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Tuesday morning, Craig Miller threw his hat into the Senate race.

Miller is former CEO of the Ruth’s Chris Steak House chain. He’ll seek the Republican nomination to face Democrat incumbent Senator Bill Nelson.

“I bring a different perspective,” Miller said. “I’m a fiscal conservative. He’s a liberal democrat. But more importantly, I’m a business person. I’m a person that’s lived on Main Street all my life. I want to bring those life experiences to Washington.”

Miller is flying around the state to make the announcement. There’s stops in Orlando, Tampa, Naples, West Palm Beach and Jacksonville.

Miller ran for Congress last year and finished third in the Republican Primary. He served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War.

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Fort Worth’s George P. Bush, son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and nephew of former President George W. Bush, is taking his political action committee national, the online news organization Politico reports.

Maverick PAC, or MavPac, began in wake of his uncle’s 2004 re-election as president. Until now, is has been a Texas-based organization of young Republican donors. But Bush tells Politico it’s time to take it national. The PAC already has established a presence in Florida, California and Washington, D.C., and more states and regions are in the group’s sights.

Bush’s group holds fund-raising events catered to younger Republican donors who want to contribute cash, but can’t afford higher stakes.

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Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli talks with Banneker High School students.

Students of Washington, DC’s Benjamin Banneker High School got a visit from the Departments of Justice and Education last month to commemorate Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The afternoon was filled with an interactive discussion focused on healthy relationships, sexual assault prevention, early intervention and resources available to assault victims.

Principal Anita M. Berger joined Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli; Susan B. Carbon, Director for the Office on Violence Against Women; Vincent Cohen Jr., Principal Assistant U.S. A

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A survey by the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia finds that the recession has placed a great deal of financial stress on couples across America. But rather than this stress resulting in large increases in the divorce rate, it has instead resulted in a significant number of couples postponing divorce. Furthermore, many of the couples surveyed reported a deepening of their commitment to marriage.

The survey looked at 1,197 married Americans between the ages of 18 and 45 and took place in December 2010 to January 2011. Financial stressors were identified as a problem by 31 percent of the couples surveyed.

For couples who were considering divorce or separation prior to the recession (about 5 percent of the survey respondents), 38 percent said that the recession had caused them to put aside their divorce plans.

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Police believe they have arrested the man who was caught on tape viciously punching and robbing a 70-year-old woman in a Detroit apartment building hallway earlier this month.

According to MLive Detroit media partner Fox 2, police arrested Christopher K. Elledge, 49, Sunday night in connection to the July 1 robbery and beating.

Elledge, who lives on Park View Street near the apartment building, is a registered sex offender, according to state records.

The Michigan Public Sex Offender Registry shows the Detroit resident was convicted in December 2000 in Wayne County of attempted second degree criminal sexual conduct with a person under the age of 13. Elledge, who is listed as non-compliant by the state regarding his parole, was 38 when convicted of the attempted assault.

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