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Opinion: Obama's Approval Rating Drops To 43% For Good Reason
Five months before the presidential election, this rating is disastrous for Obama – almost as disastrous as the lack of any results for America these past four years.
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Five months before the presidential election, this rating is disastrous for Obama – almost as disastrous as the lack of any results for America these past four years.
Florida Governor Rick Scott has touted Florida's declining unemployment rate for the past several months. According to Bloomberg News, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has a message for Scott, be quiet.
The Florida unemployment continued to decline in May, dropping to a seasonally adjusted 8.6 percent. It's the lowest the unemployment rate has bee in the Sunshine State since December 2008. But the news in South Florida is far from rosy.
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The nation's unemployment rate of 8.2 percent may sink President Barack Obama's re-election bid, but one detail brightens his hopes. About 10 battleground states will decide the election, and seven of them have employment levels that beat the U.S. average.
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has put his history as a CEO and as governor of Massachusetts as proof of his plans to create job as the main selling point against President Obama.
As the 2012 election heats up, a dismal jobs report for May is showing that while corporations and CEO's are recovered from the Great Recession; the working class is far behind.
New polling from Gallup released Monday showed just how closely divided the country is on three main topics that could swing the election to either President Barack Obama or his Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
Florida's unemployment rate in April continued to mirror that of the rest of the country, dropping to 8.7 percent, according to numbers released Friday.
The national unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level in three years, but the news wasn't all good as job growth slowed to a point that could signal a stagnation of job creation.
The drop in the state's unemployment rate in March may have been a sign of brighter days ahead. However, gloomy times are looming for those who still have not landed work.
While local, state and the federal government continue to enact austerity on their workers; the latest new from Gallup showed job creation is at its highest level since before President Barack Obama took office.
If being out of a job isn't bad enough, Florida's unemployed workers are about to get some more bad news.
Florida unemployment rate saw its biggest one month drop since October 1992 in March. The unemployment rate statewide dropped 0.4 percent to just 9 percent in March 2012.
The 2012 general election is still in the early stages, but if the last 48 hours are indication; the election promises to be an especially brutal partisan fight between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
The latest numbers from the U.S. Labor Department offer a mixed bag of news to President Barack Obama.
Florida's overall jobless numbers continued to follow national trends in February, dropping to 9.4 percent. It's the lowest unemployment has been since February 2009, right before jobs began disappearing due to the Great Recession.
T-Mobile, the nation's 4th largest wireless provider which has been struggling following a failed merger attempt with much larger AT&T, said it will close a number of call centers around the nation including one on Ft. Lauderdale. Nearly 500 jobs would be affected.
Miami-Dade unemployment figures for the month of January dropped below double digits for the first time in years, echoing a continuing drop in state unemployment numbers released Tuesday.
The unemployment rate remained unchanged in February after the economy added 227,000 jobs, the Labor Department said Friday.
President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats got good news from the unemployment report Friday morning. According to the Labor Department, the unemployment rate in January dropped to 8.3 percent. That's the lowest rate in roughly three years.
As anyone in South Florida who lives paycheck to paycheck can tell you, South Florida is one of the most expensive places to live in the country. Now, Forbes Magazine has provided the proof just how expensive South Florida has become.
South Florida voters are sitting straight on the fence on the issue of resort casino gambling, and is gloomy about the local economy, according to a poll done last week for CBS4, The Miami Herald, Univision and El Nuevo Herald.
Florida's unemployment rate dropped below 10 percent in December for the first time since April 2009. According to Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Florida's unemployment dropped to 9.7 percent in December.
A man caught peeping by surveillance video into a child's window in Little Havana has enraged the entire community
The crash that claimed Abraham Ismael and Jesus Rubio's lives left grieving families behind.
A proposed termination of City Manager Darvin Williams, instigated by Vice Mayor Natasha Ervin, coincides with Williams filing a whistleblower complaint accusing the Vice Mayor of embezzlement and potential employee fraud.
