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MIAMI — The day before Florida’s 2016 presidential primary, the state attorney general, Pam Bondi, surprised her fellow Republicans and endorsed Donald Trump at a rally in Tampa, her hometown. Her first choice, former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida, had recently dropped out. Sen. Marco Rubio, another Floridian, remained in the race, though just barely.

It’s the weather. No matter how hard you yearn for yuletide, it can be a little tricky to cuddle up to the Christmas spirit here in the subtropics where a December cold snap means highs of 70 degrees. (Brrrr … says the rest of the country in a sarcastic Grinchy tone.) So if you need a little help getting merry, here’s a list of holiday-themed musicals, ballets, plays, concerts and other shows that have come to sleigh in Palm Beach and Broward counties. Through Dec.

Last of a three-part series Seated at a slot machine at the Super Winner Arcade in suburban West Palm Beach, Raquel Smith watched the electronic reels line up for a pretty good jackpot. But as she prepared to collect her $779 payout, the machine’s screen went blue and then, when the manager opened the machine’s door, went blank, she said in a complaint filed with the Florida Gaming Control Commission. A few minutes later, co-owner Chi-Min Wu showed up and refused to pay Smith, claiming the machine had malfunctioned, Smith said in an interview with the South Florida Sun Sentinel. “Oh, no, I can’t pay you,” Wu said, as Smith remembers it.

An outside lawyer hired to review allegations of ethical breaches by three Broward School Board members found no evidence of wrongdoing. The inspector general’s office for the State Department of Education ordered the school district to conduct an “independent review” of allegations made against board members Jeff Holness, Sarah Leonardi and Allen Zeman. The district submitted the findings to the state Wednesday afternoon. Nathalie Lynch-Walsh, a longtime volunteer with the district as well as one of its most vocal critics, filed a series of complaints with the state this year alleging improper relationships between the three board members and vendors.

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