Publication: St. Petersburg Times

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 reports

Do rapes result in fewer pregnancies than consensual intercourse? A review of the research

The U.S. House of Representatives begins debate on a bill limiting abortion.Partisan debate about pregnancy and rape re-emerged last week with a bill that would ban abortion 20 weeks after fertilization, when some researchers say fetuses are capable of ... [Published St. Petersburg Times - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Rape, Trent Franks, Todd Akin

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

PolitiFact: Griffith health care claim 'Mostly False'

U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith says Obamacare will be a drag on the nation’s budget for decades to come."The Government Accountability Office estimated that it will add to the long-term deficit by $6.2 trillion," Griffith, R-9th, said in a May 16 news rel ... [Published St. Petersburg Times - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Morgan Griffith, Obamacare, Health Care, Gross Domestic Product

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Barack Obama

Barack Obama on surveillance, then and now

Related campaign promises:Revise the Patriot Act to increase oversight on government surveillance | DetailsRestrict warrantless wiretaps | DetailsSafeguard the right to privacy | DetailsShare this article:An aerial view of the National Security Agency's ... [Published St. Petersburg Times - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Barack Obama, Surveillance, Whistle-Blower, Patriot Act

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Northeastern University

Don Gaetz: "More than half of last year's U.S. college graduates are unemployed or underemployed."

Senate President Don Gaetz and House Speaker Will Weatherford say changes are needed to Florida’s education system to match the realities of Florida’s economy.In a column published June 11, 2013, in the Tampa Bay Times, the two wrote that Florida’s K-12 ... [Published St. Petersburg Times - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Don Gaetz, Will Weatherford, Gary Burtless, Northeastern University

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Terry McAuliffe

PolitiFact: McAuliffe flip-flops on coal

Terry McAuliffe wasn’t hot about coal in 2009 when he unsuccessfully sought the Democratic gubernatorial nomination."We have got to move past coal," he said during an April 29 debate that year. "As governor, I never want another coal plant built. I want ... [Published St. Petersburg Times - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Terry McAuliffe, Coal, Alpha Natural Resources Inc, Energy Policy

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Were two-thirds of groups targeted by IRS not conservative?

Progress Texas, Friday, May 31st, 2013.Ruling: Pants on Fire! | DetailsShare this article:Acting IRS commissioner Danny Werfel is sworn in before testifying on Capitol Hill on June 6, 2013. Werfel is picking up the reins after a high-profile controversy ... [Published St. Petersburg Times - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Phillip Martin, J Russell George, Steven Miller

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 07 2013 - 3 reports

America's 50 worst charities rake in nearly $1 billion for corporate fundraisers

The worst charity in America operates from a metal warehouse behind a gas station in Holiday.Every year, Kids Wish Network raises millions of dollars in donations in the name of dying children and their families.Every year, it spends less than 3 cents ... [Published St. Petersburg Times - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: Fundraising, Kevin Gray, Donations, Doug White, Donor

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 07 2013 - 3 reports

Jury delivers mixed verdict in trial of former New Port Richey police officer

John Michael Nohejl, 35, was fired after his arrest. Jurors were not told he was a police officer.BROOKSVILLE — A former New Port Richey police officer fled a traffic stop in Spring Hill earlier this year, but prosecutors failed to prove he had 28 hydrocodone ... [Published St. Petersburg Times - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: Michael Kenny, Verdict, Vicodin, Police Officer

First reported Jun 07 2013 - Updated Jun 07 2013 - 2 reports

Kevin Beckner picking up wins for gay equality in second term

TAMPA — Hillsborough County's first openly gay commissioner didn't focus on advancing gay equality in his first term on the board, and didn't have much success when he did.As he pledged as a candidate, Kevin Beckner concentrated on public safety, from ... [Published St. Petersburg Times - Jun 07 2013]

Entities: Gay, Les Miller, Equality, Victor Crist, Brian Blair

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 2 reports

Rick Scott vetoes immigrant driver license bill

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have allowed children of illegal immigrants to get temporary Florida driver's licenses, a decision that may bolster his standing among immigration hard-liners but could hurt him among Hispanic ... [Published St. Petersburg Times - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: Darren Soto, Immigration, Hispanics, Bill McCollum, Florida Democratic Party

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 2 reports

Repeal of gay pride ban under consideration today by Hillsborough County commissioners

TAMPA — Hillsborough County commissioners made perhaps their most demonstrative declaration eight years ago that government should not extend rights to some groups.In doing so, they singled out a part of their citizenry when they banned county government ... [Published St. Petersburg Times - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: Gay, Ronda Storms, Les Miller, Victor Crist

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 2 reports

PolitiFact Florida: Rick Scott says he's cut taxes 24 times

KATIE SANDERSTampa Bay TimesMost of Gov. Rick Scott’s tax breaks involve business, not the average working person.How many times did Gov. Rick Scott cut taxes? You better believe the unpopular Republican running for a second term is counting the ways ... [Published St. Petersburg Times - Jun 04 2013]

Entities: Taxes, Caveat, Property, Richard L Scott

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"Just to make clear my point earlier, pregnancies from rape that result in abortion after the beginning of the sixth month are very rare" he said

Do rapes result in fewer pregnancies than consensual intercourse? A review of the research [Published St. Petersburg Times - 19 hours ago]

Henry Aaron, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who supports Obamacare, was perplexed by Griffith’s statement. "Why one would say that the (health care reform law) is unbalanced because one runs estimates of a program that differs from the (health care reform law) escapes me entirely" he said

PolitiFact: Griffith health care claim 'Mostly False' [Published St. Petersburg Times - Jun 17 2013]

"There are many perfectly respectable things a new college graduate may be doing (like getting an advanced degree or having and raising a new child) that might leave them jobless and underemployed" Burtless told us via email

Don Gaetz: "More than half of last year's U.S. college graduates are unemployed or underemploy ... [Published St. Petersburg Times - Jun 14 2013]

...Resources talking about what they need done to make sure we have a healthy work force of coal, that coal can continue," McAuliffe told reporters. "We need to make sure we do what we need to, to make sure this vital industry here in Virginia continues to grow. I can really help them on exports; to open up those Asia markets in China and Korea. As governor, I want to help them create more jobs to help exports around the world."

PolitiFact: McAuliffe flip-flops on coal [Published St. Petersburg Times - Jun 14 2013]

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