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Mayo on the Side (10 unread)

• Mayo: Obit for Roni Frye, 66, MacCarthy's news

  Last Monday turned out to be more bittersweet than I realized. It was strange enough when news of the horrific bombing at the Boston Marathon started streaming out just moments after the Sun Sentinel learned that it had won the first Pulitzer Prize in the newspaper's 102-year-history. [...]
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• Mayo: An unsettling week, with an ugly past

  A terror bombing at the Boston Marathon, an explosion at a Texas fertilizer factory and tainted mail in Washington, D.C. have made for an unsettling week. Throw in anniversaries of some of America's most tragic and traumatic days -- Virginia Tech, Oklahoma City, Columbine, Waco -- and it becomes downright creepy. [...]
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• Mayo: Carlos Arredondo, war mourner to Boston hero

  Remember Carlos Arredondo, who set himself (and a Marine van) on fire outside his Hollywood home after learning of his son's death in the Iraq War in 2004? He was a hero at the Boston Marathon bombing on Monday. [...]
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• Mayo: Hurricane predictions -- hot air or useful?

  The first in a parade of ever-changing hurricane predictions for the 2013 storm season was released last week (subject to later revision, of course) and I didn't know whether to laugh, scream or yawn. ' [...]
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• Mayo: SB1770 could blow insurance prices sky high

  The Florida Senate is poised to vote on a major overhaul of property insurance on Tuesday (SB1770) that could cause rates to soar, those insured by state-run Citizens and private insurers alike. [...]
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• Mayo: Why so much for Tortuga fest tickets?

  I was all pumped about checking out this weekend's inaugural Tortuga Muisc Festival on Fort Lauderdale beach , especially Michael Franti & Spearhead and G. Love and Special Sauce on Saturday afternoon. [...]
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• Mayo: John Goodman deserves new DUI trial

  This pains me to say, but millionaire Wellington polo magnate John Goodman deserves a new trial. [...]
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• Mayo: Is public cost for Dolphins stadium deal soaring?

  My latest reaction to the proposed deal between the Miami Dolphins and Miami-Dade County for public funding to renovate private Sun Life Stadium: Huh? [...]
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• Mayo:What should happen to cops who framed Caravella?

  What should happen to the two Miramar police officers that a federal jury found liable for framing Anthony Caravella for murder? [...]
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• Mayo on TV to talk Dolphins stadium, FAU

  Shameless plug alert: I'll be appearing on TV this weekend, talking about the latest developments with the Dolphins' request for public funds to renovate their private stadium on Issues, the weekly public affairs show on Ch. 2-PBS (WPBT-TV). [...]
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