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Two Former Pinellas Deputies Arrested, Accused of Using Flock and State Databases to Track a Teen Girl and a Woman· Crime & Courts U.S. Adds Just 29,000 Jobs in September as Unemployment Rises to 4.2%, a Warning Sign for Florida's Job Market· National News SNAP Benefits Rise Slightly for Florida Families as State Takes On 75% of Program's Administrative Costs Under New Federal Law· National News Record King Tides and Heavy Rain Swamp South Florida Streets as Water Managers Warn the Season Peaks Oct. 27· Environment & Climate Publix Pays $83.3 Million for Airpark Plaza Near Miami International Airport, Extending Its Shopping Center Buying Spree· Business & Real Estate Orange County's $9 Billion Budget Takes Effect With $1.1 Billion for Public Safety and a Bigger Sheriff's Budget· Politics No. 4 Miami Takes Unbeaten Record to Clemson in Saturday Night Showdown for ACC Lead· Sports Navy Moving Mayport Destroyer USS John Basilone to Spain, Shrinking Jacksonville's Fleet· National News Mortgage Rates Jump to 7.28%, Highest in Nearly Three Years, Adding Hundreds a Month for Florida Homebuyers· National News Miami-Dade Commission Sets Oct. 6 Hearing on Plan to Eliminate 12 Metrobus Routes· Politics Magic Open Training Camp Under Sean Sweeney, Months After Collapse Against Pistons Cost Mosley His Job· Sports Lightning Open Season With 5-1 Loss at Madison Square Garden as Shesterkin Scores Into Empty Net· Sports Two Former Pinellas Deputies Arrested, Accused of Using Flock and State Databases to Track a Teen Girl and a Woman· Crime & Courts U.S. Adds Just 29,000 Jobs in September as Unemployment Rises to 4.2%, a Warning Sign for Florida's Job Market· National News SNAP Benefits Rise Slightly for Florida Families as State Takes On 75% of Program's Administrative Costs Under New Federal Law· National News Record King Tides and Heavy Rain Swamp South Florida Streets as Water Managers Warn the Season Peaks Oct. 27· Environment & Climate Publix Pays $83.3 Million for Airpark Plaza Near Miami International Airport, Extending Its Shopping Center Buying Spree· Business & Real Estate Orange County's $9 Billion Budget Takes Effect With $1.1 Billion for Public Safety and a Bigger Sheriff's Budget· Politics No. 4 Miami Takes Unbeaten Record to Clemson in Saturday Night Showdown for ACC Lead· Sports Navy Moving Mayport Destroyer USS John Basilone to Spain, Shrinking Jacksonville's Fleet· National News Mortgage Rates Jump to 7.28%, Highest in Nearly Three Years, Adding Hundreds a Month for Florida Homebuyers· National News Miami-Dade Commission Sets Oct. 6 Hearing on Plan to Eliminate 12 Metrobus Routes· Politics Magic Open Training Camp Under Sean Sweeney, Months After Collapse Against Pistons Cost Mosley His Job· Sports Lightning Open Season With 5-1 Loss at Madison Square Garden as Shesterkin Scores Into Empty Net· Sports

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Uthmeier Proposes Florida Anti-Spam Communications Act With Mandatory Jail Time for Mass Robocall Operators

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Florida Sues Online Sweepstakes Casinos in Escalation of Gambling Crackdown

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Man Accused of Posing as a US Marshal to Defraud Broward Seniors of More Than $300,000

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Man Charged in $22,000 Police Impersonation Scam in the Florida Keys

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