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• POLITICS

  Voters' love affair with Gov. Charlie Crist cools off

  Gov. Charlie Crist's political troubles are reflected in new poll numbers that show even most fellow Republicans don't like the job he's doing in Florida.

• POLL

  Poll: Economy colors Florida voters' top concerns

  A poll of Florida voters shows healthcare as the top issue, followed by unemployment -- with concerns for the economy a common link.

• Poll: Floridians oppose public option for healthcare

  In a state where 20 percent of the population is uninsured, voters are opposed to a major Democratic plan to provide more health care coverage, according to a Miami Herald/St. Petersburg Times/Bay News 9 poll.

• SOUTH FLORIDA

  Biden touts accomplishments in South Florida stops

  Vice President Joe Biden visited South Florida on Thursday to raise funds for the Democratic Party.

• BROWARD MEDICAL EXAMINER

  Autopsy proves foster child hanged himself; why is a mystery

  The autopsy on 7-year-old foster child concludes Gabriel Myers hanged himself, though his reasons will forever remain unknown.

• FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT

  Ex-Attorney General Bob Butterworth to advise FPL on rate case

  Former Attorney General Bob Butterworth will advise FPL on its controversial request to increase base electric rates 30 percent.

• PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

  PSC to hold off on votes for utility rate hikes

  Utility regulators delayed votes until January on $1.7 billion worth of rate increases sought by two electric companies.

• Utility regulators delay vote on rate increase

  Handing Gov. Charlie Crist a win, state utility regulators voted Tuesday to delay a decision on large rate increases sought by Progress Energy and Florida Power & Light.
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  MIAMI BEACH

  President Obama rallies Florida Democrats in Miami Beach

  In his second trip to Florida since his election, President Barack Obama told backers at a Miami Beach fundraiser not to worry about his critics: `I don't rattle.'

• Florida Democrats could face problems in midterm elections

  Last time President Barack Obama visited America's biggest battleground state, Florida's unemployment rate was nearly two points lower and his approval rating in the state nearly 20 points higher.

• ELECTION 2010

  Marco Rubio meets with Broward Republicans

  Marco Rubio framed himself as the true conservative choice for Senate in a speech Monday night.

• POLITIFACT

  Gov. Charlie Crist's budget-cut claim is baseless

  Gov. Charlie Crist says he has shrunk state government by 10 percent since taking office. But the decrease really had little to do with him.
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  BROWARD SCHOOL BOARD

  GOP activist named to vacancy on Broward School Board

  Former Broward GOP chairman Kevin Tynan will replace Beverly Gallagher, who is charged in a bribery and extortion case, on the Broward School Board.

• For Gov. Crist, time away from Tallahassee is routine

  Marc Caputo can be reached at mcaputo@miamiherald.com

• HEALTHCARE

  Crist exaggerates benefits of Cover Florida Health Care program

  Gov. Charlie Crist was found to have exaggerated cost benefits of Cover Florida Health Care during a TV interview.
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  FLORIDA PAROLE COMMISSION

  Gov. Charlie Crist's refusal to fund parole board contradicts policy

  Gov. Crist balks at a request to increase funding for the state parole commission, even though he has championed the streamlining of restoration of civil rights for ex-felons.

• GOVERNOR'S RACE

  Florida gubernatorial candidates take plenty of time off

  Bill McCollum and Alex Sink, both running for governor, have schedules most citizens can only dream of -- though both say they work longer hours than their schedules indicate.

• FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT

  At FPL rate hearing, Plantation power outage gets attention

  Chronic outages in Plantation drew attention at a Florida Power & Light rate hearing on Wednesday.

• TALLAHASSEE

  Bill requires FPL boosters to come clean on links to company

  A state lawmaker from West Palm Beach wants those who testify before utility regulators to disclose any relationship with utilities such as FPL.

• PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

  At FPL rate hearing, outage complaints get attention

  Everglades High School history teacher Stephanie Nagel arrived home on Wednesday and, once again, her clocks were off.

  It was another sign of the persistent problems she and her neighbors have had with Florida Power & Light's electric service to the Mirror Lake Estates neighborhood in Plantation.

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