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Top 10 Best-Selling Cars: February 2013
KickingTiresAll the talk these days seems to be on spending cuts and frugality, but you wouldn't know it from looking at February sales. Overall, the market was up more than 4%, with only half of the top automakers posting gains......Tags: Passenger Cars, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Jeep, Toyota, Nissan
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Matt Recchi update: Return to South Florida on hold
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsWhen Matt Recchi turned 34 on March 15, his family sang "Happy Birthday" to him in his Los Angeles rehab center room. "He smiled," said Tina Recchi, his mother. Matt, the son of late Sun Sentinel columnist Ray Recchi, sustained......Tags: Delray Beach, Pneumonia, Coral Springs, Long Term Care, H. Wayne Huizenga
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Atwater hauls in another $126,000, brings total to $2.15 million
Palm Beach Politics | Sun-Sentinel BlogsFrom our friendly Orlando Sentinel Tallahassee Bureau writer, Aaron Deslatte: Presumptive Florida Senate President Jeff Atwater raised another $126,000 over the last three weeks to boost his fundraising to $2.15 million, with most of his contributions...Tags: Florida, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), North Palm Beach, Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Boca Raton
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Washington D.C. Auto Show: Do We Need a Higher Gas Tax?
KickingTiresVolatile fuel prices ??? AAA says the national average for a gallon of regular was $2.98 a year ago, $4.11 last July and $1.89 today ??? have led to calls from prominent car dealers for a higher federal gas tax.......Tags: Passenger Cars, State Budgets, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Politics, Services and Shopping
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Country's Largest Dealer to Cover Payments for Job Loss
KickingTiresMimicking the success of Hyundai???s Assurance program, several Florida AutoNation dealerships are offering to cover car payments for customers who lose their jobs, no matter what brand of car they bought. AutoNation is the nation???s largest dealership...Tags: Florida, Vehicles, Layoffs and Downsizing, Services and Shopping, Job Layoffs
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Laws won't stop texting and driving, but maybe Big Brother can
After some late squabbling, it looks like a watered-down bill to ban texting while driving will finally pass the Florida Legislature and go to Gov. Scott for approval. "It's a start — a way to get the ball rolling," said Marc Cannon, senior vice...Tags: Florida Legislature, Computer Hardware
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Matt Recchi returns to South Florida after brain injury
Tina Recchi leaned over the bed, stroked her son's face and told him how handsome he is. "I love you Matt," she said. Matt Recchi's eyes darted, and he blinked a few times. Tina doesn't know if her brain-damaged son can see or hear anything, or if he...Tags: Apple iPod, Pancreatic Cancer, H. Wayne Huizenga
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Citizens combat texting and driving
Maybe it's a good thing Florida remains behind the times with no anti-texting-while-driving laws on the books. I have to admit, it's hard to find a silver lining when you live in one of only a half-dozen states that still do not outlaw texting while...Tags: Michael Jackson, Economy, Business and Finance, Fort Lauderdale, Howard Schnellenberger, Small Businesses
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Companies, interests, spend $127 million to lobby lawmakers
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — They are waging multi-year campaigns to build billion-dollar casinos, get their tax bills reduced, break into the renewable energy business, and fight over the right of injured parties to sue. They are the more than 2,500 utilities, ... -
AutoNation chief delivers sharp rebuke to Mitt Romney
Broward PoliticsUpdated at 5:12 p.m. and 5:51 p.m. Mike Jackson, the CEO of Fort Lauderdale-based AutoNation, delivered an unusually harsh rebuke Thursday to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Jackson applied the terms "reckless" and "dishonest" to Romney's... -
Florida Chamber goes green: Gives Gardiner $175k
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — In our round-up last week of up-and-coming Florida Republican leaders raking in copious quantities of cash from interest groups, we missed one of the biggest fish: Senate Majority Leader Andy Gardiner, the Orlando Republican likely... -
Many of Fla.’s biggest businesses say they’re neutral on casinos
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTwo of Florida’s biggest business-lobbying groups, the Florida Chamber of Commerce and the Florida Retail Federation, have now come out in opposition to legislation that would allow the construction of three huge, “destination resort”...
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