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War of words heats up between Ed Narain and Augie Ribeiro in SD 19 race

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Ever since Augie Ribeiro entered the state Senate District 19 race in late June, Ed Narain has seemed to be personally offended by his campaign theme that he’s a Democrat “for all of us.” “Is he implying that the people that have held the seat before didn’t represent everybody in the district?” Narain asked on Monday night while attending the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce’s “Hob Nob” at the Hyatt Hotel in Tampa. “He’s the one who’s playing divisive politics, and I’m going to take a…

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Beast Corps: 594 birds, 250 sea turtles dead from oil spill

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For nearly four weeks after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, British Petroleum insisted to journalists and government representatives that the amount of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico was around 5,000 barrels a day. As scientists and academics began to run their own calculations, it became quickly obvious this number was a gross underestimate. Caving to mounting pressure for an honest assessment of the disaster, on May 20th BP announced the amount of oil flowing into the Gulf was three…

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Another 189 million reasons why Florida should be praying BP doesn’t go bankrupt

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Despite some progress over the weekend to slow the flow of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, BP is still struggling to find a meaningful bright spot since the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded more than a month ago. The London-based oil and gas producer recently announced it won’t be until possibly August before crews can permanently stop what has become the biggest oil spill in U.S. history. (Fortune Nin-Hai Tseng, June 7, 2010) The event has all the makings…

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Another 189 million reasons why Florida should be praying BP doesn’t go bankrupt

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Despite some progress over the weekend to slow the flow of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, BP is still struggling to find a meaningful bright spot since the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded more than a month ago. The London-based oil and gas producer recently announced it won’t be until possibly August before crews can permanently stop what has become the biggest oil spill in U.S. history. (Fortune Nin-Hai Tseng, June 7, 2010) The event has all the makings…

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BP chief says catastrophic oil spill really not all that big

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“The Gulf of Mexico is a very big ocean. The amount of volume of oil and dispersant we are putting into it is tiny in relation to the total water volume.” — Tony Hayward, CEO of British Petroleum, attempts to put the now-underestimated Deepwater Horizon oil spill into perspective with that big, blue ocean thing

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Sunday’s Editorial Pages

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St. Petersburg Times – Legislature fails to do its duty: In substance and style, the Florida Legislature scored few points in the session that mercifully ended Friday. Lawmakers failed to meet virtually any of the state’s challenges as Republican leaders focused on polishing conservative credentials and settling political scores. Fortunately, their power plays and insistence on ideological purity worked only some of the time. Miami Herald – It just takes one disaster: A disaster bigger than the Exxon Valdez spill is…

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Sunday’s Editorial Pages

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St. Petersburg Times – Legislature fails to do its duty: In substance and style, the Florida Legislature scored few points in the session that mercifully ended Friday. Lawmakers failed to meet virtually any of the state’s challenges as Republican leaders focused on polishing conservative credentials and settling political scores. Fortunately, their power plays and insistence on ideological purity worked only some of the time. Miami Herald – It just takes one disaster: A disaster bigger than the Exxon Valdez spill is…

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