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June 17, 2011
Florida's Unemployment Rate is Lowest Since August 2009, But Miami-Dade's Rises Again
The unemployment rate in Florida has fallen for the fifth straight month in May, mirroring a national trend. Unfortunately, there isn't much to celebrate in Miami-Dade. The local unemployment rate rose once again by 0.5 percent and is now the second highest unemployment rate of any county in Flor ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
Achievement Gap Between White and Hispanic Students Still as Wide as it Was in the 1990s
Some children are apparently still left behind. Nearly 10 years ago President George W. Bush signed into law the "No Child Left Behind" act. Among other goals, Bush believed his education reforms would help close the achievement gap between white and minority students. Well, the Department of Edu ... More >>
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June 24, 2011
Floridians Google "Free Gay Porn" More Than Any Other State, Apparently
Here is some free gay porn for everyone. Free gay porn! Free gay porn! Complimentary homosexual pornography! Recordings of men having explicit sexual relations with each other you can watch without providing payment in return!Hopefully that should provide Riptide tons and tons of easy page views ... More >>
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June 28, 2011
Firework Sales Slump in Florida Thanks to Drought
Well, Katy Perry, for your information Florida does feel like a paper bag. A dry, worn out paper bag that could catch fire at any moment and cause millions of acres of forest to go up in smoke thanks to the drought.According to The Palm Beach Post, while firework sales are up in pretty much every ... More >>
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June 30, 2011
Florida: 18th Best State to Do Business in According to CNBC
Governor Rick Scott wants to make Florida the best state to business in in the county, but a report by CNBC suggests he has a long way to go. In its annual rankings of business friendly states Florida came in at a respectable but not stupendous 18th place tie with Tennessee.
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July 1, 2011
Florida Wiretap Authorizations Jump 83 Percent in 2010
This may not be the most secure communication device in the world anymore.They're listening. Really hard.Wiretaps in Florida authorized by district courts and the state attorney general rose from 78 in 2009 to 143 in 2010, according to a report released Thursday by the Administrative Office of the U ... More >>
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July 4, 2011
In Post-Bestiality Florida, Virtually Everything Else is Still Legal
In October, a new law will make Florida the 31st state to outlaw bestiality. Yep, we will be tragically separated from the furry and hoofed objects of our lust, for no reason other than a pesky species divide. It's like a modern day Romeo and Juliet tale, if Shakespeare had had the guts to us ... More >>
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July 5, 2011
Florida's Pill Mill Mania is Over: Strike Forces Round Up Leftover Pills
Today was the beginning of the last chapter in Florida's strange status as America's pill mill capital. Strike forces fanned out across the state visiting clinics specializing in freely prescribing addictive prescription pills to round up their leftover stash. New laws passed in ... More >>
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July 6, 2011
Should TSA Agents Be Arrested for Pat Downs? Florida Libertarians Hope So
Over in Texas, Gov. Rick Perry supported a law that would have made TSA agents subject to arrest for pat downs of passengers. That bill ultimately died, but the Libertarian Party of Florida hopes to bring that idea to Florida. Members of the fringe party sent letters to Sheriffs in all 67 county ... More >>
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July 7, 2011
Florida's bestiality ban won't ruin our good time
Over in Texas, Gov. Rick Perry supported a law that would have made TSA agents subject to arrest for pat downs of passengers. That bill ultimately died, but the Libertarian Party of Florida hopes to bring that idea to Florida. Members of the fringe party sent letters to Sheriffs in all 67 county ... More >>
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July 7, 2011
Vice Magazine: Florida "is a Violent, Dong-Shaped Netherworld"
Jaded Hipster bible Vice has no love for the Sunshine state. Blogger Sam McPheeters unleashed on our peninsula in a recent blog post, casting the state as "a violent, dong-shaped netherworld of grifters, drug smugglers, gun runners, swamp nazis, hobo killers, killer hobos, elder abusers, kidnappers, ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
Florida Looking at Early March Primary, Might Again Lose Half Its Delegates
Republican leaders are still eager to host Florida's presidential primary election earlier than most states, but they're hoping to avoid a repeat of 2008's fiasco. Leaders plan to set the primary in early March, just days before the traditional Super Tuesday -- even if that means holding the ... More >>
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July 15, 2011
Slashpine Talks Black Metal, Forsaken Florida, and Death Art
If you sense low rumblings, heavy crowd enthusiasm, and dark growls from behind the doors of music venues and art shows all over town, betcha it's Slashpine. This three-man band has the raddest, most organic name for a metal group based in Florida, ever. These young dudes are all experienced mus ... More >>
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July 26, 2011
Lobster Mini-Season Kicks Off Tonight; Please Don't Die
Divers, prepare your tickle stick. Lobster mini-season is nigh. Yes, the annual two-day recreational season that inevitably seems to involve a few deaths every year kicks off tonight at midnight.
