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  POLITICS

  Marco Rubio blames President Obama for latest scandals

  Rubio mesmerized hundreds in Tampa with a familiar speech that resonated more strongly than ever amid the latest Obama administration scandals.

• IMMIGRATION

  After Democrat brinksmanship, House group finds agreement on immigration bill

  The House members and their aides refused to discuss details of their immigration bill, but it’s clear that some parts are more conservative than the Senate plan.
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  In the camps

  Guantánamo hunger strike tally hits 102

  Military officials would not comment on whether the current 102 hunger strikers include alleged 9/11 conspirators.

• South Florida group got IRS scrutiny

  When the South Florida Tea Party applied last year for tax-exempt status as a nonprofit group, the IRS demands were probing and relentless:
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  Colombia

  U.S. exports gain in first year of U.S.-Colombia trade pact

  The U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement marked its first anniversary Wednesday.

• TRANSPORTATION SAFETY

  NTSB urges stricter curbs on drunken driving

  Noting that impaired driving remains one of the biggest killers in the United States, the heads of the National Transportation Safety Board voted to urge states to change the minimum blood-alcohol concentration from 0.08 percent to 0.05 percent or less.

• Politics

  Marc Caputo: Heritage Foundation’s immigration report a case study in gaffes

  The biggest mistakes in politics are often unforced errors that reinforce an opponent’s stereotypes.
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  The downloadable gun: next firearms frontier

  While Americans argue over background checks and the like, tech changes could render firearm laws — and firearm manufacturers — irrelevant.

• IMMIGRATION

  Immigration bill faces major tests Thursday

  The reform legislation faces major hurdles as it goes through the Senate process Thursday.
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  Morning-after pill

  Florida women play key role in emergency birth-control case

  A group of Florida activists are leading the fight to give access to emergency contraception to girls and women of all ages. A judge will hear arguments Tuesday in New York to determine the next steps in making Plan B One Step, a morning-after pill, available.
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  Senate approves online sales tax; House support isn’t so certain

  A bill that would authorize states to collect sales taxes for online purchases easily passed the Senate on Monday with bipartisan support, but it faces a tougher hurdle in the House of Representatives.
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  Miami Federal Court

  U.S. judge allows Cuban spy to stay in Havana if he renounces citizenship

  René González, who had been convicted of espionage and released from prison on parole, can remain in Cuba, a federal judge has ruled.
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  Birth control

  FDA rule on morning-after pill draws strong reaction

  The agency has ordered retailers to make emergency contraception available to women 15 and older without a prescription. A federal judge’s ruling may expand that to females of any age.
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  The Everglades

  New Interior chief visits Glades

  U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell’s first big trip is to South Florida, a visit she acknowledged was intended to underline the Obama administration’s commitment to Everglades restoration efforts

• International trade

  World Trade Month celebrates global ties

  A series of international events will be held in South Florida in May
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  CUBA

  Mariela Castro gets permit to travel to LGBT forum in U.S.

  Previously the State Department had said she would not be able to travel beyond the New York metro area. Now it says she can go to Philadelphia for the forum.
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  Obama vows anew to close Guantánamo

  President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he’d redouble efforts on a failed first-term campaign promise to close the prison for terrorism suspects at the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

• IMMIGRATION

  Feds: Number of previously deported immigrants returning to U.S. is increasing

  A growing number of people who had been deported are sneaking back into the U.S.

• PolitiFact

  PolitiFact: Immigrants would get free cell phones under new bill, bloggers falsely claim

  Claims that the Senate’s massive immigration reform bill included cell phones for undocumented immigrants were false, says PolitiFact.

• The Oppenheimer Report

  Andres Oppenheimer: U.S., Europe take new step to crack down on ‘tax havens’

  While many of us were focused on the Boston bombings, Venezuela’s dubious elections and North Korea’s war noises in recent weeks, the world’s biggest nations took a potentially historic step — they launched a system to detect secret offshore bank accounts.

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