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• Rick Scott makes it to convention on final night

  Gov. Rick Scott made it. The host-state governor of the Republican National Convention in Tampa arrived for Thursday night's celebration of Mitt Romney as the GOP nominee and prime-time speeches by three Floridians. The governor entered the Tampa Bay Times Forum shortly before the 7:30 p.m. start of the session. Republican alternate delegates [...]

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• Bush appeals for new dedication to equal education, wants Obama to stop blaming his brother

  TAMPA _ Former Florida governor Jeb Bush used his prime time spotlight at the Republican National Convention Thursday to pass a symbolic torch to his party’s nominees, defend his brother, and urge the nation to rededicate its promise of an equal education. 

   â€œIf we want to continue to be the greatest [...]

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• Two more defeated candidates -- one legislative, one judicial -- contest Miami-Dade election results

  Two more candidates defeated in Miami-Dade County races earlier this month have sued to contest the results, citing a Hialeah absentee-ballot fraud investigation. The lawsuits bring the total number of complaints stemming from the probe to four.

  Paul Crespo, who lost a Republican primary against state Rep. Carlos Trujillo, and Alex [...]

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• Dept. of leaks: Did Marco Rubio gets sandbagged in Romney World (again) by leaking speech?

  For the third time, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has been on the receiving end of an anonymous leaker connected to Mitt Romney's presidential bid.

  This time, Rubio's much-anticipated speech introducing Romney was leaked in its entirety hours before the show to the Weekly Standard. It's the only leak of its [...]

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• Dept. of leaks: Did Marco Rubio gets snagged in Romney World (again) by leaking speech?

  For the third time, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has been on the receiving end of an anonymous leaker connected to Mitt Romney's presidential bid.

  This time, Rubio's much-anticipated speech introducing Romney was leaked in its entirety hours before the show to the Weekly Standard. It's the only leak of its [...]

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• Does Obama want to 'nationalize curriculum'?

  Who should decide how to teach children to write a sentence or multiply numbers -- local leaders or the feds?
  
  Rick Santorum, who dropped out of the GOP presidential primary, touched on that theme in his Aug. 28 speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
  
  "A [...]
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• PolitiFact reviews the Marco Rubio file

  U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has the critical role of introducing Mitt Romney at the Republican National Convention in Tampa on Aug. 30.
  
  A former state legislator from West Miami elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010, Rubio’s star has quickly soared as a young, charismatic Hispanic politician [...]
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• Purge-snagged non-citizen voter faces five years in prison

  As the debate continues over whether or not to purge Florida's voting rolls of potential non-citizens before the November elections, at least one person will be going to jail for voting illegally in 2008.

  Josef Sever, who was born in Austria, pleaded guilty Thursday to voting in the November 4, 2008 [...]

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• House candidate uses hurricane Isaac to stir up support, raise money

  Jeff Solomon is hoping a little hurricane humor can help him blow past his incumbent challenger for a seat in the Florida Legislature.

  Solomon, a Pinecrest Democrat who is challenging Rep. Michael Bileca, R-Miami, sent out an email to supporters referring to Tropical Storm Isaac's impact on his campaign yard signs.

  Solomon [...]

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• PolitiFact checks claims by Paul Ryan, Pam Bondi and John Thune

  On the second night of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, speakers kept up a drumbeat of outrage about excessive government regulation. The most outrageous example came from South Dakota Sen. John Thune, who said the Obama administration "proposed banning farm kids from doing basic chores!"

  Say what?

  We explored Thune's claim [...]

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