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Bogus Letters
Tell Floridians
They Can't Vote

Oct 25, 2012 8:42 AM CDT

Bogus Letters Tell Floridians They Can't Vote

FBI, USPS investigating

(Newser) - At least 50 to 100 Florida residents have received bogus letters over the past few days telling them they're not eligible to vote. The letters, postmarked in Seattle and sent under the names of actual county election supervisors in Florida, claim that "information" about the recipient's citizenship...

Obama Says Romney
Has 'Stage Three
Romnesia'

Oct 23, 2012 2:15 PM CDT

Obama Says Romney Has 'Stage Three Romnesia'

Campaigns gear up for home stretch

(Newser) - Now that the debates are over, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are gearing up for a sprint to the finish—and given Obama's schedule, he may need to actually sprint. The president intends to visit six swing states in the next 48 hours, in an "around-the-clock" blitz, his...

Obama, Romney Tied
in Florida: Poll

Oct 19, 2012 4:54 PM CDT

Obama, Romney Tied in Florida: Poll

And Florida's women prefer Obama by just a slim margin

(Newser) - In case you haven't totally OD'd on polls yet: CNN has a new one indicating that President Obama and Mitt Romney are statistically tied in the swing state of Florida. The survey of 1,030 adults gave Romney a 49% to 48% lead, with the usual division between...

Orlando Sentinel
Switches to Romney

Oct 19, 2012 8:27 AM CDT

Orlando Sentinel Switches to Romney

Florida paper had endorsed Obama last time around

(Newser) - Good news for Mitt Romney out of the battleground state of Florida: After endorsing President Obama in 2008, the Orlando Sentinel is backing Romney this time around, CNN reports. Its reasons: "anemic" economic growth and the increasing poverty rate. "We have little confidence that Obama would be more...

Gunman Kills 3, Self
at Florida Hair Salon

Oct 18, 2012 12:22 PM CDT

Gunman Kills 3, Self at Florida Hair Salon

Police investigating

(Newser) - A gunman shot and killed three people at a Florida hair salon today, the Orlando Sentinel reports. After leaving Las Dominicanas M & M Hair Salon, the shooter apparently shot himself at another location; WESH reports that he too is dead and one other person was taken to the hospital....

Hardest Hit by
Ryan Medicare
Plan: Florida

new report

Oct 16, 2012 2:17 PM CDT

Hardest Hit by Ryan Medicare Plan: Florida

6 of 10 beneficiaries will owe more under plan: nonpartisan report

(Newser) - Paul Ryan's coupon-based Medicare plan would result in higher costs for six in 10 beneficiaries for the same service they're getting now—and Floridians would suffer the greatest financial toll, a yearlong, nonpartisan study finds. The Kaiser Family Foundation says that Medicare beneficiaries in Florida would pay, on...

Source of
Huge Eyeball
on Fla. Beach ID'd

Oct 15, 2012 11:36 AM CDT

Source of Huge Eyeball on Fla. Beach ID'd

Probably came from a swordfish

(Newser) - The softball-sized eyeball that washed up on a Florida beach last week probably belonged to a swordfish, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says. "Experts on site and remotely have viewed and analyzed the eye, and based on its color, size and structure, along with the presence of...

Weird Beach Find:
A Giant Eyeball

Weird Beach Find: A Giant Eyeball

From a whale maybe? Florida officials trying to figure it out

(Newser) - It's not that body parts never wash ashore on Florida beaches. But usually it's not an eye the size of a softball. State wildlife officials are trying to determine the species of a blue eyeball found by a man at Pompano Beach, north of Fort Lauderdale. They put...

3 Dead in Florida
Garage Collapse

Oct 11, 2012 10:26 AM CDT

3 Dead in Florida Garage Collapse

Police shift to recovery mission

(Newser) - A third person has died following the collapse of a parking garage at Miami Dade College, police say. The latest victim was pulled from the rubble early today, some 13 hours after the five-story structure fell, creating a pancake-like collapse. A police rep says the man died at a Miami...

