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A new Islamic advocacy group in Boca Raton is under scrutiny for its ties to William W. Baker, a former chairman of the neo-Nazi political party of presidential candidate David Duke who was run out of town last year when he attempted to speak at Florida Atlantic University. Local Jewish and civic leaders said Friday they were alarmed that the Assadiq Islamic Education Foundation, whose headquarters are listed at 831 E. Palmetto Park Road in Boca, had invited Baker back to Boca as featured speaker at an April 30 banquet at the Boca Marriott. Invited by Muslim students to speak...

LITTLE ROCK — The state Democratic Party filed a lawsuit Friday challenging the legality and authenticity of signatures gathered to place Ralph Nader on the presidential election ballot in Arkansas. The suit was filed in Pulaski County Circuit Court, a week after the secretary of state's office officially confirmed Nader's place on the ballot. Judge Timothy Fox is to hear arguments in the case Tuesday morning. The lawsuit charges widespread fraud and other irregularities in the petitions submitted to place the noted consumer activist on the Nov. 2 general election ballot. It claims more than 300 signatures on the...