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  Robbery suspect exposed after dropping his towel

  If there is one lesson for a robber, it’s this: Hold on to your towel.

• Legislature 2012 | College Tuition

  Senate panel rejects in-state tuition for children of non-citizens

  A Senate panel voted down a bill to extend in-state college tuition to state residents who are U.S. citizens with undocumented parents.
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  2012 CAMPAIGN

  Plenty of lesson learned from the GOP primary

  Among the five things Floridians learned about the Republican primary are that money and negativity can be a winning formula.

• 2012 CAMPAIGN

  More Democrats may join primary fight for Rep. West’s seat

  With GOP Rep. Allen West changing congressional districts in 2012, the race for his current district may grow crowded in a hurry.
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  2012 U.S. SENATE RACE

  Mitt Romney boosts Connie Mack’s Senate bid

  The leading Republican candidate in the U.S. Senate race in Florida, Rep. Connie Mack, got national media exposure stumping across the state for state GOP primary winner Mitt Romney.

• Scott wants to renew effort to reform ALFs

  Florida’s governor says he will extend the life of the group looking into ways to eliminate deadly abuse and neglect in assisted living facilities.

• Florida drivers can now buy crash reports online

  Florida drivers can now save themselves the drive and buy their crash reports online.

• In My Opinion

  When voters speak with forked tongue

  Good government got lost in the rhetoric.

• Miami U.S. Rep. Ros-Lehtinen takes aim at Holocaust-era insurer and PGA

  A group of South Florida Holocaust survivors will hold a protest Thursday to decry the sponsorship of the upcoming PGA Champions Tour in Boca Raton. The group also plans a bigger protest of the event, sponsored by insurer Allianz, on Monday.

• Four from South Florida among those hurt in deadly I-75 pileup

  Three women from Broward County and one woman from Boca Raton have been identified as South Florida residents injured during Sunday morning's deadly traffic pileup near Gainesville.
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  Miami

  Cops break up Occupy Miami camp

  Police moved through the camp in downtown Miami Tuesday night, ejecting demonstrators and making a few arrests.
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  Gambling

  Voters approve slot machines in two rural counties, but legal battle looms

  As two North Florida counties open the door for slot machines, bills moving in the Senate would clear the way for the games in Palm Beach, Brevard and Lee counties too

• Capitol Buzz: Prison privatization will be talk of Tallahassee

  Here’s what we’re watching on Day 23 of the 2012 Legislature:

• 2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE

  Notices bill stalls in committee

  A proposal to kill the requirement that lenders publish foreclosure notices in newspapers dies in a House committee.
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  2012 CAMPAIGN | FLORIDA PRIMARY

  Mitt Romney routs Newt Gingrich and rest of GOP field

  He wallops Gingrich with support of seniors, women and Hispanics statewide

• In My Opinion

  This is no time for apathy in voting

  Like many in Miami-Dade, I had a hard time revving up the adrenaline to vote.

• Sales of oxycodone by doctors fall in Florida

  The number of pain pills sold by doctors dropped 97 percent from 2010 to 2011, as a new law took effect that bans doctors from dispensing oxycodone from their offices.
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  Player lawsuits against NFL to be consolidated

  The 20 or so lawsuits filed against the NFL by ex-players who say they suffer from post-concussions ailments should be bundled together, a panel has ruled.
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  2012 CAMPAIGN

  West, Rooney and Hasner remix congressional, Senate races

  Rep. Allen West, Rep. Tom Rooney and U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hasner will each be running for different seats in Congress.

• Mounds of garbage spill onto Orlando roadway

  A mountain of garbage spilled onto Florida’s Turnpike in Central Florida Tuesday afternoon when a truck overturned on a ramp.

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