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• ENVIRONMENT

  Utilities fight water rules

  Permanent water restrictions may be on hold after a group of utilities objected to rules the South Florida Water Management District was set to consider.

• MIAMI-DADE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

  Miami-Dade Democrats' new chairman was Diaz fundraiser in 2001

  The new chairman of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party was a major fundraiser for Manny Diaz when he ran for mayor of Miami in 2001.

• Dade Democrats' new chairman was Diaz fundraiser in 2001

  Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Karen Thurman has dumped the head of the party in Miami-Dade, claiming he tried to shake down local candidates for money and browbeat staff members and elected officials.

• TALLAHASSEE

  Crist communications chief leaving

  Erin Isaac, who joined Charlie Crist's gubernatorial campaign in 2006, is resigning soon as communications director for the governor's office.

• FLORIDA'S ECONOMY

  Florida lags in financial fitness

  Florida ranks near the bottom of a think tank's list of the states' financial health, and its battered real estate sector may take even longer to recover than California's.

• TALLAHASSEE

  PSC delays decision on energy-conservation goals

  State utility regulators postpone a decision to set energy-saving goals for Florida utility companies.

• POLITICS

  Gov. Charlie Crist's aides knew of Obama trip to Florida

  Gov. Charlie Crist surprised many by saying he did not know President Barack Obama was in Jacksonville recently to visit with U.S. troops. But newly obtained e-mails show Crist's aides in Washington and Tallahassee were notified of the trip.

• ORLANDO | BATTERY CASE

  Ex-astronaut pleads guilty, gets probation for attack

  The space shuttle astronaut who attacked a rival for the affections of a third astronaut in Orlando has been sentenced to a year of probation.

• INSURANCE

  Citizens Property Insurance pressed over hike request

  The state's insurance regulators sharply questioned Citizens Property Insurance officials Tuesday, challenging a proposed rate hike for high-risk policyholders with wind protection.

• GOP's primary goal wasn't a flurry of primaries

  Florida Republican leaders worked hard to thwart any costly and potentially divisive primaries in this busy election cycle.

  They could not have failed more and looked less disciplined if they were Democrats.

• CRIMINAL JUSTICE

  Justices appear divided on Florida's juvenile 'lifers'

  The U.S. Supreme Court was asked to ban life sentences without parole for teens -- prompted by a pair of cases from Florida, which leads the nation in the number of teens incarcerated with such sentences.
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  Marco Rubio picks up influential endorsement in Senate race

  After picking up a key endorsement Monday that could pump big money into his campaign, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio set to work on another win that would deliver a big, symbolic blow to Charlie Crist in the governor's home county.
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  SCOTT ROTHSTEIN SCANDAL

  Embattled lawyer Scott Rothstein: `I'm doing good'

  Attorney Scott Rothstein, under federal investigation about financial deals that wreaked havoc on his law firm and investors, said `rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.'

• LOTTERY

  Pembroke Park Lotto ticket wins $28 million jackpot

  A Lotto ticket sold at a Pembroke Park gas station won Saturday night's $28 million jackpot, the Florida Lottery said Sunday.

• FLORIDA KEYS

  Former drug dealer dies in Florida Keys car crash

  Janet Cates, once a member of a prominent drug ring in Key West, was killed in a car accident as she drove out of the Keys.
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  SCOTT ROTHSTEIN SCANDAL

  Lawyer Scott Rothstein: The rise and fall of a wheeler dealer

  Lawyer Scott Rothstein rose from modest beginnings, but investors and law partners who trusted him say he fueled his empire by siphoning their bank accounts.

• ORLANDO SHOOTING

  Attorney says shooting suspect is mentally ill

  Jason Rodriguez faces first-degree murder charges after a shooting spree at a downtown Orlando office building.

• GROCERY STORES

  Sedano's supermarkets expanding to Orlando

  Three Albertson's stores in Orlando will become Sedano's as part of the Miami firm's expansion plans.

• ORLANDO

  Orlando shooting witnesses describe events, fear

  Witnesses describe the fear and tension in an Orlando office building where a gunman opened fire on former colleagues.
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  1 dead, 5 hurt in shooting at Orlando office building

  A gunman opened fire Friday in the offices of an engineering firm where he was let go more than two years ago. At least one person was killed and five others injured in the shooting at a downtown Orlando office building.

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