Month: September 2010
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Marco Rubio gets $247K boost from Rove’s PAC
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
A “super PAC” backed by Republican strategist Karl Rove, and largely financed by a handful of mega-wealthy out-of-state businessmen, has reported spending nearly a quarter of a million dollars to support Florida Republican Senate candidate Marco Rubio. -
Backers of a new Broward ethics in government political committee hide in the shadows
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
A new political attack ad committee was launched in Fort Lauderdale last week, but who is behind it and why is largely a mystery. The group operates under the name The Committee for Ethics in Government. Its address is a mail drop at a downtown UPS store. Messages left on its voicemail draw no response. -
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South Broward Hospital District accused of aiding Wellcare fraud
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
The Justice Department is investigating whistleblower allegations that the South Broward Hospital District conspired with Tampa’s Wellcare Health Plans to bilk Medicaid and Florida’s Healthy Kids program -
Still no justice for man who spent 22 years in prison for crimes he did not commit
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Confessing to a murder or rape you did not commit is unthinkable. But as DNA testing continues to exonerate convicted murderers and rapists, new research shows that nearly 20 percent of those innocent inmates falsely confessed to the crimes that sent them to prison. More than 250 convicts nationwide have been cleared by DNA testing. University of Virginia law school Professor Brandon L. Garrett’s study found that more than 40 of them confessed falsely, and seeks to explain why. -
UPDATE: Former Pompano Beach body armor tycoon convicted in huge fraud trial
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
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