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• Q Poll: Charlie Crist edges Marco Rubio in a 3-way; voters oppose drilling in 48 point swing

  Charlie Crist edges Marco Rubio "by a nose" -- 37 to 33 percent with Kendrick Meek picking up 17 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll.

  The pollsters threw Jeff Greene into the mix as well, with Crist topping Rubio 40 to 33 percent for Rubio and Greene pulling 14 percent. [...]

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• Restraining order lifted in Diaz de la Portillas' messy divorce

  Claudia Davant, the estranged wife of Sen. Alex Diaz de la Portilla, on Tuesday dismissed her request for a temporary restraining order against the Miami lawmaker, saying that a hearing on the matter could interfere with a pending FDLE investigation into a separate complaint. Davant had been granted the temporary [...]

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• Lauren Book won't run for Broward School Board

  Lauren Book, the daughter of mega-lobbyist Ron Book, will not be running for Broward School Board.

  Book had been contemplating a run for the Northwest Broward seat being vacated by Stephanie Kraft.

  On Tuesday, Book said she won't be seeking the job because she wants to remain focused on her nonprofit [...]

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• President Obama heads to Florida as George LeMieux asks "Whose butt is he kicking?"

  From the White House: On Monday, June 14 and Tuesday, June 15, President Obama will travel to Mississippi, Alabama and Florida to further assess the latest efforts to counter the BP oil spill.

  The trip comes as Obama pushes back against criticism that his administration has been slow to respond to [...]

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• McCollum disputes Scott's stem cell claim

  

  Bill McCollum's campaign is crying foul over primary rival Rick Scott's new mailer on embryonic stem cell research (pictured). The mailer reads, "Bill McCollum holds the same position on this issue as Barack Obama, who recently lifted a ban on [...]

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• PBA endorses Ausley for CFO

  On the heels of its endorsement of Alex Sink for governor, the Police Benevolent Association has now announced it will support Loranne Ausley in her bid to be chief financial officer.

  Sink's endorsement was news because the PBA hadn't endorsed a Democrat for governor since Lawton Chiles' first run in 1990. [...]

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• Crist: abortion veto will happen 'sooner rather than later'

  

  At a press conference this morning, Gov. Charlie Crist said he will act on the ultrasound bill "sooner rather than later," and gave strong hints that he will veto the measure.

  "I have concerns about it,'' he said. "The notion that there would be a forced [...]

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• Kathy Castor to press BP for more Florida research $$

  Tampa Rep. Kathy Castor says USF's confirmation that there is deepwater oil is of "grave concern to the tourism and fishing industries, which rely on clean beaches and clean water for their livelihoods."

  She says she'll meet with BP Executive Vice President David Nagel and will "insist" that BP direct $100 million to Florida [...]

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• NOAA: USF researchers confirm the presence of underwater oil

  NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenko says a University of South Florida research vessel has found underwater oil as far as 42 miles from the Gulf oil leak -- and as deep as 3,300 feet below the
  surface.

  BP had questioned whether oil was lurking beneath the surface but Lubchenko said the Weatherbird [...]

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• Crist activates bridge loan program at Sink's suggestion

  Gov. Charlie Crist activated the state's emergency bridge loan program Monday, allowing small businesses to tap up to $25,000 in short-term emergency funds to stay afloat in the midst of the oil disaster. Crist set aside $5 million for the program which will provide cash to companies until they can secure [...]

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