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by Mark Silva DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. -- Barack Obama isn't the only one tagging his rival as "more of the same,'' attempting to connect John McCain with President Bush, sinking in the polls. Democrats are taking the strategy down-ticket as......

by Mark Silva Call it the YouTube factor: The noise that was generated by protesters at boisterous "town hall'' meetings held by members of Congress this summer. The president's polling numbers have been sliding at the same time. At least......

Is it appropriate, reasonable or ethical for an undercover FBI agent to use a legitimate business as a prop in a sting operation without its knowledge or consent? I ask because that appears to have happened in the FBI???s corruption......

It's her Destiny to perform at tonight's dinner: Beyonce at the Grammy Awards in January. (LA Times/Jay Clendenin) by Katherine Skiba And the prize goes to: Beyonce. The Grammy award-winning superstar will perform Wednesday night on the South Lawn......

Talk about a ???Hot Market.??? Better yet, a ???Heat Market.??? Printing machines were working overtime overnight to ready name and number Heat T-shirts for sale today. LeBron James No. 6, Dwyane Wade No. 3 and Chris Bosh No. 1 Tees......

I just took a quick read through the latest Seminole Gambling compact and the accompanying House bill. There are some interesting new wrinkles, including a 3 percent cut from each tribal casino's revenue sharing payments going to local governments.......

Back in the day when I worked really hard at being a reporter, I would sometimes ponder how my job compared to other jobs. (OK. Those who know me may be wondering just how far back we have to go in order to see me working really hard, but let me make my...

When you get behind the wheel again consider this: the minute you're involved in a collision the clock is ticking. Florida has a new set of stringent personal injury protection laws, which offer less time to make auto insurance claims and make it harder...

Watching Jimmy Buffett in concert this past weekend, I couldn't help imagining again how deliriously happy the Key West tourism people must be about his long, successful career. If the city fathers had put together a singer in a laboratory, they couldn't...

Never before has there been such an intense assault on the regulations that govern how we do business. The attacks range from level-headed and strategically planned to the equivalent of throwing dynamite on the state statute books and seeing what's...

I have a friend in Melbourne who already has her outdoor holiday lights up. As she likes to say: "Yes, I'm that kind of neighbor." While that seems a little premature — let's wait for Thanksgiving, at least — it is starting to feel like fall...

It's the holidays, the time of the year I search fruitlessly for someone — anyone — willing to accompany me on an ice-skating expedition. This wasn't always such a problem. When I was in high school, in a suburb of Miami, the gang always...