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Democratic nonprofits send funds to 'super PACs'
President Obama's first campaign ad of 2012 decried "secretive billionaires attacking" him through conservative nonprofit groups that do not reveal their contributors.
But two Democratic nonprofit groups that do not disclose their donors made payments...Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Federal Election Commission, Charity
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Colbert super PAC got $500 from California's Gavin Newsom [Updated]
PolitiCalColbert super PAC: Satirist/comedian Stephen Colbert's super PAC reports it has collected more than $1 million.... -
Christine O'Donnell-Chris Coons debate: Full transcript
Top of the TicketEvery debate word between Republican Christine O'Donnell and Democrat Chris Coons -- and there were a lot of them.... -
Railroad coming to U.S. 27? A new vision emerges
A scenic highway on the edge of the Everglades, U.S. 27 seems far away from the hustle and bustle of interstate commerce. It has no strip malls, few stoplights and gas stations. Vast open land — sugar cane fields, farms, sawgrass — surrounds...
Tags: Florida's Turnpike, Highway Transportation, Everglades, Homestead, Florida Department of Transportation
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Railroad trespassers in Palm Beach County get an expensive message
Thursday was no day to mess around at railroad crossings in Boynton Beach. Motorists who stopped their cars on the railroad tracks got hit with a $166 ticket. Those who decided to stroll across the tracks where there were no crosswalks were headed to...
Tags: Laws, Highway Transportation, Justice System, Railway Accidents, Services and Shopping
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People on the move
Education Whitney Stewart was named as an instructor of The Regional Physiotherapy Centre's newly established School of Massage Therapy in West Palm Beach. Stewart is a physical therapist assistant and a licensed massage therapist. She joined the Centre...Tags: Broward County, Housing Industry, Business Enterprises, Services and Shopping, Hospitals and Clinics
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Driver killed when train hits van on tracks in Boynton
— Allen J. Vachon, 57, of Hypoluxo, was killed late Saturday when a southbound Florida East Coast Railway train struck his van on the tracks at Miner Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Vachon's vehicle became disabled on the track,...
Tags: Boynton Beach, Florida Highway Patrol
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It's full steam ahead on plans for new train service
A new, privately financed passenger rail service between Miami and Orlando is still on track, although the start up may be delayed about a year until the end of 2015. The Federal Railroad Administration in January determined that adding trains on the...Tags: Broward County, Transportation, Fort Lauderdale, Travel, Railway Transportation
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Hallandale Beach Boulevard narrowed to provide extra 'green time'
Q: Can you please tell us why eastbound Hallandale Beach Boulevard goes down to two lanes at Southwest Second Avenue and then opens up no more than 100 feet later to three lanes right before Southeast Third Avenue? This does not make any sense, and it...Tags: Hallandale Beach, Traffic, Boynton Beach, Gulfstream Park, Pompano Beach
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Kingsley Guy: South Florida economic future looks good
As Mark Twain noted, history doesn't repeat itself, but "sometimes it rhymes," and South Florida may be in for one of those rhyming moments as it emerges from the economic doldrums of the past half decade. Turn the clock back a hundred years: Henry...Tags: Railway Industry, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Labor Markets, Realty
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Will Fort Lauderdale's Wave streetcar be a wipeout?
As a New Yorker who grew up riding subways, I'm all for mass transit. But the proposed Wave electric streetcar in downtown Fort Lauderdale sounds more like a massive boondoggle: A light rail loop that will go virtually nowhere and carry almost nobody,...
Tags: Broward County, Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, Broward Health Medical Center, Port Everglades
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Mayo: Will The Wave streetcar line be a wipeout?
Sun Sentinel ColumnistHey, good news. The price of a looming boondogle seems to have gone down. The Wave, a downtown Fort Lauderdale electric streetcar/light rail loop, was pegged to cost $150 million when I wrote a column lampooning it in 2008. Now, almost five years later,...Tags: Broward County, Fort Lauderdale, Philosophy, Religion and Belief, Public Transportation
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