A federal appeals court has cleared the way for Florida to enforce a ban on gender-affirming care for minors.
Moved by Rita Case's kindness, Glenda tearfully expressed her gratitude, calling Rita an angel in her life.
A man caught peeping by surveillance video into a child's window in Little Havana has enraged the entire community
The crash that claimed Abraham Ismael and Jesus Rubio's lives left grieving families behind.
A proposed termination of City Manager Darvin Williams, instigated by Vice Mayor Natasha Ervin, coincides with Williams filing a whistleblower complaint accusing the Vice Mayor of embezzlement and potential employee fraud.
The CBS Miami Nat Moore Trophy recognizes the top high school football player in Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties.
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The American Automobile Association said this is a dangerous time of year for young drivers.
Florida insurance companies made money last year for the first time in seven years.
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled Sept. 26 to discuss whether it will hear a First Amendment challenge to a 2021 Florida law that placed restrictions on major social-media companies.
The number of people traveling to Florida during the second quarter of 2023 decreased compared to a year earlier, according to estimates released Wednesday by the state's tourism-marketing agency.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday said Walt Disney Parks and Resorts should drop a federal lawsuit that claims retaliation by the state and accept changes to a special district that long benefited the theme-park giant.
Michael Herzog, the Israeli ambassador to the U.S., said the Israeli strikes into Lebanon were a "success."
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his third-party presidential bid last week.
The Harris-Walz campaign said it received a surge in donations during the Democratic National Convention.
Former President Donald Trump played the band's song "My Hero" when he welcomed former independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the stage at a rally in Arizona on Friday.
Gov. Walz's security detail has been stepped up dramatically since he officially accepted the nomination for Democratic vice presidential nomination.
With the Florida primary election behind us, Jim DeFede looks ahead to the matchups in November.
Jim DeFede goes one-on-one with the Democratic nominee for Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections.
In this special live edition of Facing South Florida, Jim DeFede takes a look at the major races for the Florida Primary.
Jim DeFede goes one-on-one with Broward School Board Chair Lori Alhadeff on a number of topics.
Jim DeFede focuses on the controversy with Miami-Dade Commissioner and former Doral Mayor JC Bermudez.
From 1999-2023, the Journal of American Medical Association recorded 21,518 deaths where heat was either the underlying cause or the contributing cause of death, likely an underestimation, they say.
The updated COVID-10 shots for fall 2024 are rolling out earlier than last year.
Perdue Foods is recalling more than 167,000 pounds of frozen chicken nuggets and tenders after some customers reported finding metal wire embedded in the products.
The National Association of EMS Officials recommends "Cool First, Transport Second" for patients whose body temperature is over 104 degrees.
Parents and other caregivers urged to stop using loungers linked to 5 fatalities and an infant bed tied to 1 death.
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GlassesUSA's pre-Labor Day sale offers extra-lower prices on prescription eyeglasses and sunglasses.
Save big on carry-ons, backpacks, checked bags and more for your Labor Day 2024 travels.
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These powerful Android tablets can help you work and keep you entertained, no matter where you go.
A viral TikTok recipe that includes melting Jolly Ranchers landed a 9-year-old in the hospital with severe burns.
The American Automobile Association said this is a dangerous time of year for young drivers.
A string of recalls connected to Wisconsin-based supplier Schreiber Foods has now extended to Aldi stores after similar recalls at Hy-Vee and other grocery chains.
There are two sales tax holidays for hurricane supplies
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Macklemore said he canceled a concert in Dubai over the United Arab Emirates' role "in the ongoing genocide and humanitarian crisis" in Sudan.
Former President Donald Trump played the band's song "My Hero" when he welcomed former independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the stage at a rally in Arizona on Friday.
The couple first confirmed the pregnancy back in May.
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Taylor Swift was forced to cancel three shows in Vienna after an alleged planned terrorist attack against one of the shows was foiled.