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WEATHER thrHkamiHcralii nrxn DOLPHINS HAVE A LOOK AROUND SPARANO STILL COACH BUT TEAM CONTACTS COWHER HARBAUGH ID SIMPLE WISH: A STURDY BED A DISABLED MAN NEEDS A NOT-TOO-SOFT PLACE TO SLEEP IB 'MMSi rgwk Miami lerals) D1 WEDNESDAY JAN 5 2011 FINAL EDITION 50 CENTS 108TH YEAR NO 113 2011 Mi amiHeraldcom ijjfl1 INAUGURATION DAY Gov Rick Scott pledged to create jobs and signed an order to halt new business regulations BY MICHAEL BENDER AND MARY ELLEN KLAS HeraldTimes Tallahassee Bureau TALLAHASSEE Taking office as 45th governor Rick Scott asserted himself Tuesday as the chief job creator drawing on a childhood shaped by poverty and the pains of a state ravaged by unemployment to help validate his pro-business agenda But if he offered hope to out-of-work Floridians in his inaugural address Scott also cast the government he takes over as parasitic lean and limited government has a role to play in providing a safety said Scott 58 the only path to better days is paved with new private sector Scott who has hired just five of the dozens of agency heads-and division directors he needs to manage his administration signed four executive orders after being sworn in including one that halts new business regulations arid creates a new government office to review future rules On a comfortable 50-degree overcast day Scott took the oath of office at 11:56 am surrounded by family members outside the historic state Capitol wife mother two daughters and their husbands were his only entourage during most of the campaign season while the political establishment lined up to defeat him did Scott whispered to his wife Ann in a moment picked up a wireless microphone clipped to his dark blue suit jacket Afterward Scott TURN TO INAUGURATION 2A THE ALL HERE: Gov Rick Scott is flanked by Lt Gov Jennifer Carroll left and wife Ann as they react to the playing of the Florida Marching 100 during the inauguration parade Tuesday in Tallahassee NEWS ANALYSIS We still really know the enigmatic Rick Scott E3 unclear if Gov Rick Scott is inclined to battle with lawmakers or build a consensus to get his ambitious agenda through the Legislature JOE BURBANKPOOL ORLANDO SENTINEL know a hard-charging CEO who intends to be ambitious maybe even radical in striving for job creation will be resolute in seeking bold probably more bold than some people like but bold positive 45th governor told more than 3500 gathered before the old capital TURN TO ANALYSIS 2A BY ADAM SMITH St Petersburg Times TALLAHASSEE Not since an outsider named Claude Kirk took the oath of office 44 years ago have Floridians welcomed a governor as enigmatic as Rick Scott We know the broad strokes of agenda: slash government and taxes cut the regulation and lawsuits that hurt business We CHANGEOVER: Outgoing Gov Charlie Crist greets new Gov Rick Scott after the inauguration Mure on the inmviration Extreme security marks debut as governor IB See more photos from the ceremony at Miami Heraldcompolitics AUTOMOBILES PAKISTAN Slaying adds to Afghan woes Auto industry had a better ride in 2010 Et Vehicle sales rose last year for the first time since the recession began The industry remains in recovery mode am i-e-ald and Wire Report Co saw sales in South The brazen assassination of a popular Pakistani governor allied with the president threw an already teetering US-backed government into even greater turmoil BY SAEED SHAH AND JONATHAN UNDAY McClatcfry News Service ISLAMABAD Pakistan The top official of most populous province an outspoken critic of religious extremism was assassinated Tuesday in Islamabad by one of his own police bodyguards plunging the country vital to the US fight against terrorism deeper into political turmoiL Ihjnjab Gov Salman Taseer who has been battling Islamists after he denounced a law against blasphemy was killed on a road in the center of taseer the Pakistani capitaL His slaying came as the ruling coalition led by the secular Pakistan Peoples Party the PPP was in danger of collapse after losing its parliamentary majority amid a growing economic crisis including a sudden TURN TO PAKISTAN A Florida exceed national trends And dealerships in the region also reported good news we've had about a 20 percent increase in sales compared to last said Jonathan Charilf vice president of South Motors on US 1 at Southwest 161st Street in Miami-Dade While the figures have some in the industry talking about a return to the glory days of auto sales it's a fragile idea Rising TURN TO INDUSTRY 7A Auto sales rose in the United States last year for the first tifne since the recession They're still far from what they were a few years ago but just fine with the downsized auto industry hich can post profits even if it sells millions fewer cars and trucks About 115 million vehicles were sold last year about an 11 percent increase from 2009 according to preliminary reports from automakers Tuesday and analyst estimates One brand Ford Motor All A6ENCE iRAUCE -WESSE ASSASSINATION PROTESTED: La1-ere supporters of the rj rg party burn res i DADE TOLD TO PAY $4M IN PORT SUIT FORT LAUDERDALE COMPANY HAD BEEN DEN ED A STEVEDORE PERMIT 1 AT'ONJA VINDICATION 30 YEARS LATER DN A TESTING CLEARS TEXAS MAN OF RAPE AND ROBBERY AFTER THREE DECADES IN PRISON OPEN CLOSET GAY TEENS ARE POPPING UP iN MANY SHOWS THAT APE AIMED AT YOUNG PEOPLE INDEX ts I tt-wd i se ke i i SUI I rrCE EA I I 5B 1 0 5.