, Trials, Air Transportation Industry
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Public concerned about the cost of the new police department headquarters
Sun SentinelAt the last commission meeting, the Boynton Beach city commission unanimously voted to approve staff’s recommendation to move forward with building an up to $30 million new police department facility on High Ridge Road. Although residents say that...Tags: Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County Property Appraiser
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Missing Boca attorney had ties with companies facing FTC lawsuit
Missing Boca Raton attorney Timothy McCabe once had ties to what federal authorities have described as a web of South Florida businesses that financially preyed on people desperate to avoid foreclosure, the Sun Sentinel has found. McCabe got some of his...
Tags: Realty, Laws, Defendants, Prosecution, Business
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Boca's beauty needs attention, panel says
Boca Raton's landscape beauty may be in the eye of the beholder. And the city panel in charge of rewarding properties for their look thinks the town is getting a little rough around the edges. The city has come along way since the 1960s, when its main...
Tags: IBM, Ceremonies, Culture
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New signal timing on U.S. 1 has some fuming
Q: For years, I have traveled south on U.S. 1 across Commercial Boulevard to Holy Cross Hospital. It was the best intersection in the county. Now it is a total mess, and I take any other route to avoid it. It seems the signals now only allow one leg of...Tags: Broward County, Palm Beach County, Florida's Turnpike, Transportation, Road Transportation
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Sex offenders seek safe haven at mobile home park
LEALMAN - When a 75-year-old man was fatally stabbed at the Palace Mobile Home Park last month, residents were shocked. The slaying was out of character for this community of 80 mobile homes, spread out behind a liquor store and used merchandise shop in...
Tags: Criminals, Punishment, Tampa, Rentals, Prisons
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Former Boca financial adviser accused of defrauding co-workers
A former Boca Raton financial adviser faces charges of defrauding his victims out of thousands of dollars by claiming they were getting into mineral drilling investments. Investigators say Jason Thomas Knapp, 29, of Corinth, N.Y., told his victims they...
Tags: Personal Finance, Bank of America Corp., Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, Finance, Chesapeake Energy Corp.
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