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Where's the Insurance Agent When You Need Help?

It's not uncommon for people to have problems with their insurance company. READ»

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Charles Delane Baylor University Alumni and Colleagues

Charles Delane Baylor University Alumni and Colleagues - http://users.idworld.net/dmangels/b69harr.htmREAD»

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What Happens When the BP Oil Disaster Hits Florida's Shores?

Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi shores have already been hit with oil from the BP disaster, and now Florida residents are gearing up for the inevitable arrival of the slick stuff on the beaches of Pensacola sometime this week. ...READ»

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Keeping Florida Health Insurance Affordable

Florida health insurance that is tailored specifically for an individual’s life only makes good common sense. If it wasn’t suitable, why would someone bother to buy it?READ»

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The Last Haul: Stalked by Oil, Gulf Coast Fishermen Grab Everything They Can

Oystermen, fishermen, and shrimpers around Apalachicola Bay--where seafood is an $80 million a year business--share thoughts about their drastically altered lives, the reason for their overfishing, and the Faustian bargain that's been struck with BP.READ»

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Did a Piece of Deepwater Horizon Wash Up on a Florida Beach? [Updated]

Over the past few months, the BP oil disaster has littered Gulf Coast beaches with both dead wildlife and tar balls. Now, in a Lost-like turn of events, a piece of an oil storage tank from the Deepwater Horizon rig may have washed up on Florida's Panama City Beach.READ»

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Would Someone Please Tell Me What Life Insurance Is About?

Now and then people get into conversations about life insurance, what it does and how much they have, but does anyone really “get” what life insurance is all about?READ»

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Children Frolic on Oily Florida Beaches, Time to End BP-Financed Tourism Ads [Video]

Want to bravely defy the BP oil disaster and spend a sunny day on the beach? Think again--at least if you're in Destin, Florida, where thousands of tar balls washed up on the beach this week. As recently as Monday, local beaches ...READ»

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Why Are Tarball-Filled Florida Beaches Still Open?

The BP oil disaster has finally caught up with Florida, as evidenced by this video of a child with tarballs stuck to her feet on Destin Beach. Florida has already begun to close dangerous areas--Pensacola Beach reportedly became the ...READ»

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High-Speed Rail Coming to Florida

Last Spring, President Obama announced an ultra-ambitious plan to bring an $8 billion high speed rail project to the U.S. At the time, Obama said that there were ten potential high-speed rail corridors in the works: ...READ»

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FloridaInsurance.com Offers Money Saving Tips For Homeowners

In Florida, homeowner’s insurance can be expensive. READ»

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Fast Facts: February 2010

It's Flu Season Seasonal influenza typically peaks in the United States in February, along with sales of antiviral drugs such as Relenza and Tamiflu. It's Cold Outside "Why, what's the matter, / That you have such a February ...READ»

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Eat Fish to Save Fish, Say Conservationists

Can we save the oceans with strategic dieting? Conservationists in Palm Beach think so -- they're encouraging locals to chomp down on an invasive species of lionfish.READ»

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The Life Insurance Exam Routine

To get life insurance there is a routine that has to be followed before one qualifies. READ»

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Should You Repair or Replace your AC unit in Florida?

Like most mechanical machines – air conditioners aren’t made to last your entire lifetime. Although regular ac maintenance can prevent your unit from failing on you, sometimes having it replaced may come out cheaper for ...READ»

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AccuWeather's Grim Forecast for Florida's Coast: Crude-y With a Chance of Tar Balls

AccuWeather has apparently moved into the oil slick prediction business, forecasting that the Loop Current (a warm ocean current that moves from the Caribbean Sea into the Gulf of Mexico before looping west and south, exiting ...READ»

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Who's That Knocking on My Door?

Well no one actually is knocking on the door, at least not when it comes to life insurance.READ»

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Health Care Insurance Co-Pay or No Pay

There's a big difference between having a co-pay plan with an employer and having to put money out of one's own pocket for medical expenses.READ»

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What You See May Not Be What You Get

While you might see a great health insurance quote on a website, "preferred rate" is what it is called; it does not always mean you will get that rate.READ»

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Richard Florida's Creative Destruction, Spatial Fix and The Great Reset

What doesn’t kill cities during this crisis will make them stronger. This is Richard Florida’s diagnosis in The Great Reset, which picks up where his last foray into pop economic geography, Who’s Your City? left off. READ»

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New Floodplain Maps Cause Need for Homeowners to Add Flood Coverage

Thousands of Florida residents may have to pay more for their homeowner’s insurance. The federal government has just made changes to its floodplain map, causing many Florida homeowners to acquire flood insurance. A recent ...READ»

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Maintain your Florida Air Conditioning System this summer

These hot Florida summer months promise more than just beautiful beach weather. Heat and humidity join along for the ride many times and keeping them out of your home and staying cool is something many Floridians go through. We ...READ»

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Cheap Florida Health Insurance Is Possible

Finding cheap health insurance is a must these days. While many don’t think that’s possible, it is. Sure, people want and need to save money wherever they can during these tough economic times. If they choose to “not” buy ...READ»

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Florida Tomato Pickers Get a Penny Raise From Chipotle

One penny might sound inconsequential, but for these workers it translates into a 64% wage increase.READ»

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Regularly Check your Air Conditioning System in Palm Beach Before its Too Late

These Florida summer months promise more than just beautiful beach weather. Heat and humidity join along for the ride many times and keeping them out of your home and staying cool is something many Floridians go ...READ»