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• The swanky W South Beach hotel offends Cuban-Americans with giant Che Guevara-like photo

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  Gus Exposito couldn't believe what he saw in the marble walls of South Beach's W Hotel: a larger-than-life framed photograph of what looked like Cuban communist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara.

  "He was a mass murderer, killed thousands of Cubans execution-style," Exposito, 51, wrote in an email, comparing the long-dead Fidel [...]

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• For the first time, Gov. Rick Scott needs votes from Democrats

  For the first time in his brief and turbulent political career, Gov. Rick Scott needs a little help from Florida’s Democrats to turn one of his wishes into law.

  Scott’s top legislative priority this year — a $141 million tax cut for manufacturers — comes with an asterisk: It has to [...]

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• Sansom friend, Jay Odom, pleads guilty to causing Huckabee to file false reports

  Panhandle developer Jay Odom pleaded guilty Tuesday to causing presidential candidate Mike Huckabee to file false campaign reports in 2007. A second charge of laundering $23,000 in contributions to Huckabee will be dropped by prosecutors.

  Odom was charged with reimbursing 10 donors who each gave the $2,300 maximum contribution to the [...]

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• 'How do you justify your existence?' And other lawmaker questions for Enterprise Fla.

  “Why do we need $3 million to create a state business brand?”

  “Do we have a way to show how much cash has been given out and what we’ve got for it”?

  “Have you given any raises over the last five years?”

  “How do you assure us that those board members that are paying $50,000 to sit [...]

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• Sansom friend, Jay Odom, pleads guilty to causing Huckabee to file false campaign reports

  Panhandle developer Jay Odom pleaded guilty Tuesday to causing presidential candidate Mike Huckabee to file false campaign reports in 2007. A second charge of laundering $23,000 in contributions to Huckabee will be dropped by prosecutors.

  Odom was charged with reimbursing 10 donors who each gave the $2,300 maximum contribution to the [...]

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• FOX source: Sen. Bob Menendez lied about flights with FBI-raided donor in hooker scandal

  FOX:

  Sen. Robert Menendez took at least one more trip to the Dominican Republic on the plane of a doctor and campaign donor than he has publicly admitted, according to sources who spent time with the New Jersey Democrat on the unreported visit.

  Menendez, already under fire for his association with a [...]

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• Panhandle developer pleads guilty to causing Mike Huckabee to file false campaign reports

  Panhandle developer Jay Odom pleaded guilty Tuesday to causing presidential candidate Mike Huckabee to file false campaign reports in 2007.

  A second charge of laundering $23,000 in contributions to Huckabee will be dropped by prosecutors. Odom was charged with reimbursing 10 donors who each gave the $2,300 maximum contribution to the [...]

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• First Lady invites to State of the Union 102-year-old North Miamian who waited 3 hours to vote

  At age 102, it's possible Desaline Victor is the oldest guest ever to attend a State of the Union address.

  But the North Miami woman, known as "Granny" among the city’s Haitian community, was chosen less for her age than what she stands for.

  As a naturalized U.S. citizen who waited for [...]

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• Ring: Property insurance dilemma is intractable, wants gov to seek multi-state compact

  The sweeping Senate proposal to reduce the state’s liability under Citizens Property Insurance by raising the cost to consumers is going to lead to skyrocketing rates across the state, state Sen. Jeremy Ring, D-Margate, told his Democratic colleagues Tuesday.

  That will undoubtedly lead to political repercussions in an election year, he said. “If this [...]

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• Menendez pal Dr. Melgen's lawsuit about sex, money and a clothing shop

  A politically connected South Florida eye surgeon under investigation by the FBI filed a lawsuit against his former lover in a case centered on a dispute about whether he gave her close to a million dollars for a joint business venture or, as she testified, because “he wanted me to [...]

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