WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama plans to raise money in
Florida this week, including a $30,000 a person event at the
Windermere, Fla., home of Dallas Mavericks guard Vince Carter. He
also will promote his economic agenda in a speech at the University
of Miami.
      An avid basketball fan, Obama will attend a dinner Thursday at
Carter's house just three days before the NBA's All-Star Game in
nearby Orlando.
      Also Thursday, Obama will not only speak at the University of
Miami, he will also attend a fundraising reception at the Biltmore
Hotel and at the Coral Gables home of lawyer Chris Korge, a top
fundraiser for Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.
      Obama last week was on a three-day West Coast trip where he
raised about $8 million in eight campaign events.

     
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