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Guess who's watching the sheriff's budget?
Surprise, surprise. Look who we found in the audience at Tuesday's budget workshop in County Hall, where Sheriff Scott Israel will talk about his request for a 14 percent increase. Yes, it's his political nemesis, former Sheriff Al Lamberti, sitting...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Al Lamberti, Cooper City, Health Insurance Cost, Broward County Sheriff's Office
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Pines man wins Deep Stack event
Mohammad "Sheddy" Siddiqui won the main event of the Deep Stack series at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Sunday. Siddiqui, a regular South Florida player, collected $73,000 after he chopped with Paul Pantoja of Fort Lauderdale ($67,563) and...
Tags: North Palm Beach, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida)
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Republicans feast on chicken, politics at Lincoln Day dinner
Sun SentinelChicken, potatoes and asparagus – plus politics – were on the menu Monday night for the Broward Republican Party’s “Lincoln Day” fundraiser. Most of the speeches, including Gov. Rick Scott’s keynote, were devoted to...Tags: Rick Scott, Politics, Port of Miami, Ellyn Bogdanoff, Broward County
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Poodle owner hit by car while trying to save pet
— A woman trying to save her poodle from being struck by traffic Sunday was hit by a car that did not remain at the crash, Fort Lauderdale police said. Carla Rescia was driving south on Northeast 18th Avenue when she pulled into her residence on...
Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents
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$3 off admission to upcoming Fort Lauderdale Home and Remodeling Show
Sun SentinelSave $3 on $10 admission to the Fort Lauderdale Home and Remodeling Show at the Broward County Convention Center over Memorial Day weekend. Buy an online ticket to save $3 off adult admission or print out a coupon to save $2 at the box office. The...Tags: Home Improvement, HGTV (tv network), Broward County, Memorial Day
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Angry city manager can laugh all the way to the bank
Like sports coaches, city managers are hired to get fired. And they usually leave laughing all the way to the bank, like ex-Miramar manager Robert Payton, who quit earlier this year and left with a total benefits package worth $2.4 million. Broward's...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Politics, Interior Policy, Coconut Creek, Pembroke Pines
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Broward women brought 143 Haitian workers to US for fake jobs, feds say
The 143 workers paid as much as $3,500 each, lured to South Florida from Haiti with false promises of steady paying jobs in construction or on farms, the hope of getting permanent residency and making a life in the U.S., they said. But when they arrived,...
Tags: Prosecution, Coral Springs, Labor Legislation, Interior Policy, U.S. Embassy
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Spirit Airlines keen on domestic growth
Spirit Airlines remains keen on growth as airline mergers and rising airfares continue to create opportunities for the Miramar-based low-cost carrier to expand its network, executives said Monday during the airline's 2013 Analyst Conference. "The same...Tags: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, JetBlue Airways, Spirit Airlines, Transportation, Air Transportation Industry
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Two drivers sought in connection with hit-and-run that hurt toddler
The drivers of a red Volkswagen Beetle and a black pickup truck are being sought in connection with a hit-and-run crash in which a toddler was seriously injured in Fort Lauderdale, police said. The May 14 incident happened at 6 p.m. near Northeast 53rd...
Tags: Traffic, Disasters and Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents, CVS Corp., Police Investigations
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OptimumBank leaders determined to ride out storm
The numbers would make anyone blink: Bad loans account for nearly a fifth of Fort Lauderdale-based OptimumBank's $88.6 million loan portfolio. But this isn't a tale of woe from the Great Recession. It's happening this year. There may be more bad times...
Tags: Tamarac, Foreclosures, Deerfield Beach, Hillsboro Beach, Loans
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Once a fan of the Indy 500, Ryan Hunter-Reay hopes to win it Sunday
For as long as Ryan Hunter-Reay can remember, the Indianapolis 500 was a huge deal. As a small child growing up in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Hunter-Reay used to plop down a plastic race track and line up his miniature race cars in front of the television set...
Tags: Auto Racing, Human Interest, Human Mishaps, IndyCar Series, Open-Wheel Racing
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Gov. Scott vetoes 3% tuition hike, $368M in projects
TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Rick Scott vetoed $368 million in lawmaker pet projects Monday and blocked a 3 percent tuition hike for Florida colleges and universities. The tuition increase passed earlier this month was a small piece of the overall $74.1...
Tags: Government, University of Central Florida, Charlie Crist, Satellite Technology, Miami Gardens
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