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Gov. Charlie Crist violated the Florida Constitution when he agreed with the Seminole Indian Tribe to expand gambling in the state, an attorney for the Florida House told the state Supreme Court on Wednesday. ...more
January 31, 2008
Those who oppose abortions call those who are pro-choice morally corrupt. One columnist even reasoned that there would not be illegal aliens in this country if those 50 million aborted babies had lived. Those 50 million would have jobs, thus negating the need to import illegals. With that rationale, all those policies by President Bush would be justified. Please follow this logic. Even that great conservative, President Reagan, justifiably out-sourced 5 million jobs because 20 million babies were aborted. He even penalized the taxpayers by using their taxes to fund the transfer of factories off shore. In addition, he allowed those manufacturers to take their profits off shore to avoid paying taxes and allowed them to compete with those who stayed in country for more contracts to be off shored. Who would have believed such a scenario? Not I! ...more
January 30, 2008
The developers of the Towers of Channelside, a pair of 29-story luxury condominiums, filed for bankruptcy court protection Friday, stating that Wachovia Corp. cut off its credit. ...more
January 26, 2008
There's at least one advantage to not being a millionaire: less chance of being audited by the Internal Revenue Service. ...more
January 18, 2008
Ian Smith's 50 Million Pound Challenge aims to attack the group most affected by the rising tide of obesity: blacks. ...more
January 17, 2008
The Seminole Tribe of Florida's agreement with Gov. Charlie Crist took effect Monday to allow Las Vegas-style slot machines and card games, such as blackjack, at Seminole establishments, including the Hard Rock Casino in Tampa, an attorney for the tribe said Monday. ...more
January 8, 2008
A man accused of trying to secure business deals using a phony $100 million Federal Reserve note pleaded guilty today in federal court to a charge of attempting to broker a false document. ...more
December 21, 2007
TAMPA - A man accused of trying to secure business deals using a phony $100 million Federal Reserve note pleaded guilty today in federal court to a charge of attempting to broker a false document. ...more
December 20, 2007
The number of states refusing federal money for "abstinence-only" sex education programs jumped sharply in the past year as evidence mounted that the approach is ineffective. ...more
December 16, 2007
We've long known that the rich are different from the rest of us; F. Scott Fitzgerald told us that. But a new study shows that the rich are different from one another, at least when it comes to charitable giving. ...more
December 7, 2007
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