Sen. Clinton tells Democrats to fight for Obama

AP – Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has urged fellow Democrats to work for Barack Obama’s election as president, telling them “we are on the same team and none of us can sit on the sidelines.”
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Amendment 5 off the ballot, but "Protect Florida’s Future" campaign continues

With colored blocks and a stuffed toy ostrich, an influential legislative money manager wound up his 10-city campaign against the tax-swap constitutional amendment Monday.
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Supporters of Amendment 5 say they’ll appeal ruling to remove measure from ballot

Supporters of Amendment 5, the $8 billion property tax-swap proposal, said they will file notice Friday that they intend to appeal a Leon circuit judge’s ruling that stripped the measure from the Nov. 4 ballot.
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Attorney: Wording on tax-swap amendment misleading, confusing

An attorney trying to knock the tax-swap amendment off the ballot told a judge Wednesday that proponents tried to “hide the ball” and sneak multiple provisions past Florida voters in November.
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FDLE may be forced to cut more positions

The head of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Tuesday budget belt-tightening may force 40 to 50 layoffs and the state might pull out of all but the biggest drug cases.   

FDLE Commissioner Gerald Bailey said he is meeting with sheriffs and police chief associations to see what they are most willing to give up. He told Gov. Charlie Crist and the Cabinet that the department’s most sought-after services, like DNA laboratory work and fingerprint checks, will not be scaled back but that some extremely difficult choices lie ahead.

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Clinton to headline second night of convention

AP – Hillary Rodham Clinton will headline her own night at the Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama’s campaign announced Sunday in a nod to her strong second-place showing in the party’s presidential primary.
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Clinton tells cheering Nev. crowd to support Obama

AP – Hillary Rodham Clinton told an exuberant crowd Friday she wants Barack Obama to win the White House, even though he dashed her own presidential dreams — and she wants her supporters to vote that way, too.
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Officials say Bill Clinton to address Democrats

AP – Party officials say former President Clinton will deliver a speech on the third night of the Democratic National Convention before an address by the as-yet-to-be-named running mate for Barack Obama.
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Obama takes aim at McCain’s maverick image

Reuters – Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama took aim at Republican John McCain’s maverick image on Wednesday as the campaign trail took another negative turn.
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Paris Hilton issues tart rebuttal to McCain ad

AP – Attention, America: Paris has spoken. Paris Hilton, the blonde, doe-eyed celebrity thrust into the presidential campaign in an ad by Republican candidate John McCain, issued a tart rebuttal Tuesday, albeit in a scantily clad, tongue-in-cheek kind of way.
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