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August 3, 2011
Tropical Storm Emily's Path Shifts Closer to Florida
Here's the good news: as of right now, we only have a 30 percent chance of rain on Saturday, which less than today's 50 percent chance. Here's the bad news: Tropical Storm Emily's path is inching ever closer toward Florida and continues to threaten your beach time.
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August 8, 2011
Cocaine in Your Mailbox: Traffickers Increasingly Using Mail to Ship Drugs
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night will keep your drugs from you, apparently. Drug traffickers are increasingly using U.S. Mail and commercial carriers such as FedEx to ship drugs out of the country. In fact, in Florida alone the amount of cocaine and marijuana being intercepted i ... More >>
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August 10, 2011
Group Sues Rick Scott to Prevent Pro-Islam, Anti-Evolution Bias in Public School Textbooks
Citizens for National Security, a Boca Raton-based group that's dedicated itself to identifying pro-Islam bias in textbooks, has filed suit against the state of Florida, Gov. Rick Scott, and the state's Department of Eduction, claiming that a new law concerning the review of textbooks would not ... More >>
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August 11, 2011
Frederica Wilson's Congressional District Has the Most Hungry Children in America
via Firehouse2District 17's Liberty CityEarlier this year, Florida 17th congressional district, which includes a large portion of Miami's African-American residents, was ranked the most suffering district in America. Now, a new report claims that it has the highest amount of hungry children i ... More >>
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August 16, 2011
Allen West Considers Senate Run
Though guys like George LeMieux and Adam Hasner have for months been running for the GOP nomination to take on Senator Bill Nelson, no one has made much headway with voters. That leaves the field wide open for a potential late entrant. Rep. Adam West, Florida's most Tea-soaked new ... More >>
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August 17, 2011
Florida Families Fourth In Food Hardship Study
Walmart CCWe all know how bad the economy is right now. Even for those of us lucky to have a an income, times are tough. Just how tough are they for Floridians?In a recent study posted on TampaBayOnline.com, Florida ranks fourth when it comes to families being able to afford food. Not fourth as ... More >>
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August 19, 2011
Miami-Dade's Unemployment Rate Fell 1.4 Percent in July, But Florida Still Lost 22,100 Jobs
Rick "The Jobs Governor" Scott has pointed to Florida's slowly dwindling unemployment rate since he took office in January. In fact, from January through June the state added 64,300 jobs. July is a different story. More than a third of those total jobs gained have now been lost.The good news ... More >>
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September 1, 2011
Which College Football Teams Make the Most Money in Florida?
Despite the fact the NCAA likes to uphold all illusions that's its merely sanctioning amateur athletics, there's not doubt that college football is a big, big business. In 2009, the most recent year for which figures are available, all Division I-A teams combined brought in an asto ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
VooDoo BBQ & Grill Announces Florida Expansion
VooDoo BBQ & Grill is coming to town.Louisiana-based VooDoo BBQ & Grill has announced plans to bring its N'awlins "competition style BBQ" to Florida. The fast-casual chain has signed a deal with a local LLC (whose partnership currently includes the management of several Five Guys Burgers ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
Destructive Giant African Land Snails on the Loose in Miami
Giant African land snails have invaded Miami-Dade county, according to the state Department of Agriculture. The snails are one of the largest species in the world and have nasty habits like eating almost any type of plant in their path, causing destruction to homes, and making humans sick. To ... More >>
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September 20, 2011
Miami-Dade County Commission Unanimously Asks Florida Legislature to Chill Out on Crazy Immigration Laws
It's hard to get the Miami-Dade County Commission to agree on anything, but every single member voted today for a resolution that asks the state legislature to cool it on all those crazy conservative immigration bills they've been trying to pass. The Florida Legislature will, more than likely, to ... More >>
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September 27, 2011
Miami's Slashpine Makes the Pilgrimmage to Meet Olympia's Wolves in the Throne Room
Photo by Chris BeugThese are Wolves in the Throne Room.Slashpine Travelogue Wolves in the Throne Room The Chop Shop, St. Petersburg, Florida Friday, September 23, 2011 It's hard to reckon the episode we experienced in Florida's backwater over the weekend. It was was meant to be a quick detour on ... More >>
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October 4, 2011
Anti-Semitic Incidents on the Rise in Florida
After several years of decline, the Anti-Defamation League reports that Anti-Semitism is back on the rise in Florida. The group's annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents report found that more than 10 percent of anti-Semitic incidents in the nation in 2010 occurred in Florida, and that the n ... More >>
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October 6, 2011
Florida's Dwarf Tossing Law Could Be Repealed to Ease Dwarf Unemployment
Rep. Ritch Workman, R-Melbourne, is tired of Florida's Big Brother government standing in the way of people getting jobs. Jobs that include being tossed around by drunk dudes specifically, so he's on a mission to repeal the state's two-decade-old ban on dwarf tossing.
