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What you need to know about Florida today

| 5/24/2016

› Naples businessman Francis Rooney running for Congress
Francis Rooney, the multimillionaire Naples businessman who has been a major GOP donor and supporter, said Monday he is running for U.S. Rep. Curt Clawson's seat.

› Boca Raton private investor acquires California manufacturer
AE Industrial Partners, a private equity investor in aerospace, power generation and specialty industrial companies in Boca Raton, announced that it has acquired AC&A, LLC, a California manufacturer of composite and metallic parts and tooling.

› More college students paying double for excess credit hours
About 3,770 students were charged about $2.35 million in excess credit-hour surcharges during the fall 2015 semester at UCF, University of Florida, Florida State and South Florida, school records show.

› U.S. fans of Cuban cigars still have long wait before they can be sold here
For American cigar aficionados, Cuban tobacco is the forbidden fruit, long-blocked from the United States market by its five-decade-old embargo on the island nation.

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