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Other states joining Florida in revolt against rising property taxes
South Florida Sun-SentinelIn one YouTube video, an elderly woman in Pennsylvania explains how she lost her home because she couldn't afford her taxes. Cartoon characters in another clip mock a New Jersey city official for telling tax critics to move out of town. Florida is far...Tags: Vermont, Demonstration, Regional Authority, Pennsylvania, Executive Branch
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Charley rolls across Central Florida
Sentinel Staff WritersHurricane Charley battered Central Florida tonight, packing 105 mph winds that tore off roofs, knocked down trees and left tens of thousands of residents without power. There were widespread reports of trees falling on homes and storm-related fires, as...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Cell Phones, Executive Branch, Vehicles, Politics
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New air show heads to Fort Lauderdale
South Florida Sun SentinelIt's still just a speck on the horizon, but a new air show is on its way. The promoter of Air Lauderdale -- the new name for what was once an annual air and sea tradition at Fort Lauderdale beach -- said the show is coming together for spring 2010. No...Tags: Fort Lauderdale
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Consider the cork
What's inside the wine bottle is what counts, of course, but debate continues to rage within the industry over the question of how that bottle should be stoppered. Now, into the fray comes a voice of reason outlining the problems and the challenges that...Tags: Viniculture, Consumers, Food Industry, Beverage Industry, Economy, Business and Finance
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Our city's firms must reach out to 51st state
America's 51st state - the state of Incarceration - has a citizenship of about 2.1 million now, making it just about as populated as Nevada or Utah. Incarceration USA had just 500,000 residents in 1980; the war on drugs, more than any other factor,...Tags: Ethics, Michigan, Periodicals, Bethlehem Steel, Religion and Belief
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When layoffs come to L.A. schools, performance doesn't count
![John H. Liechty Middle School opened in 2007 in Los Angeles' impoverished Westlake neighborhood with a seasoned principal, dozens of energetic young teachers and a mission to "reinvent education" in the nation's second-largest school district.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-12/58081414-05151735.jpg "John H. Liechty Middle School opened in 2007 in Los Angeles' impoverished Westlake neighborhood with a seasoned principal, dozens of energetic young teachers and a mission to "reinvent education\" in the nation's second-largest school district.")
John H. Liechty Middle School opened in 2007 in Los Angeles' impoverished Westlake neighborhood with a seasoned principal, dozens of energetic young teachers and a mission to "reinvent education" in the nation's second-largest school district.
The...Tags: Arts and Culture, Teachers, Teachers Unions, Los Angeles, School Examinations
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Senators aim to close gun-show loophole
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterGun-control advocates have been largely stymied in their efforts to get significant new firearms restrictions, but they still believe they can achieve one goal: closing a loophole that allows sales at gun shows without background checks on purchasers....Tags: Elections, Democratic Party, Los Angeles Times, Firearms, Executive Branch
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Beige plague
Fourth of five partsAround every bend of the dirt road, Tom Warren recites another name, another date. The Sheep, the Amazon, the Winters, the Suzie. The list goes on and on. It is a chronicle of loss, of wildfires ravaging one of America's mythic landscapes, the sweeping,...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Animals, Game, Vehicles, Sage
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Congress funds mortgage fraud crackdown
It may not have made a big splash on network news or in print, but for real estate it was the equivalent of a congressional declaration of war against mortgage fraud. Just as security and intelligence agencies were given huge funding boosts by Congress...Tags: Michigan, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Punishment, Missouri, New York
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Timeline: Key dates in the life of attorney Scott Rothstein
South Florida Sun-SentinelScott Walter Rothstein Position Managing shareholder, chairman and CEO of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, Fort Lauderdale. Personal Born: June 1962 Marriage: First marriage ends in divorce in 2003; no children. Second marriage to Kimberly Ann Wendell,...Tags: Casablanca (Morocco), Dining and Drinking, University of Florida, Labor Legislation, Alex Sink
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Pub Set to Open in Funeral Home
KTLA NewsPROVIDENCE, RI -- Mourners will soon be able to drown their sorrows at a funeral home in Rhode Island. The owner is pushing ahead with plans to add a bar to the facility. Mark Russell plans to convert the garage at Monahan Funeral Home into an Irish pub,...Tags: Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, St. Patrick's Day, KTLA, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure
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RI Club Owner In Fatal Fire Case Out Of Prison
Staff reporterPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A former co-owner of a Rhode Island nightclub where a fire killed 100 people was released from prison Thursday after earning time off for good behavior. Michael Derderian, who was initially due out this fall, said that his time in...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons, Dining and Drinking, Punishment, Death
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