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The IRS lawyers claim they don't need a search warrant to read email and social media messages from citizens.
Gainesville SunStatehood may well be appropriate, but the people of Puerto Rico and the United States should fully understand the consequences of such a change.
Tampa TribuneThe Blue Angels got word that federal budget cuts would mean the Navy’s elite precision flying team would not perform for the rest of the year.
Pensacola News-JournalPres. Obama proposwe the formation of a new bond program to finance infrastructure projects, to be called America Fast Forward Bonds.
Fort Myers News-Press Space Florida has mounted a million-dollar campaign to secure one of six federal research and test sites for the unmanned aircraft.
Florida TodayThe transfer of permitting power involving endangered species came to light as two environmental groups signaled they intend to file a lawsuit.
Tampa Bay TimesThe hunger strike by prisoners at the U.S. detention facility in Guantánamo calls attention once more to a maddening problem.
Miami HeraldThis week, President Barack Obama named Julia Pierson director of the Secret Service, the first woman director in the agency’s history.
Independent Florida AlligatorThe Florida National Guard, is facing sequestration cuts that could affect the Guard — and, eventually, you.
Tallahassee DemocratThe budget cuts in Washington have not hit home in most of America, at least not yet.
Florida Times-UnionThe Obama administration announced tours of the presidential residence have been suspended in order to save about $75,000 a week.
Tampa Bay TimesIf the government isn’t helping to make college affordable, there isn’t a point in emphasizing its importance.
Miami HeraldIf medals were awarded for foresight, leaders of Orlando's computer modeling, training and simulation industry would deserve to be decorated.
Orlando SentinelPerhaps the communities that appreciate the Blue Angels can offset the cuts that threaten to ground the Blue Angels.
Pensacola News-JournalFlorida's congressional delegation should join Sen. Richard Burr in insisting that the VA get on the ball and in holding its leaders accountable.
Tampa Bay TimesBeazer East will seal up most of the contaminated soil, dig up a little bit more of it pump out some water and we're supposed to hope for the best?
Gainesville Sun Army Corps of Engineers' new order allows the Cape to issue permits if it allows for input from the National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Letter To The Editor
According to Hollywood's version of the truth, "honest" Lincoln decided slavery's abolishment was worth lying to Congress. He...
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
I would remind the kind gentleman that the USA, comparatively to other nations, has fared better than most and with less a socialistic flare that...
Lakeland Ledger
From all appearances, he got too close to a person who clearly had an agenda other than writing a book. Petraeus will pay for his actions and the...
Independent Florida Alligator
What a shame to lose the services of an intelligent and talented man like David Petraeus because of marital infidelity. The lapse in his moral...
Palm Beach Post
I am one of the 99 percent. I received government cheese, had an immigrant grandma who survived off Social Security and a legally blind dad, took...
Palm Beach Daily News
Mr. Panetta’s reaction to Benghazi is to try to put the American giant into a coma. Leon Panetta should have known that his job was to defend and...
Palm Beach Post
Shuttle Atlantis was a great spacecraft, but does it deserve a $100 million dollar garage at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, where it...
Florida Today
Op Ed
Bill O'Reilly got the ball rolling on this theory when he said, "It's not a traditional America anymore, and there are 50 percent...
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
I suggested that the parallels ran deeper as “both were the culmination of transformations that only months earlier had seemed a long way coming,...
Gainesville Sun
The ongoing meningitis outbreak and its impact on patients and their families is a tragedy, and our hearts go out to those who have suffered as a...
Florida Today
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