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Citizens Property Insurance

Report: Citizens Considering Uncapping Rates For New Customers

Citizens Property Insurance is continuing its push to eliminate insurance coverage for hundreds of thousands Floridian families just as the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is set to start.

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Travelocity, Broward Settle In Tourist Tax Lawsuit

They’ve been fighting for years and haven’t solved anything in a dispute over tourist development taxes, but online travel company Travelocity has been dropped from a lawsuit by Broward County without admitting it owes taxes, after paying Broward County $400 thousand to make the lawsuit go away.

2012/05/14

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Self Publishing Gives Budding Authors The Write Stuff

Rochelle Weinstein had a book she wanted published, but like many authors, she learned writing a book can be easy compared to getting it published. Then, she discovered a benefit of the digital age; self publishing.

CBS4–2012/05/14

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Customers Likely To Pay For JP Morgan Chase’s Bad Bets

JP Morgan Chase bank rocked Wall Street to its core late Thursday and into Friday after the nation’s largest bank announced it had lost $2 billion in trades over the past six weeks and could face an additional $1 billion of losses due to risky bets that blew up.

CBS4–2012/05/11

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To Like Or Not To Like, Experts Weigh In

Lately, it seems, the click of the “Like” button has become a hot-button issue among social media users.

CBS4–2012/05/09

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Flood Insurance Changes Could Push Costs Up

Just as the National Flood Insurance Program is in the middle of a major campaign to get homeowners to join the program and protect their homes two developments are combining that could cause significant rate hikes and end a traditional break Florida insurance agents have offered potential clients.

2012/05/03

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Target To Stop Selling Amazon’s Kindle E-Readers

Target is ditching the Amazon Kindle line of e-readers and tablets.

CBS4–2012/05/03

Spirit Airlines

Spirit Airlines To Hike Some Carry-On Bag Fees To $100

Miramar-based Spirit Airlines has never met a fee it wasn’t willing to charge passengers. Now, the budget airline will hike some carry-on baggage fess to $100.

CBS4–2012/05/02

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Florida Only Getting $21 Million In Health Care Grants

Community health centers in Miami-Dade, Broward and across the state will only get about $21 million if federal grants this year.

CBS4–2012/05/01

FPL crew replaces a pole and transfer facilities as part of a feeder reliability job in Ft. Lauderdale, FL on March 10, 2009.

FPL Predicts Smaller Rate Increase For 2013

The news is good, sort of, for customers of Florida Power and Light. Rates are still expected to increase in 2013, according to filings by the utility with the Public Service Commission, but according to FPL’s calculations, not by as much as first expected.

2012/04/28

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Hot Holiday Toys 2011

Here’s a look at the top 10 holiday toys. Toys on this list were featured by popular stores like Toys “R” Us, Amazon.com and Target.

Lufthansa's Airbus A-380, the world's largest airplane, taxis in after landing for the first time at MIA on Friday, June 10, 2011. (CBS4)

World’s Largest Passenger Plane Arrives At MIA

The largest passenger airliner in the world is coming to Miami. Lufthansa has announced that it will be the first airline to offer scheduled Airbus A380 service to Miami with daily flights between Frankfurt and Miami beginning June 10, 2011.

Airport body scans are seen by agents in a separate room, who do not see passengers’ faces. (credit: Michael Nagle/Getty Images)

What Not To Wear In The TSA Security Line

Everyone bundled up, ready to go for an airplane ride to Grandma’s house? You might want to double check your family before you get in line at the airport. With 42.2 million Americans projected to take to the skies for Thanksgiving, the public outcry over intrusive body scans and invasive pat downs by the TSA could make the security line even more long and frustrating. Want to avoid setting off the security alarms and a TSA pat down? Just look over your traveling clothes one more time.

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Which Apple iPod Is Right For You?

Looking to get a new iPod, but not sure which one to choose? No problem. Take a look at all of the varieties and figure out which one best fits your lifestyle.

Lincoln Road in Miami, Florida

The World’s Coolest Apple Stores

Apple is known for its hip style in consumer electronics, and that same trend carries over into its retail stores. Take a look at some of the coolest Apple Stores around the world.

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