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South Daytona, FPL power play still creating sparks
Daytona Beach News-Journal
By RAY WEISS, Staff writer SOUTH DAYTONA -- When it comes to buying its electrical system from Florida Power & Light, the twists and turns continue in roller-coaster fashion. Circuit Judge William Parsons on Friday ordered both sides to come to terms ...

ADVISORY CNN Wire Outlook
CNN International
By the CNN Wire Staff The chairman of the House intelligence committee tells CNN the US military needs to do more to "scare" Iran away from pursuing nuclear weapons. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Michigan, made the comment in response to a question about a new ...

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ABC News
Will Romney's promises match national security realities?
Washington Post
He capsulized his views Tuesday night in Tampa during his Florida primary victory speech when he said: “President Obama believes America's role as leader in the world is a thing of the past. He is intent on shrinking our military capacity at a time ...
Al-Qaida still a threat, US intelligence also warns Iran prepared to attackHULIQ

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NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review
openPR (press release)
The company operates business through its two subsidiaries, namely, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL); and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC (NextEra Energy Resources). FPL is an electric utility company, supplying power to more than 8.7 million ...

Past anti-Muslim cases from across South Florida
Orlando Sentinel
It also included a cartoon picturing nuclear bombs raining down on mosques in Medina and Mecca, the two holiest cities in Islam, he said at the time. November 2007: Sana Akhtar, then 23, a student who said a Florida Atlantic University employee ...

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Romeo Observer
RETC alt energy program could become state standard
Romeo Observer
by CHRIS GRAY The Romeo Engineering and Technology Center (RETC)'s alternative energy program, like the industry itself, is making leaps and bounds. More than $2000 in recently-acquired grants have fueled the alternative energy class at the RETC, ...

Bloomberg
Shale Gas -- Friend or Foe
Energy Pulse
Since I reside in Palm Beach County, FL, I pay attention to my local electricity rates, provided by Florida Power & Light [FPL] -- a regulated utility. Recently, FPL lowered its rates by about 2% for 2012. FPL President and CEO Armando J. Olivera ...
Switching from Coal to Natural Gas Accomplishes Little or NothingPress Action (blog)

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Pennsylvania's Only NASCAR Team Goes 'Green'
WhoWon.com
The team will also be one of the first teams in NASCAR to utilize solar-powered generators to power their equipment during the races. "Peck Motorsport's decision to use solar powered generators this season is a great example of the type of technology ...

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The Guardian
Romney on Gingrich snub: 'I guess he doesn't have our number'
msnbc.com
>> hey, congratulations. you had the kind of day in florida the pundits said you needed to have. do you feel like the nominee? >> well, i feel like we had a big night last night and the path ahead is looking very good. i'm confident that if we can keep ...
Newt's Wrong About IranThe Atlantic
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Nature.com
Marine ecology: Attack of the blobs
Nature.com
The swarms of gelatinous monsters grew so thick that they forced a Florida nuclear power plant to shut down temporarily out of concern that the jellies would clog its water-intake pipes. Earlier in the year, similar invasions had forced shut downs at ...

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AP News in Brief at 11:58 pm EST
Newsday
(AP) -- Trounced in Florida, presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Tuesday used the defeat to declare that he alone is the conservative alternative to GOP front-runner Mitt Romney. Gingrich ignored the fact that the other two candidates in the race ...

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Detroit Metro Times
Democracy for dollars
Detroit Metro Times
By Curt Guyette The sting of an icy wind and temperatures that dipped into the teens didn't deter a small group of protesters as they marched along the sidewalk across the street from the US District Court in Detroit a few weeks ago.

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Forward
Newt Gingrich's nuclear winter
Hamilton Spectator
Gingrich's nuclear winter has arrived in a balmy January in Florida. Asked to interpret his sliding numbers, the former speaker proved that he's incapable of self-examination. Instead, it's Romney's fault. And Rick Santorum's, too, for not pulling out ...
Wonkbook: What if Republicans lose with Romney?Washington Post (blog)
Riding the Florida primary momentumUniversity of Texas at Austin News
After Florida Loss, Newt Gingrich Finds Himself at a CrossroadsTIME (blog)
Newsday -Forward -Los Angeles Times
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Forbes
Tucson Electric Power Pairs Solar with Fossil Fuels
Forbes
The project is the latest of several to combine solar power with fossil fuels. Last year, Florida Power & Light Co. officially opened what it called the world's first hybrid solar-power plant. The 75-megawatt project makes electricity from both ...

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FPL presses case for an increase in its base electricity rate
Palm Beach Post
latest money news » From The Post and AP By Susan Salisbury WEST PALM BEACH — WEST PALM BEACH – Without a rate increase next year, Florida Power & Light Co.'s earnings will drop significantly, making it difficult to raise money from investors, FPL's ...

Sun-Sentinel
Candidates step up pro-Israel stance
Sun-Sentinel
The United States should not tolerate an Iran with a nuclear weapon, Gingrich said. "I would use whatever force is necessary." Romney was largely absent in South Florida last week but he too raised the level of rhetoric about Israel during the Thursday ...

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Tampabay.com
Who will help the ratepayer?
Tampabay.com
Recently the PSC approved charging utility customers nearly $300 million for proposed nuclear projects by Florida Power & Light and Progress Energy, including four proposed reactors that neither company guarantees it will ever build.
Homeowners and businesses who invest in renewable energy could get a tax break ...MiamiHerald.com

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Tampabay.com
Who will help the ratepayer?
Tampabay.com
Recently the PSC approved charging utility customers nearly $300 million for proposed nuclear projects by Florida Power & Light and Progress Energy, including four proposed reactors that neither company guarantees it will ever build.
Power plant fuel mix at issue in Florida Senate billThe News-Press

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National Post
Newt's Wrong About Iran
The Atlantic
But one of those reasons is not, as Newt Gingrich put it at a recent event in central Florida, "If Iranians get nuclear weapons, they don't have to fire a missile. They can just drive a boat into Jacksonville. Drive a boat into New York harbor.
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$100M purchase price unchanged in FPL's draft proposal to Vero Beach
TCPalm
By Ed Bierschenk VERO BEACH — Florida Power & Light's offer to pay $100 million for the city's electric utility remains unchanged in a proposed draft purchase agreement received by city officials over the weekend despite a consultant's report that ...