The outcome of this year’s budget showdown could hinge on the November election, not on a compromise between the White House and Capitol Hill.

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Gov. Charlie Crist will announce Friday in St. Petersburg that he has picked the hometown state Rep. Frank Peterman, a Democrat, as the next secretary of the state Department of Juvenile Justice, The Buzz has learned.
Peterman, 45, is a juvenile justice program administrator and was recently appointed chairman of the Florida Conference of Black State […]

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A Gulf High School history teacher announced Thursday that he would challenge first-term Pasco County school superintendent Heather Fiorentino in the fall election.
Steve Donaldson (left), 49, filed paperwork to run as a Democrat against Fiorentino, a Republican who also has served as a New Port Richey city council member and a representative in the Florida […]

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Florida coach Billy Donovan said he’s preparing his team as if Georgia guard Billy Humphrey will play, although it’s unlikely the Gators will see Humphrey when they host Georgia Saturday afternoon.
Humphrey, the team’s second-leading scorer, was arrested and charged with underage possession of alcohol early Thursday. It was his second arrest in the last four […]

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Mitt Romney pulled out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination Thursday. This is how the Stormin’ Morman explained his exit:
”If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Sen. Clinton or Obama would win. […]

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Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum has joined forces with the Florida Association of School Resource Officers to warn parents and educators about an "alarming trend" of flavored drugs circulating around the country, luring younger children.
According to the press release:
Methamphetamine with added flavors was first noticed on the West Coast, but is rapidly making its way […]

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