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Elian Gonzalez Joins Cuba's Communists

The Cuban boy at the center of an international custody battle eight years ago has joined Cuba's Young Communist Union.

Party seats Fla., Mich. delegations

Democratic Party leaders agreed Saturday seat Michigan and Florida delegates with half votes into this summer's convention with a compromise that left Barack Obama on the verge of the nomination but riled Hillary Rodham Clinton backers who threatened to fight to the August convention.

Sources: DNC Florida Compromise Reached, Michigan Deal On The Table

The Michigan compromise, details of which must still be worked out, would give the majority of delegates to Clinton, who won 55 percent of the vote in the state's primary. Those with knowledge of the RBC's inner dealings say the potential deal involves all of the candidates who took their names off the state's ballot voluntarily agreeing that the now-uncommitted delegates would go to Obama. The Illinois Democrat, accordingly, would receive 40 percent of delegates. Clinton nets roughly nine delegates on Obama under this scenario.

M.S. Bellows, Jr.: Clinton's Open Letter To Obama On MI and FL

Hillary Clinton has lost a ton of my respect over the past few months and continues to lose the remainder of it. An open letter like this isn't a way to solve a problem, it's just confrontational. She's made the Florida and Michigan issue worse with her intellectual dishonesty over the past 2 months. The Clinton's behavior is just sad and more sad.

In Florida, Worth Breaking the Rules

Despite rules over when those votes were cast, any attempt to disenfranchise a voter, much less an entire state, regardless of what party officials point to as guidelines, is fundamentally wrong. Such a move threatens the very spirit of our democracy unless there is a tangible and workable solution that gives every voter a voice in the selection process.

Widespread power outages in S. Fla.

A relatively minor glitch in Florida s electrical grid somehow triggered a chain reaction Tuesday that caused a nuclear plant to shut down and briefly cut power in patches from Daytona Beach through the Florida Keys.

Inteligentaindigena Indigenismo : Gay teen shot dead while dressed as woman in Fort Lauderdale

FORT LAUDERDALE - The shooting death of a gay teenage boy who was dressed in women's clothing is being investigated as a possible hate crime, while detectives try to determine whether he was targeted because of his sexual orientation.

Child welfare spokesman charged with porn - UPI.com

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Feb. 13 (UPI) -- A former Florida child welfare agency spokesman facing pornography charges allegedly held drinking parties for boys he photographed naked, it was reported.

Fossils Excavated From Bahamian Blue Hole May Give Clues Of Early Life

Long before tourists arrived in the Bahamas, ancient visitors took up residence in this archipelago off Florida's coast and left remains offering stark evidence that the arrival of humans can permanently change -- and eliminate -- life on what had been isolated islands, says a University of Florida researcher.

Fla. Dems Reaffirm Early Primary Date

The Democratic National Committee has said it will strip the Sunshine State of its 210 nominating convention delegates if it doesn\\\\\\'t abide by the party-set calendar, which forbids most states from holding primary contests before Feb. 5.

State Sanctioned Homelessness: Florida housing sex offenders under bridge

Must read. The state of Florida is knowingly monitoring homeless sex offenders living under a bridge because there is no housing for them. "Nearly every day a state probation officer makes a predawn visit to the causeway. Those visits are part of the terms of the offenders' probation which mandates that they occupy a residence from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m."

Experts Open Dolphin 'Chat Line' in Fla.

They decided to electronically connect Castaway's habitat with a lagoon at Dolphins Plus, a research and interactive educational facility a few miles down the Keys Overseas Highway. Underwater speakers and microphones were installed at both locations and connected via phone lines. Castaway should deliver her calf in about a month.

What was Charlie Crist thinking? Gives a million felons voting rights

Voting-rights activists say that there are about 950,000 felons in Florida who have served their time but are currently ineligible to vote -- making up roughly 9 percent of the state's voting-age population, and more disenfranchised felons than in any other state. The ex-cons belong to traditionally Democratic demographics -- many are African-American, and many are poor.

Artificial reef off Fort Lauderdale coast now an ecological disaster: South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Little sea life has formed on the tires. Some of the bundles bound together with nylon and steel have broken loose and are scouring the ocean floor across a swath the size of 31 football fields. Tires are washing up on beaches. Thousands have wedged up against the nearby natural reef some 70 feet below the sea surface, blocking coral growth and dev

Florida Moves to End Touch-Sceen Voting

Voting experts said Florida s move, coupled with new federal voting legislation expected this year, could largely signal the death knell for the paperless electronic machines. If as expected the Florida Legislature approves the $32 million cost of the change, in fact, it will be the nation s biggest repudiation yet of touch-screen voting...