News Roundup

GeneralBoston-area investor Dennis Stackhouse has been arrested and charged with bilking almost $1 million from a county-supported plan to build a biotech business park in Liberty City. [Herald]After a large amount of cases of swine flu this past spring, there haven't been many cases reported in Miami-Dade this fall, but...

By Kyle Munzenrieder

October 29, 2009

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General

Boston-area investor Dennis Stackhouse has been arrested and charged with bilking almost $1 million from a county-supported plan to build a biotech business park in Liberty City. [Herald]
After a large amount of cases of swine flu this past spring, there haven't been many cases reported in Miami-Dade this fall, but they still might come, so clutch your Purell bottle in fear. [Herald]
Hialeah Racetrack will reopen within a month. [CBS4]
Burger King's earnings and sales are down. [Bloomberg]

Politics

If there's one thing veterans of the Katherine Harris Senate campaign know, it's how not to win Senate races, and the manager of that campaign believes Marco Rubio has about a snowball's chance in Florida of winning. [NakedPolitics]
Speaking of Rubio, a website called TruthAboutRubio.com popped up yesterday and caused a stir. Some conservative bloggers believe it's the work of GOP lobbyist and Crist supporter Rich Heffley. Heffley will neither confirm nor deny his involvement. [NakedPolitics]
Rep. Alan Grayson wept on the House floor yesterday while reading letters from people saying they've lost family members because of America's broken health-care system. [RollCall]

Sports

The Miami Heat made easy work of the New York Knicks (tough night last night for NYC sports), and beat them 115-93. [AP]
Thankfully, Dwyane Wade doesn't have moving to the Knicks on his mind. Yet, anyway. [NYDN]
Cheers to this: Ted Ginn Jr. will probably lose his starting spot on the Dolphins. [PBPost]

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