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How religious mania changed the Corrine Brown jury

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Speculation about what a discharged juror (ā€œJuror 13ā€) said last week in a closed-court session in the trial of Corrine Brown can now end, as a transcript of the sessionĀ was released Monday afternoon. [Transcript of Juror 13] Juror 8, the juror who complained about the comments ā€” relating that the discharged juror spoke of ā€œhigher beingsā€ saying that Brown was guilty ā€” kicked off proceedings in closed court by registering concerns. The discharged juror had made such comments on the…

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Blake Dowling: Looking back ā€¦

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Legislative Session is winding down ā€“ gaming, dope, infrastructure, assistive tech. It has been an exciting journey, with losers and winners, fights, name calling at the Capitol and at the Governors Club. Hopefully, when the dust settles, those in the trenches can regain some commonality and remember we are all on the same team as both Floridians and Americans (minus the UF-FSU rivalry, we will never be on the same team there). Besides that, itā€™s time for summer. Time to…

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Can a moderate ā€˜old white guyā€™ beat Stephanie Murphy?

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We cannot even get to the halfway point in the Legislative Session without turning to not-yet-developedĀ 2018 races ā€” especially with one Orlando congressional seat poised to become one of the most hotly-contested in the country. Why? Orlando is emblematic of Democratic hopes for their party. For the better part of the last few decades, the area has been represented by typical conservative white guys ā€” Bill McCollum, Tom Feeney, John Mica, Ric Keller ā€” and a gerrymandered African-American from Jacksonville…

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Infamous dates: The moments that influenced Florida politics in 2016

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Everyone expected Florida to play an important role in politics this year. And why wouldnā€™t they? Presidential hopefuls hailed from here; the stateā€™s electoral votes were coveted; and its Senate race could have determined control of the U.S. Senate. But just like many predictions in 2016, some of the prophecies for Floridaā€™s outsized role on the national stage fell flat. Many believed a Sunshine state politico would be a presidential nominee (not quite right) or that the election would hinge…

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Pulse nightclub massacre is Florida’s top story of 2016

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The massacre of 49 patrons of the Pulse nightclub in Orlando has been voted Florida’s top story of 2016. The state’s newspaper editors said in an Associated Press poll that the second-biggest story of the year was Florida resident Donald Trump‘s defeat of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in Florida by 1.3 percentage points in the presidential race. Florida’s two hurricanes, the impact of Cuban leader Fidel Castro‘s death and an outbreak of the Zika virus tied for third place. In…

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Can we just get 2016 over with, please?

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When the news came on Christmas Day that singer George Michael had died, well ā€¦ can we get this year completed, please? Just this month alone, we have lost actor Alan Thicke, astronaut/hero John Glenn, actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, former Florida Lieutenant Gov. Jim Williams, broadcaster Craig Sager and musician Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake and Palmer fame. This was after Keith Emerson of the same band died in March. We had to say goodbye this year to former first…

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Where might there be a surprise on Election Night in Florida?

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If the chalk won every game and match-up, there would be no Las Vegas or Macau. There would be no March Madness. If the favorites won every time, there would be no reason to even turn on the television.Ā We watch and love sports and gambling because the underdogs can and do win. In no-limit Texas hold ’em poker, holding a pair of aces gives a player an 87 percent chance of winning against a seven-deuce offsuit before the flop. But…

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