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GOP Rep. Bill Posey won’t seek re-election

Florida GOP Rep. Bill Posey announced Friday that he won’t seek re-election.…

OVER 1.5million customers at the nation’s second biggest energy firm can get…

You can wait a long time for a FTSE 100 record high…

Two NASA astronauts are set to become the first in history to…