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Oh great. The Judicial Nominating Committee may have given Charlie Crist the "diverse," ultra-right wing nominee he was looking for. [Naked Politics]Some hair salon filed a lawsuit to disband Miami's downtown development authority. [SFBJ]Some kid up in Hallandale decided to steal a hearse, only to be shot and wounded by...

By Kyle Munzenrieder

December 18, 2008

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Oh great. The Judicial Nominating Committee may have given Charlie Crist the "diverse," ultra-right wing nominee he was looking for. [Naked Politics]
Some hair salon filed a lawsuit to disband Miami's downtown development authority. [SFBJ]
Some kid up in Hallandale decided to steal a hearse, only to be shot and wounded by police. [SunSent]
Carvalho is nervous about this budget deficit, and doesn't want education to take the brunt of more cuts. [Local 10]
In breaking puppy news: 7 children will be awarded for helping to save a puppy that fell into a sewer drain. [Herald]
Lennar, the locally based home builder, reported its seventh straight loss. [Bloomberg]
Raising cigarette taxes might not make much of a difference for the state's poor financial situation. [TCPalm]

--Kyle Munzenrieder

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