Mike Thomas: Lawsuit that accuses Florida of running shoddy schools is half-baked, politically motivated crock -- OrlandoSentinel.com

A lawsuit that accuses Florida of running shoddy schools is a half-baked, politically motivated crock.

Sunrise to Bank of America: Clean up your act

Just ask Mayor Roger Wishner, who helped kill a multimillion-dollar city partnership with Merrill Lynch because parent company Bank of America has been accused of being mean to the little guy.

Obama in Miami: A campaign feel as he stumps for health reform

And this time, Republican Gov. Charlie Crist -- who has his own U.S. Senate race to worry about -- was not by his side.

Magic Kingdom: Princess Tiana now holding court, putting on a show

Disney's first African-American princess – and its first official new royal since Mulan hit the scene in 1997 -- was officially welcomed to the Magic Kingdom Monday morning. (See our photo gallery here.)

Alan Grayson asks the GOP to answer a simple question

This is Rep. Alan Grayson and Rep. Paul Broun discussing a bill to deny funds to one specific named organization in a Science and Technology markup. Such a bill is known as 'a bill of attainder'.

Alan Grayson takes heat from GOP over Web site about no-health-insurance deaths

WASHINGTON - Hoping to score another point in the health-care debate, U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson took to the House floor Wednesday to promote a Web site that aims to memorialize Americans who die because they don't have health insurance.

S. Fla. Republican to seek Orlando House seat

Republicans eager to unseat a brash Orlando Democrat who said their party's healthcare plan amounts to hoping people ``die quickly'' have so far been unsuccessful in finding a candidate. But now comes a willing Republican -- all the way from South Florida.

2010 Census: New U.S. Census to count gay households -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

I have long struggled with labels for love.

GOP quiet on who might face Alan Grayson in 2010

Love him or hate him, America quickly learned U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson's name this week after the freshman Democrat from Orlando used a pair of House floor speeches to galvanize — or further polarize — the raging debate over health-care reform.

Crotty's out -- but other Republicans may want to take on Grayson

The Republican effort to unseat U.S. Rep.

Is ABC News trying to mislead wary investors on Wall Street?

On Monday October 5, 2009, ABC World News with Charles Gibson ran a feature story titled "The Business of Life Insurance: Betting on your own Mortality." This feature story was clearly motivated by a Front Page article that appeared in the Sunday Edition of the New York T …

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LISA Responds to ABC Report on the Life Settlement Market

World News Tonight (ABC) considered Life Settlements. Producers of the program found a physician consumer, Dr. Eddy Powell, who had happily sold his life insurance policy for far more than the value which the life insurer would have offered him at the time. Dr.

ACORN videotaper Hannah Giles wrote conservative pieces for Broward College newspaper

Hannah Giles, the Florida International University student whose undercover tape of ACORN activities became a national expose, has a journalistic history here in Broward County, at Broward College. Giles worked at the student newspaper last year and did some political writing.

Easy Health Insurance reform, just let the insurance companies kill each other.

Health insurance reform certainly is a must. The reason why is the current system requires a much too heavy burden on the people, all the people who pay into the system, while only delivering services to half the population.

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Las Olas Riverfront retail complex apparently sold to note-holder Madeleine LLC for $100

Madeleine LLC, an arm of private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management will retain control of the Las Olas Riverfront entertainment and shopping complex after apparently submitting the winning bid at a public auction this morning at the Broward County courthouse.

FBI: Miami officer pocketed Crime Stoppers reward cash

A Miami cop tasked with taking Crime Stoppers tips had other plans, authorities say, instead taking nearly $15,000 in reward money for himself and two friends. Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers doles out cash for tipsters who turn in criminals.

Astronaut Nowak Kidnapping Charge Could Be Thrown Out

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Sworn statements filed this week from two paramedics contradict Colleen Shipman's statement to police that former astronaut Lisa Nowak sprayed her in the face with pepper spray during a 2007 confrontation.

Police say Orange County teen was kidnapped, sold as sex slave

A 15-year-old Orange County girl who ran away from home after an argument with her mother in 2007 was kidnapped and held captive in an underground world of drugs and forced prostitution.

Clermont police have interviewed suspect for Obama 'Joker' posters

CLERMONT - Clermont police have interviewed one suspect who is admitting to putting up the dozens of posters pasted around the city depicting President Obama as the Joker character from the Batman film The Dark Knight, city officials confirmed.

Attacks on homeless becoming trend in Fla., report shows

Last September, a homeless woman in Pompano Beach was raped and nearly strangled. Earlier in the year, two homeless men in West Palm Beach were shot and killed and a Fort Lauderdale man was accused of harassing the homeless with a chain saw

AT&T workers ready to go on strike

Their red shirts read: ``We'll fight till hell freezes over -- Then, we'll fight on ice!''

Ex-coach Lou Holtz considering running for Congress - OrlandoSentinel.com

WASHINGTON - After earning nearly 250 wins on the college gridiron, former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz is eyeing another competition -- as a candidate for Congress in Central Florida.

South Florida drivers to take part in mileage-tax test

In the not-too-distant future, the government may be riding along with you, keeping tabs on when, where and how far you drive.

Disney Monorail Crash Kills Driver

LAKE BUENA VISTA -- News 13 has learned a driver of the Walt Disney World Monorail System was killed when two monorail trains collided early Sunday.

Orlando Mayor Dyer: 3rd time to be charm for SunRail

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer has taken to using a cliché when he discusses the likelihood of the SunRail commuter train once again going to the state Legislature for approval. "Third time's the charm," he says.

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