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Associated PressNovember 11, 2015

Donald Trump is just fine with eight candidates on the debate stage, and he wouldn’t mind if a few more disappear before the next one. “We started off with 17, and one by one by one they’re disappearing,” Trump told a New Hampshire crowd Wednesday morning. “It’s a beautiful thing to watch as they go […]

Associated PressNovember 11, 2015

Marco Rubio emerged unscathed. Ben Carson defended his integrity. Donald Trump flashed his dominant personality. And Jeb Bush avoided disaster. Mission accomplished. Aided by tentative questioning, the GOP’s top presidential candidates executed their strategies with little resistance in Tuesday night’s prime-time debate. Yet with no breakout moments — good or bad — the muddled status […]

Associated PressNovember 10, 2015

Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo, one of the moderators for Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate, says that while she wants to help viewers understand the differences between candidates, she’s not looking to start brawls. The fourth GOP debate – and first since a CNBC session left candidates grumbling about the panel of journalists – takes place […]

Associated PressNovember 10, 2015

For some Republican presidential candidates, the party’s first three primary debates have been pivotal proving grounds that have strengthened their campaigns or shaken their supporters. Ben Carson isn’t among them. The famously mild-mannered Carson has largely avoided making headlines in the widely watched televised events, often willing to cede the spotlight to more verbose rivals […]

Associated PressNovember 10, 2015

Planet Hollywood at Disney Springs is making plans to lay off more than 450 workers. According to a notice posted on the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity website Monday, the company plans 468 layoffs to take place between Jan. 6 and 19. In February Planet Hollywood said it was transforming its Orlando flagship location into […]

Associated PressNovember 10, 2015

A long-running legal battle over the fate of Florida’s political landscape is going back before the state Supreme Court. The Florida Supreme Court will hold a Tuesday hearing on what boundaries should be adopted for the state’s 27 congressional districts. The high court in July threw out Florida’s current districts because they violated the Fair […]

Associated PressNovember 9, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush says he’d kill the baby Adolf Hitler, if it were possible. The former Florida governor says in a video excerpt of an interview with Huffington Post: “Hell, yeah, I would. Look, you gotta step up, man.” Bush is talking about his new book, “Reply All.” He writes about email he […]

Associated PressNovember 9, 2015

Jeb Bush has a plan for the Republican presidential debate in Wisconsin on Tuesday night: Don’t treat it like, well, a debate. While he acknowledges he’s “gotta get better” on the debate stage, he says he’s spending less time rehearsing and sees the prime-time forum as more of a moderated conversation than a real debate. […]

Associated PressNovember 9, 2015

Hillary Rodham Clinton signed the paperwork Monday that establishes her as a Democratic presidential candidate in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary. And as such, she’s highlighting her work for the party and on behalf of Democratic candidates — an implicit swipe at rival Bernie Sanders, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist who has drawn support from the party’s […]

Associated PressNovember 9, 2015

A newspaper has reported that Florida law enforcement agencies shot people an average of once every three days in 2013 and 2014. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reported Monday that Florida authorities shot at least 249 people in the two-year span, with 162 of the shootings being fatal. The newspaper reported the numbers after making hundreds […]

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Donald Trump: It’s “beautiful” to watch GOP rivals drop out

Analysis: No breakouts in GOP debate; muddled status quo

Next GOP debate puts Fox Business moderators in spotlight

For Ben Carson, debates have played limited role in his rise

Disney’s Planet Hollywood to lay off 468 workers next year

Supreme Court to consider changes to Florida’s congressional districts

Jeb Bush says he’d kill ‘baby Hitler’ if he could travel in time

Jeb Bush aims to debate on his terms, after poor start

Hillary Clinton files paperwork to be on New Hampshire ballot

249 people were shot by Florida authorities in 2013, 2014