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• THE LEGISLATURE

  Fla. lawmakers propose banning felons owning pain clinics

  Lawmakers announced Friday that they will be filing a bill that would require the state to revoke or deny operating licenses for pain clinics operated by convicted felons.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.
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  Pelosi: New health care bill is 'historic moment'

  After months of struggle, House Democrats rolled out sweeping legislation Thursday to extend health care coverage to millions who lack it and create a new option of government-run insurance. A vote is likely next week on the plan largely tailored to President Barack Obama's liking.

• Economy grew at 3.5 percent rate July through September

  WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy grew at a better-than-expected 3.5 percent annual rate from July through September, the government reported Thursday, the clearest sign yet that the deep recession that's gripped the nation is over.

• Health care bills would limit out-of-pocket costs

  Consumers would be spared having to pay huge medical bills under Democratic health care legislation that's moving through Congress, as lawmakers agree on the need to put limits on how much people would pay out of their own pockets.
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  Obama honors fallen Americans at Dover

  Hours after a personal encounter with the grim cost of war, President Barack Obama said Thursday the sight of 18 flag-covered cases holding the remains of Americans killed this week in Afghanistan can't help but influence his thinking about sending more troops overseas.

• Book: Obama seriously considered Hillary for VP

  Barack Obama seriously considered Hillary Rodham Clinton for the vice presidency, even though his top aides weren't enthusiastic about it, his presidential campaign manager says in a new memoir.

• WASHINGTON, D.C.

  Congress honors Senate pioneer

  Former Sen. Edward Brooke, a part-time Miami resident, received the highest award that Congress can bestow.

• Pelosi to unveil House version of health care bill

  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to unveil revised health care-overhaul legislation Thursday that would include a stronger government-operated insurance option than the one that the Senate plans to consider.

• Health care bills would limit out-of-pocket costs

  Consumers would be spared having to pay huge medical bills under Democratic health care legislation that's moving through Congress, as lawmakers agree on the need to put limits on how much people would pay out of their own pockets.

• Obama signs first major federal gay rights law

  President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed the first major piece of federal gay rights legislation, a milestone that activists compared to the passage of 1960s civil rights legislation empowering blacks.

• GOP at odds over support for NY House candidates

  Prominent Republicans like Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin are bucking the GOP to back a conservative candidate for a House seat in New York, opting to defend what they see as pure party ideology even if it means helping a Democrat win.

• MIAMI MAYORAL RACE | TOMAS REGALADO

  It's back to basics for Miami mayoral candidate Tomás Regalado

  Commissioner and Miami mayoral candidate Tomás Regalado espouses how he'd be different than the current mayor.
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  Florida to get $200 million for 'smart' power grid

  Florida is getting $200 million in stimulus money to create a ''smart grid'' for utility customers that should result in lower electric usage, government officials announced Tuesday morning.
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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.'

• Palin received $1.5 million retainer for book

  Sarah Palin reported in financial disclosures out this morning that she received $1.25 million from publisher HarperCollins as "retainer for book." The report doesn't give a date for when Palin received the money. But the disclosures cover money that Palin received during her final seven months as governor, from Jan. 1 to July 26.

• Lieberman opposes Reid's health care plan

  Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman says while he's "strongly inclined" to vote to move Sen. Harry Reid's health care plan to the Senate floor for debate, he would ultimately oppose the measure because it includes a public option.
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  Democrats struggle to find unity on health plan

  Democrats are struggling to bridge differences among their rank and file to push health overhaul legislation through Congress and fulfill President Barack Obama's goal of signing a bill this year.

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