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October 13, 2011
Rick Perry's Niggerhead: Florida locales have racially insensitive names too
Rep. Ritch Workman, R-Melbourne, is tired of Florida's Big Brother government standing in the way of people getting jobs. Jobs that include being tossed around by drunk dudes specifically, so he's on a mission to repeal the state's two-decade-old ban on dwarf tossing.
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October 28, 2011
Eight Reasons Why Florida is a Real-Life Horror Movie
photo by Logan FazioLincoln Road zombie walks got nothin' on real life in Florida.Time for a little Halloween honesty: Florida is terrifying. Serial killers Ted Bundy and Gary Ray Bowles have stalked our towns. Prehistoric, sharp-fanged creatures circle our swamps and oceans, hungry for blood. Real- ... More >>
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November 2, 2011
Nine-Year-Old Girl Told Not to Eat Candy on School Bus Tells Police: "I Will F***ing Kill You!"
A nine-year-old Florida girls loves candy almost as much as she hates police: a lot.What started as a request by the girl's school bus driver to stop eating candy on the bus ended with the girl getting pepper-sprayed and charged with four felonies.
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November 4, 2011
Lesbian Couple Denied Name Change Because Their Marriage "Means Nothing to the State of Florida"
via WTSP The Lambert-JolleysAs Florida residents, Rachel and Charlotte Lambert-Jolley knew that their marriage in Connecticut, where same sex weddings are legal, wouldn't be recognized in their own home state. They at least hoped, however, that it would help expedite the process of legally changi ... More >>
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November 4, 2011
Florida Drivers Ranked Third Worst in America
The only surprise here is that we're not ranked first. Between Miami's unique brand at driving, old folks who flock to other parts of the state, and people who drive pick ups with truck nuts in our more rural area, no one is going to make a claim that Floridians are experts behind the wheels. Now ... More >>
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November 22, 2011
Almost One in Four Children in Florida Live in Poverty
Almost one in four children in Florida lived below the poverty line in 2010, according to data from the US Census. That means 923,963 Florida kids live in poverty (defined as a family of four living on less than $22,314-a-year). That works out to 23.5 percent of all kids in the state. T ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
Miami, Tampa and St. Petersburg Among the Top 10 Saddest Cities in America
Calling Florida the "Sunshine State" might seem like a cruel joke after having almost all its major cities ranked by Men's Health magazine as some of the saddest cities in America.It's one thing to have a city as part of this dreaded list, but to include Miami, Tampa, St. Pete and Jacksonville .. ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
CVS Pharmacy Won't Fill Certain Florida Doctors' Pain Pill Prescriptions
One of the largest pharmacy chains in the state has decided to fight Florida's prescription pill abuse epidemic head on. CVS Pharmacy sent out an email to certain Florida doctors this week to inform them that they will no longer fill any pain pill prescriptions they write. Authorities recently ha ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
Horse Slaughter Legal Once Again in U.S., Maybe Even in Florida
Wikimedia CommonsBack to the future: horse slaughter is now legal again in the U.S.Woah, Nelly. Horse slaughter is once again legal thanks to Congress.Florida currently has some of the toughest laws against horse slaughter in the nation, but activists disagree over whether the practice could soon be ... More >>
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December 21, 2011
Florida Population Tops 19 Million for First Time: Watch Out, New York
Between 2008 and 2009, Florida had its first decline in total population since World War II, but the state's growth is getting back on track. According to new numbers released today by the U.S. Census Bureau, the population has topped 19 million for the first time, and we're now on track to ... More >>
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December 22, 2011
Bringing Guns Into Child Care Centers: Florida Democrat Realizes That's Probably Not a Good Idea
Earlier this year, the Republican-controlled Florida legislature passed an NRA-backed law that required all municipal governments to abolish their local gun control laws. Problem is, the state of Florida doesn't exactly have that many gun control laws, so now licensed gun owners across the state ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
