Paula Broadwell, the biographer and mistress of former CIA Director David Petraeus, will not face charges for cyber-stalking, according to federal prosecutors. In a Dec. 14 letter to Broadwell’s lawyer, U.S. Attorney Robert O’Neill advised the West Point graduate that...
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Gen. Davis Petraeus with biographer Paula Broadwell, co-author of 'All In: The Education of General David Petraeus' on July 13, 2011.
Broadwell: No Cyber-Stalking Charge
Jill Kelley on `Inviolability’
Updated at 1:25 pm EST What’s in a title? For Jill Kelley, the Tampa socialite who embraced the world of the top brass at U.S. Central Command, it’s not only a license plate. It’s also “inviolability.” Kelley, whose e-mails complaining...
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Marine Gen. John R. Allen in May 2012. Photograph by Haraz N. Ghanbari/AP Photo
Washington’s Homecoming Scandal
Updated at 2:10 pm EST Two four-star generals were set to go up to Capitol Hill this week. One, retired Army Gen. David Petraeus, now former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, was supposed to address the Intelligence committees returning...
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Voters stand in line at a Fort Myers, Fla. church late Nov. 6, 2012.
Election Over, Florida Still Counting
Updated at 2:55 pm EST (Still waiting) It’s you know what all over again — with the elections supervisor in Miami-Dade County still counting presidential election ballots. Except this time, unlike in 2000, the White House does not hang in...
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President Barack Obama gets a hug from a firefighter at Station 14 during a stop in Tampa, Fla. on Oct. 25, 2012.
Obama’s All-Nighter: Tampa Deja Vu
All-nighters, early morning campaigning in Tampa. It’s like deja vu all over again. President Barack Obama, making a 48-hour, nonstop tour of swing states and stopping at home-town Chicago today to vote early, opened a campaign rally at Centennial Park...
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President Barack Obama picks up an order of donuts at a Krispy Kreme donut store in Tampa, Florida, on Oct. 25, 2012.
Obama’s Krispy Kreme Stop — Firehouse Delivery, too: Florida
First lady Michelle Obama is on a health kick. So one might expect President Barack Obama to tip-toe through a Krispy Kreme donut shop. Not in a swing state, 12 days from Election Day. After promising Ohioans and other swing-state...
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Eddie Vedder performs during a concert in Amsterdam.
Obama’s Pearl Jam: $20,000 Ticket
Eddie Vedder, once lead singer of Pearl Jam, can still pack a house. Even with a ukulele. At $20,000 per ticket, Vedder helped President Barack Obama find 85 supporters today for a Tampa fundraiser, where he broke out the Hawaiian...
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie addresses the 2012 Republican National Convention.
Christie Sheathed His `Zingers’
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, keynoter at the Republican National Convention this year, has fielded some criticism for not taking his famously combative game to the national television audience watching his party’s show. He’ll get another keynote assignment in Washington...
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The '2001 Odyssey' strip club welcomes patrons on August 25, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. ahead of the RNC.
Republican `Sugar Daddies:’ Business was Booming in Tampa
So, Hurricane Isaac, with its drive-by on Florida last week, may have put a damper on the online dating business in the Sunshine State. Yet there was one notable exception in the online supply and demand chain: Tampa. SeekingArrangement.com, humbly...
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Campaign signs sit on seats in front of a U.S. national debt clock at he Republican National Convention.
Romney: A Personal Alarm Clock
One of the white-digital debt clocks high above the convention floor in Tampa — the one measuring the size of the accrued federal debt since the start of the Republican National Convention here — has reached $8.233 billion and counting...
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