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› Hialeah poker tournament under investigation
The state is investigating Hialeah Park after the racetrack casino hosted its biggest poker tournament ever. The event was a $250 buy-in tournament Aug. 25-30 with $200,000 in guaranteed prize money.
› Miami is an arts mecca today, but it all started in the 1980s
Only one generation ago, Miami was widely derided as a cultural wasteland. The dynamic creative scene that has become such an integral part of Miami’s character was created in an extraordinary —and extraordinarily unlikely — burst of cultural energy in the 1980s.
› Rise in student loan defaults driven by for-profit colleges, study says
The recent rise in student loan defaults has been driven mostly by the increase in those attending at for-profit colleges who left school in a tough economy with debt that outstripped their earnings potential, a new study has found.
› Florida sued once again over handling of public records
Two telecommunications companies contend in a new lawsuit that the administration of Gov. Rick Scott is flouting the state's public records law.
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