Great Big Fruit Drop
Earlier this year, the Republican-controlled Florida legislature passed an NRA-backed law that required all municipal governments to abolish their local gun control laws. Problem is, the state of Florida doesn't exactly have that many gun control laws, so now licensed gun owners across the state ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
Poll: 48 Percent of Floridians Approve of Las Vegas-Style Casinos, 43 Percent Oppose
A day after a Senate committee approved Florida's controversial gambling that would bring Las Vegas-style casinos to South Florida, Quinnipiac University is out with a poll that shows Floridians narrowly support the idea. Forty-eight percent support the idea of bringing full-service casinos to Fl ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
"We're Screwed": Florida Republicans Punished with Crappy Convention Hotel Rooms and Loss of VIP Passes
For the second time in the row, Florida politicians decided to ignore the rules of the Republican National Committee and moved ahead with their plan for an early primary. Like 2008, this means that Florida Republicans will lose half of their delegates at the national convention, but this time aro ... More >>
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January 20, 2012
Photos: Heat Bring Back "Floridians" Throwback Jerseys (with Afros)
The Heat won't stop the little fact that they didn't become a franchise until the late '80s get in their way of having a little 1970's throwback uniform fun. The Heat will be wearing uniforms inspired by the old pink, err, excuse us, "magenta" and orange of the ABA's Floridians during six games t ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
Weirdest crime capital: Florida vs. Texas
And the winner is...
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January 27, 2012
Florida Woman's Fake Boobs Save Her From Being Stabbed To Death
Sure, most women can thanks their enhanced bust lines for landing a man, cutting the line at a club, or getting inundated with cat calls, but only one can claim that her boob job literally saved her life.An unidentified Florida woman was stabbed in through the chest, but her saline breast implant ... More >>
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January 30, 2012
Florida's Eight Weirdest Bills: Pecan Crime, Lifeguard Beatdowns and Trees Painted Purple
THIS SPECIES PROTECTED UNDER SENATE BILL 0184Every year, Florida lawmakers propose more than a thousand bills. Some of them are admirable and important changes designed to make our streets safer, our schools better, and our citizenry healthier. Then there are the other 92 percent. Here are the ei ... More >>
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February 1, 2012
Florida's Oxycodone Party is Over: Pain Pill Sales Dropped 97 Percent in One Year
The hillbilly heroin hoedown in Florida has ended. The number of pain pills sold by Florida doctors dropped 97 percent from 2010 to 2011 according to the DEA. In 2010, 90 of the top 100 Oxy-prescribing doctors in the country were in Florida. In 2011, just 13 made the list, and none cracked t ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
Florida's weirdest proposed laws: Purple trees, barking frogs, and slow golf carts
The hillbilly heroin hoedown in Florida has ended. The number of pain pills sold by Florida doctors dropped 97 percent from 2010 to 2011 according to the DEA. In 2010, 90 of the top 100 Oxy-prescribing doctors in the country were in Florida. In 2011, just 13 made the list, and none cracked t ... More >>
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February 8, 2012
The Five Most Important Proposed New Laws For Florida Animal Lovers
Florida is a pretty horrible place to be an animal. That's due at least in part to the great conglomeration of weirdos and cretins here, of course, but stone-age animal cruelty laws have a lot to do with it as well. A few Florida Senators have done their part in proposing bills that would go a lo ... More >>
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February 8, 2012
Look Ma, No Hands: Senate Passes Bill to Legalize Hand-less Bike Riding
A Florida law requires all bicyclists to keep at least one hand on a handlebar while riding their bike at all times, which, of course, prevents show offs from looking totally awesome. Republican Rep. Ellyn Bogdanoff may have been unsuccessful in her attempt to bring Las Vegas-style casinos to Flo ... More >>
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