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• Paulson's $800K could not overcome mistakes and popular...

  Everyone knows that big money drives election results.Or does it?In Orlando's mayoral race, Paul Paulson far outspentBuddy Dyer, dishing out more than $800,000 from his own pocket on prime-time TV ads, billboards and mailers in hopes of winning Tuesday's election.The result: Dyer won his fourth full term with 63 percent of the vote, which he touted as the largest margin of victory in his career.Paulson's ad blitz obscured a simple truth, according to political scientists and observers: Running as a Republican in a strongly Democratic city against a popular incumbent was a recipe for failure, even before a series of missteps."He can spend $3 million; I don't think the results would have been ..

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• 13 GOP presidential candidates to speak at Sunshine Summit in Orlando - Orlando Sentinel

  Former Florida Gov.Jeb Bushand U.S. Sen.Marco Rubiowill be on home turf in Orlando this week, with Bush facing the highest stakes in a crowd likely to be filled withDonald TrumpandBen Carsonfans, political experts say.All 13 majorGOPpresidential candidates are scheduled to give speeches at the Republican Party of Florida's Sunshine Summit conference Friday and Saturday at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort.The event, which kicks off Thursday night with an address from former Vice PresidentDick Cheney, will for three days make Orlando the epicenter of the Republican presidential campaign.Unlike the debates, the candidates' speeches will not be televised. Yet much of the national Republican Party ..

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• Hometown of Plymouth, Ind., shaped Magic coach Scott Skiles

  PLYMOUTH, Ind. — The drive north from Indianapolis along U.S. Route 31 is peaceful this gray autumn morning.Farmland often dots the landscape as the road winds through, or around, towns and cities called Kokomo, Peru, Rochester and Argos.After an hour and 45 minutes, you reach the exit, a left turn onto Michigan Road.A sign sits along the right shoulder of that street."Welcome to Plymouth," it reads. "Home of the Marshall County Blueberry Festival."This is it: the small, northern Indiana city where Orlando Magic coach Scott Skiles lived from the time he was 12 years old until he went off to college.This place shaped him.It fostered his love of basketball and surrounded him with friends, teac..

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• Orlando Magic beat Philadelphia 76ers 105-97 - Orlando Sentinel

  

  PHILADELPHIA — A young rebuilding team's growth often is measured by how it performs against top-flight opponents. That explains why the Orlando Magic derived so much confidence from their home victory Friday night over the previously undefeated Toronto Raptors. It was a big win, no question.But you can also evaluate progress by how a team performs against cellar-dwellers. Last year the Magic lost games to also-rans like the Philadelphia 76ers, New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers. To move up the NBA standings, you must beat the dregs of the league regularly.What happened Saturday night should be considered a sign of improvement.Playing their fifth game in seven nights, the Magic withstood..

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• Pictures: VP Joe Biden speaks at URJ conference - Orlando Sentinel

  Guests mingle as they wait for Vice President Joe Biden to speak at the Union for Reform Judaism convention at the Orlando World Center Marriott on Saturday, ...

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  Orlando (2-4) has faced five playoff teams from a season ago along with an Oklahoma City squad with Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook in its first six games.

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• Jewish leaders in Orlando eager to hear Joe Biden's message - Orlando Sentinel

  

  Vice PresidentJoe Bidendelivered a message of gratitude to thousands of Jewish leaders in Orlando on Saturday, saying the nation's largest stream of Judaism has "always been in the vanguard" of American social change.During his roughly 45-minute speech, Biden reflected on the role the Jewish community has played in his political career and on the issues that have meant the most to him. Reform Jews were early proponents of civil rights and gay equality and just this week adopted a broad transgender rights policy."For decades, you've been the heart and soul of opportunity for all Americans," he said. "Where you lead, the nation eventually follows."Biden's remarks capped off the five-day conven..

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• Solar Bears stumble in home loss to Everblades

  If any returningOrlando Solar Bearsplayers from last season were thinking revenge Saturday night atAmway Center, they'll have to wait at least another day to get it.The Solar Bears (4-2-1-0, nine points) were handed their first home loss of the season before an announced crowd of 7,511, as the division-leading Florida Everblades (7-4-0-0, 14 points) earned a 3-2 victory.Florida eliminated Orlando from the first round of the ECHL playoffs last season. In their first meeting with the Everblades since then, the Solar Bears were outshot 36-28 and went 0-for-5 on power-play opportunities. In a game full of skirmishes, Orlando committed seven penalties."We had a good first couple of shifts," first..

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• Biden speaks at Jewish conference in Orlando | www

  ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. —Vice President Joe Biden spoke at a conference at an Orlando hotel Saturday evening.The speech comes just days before President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Biden delivered remarks at the Union for Reform Judaism conference at the Orlando World Center Marriott at 9 p.m.The organization, which is the largest movement of Judaism in the U.S., passed a resolution Thursday in support of transgender rights, saying it's a continuation of a tradition of inclusion in the Reform Jewish movement.The resolution calls for congregations and camps to have gender-neutral bathrooms and encourages gender-neutral language at Reform Jewish institutions. ..

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• Child porn suspect arrested in Orlando hotel | Local News - WESH Home

  

  A 25-year-old man is facing several charges, including trying to meet with a minor for sex and attempted production of child pornography, authorities said.Kevin Hernandez Orth was arrested by Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents after he contacted a local talent agency about filming female models ages 10 to 14 in swimsuits for Candy Land Films, authorities said. The talent agency called agents Thursday after finding no record of Candy Land Films.An agent posing as a father of a 14-year-old began communicating with Orth, who said he would pay $100 to record a girl in a swimsuit, $200 to record her nude and $400 to record himself having sexual intercourse with her, authorities said. Or..

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