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AROUND FLORIDA (3#) -

# DWARF-TOSSING ALLEGED: *In an order filed yesterday, the SEC provided details of a party in Miami for Fidelity traders that was reported in a 2005 WSJ front-pager. Allegedly, Wall Street firms provided private jets, an illegal drug, and paid for female escorts for attendees, which included Fidelity traders. The party also featured the hiring of a male dwarf for a "dwarf tossing" contest, a practice that has been banned in many places.*

# Palm Bay: An incident in which a bank patron left behind an envelope stuffed with $4,800 in cash which was snatched by an unidentified woman has taken a tragic turn because the victim has died of an apparent heart attack.

# Tallahassee: They're arguing to establish a "False Light Doctrine" in the Florida State Supreme Court. I'm opposed to it. This concept is already adequately covered under the Law for Defamation of Character, as far as I'm concerned.

Incidentally, Tallahassee Dot Com has launched a new template, and it's a nice one! Alas, my original link there went 404, so I had to renovate my linkage, but it was only a momentary glitch.

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