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• Wednesday Morning Reads: Gerard Robinson, Allen West and Kevin McCarty

  TALLAHASSEE -- Good morning and happy Wednesday.

  Here are the top stories we're reading this morning.

  * Gerard Robinson steps down as Education Commissioner, the Orlando Sentinel reports.

  * The Sun-Sentinel examines the problem of Oxy Express babies.

  * The Palm Beach Post profiles Allen' [...]

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• Dems and independents side with Obama on gay marriage

  Like President Obama, most Democrats and independents support gay marriage, according to a Pew Research Center poll released on Tuesday.

  Shifting opinions on this issue may help the president win re-election, especially in the swing state of Florida, home to a large gay population.

  The nationwide poll of 2,973 [...]

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• Tuesday Morning Reads: Gun control, sex offenders and email

  TALLAHASSEE -- Good morning and happy Tuesday.

  Here are the stories we're reading this morning.

  * The city of Orlando is looking at tougher rules for sex offenders, the Sentinel reports.

  * U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz talks about the need for tighter gun control with the' [...]

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• Monday Morning Reads: Elections, taxes and roads

  TALLAHASSEE -- Good morning and happy Monday.

  Here are the top stories we're reading this morning.

  * The Sun-Sentinel examines the primary between Lois Frankel and Kristin Jacobs.

  * The Orlando Sentinel looks at how schools are handling few dollars for renovation and maintenance costs.

  ' [...]
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• Friday Morning Reads: Election previews, insurance and apologies

  TALLAHASSEE -- Good morning and happy Friday to you.

  Here are the stories we're reading this morning.

  * As it's election time, there are plenty of previews of candidates running in the primary. The Sun-Sentinel has one six people running for circuit judge in Palm Beach County.

  * And' [...]

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• Thursday Morning Reads: Hospital review, FAMU hazing and Everglades

  TALLAHASSEE -- Good morning and happy Thursday.

  Here are the top stories we're reading this morning.

  
  * The Sun-Sentinel reports that the state reviewed a Pembroke Pines mental health facility last fall finding numerous concerns about patient care.

  * The Orlando Sentinel writes that new' [...]

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• House votes to open oil drilling off East Coast

  WASHINGTON -- The House voted on Wednesday to force the Obama administration to allow more oil drilling off the Atlantic Coast, prompting a backlash from South Florida Congresswoman Frederica Wilson.

  
  Frederica Wilson

  “We witnessed the damage of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and we know [...]

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• Wednesday Morning Reads: Gambling, stimulus and legal bills

  TALLAHASSEE -- Good morning and happy Wednesday.

  Here are the stories we're reading this morning in Florida politics and government.

  * Boyd Gaming and the Florida Panthers are forming a partnership to try to bring casino gambling to Florida, the Sun-Sentinel reports.

  * The Tampa Bay' [...]

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• Nelson, Wilson mourn Sally Ride

  Florida Sen. Bill Nelson, who flew on NASA’s space shuttle in 1986, praised Sally Ride on Monday as “one of the great pioneers as the first American woman in space.”

  
  

  “The whole nation was with her when she launched, lifting her up on a chorus of `Ride, Sally, [...]

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• Anti gambling ad hits the airwaves

  TALLAHASSEE -- Anti gambling group "No Casinos," which fought against destination casino resorts last spring is back, again airing an ad that tries to tie problems in Las Vegas to Florida.

  “Unfortunately, a foreign casino conglomerate and Las Vegas interests aim to plunder our state,” said No Casinos President, [...]

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