Women In Politics

Gulf oil spill could eventually foul South Florida beaches
Scrambling to head off looming ecological disaster, the U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday set fire to an oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico — already the size of Miami-Dade County and expanding — from a blown-out drilling rig spewing some 42,000 barrels of crude a day.

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Oil spill in Gulf of Mexico now worse than feared
A new leak is found at the oil rig site; 210,000 gallons a day are now spilling into the gulf.

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Coast Guard sets fire to portion of gulf oil spill
The Coast Guard wants to stop thousands of gallons of crude threatening four states.

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Oil spill burn-off may affect Florida’s west coast
If the Gulf oil spill is set afire in a giant blaze designed to burn off much of the oil, the shore will be spared the brunt, but the air quality will suffer.

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HOW THEY VOTED
Florida members of Congress participating in key roll-call votes last week included Sens. Bill

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A Tea Party in name only
With no candidates but plenty of contradictions, the Tea Party’s impact on Florida primaries is open for debate…. By Mitch Perry Last fall, as the burgeoning Tea Party movement continued to expand, Eric Forcade, a Palm Harbor sheriff’s officer and self-proclaimed member of the movement, declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Congress in Pinellas County’s 10th Congressional …

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Temple Terrace man hopes to run against Castor in primary
A Temple Terrace man who has been a Republican county commission candidate and vice president of the Brandon Republican Club hopes to run as a Democrat against U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor .

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