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• Lauderdale electeds vote tonight on $800,000 settlement

  Nine years ago, a young man driving a stolen BMW ran a stop sign, crashed and killed someone. Now that crash is going to cost Fort Lauderdale taxpayers $800,000. Why? A Fort Lauderdale police officer, Carl Hannold, was accused of chasing the BMW when it wrecked. Fort Lauderdale elected officials met in [...]
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• Crist says he'll be 'very thoughtful and deliberate' about future of his Senate bid

  By Brendan Farrington/The Associated Press Gov. Charlie Crist said Monday he may quit his GOP primary race and run for the Senate as an independent, his once-promising career threatened by fast-rising conservative opposition. After weeks of insisting he would stay in the Aug. 24 primary, Crist told The Associated Press [...]
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• Former Gov. Mitt Romney throws his support to Marco Rubio

  Aaron Sharockman, of the St. Petersburg Times, reports from Tampa: Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney endorsed Marco Rubio’s campaign for the U.S. Senate at a rally Monday, saying Rubio’s message of a less-intrusive government is what Americans need to hear.

  
  

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• Fort Lauderdale: Got vision? Tell someone Tuesday

  Ideas on what would make Fort Lauderdale a better city can be offered Tuesday, when the city's Visioning Committee meets. Fort Lauderdale's Centennial will be celebrated next year, and community leaders pressed for a new official goal, vision or plan. Over the next year, the Visioning Committee is gathering up opinions [...]
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• State law would keep registered sex offenders out of parks

  A proposed state law could take care of what some in Fort Lauderdale might call the Gary Kerpan Problem. Kerpan is the confessed killer of a little girl, Lisa Slusser, in Illinois, who served 15 years for her abduction, rape, and stabbing murder, and then came down [...]
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• Coral Springs Commissioner Mena explains his less-than-positive comments

  Staff writer Lisa J. Huriash reports: Only one candidate for two openings on the Coral Springs City Commission created a bit of controversy. When the city commission came down to the final picks to replaced suspended commissioners Vincent Boccard and Tom Powers, Mayor Scott Brook and Vice Mayor Claudette Bruck spoke [...]
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• What's next for Gov. Charlie Crist?

  Discussion on Monday's "The Morning Show" on WSFL-Ch. 39/Comcast 11.   The latest Quinnipiac Poll shows Crist getting crushed by Marco Rubio in a Republican primary for U.S. Senate, but gives Crist (as an independent) a narrow lead in a three-way November election against Rubio and Democrat Kendrick Meek.

  
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• New book 'Out of the Muck' looks at history of Broward Sheriff's Office

  Out of the Muck: A History of the Broward Sheriff’s Office, 1915-2000, is a new look at an agency with an often-tumultuous history. The history ranges from Sheriff Paul Bryan, who was arrested in 1927 on federal bootlegging charges, to Sheriff Ken Jenne, who pled guilty to tax fraud in [...]
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• Klein amasses large warchest for re-election effort

  U.S. Rep. Ron Klein added $456,000 to his campaign coffers in the first three months of 2010, and has $2.65 million in the bank for the coming campaign. Klein was first elected to the Broward-Palm Beach county House seat in 2006, defeating longtime U.S. Rep. Clay Shaw, R-Fort Lauderdale. In 2008, he [...]
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• Lawmakers strip away key limits on South Florida's pill mill trade

  South Florida’s notorious pill mills could be allowed to continue to distribute vast quantities of pain-killers to drug seekers. State lawmakers have dropped plans to prohibit pain management clinics from dispensing more than a 72-hour supply of medication. Lobbyists for the medical industry forced the change in legislation drawn up [...]
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