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• Aronberg names campaign manager

  Nick Matthews is taking the reins of Democratic state Sen. Dave Aronberg's bid for attorney general, the campaign announced Thursday. Matthews most recently managed state Sen. Eleanor Sobel's bid in Broward County.

  Aronberg legislative staffer Kristen Pesicek will take a leave of absence and join the Fort Lauderdale-based campaign as [...]

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• Bill Nelson posts live footage of oil spill on his website

  Bill Nelson says he's won a week-long tug of war with BP -- and the result is live footage of the spewing well on the ocean floor.

  Watch it here. There's also "never-before-seen" archival video showing tens of thousands of gallons of opaque liquid being injected into a massive gusher in a [...]

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• George LeMieux fires a shot at Louisiana's efforts to get oil clean up $$

  George LeMieux is blocking what he says is a move by Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu "to refuse Florida millions of dollars of oil spill mitigation money."

  The Lousiana Democrat Thursday introduced a bill to increase the amount of revenue oil-producing Gulf Coast states receive from oil production, as a way for them to deal with [...]

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• Meek: BP should pay $100 million for tourism

  Rep. Kendrick Meek on Thursday demanded that oil giant BP give Florida more money to revive the state's $65 billion tourism industry.

  Speaking to reporters in a conference call, Meek, who is vying for the Democratic nomination in this year's contentious Senate race, said he sent a letter to BP [...]

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• 'Liberated' Crist bashes legislators, endorses Fair Districts amendments

  Here's proof that Gov. Charlie Crist is enjoying his newfound freedom as a candidate untethered to a party platform. On Tuesday he met with the promoters of the Fair Districts amendment and did what no powerful Republican would ever do: he endorsed two constitutional amendments that would ban incumbency protection when the Republican-controlled legislature rewrites the [...]

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• Mr. Greene knocks Sen. Nelson on NASA funding

  Democratic political rookie Jeff Greene took a shot at U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson on one of his signature issues during a visit Wednesday to a politically active Broward retirement community.

  In one of his first public appearances since he joined the race last month, Greene criticized Nelson for traveling last month to Cape Canaveral with [...]

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• State Department confirms oil talks with Cuba

  State Department spokesman Gordon Duguid today confirmed a Herald report that the U.S. is talking with Cuba about the oil spill in the Gulf.

  "I can confirm that they are ongoing and they are going on at the working level," Duguid said, declining to name said "workers."

  "It is incumbent upon us [...]

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• Floridians at the White House for tonight's State Dinner with the president of Mexico

  And they're not gate crashers. On the official list: Miami Beach's Michael Adler and his wife, Judy, and Miami's Adrienne Arsht.

  Also, Jose Diaz-Balart of Telemundo and wife, Brenda; and Univision's Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas.

  And at the reception after the state dinner, Maria Garza, president of the Mexican American Council in [...]

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• Feds propose more aid for the Everglades

  At today's Everglades summit, the National Park Service released a draft environmental statement that identifies "alternatives to restore natural water flows to the Everglades."

  The service is looking for reaction to the feasibility of adding 5 miles of bridging on Tamiami Trail -- beyond the 1 mile now under construction.

  The Everglades Foundation called it a "big step forward"

  "The Tamiami trail has [...]

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• Candidate who came in 4th: I almost won!

  A lawyer who received an email from judicial candidate Jordan Breslaw forwarded it to us and we were intrigued by this sentence: "I ran for Circuit Judge in 2006 and I want to thank the Broward Bar for all the support and votes they gave us in our almost successful [...]

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