Florida

Judge Adrian Adams is helped with his robe by his daughters during a robing ceremony Friday in Gretna, La. Adams won a race for 24th Judicial District Court in November behind a campaign that raised a modest $22,350, including several four-figure donation

Should Judicial Candidates Be Allowed To Solicit Campaign Money?

8:56am January 20, 2015

by Nina Totenberg

Once, judicial elections were a pretty tame affair, with relatively little money spent. Not anymore. The Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday on how candidates should be allowed to gather funding.

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Analysts Watch For Impacts Of European Economic Weakness On U.S.

7:58am January 20, 2015

by Susanna Capelouto

German automakers have several plants in the South, and Florida counts on European tourists. Analysts hope efforts to stimulate Europe's economy will keep investments in the U.S. from slipping.

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Florida Police Department Used Black Mug Shots For Target Practice

6:56pm January 16, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The practice was discovered when a National Guard sergeant found that one of the mug shots was her brother's. The North Miami Beach police chief says pictures of whites and Hispanics are also used.

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Some Gay Couples In Florida Can Get Married Today

6:48pm January 05, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

A judge's decision paves the way for same-sex couples in Miami-Dade County to marry, starting at 2 p.m. In the rest of the state, gay couples can get married at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.

Judge Says Florida Clerks Have Duty To Issue Marriage Licenses To Gay Couples

10:11am January 02, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

The clarification to a previous opinion means gay marriages will begin in the state next week. The judge says the issue of gay marriage is settled.

Sal Morales found an Obamacare health plan this year that costs him $145 per month — versus the $560 he'd been paying.

They Paid How Much? How Negotiated Deals Hide Health Care's Cost

1:43pm November 17, 2014

by Sammy Mack

A patient's portion of a health care bill is the result of a complicated equation. But it's simple compared with the variety of deals insurers negotiate with hospitals and doctors.

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Homeless advocate Arnold Abbott, 90, director of the nonprofit group Love Thy Neighbor Inc., prepares a salad Wednesday in the kitchen of The Sanctuary Church in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Abbott was recently arrested, along with two pastors, for feeding the h

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Florida Activists Arrested For Serving Food To Homeless

3:12pm November 06, 2014

by Eliza Barclay

Activists in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., were arrested twice this week for giving out food to the homeless in a park. Arnold Abbott, 90, says he will continue to serve the food even if he's arrested again.

Gary Morse, with wife Sharon, in 1999. Morse transformed a mobile home park in Florida into The Villages, a retirement community of more than 100,000 residents.

The Billionaire Who Remade Retirement Living On A Massive Scale

6:41pm October 30, 2014

by Greg Allen

Gary Morse developed a mega retirement community called The Villages. His Florida haven for retirees grew to become the largest master-planned community in the country. Morse died Wednesday at 77.

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Many of the offenders who were evicted from the Julia Tuttle Causeway now spend their nights in this area instead, near train tracks in a warehouse district north of Miami's airport. The ACLU is filing a lawsuit against the county's residency laws on beha

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ACLU Challenges Miami Law On Behalf Of Homeless Sex Offenders

8:17pm October 23, 2014

by Greg Allen

Miami-Dade County has strict limits on where sex offenders can live — so strict, many wind up living in outdoor encampments. Now the ACLU is challenging the law, which it says is harsh and arbitrary.

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Bryan Cranston (left) starred as chemistry teacher turned meth dealer Walter White, and Aaron Paul played former student and drug-dealing co-conspirator Jesse Pinkman in AMC's Breaking Bad.

UPDATED: After Controversy, Toys R Us Pulls 'Breaking Bad' Action Figures

7:45pm October 21, 2014

by Sam Sanders

One Florida mom started a petition calling on the retailer to stop selling action figures based on drug dealers in its stores. Toys R Us had said the Breaking Bad toys were meant for adults.