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Obama heads to swing state of Florida for travel announcement

Arriving in Florida just days before the Republican candidates who want his job begin to court the state's voters, President Barack Obama on Thursday is expected to tout a plan that he says will help a region whose economy is heavily dependent on visitors. | 01/18/12 17:54:00 By - Erika Bolstad

House Ethics Committee extends probe of Fla. Rep. Buchanan

The House Ethics Committee said it will extend its inquiry into Rep. Vern Buchanan’s fundraising activities, with a decision expected no later than Feb. 6. | 12/23/11 12:50:12 By - Erika Bolstad

Florida Sen. Nelson: Everglades restoration is bipartisan

There’s more bipartisan support for restoring the Everglades than might be expected, Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., said Wednesday — especially given the politically charged atmosphere in Washington and Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s previous concerns about spending state money on projects. | 12/22/11 07:48:55 By - Erika Bolstad

Florida Sen. Rubio's Aponte vote draws criticism from Hispanic leaders

Sen. Marco Rubio on Tuesday abruptly canceled a meeting with a high-level State Department official after learning that Democrats had described his vote Monday against the ambassador to El Salvador as an insult to the Puerto Ricans he represents in Florida. | 12/14/11 07:00:01 By - Erika Bolstad

Congress weighs in on child sexual abuse, promises tougher laws

He never thought anyone would believe him, said Sheldon Kennedy, a former NHL player and child sexual abuse victim. | 12/13/11 16:45:00 By - Erika Bolstad

Cuba shows U.S. its response plans in case of oil spill

As Cuba prepares to embark on a new round of exploratory offshore drilling, U.S. officials are slightly more enlightened about the island nation's plans in the event of a catastrophic oil spill on the scale of last year's Deepwater Horizon explosion. | 12/12/11 18:30:00 By - Erika Bolstad

Family marks second year in Cuban prison for Alan Gross

On the sidewalk in front of the Cuban Interests Section, on a street that runs straight to the White House, dozens of people have been gathering each Monday for the past month to demand the release of an American who was imprisoned in Cuba two years ago. It's impossible to know whether the Cuban diplomats inside hear the pleas. | 12/04/11 00:01:00 By - Erika Bolstad

Holocaust survivors argue for quest to sue European companies

Few survived to tell the heart-rending survival story that Leo Bretholz chronicled in his book, "Leap Into Darkness," an account of his daring escape in 1942 from a French train bound for the Auschwitz concentration camp. Bretholz and two fellow Holocaust survivors on Wednesday appealed to Congress for the ability to sue European companies such as Allianz AG, a German insurance giant, in state courts for unpaid life insurance policies sold before World War II. | 11/16/11 18:52:00 By - Erika Bolstad

Fla. Sen. Rubio pushes compromise jobs bill

Looking for what he called “rapid action” on the economy, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio joined Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware in tearing apart the various Republican and Democratic and White House jobs proposals in search of some rare common ground. The two introduced their admittedly modest legislation, known as the “Agree Act,” on Tuesday. | 11/16/11 07:08:24 By - Erika Bolstad

Vietnam vets are struck by being thanked for their service - unlike in the '70s

After the speeches ended, after the bagpiper played "Amazing Grace," Bob Hamilton went searching for one of the 58,272 names on the polished black granite wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Hardly a day goes by that he doesn't think about Ray George, a fellow helicopter pilot who was killed in Vietnam when he subbed for Hamilton one day four decades ago. | 11/11/11 18:21:00 By - Erika Bolstad

Abuses in assisted-living facilities come under Senate panel's spotlight

It was an early morning awakening that Alfredo Navas said he'll never forget: His sister on the phone, telling him that their 85-year-old mother had drowned in a shallow drainage pond behind the facility that was caring for her. | 11/02/11 19:33:00 By - Erika Bolstad

Oil spill fund chief says he welcomes oversight

The administrator of a $20 billion fund to compensate victims of last year's Gulf of Mexico oil spill said he welcomes an independent audit of how much money has been paid out and what calculations were made to arrive at those payouts. | 10/27/11 16:34:00 By - Erika Bolstad

Feds announce plan to speed Everglades restoration

A new fast-track planning effort could shave years off the next phase of Everglades restoration, putting more fresh and clean water into the central and southern portions of Florida’s "River of Grass" more quickly. | 10/27/11 11:50:17 By - Erika Bolstad

U.S. admits limits in monitoring Cuba's offshore oil drilling

As exploratory oil drilling is set to begin in December off the coast of Cuba, the U.S. government acknowledged Tuesday that because of chilly diplomatic relations it could have a limited ability to control the response to an oil spill there, let alone one the magnitude of last year's Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. | 10/18/11 15:40:00 By - Erika Bolstad

Sen. Rubio sidesteps spat over Univision, debate boycott

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was thrust into the bright national spotlight of Republican presidential politics Wednesday — and not just because he's a potential short-lister for the vice presidential ticket. | 10/05/11 19:01:00 By - Erika Bolstad

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