Swing States Poll: Romney's
a Better Leader

Oct 11, 2012 8:22 AM CDT

Swing States Poll: Romney's a Better Leader

Debate gives Mitt a boost, but most voters had already decided

(Newser) - Mitt Romney's debate performance is helping him in the race's key battlegrounds—but only by inches. A new New York Times /Quinnipiac/CBS poll found essentially no movement in Colorado, Virginia, or Wisconsin, with Obama's debate loss apparently being offset by strong unemployment numbers. But there is good...

Man Wins
Roach-Eating
Contest, Dies

Oct 9, 2012 1:44 AM CDT

Man Wins Roach-Eating Contest, Dies

Eddie Archbold died after downing dozens of live roaches

(Newser) - A Florida man won first prize in a pet store's insect-eating contest by gobbling dozens of live cockroaches and other insects, but he didn't get a chance to savor the victory. He collapsed in front of the store soon afterward and was pronounced dead at the hospital, the...

'Nice Guy' Mitt
Moves Voters
With Tales
of Death

Oct 7, 2012 1:58 PM CDT

'Nice Guy' Mitt Moves Voters With Tales of Death

Romney shows new, friendly persona on Florida swing

(Newser) - The energetic, down-to-earth Mitt Romney who wowed at the first presidential debate is taking his new show on the road, Politico reports. Stumping in Florida, the GOP candidate has ditched his old CEO persona for a man who tells warm, personal stories about people who are dying. One was an...

Florida City:
We Won't
Hire Smokers

Florida City: We Won't Hire Smokers

Delray Beach policy in place to save money

(Newser) - If you want to work for the city of Delray Beach, Florida, you better quit your nicotine habit first. A new policy prohibiting the city from hiring employees who regularly smoke or use other tobacco products went into effect this week, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. The decision was made...

Florida I-75 Mess: 52 Hurt,
47 Cars, 12 Accidents

Oct 6, 2012 8:45 AM CDT

Florida I-75 Mess: 52 Hurt, 47 Cars, 12 Accidents

Heavy rain contributes, but there are no fatalities

(Newser) - Authorities say dozens of travelers have been injured—but no one killed—in a chain reaction of collisions on Interstate 75 along Florida's Gulf Coast. The Florida Highway Patrol said 52 people were hurt in 12 separate crashes involving 47 vehicles near the border of Sarasota and Manatee counties...

4 Dead as
Meningitis
Outbreak
Spreads

Oct 4, 2012 7:11 AM CDT

4 Dead as Meningitis Outbreak Spreads

30 sick in 5 states; disease traced to Massachusetts pharmacy

(Newser) - A meningitis outbreak linked to epidural steroid injections has now spread to five states; four victims have died, while 30 others are sick, and experts expect the numbers to continue climbing. Scientists have tied the illness to a steroid tainted with the Aspergillus fungus. All victims so far had received...

Knock, Knock:
Embattled Pol's Wife
Soaks Reporter

Oct 1, 2012 10:33 AM CDT

Knock, Knock: Embattled Pol's Wife Soaks Reporter

Sign on door warns nosy journalists they'll 'get wet'

(Newser) - An Emmy-winning Miami political reporter didn't get quite the scoop he was looking for when he knocked on the door of an aspiring local politician: A sign on the home of Democratic congressional primary candidate Justin Lamar Sternad, who's currently busily not answering questions about a scandal he'...

2 Dead, 1 Wounded in Shooting at Veterans Club

Sep 30, 2012 5:05 PM CDT

2 Dead, 1 Wounded in Shooting at Veterans Club

Armed men walked in and began firing: report

(Newser) - Police say two people are dead and another is injured after a shooting at a central Florida Veterans of Foreign Wars post. Winter Springs Police said a charity motorcycle ride was supposed to depart from the post when the shooting broke out this morning while the riders were eating breakfast....

US, Mexico Brace
for Tomato Fight

Sep 28, 2012 3:30 PM CDT

US, Mexico Brace for Tomato Fight

Trade war possible as US considers ending pact

(Newser) - The humble tomato may spark a trade war between the US and Mexico, reports BusinessWeek . The US took a big step yesterday toward ending a 16-year deal that has kept the prices of Mexican tomatoes cheap in this country. Florida farmers have long pushed for the move, which is expected...

Fla. GOP Cans Firm Over Bogus Voter Registrations

Sep 27, 2012 7:03 AM CDT