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Hillary Clinton says she takes ‘no satisfaction’ in Donald Trump’s actions

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With Donald Trump on the defensive, Hillary Clinton says she is taking “no satisfaction” in his actions and promising to repair the damage and project a message of unity during the campaign’s final weeks. Hours after her Republican rival furiously defended himself against multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, Clinton spoke Friday of the need for national healing in a Seattle fundraising speech that also saw her call upon Americans to help her govern if she’s elected president. “This election is…

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Seattle’s bike share failure an unfair comparison with St. Pete’s plans

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The Tampa Bay Times is drawing attention to a possible hang-up for bike share aspirations in St. Pete: Seattle’s program is saddled with debt. That’s a scary prospect, indeed. But the article is, at best, making a mountain out of a molehill and, at worst, entirely irrelevant. Let’s first look at the mountain-out-of-a-molehill scenario. Seattle, huh? Short of Hawaii or Alaska, you can’t get any farther from the Sunshine City than that. What about Tampa where the program is a…

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The end for SaintPetersBlog

Ever since I acquired the rights to the perfect domain for my efforts — FloridaPolitics.com — I knew that one

Carolina’s big first half gets the Panthers to NFC title game

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For the Carolina Panthers, the start was so good it was able to keep them from being finished. The Panthers scored 31 points in the first two quarters of Sunday’s game, which allowed then to hold off the Seattle Seahawks‘ furious comeback in the last two of their NFC Divisional Playoffs. Carolina won, 31-24, to advance to their first NFC title game in 10 seasons. “It’s great, it’s what you strive for and what you work for, and it’s been…

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Defenses worth looking at for playoff push

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You would have been hard-pressed to find many fantasy owners riding the Kansas City Chiefs defense one month into the season. The team had just surrendered a combined 74 points the two previous games on the way to a 1-3 start. The final month of the season is a different story. The Chiefs have a superb set of matchups during the rest of the fantasy football season and are a must-add for anyone looking for a defensive lift in the…

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Seattle hopes to even its record in Monday night game against Lions

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The Seattle Seahawks have gotten off to a slow start this season. The Detroit Lions, however, seemed to be stopped. Both teams try to take a step toward recovery against the other on Monday night football. The 1-2 Seahawks play host to the 0-3 Lions tonight. Detroit is trying to avoid its first 0-4 start since 2010, but it won’t be easy. Seattle has been in the last two Super Bowls and has won seven games in a row at…

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NHL to start looking at possible expansion cities

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The Las Vegas Snake Eyes? The Seattle Salmon? The Toronto Even-Leafiers? Evidently, the race is on for the next NHL expansion hockey teams. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said the formal expansion review process will begin July 6, although he cautioned that “this process does not necessarily mean that an expansion team will be granted.” Still, it seems that the league wants to learn what is available and how much revenue it might bring in. Las Vegas is among the early leaders,…

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Unemployed restaurant critic: ‘I find neither shame nor deprivation in food stamps’

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A heartbreaking, heart-warming story from Ed Murrieta: A butcher shared with me the advice his dairy-farmer father fed him: Stay in the food business and you will always eat. I’ve worked in the food business for a good chunk of my life — first in my parents’ restaurants, then as a food writer and restaurant critic, followed by post-culinary-school stints as a baker and food-marketing consultant, then again as a restaurant critic, and, until this past fall, as publisher of…

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