This Weeks News In Florida

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Newt Gingrich unleashes a fiery ad attacking his rival while Romney appealed to Florida’s Hispanic voters. NBC’s Peter Alexander reports. (Nightly News)

More bad Florida news for Newt Gingrich. The influential Latin Builders Association, after hearing today from Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, endorsed Santorum. "After both candidates presented their speeches, there was a heated debate between the Board as to who was the best candidate. It was ultimately decided that Senator Santorum had the ideals that best reflected those of the Latin ...

OCCUPY THE CAPITOL: About 200 Florida university students protest rising tuition and possible Bright Futures cuts outside the Legislature. More from the Bradenton Herald . (Image from wkrg.com) SCHOOLYARD BRAWL: A St. Petersburg mom and her two daughters are arrested after a fight at John Hopkins Middle School.  SCHOOL BUS ADS: A bill to allow Florida school districts to sell space on school ...

Bad news continues for Delhaize Group, which operates supermarket chains in the U.S., but no announcements have been made about its Sweetbay Supermarkets on Florida's Gulf Coast.

Residential real estate sales continued to climb for the third year in a row, according to the latest data released by Florida Realtors, a professional organization for real estate agents.

In the final days before Florida's presidential primary, the polls are flying. Just want to alert you to 11 p.m. Saturday when the Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald /Bay News 9/Central Florida News 13 presidential poll conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research will drop. We've been polling Florida voters this week on a range of issues. Here's the schedule for release: Friday, 5 p.m.:  Texting while ...

THANKS, TAXPAYERS: Pasco mom Rhonda Smith thanks the School Board and county taxpayers for putting defibrillators in schools , which saved her life.  PAIRING UP: USF and Hillsborough Community College partner to offer bachelor's degree programs at HCC's Ruskin campus. SCALING BACK: USF Polytechnic's new interim president cuts $1 million in spending by eliminating several programs and positions ...

Mitt Romney has had precious little good news lately. But Latino voters in Florida may be coming to his rescue.

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