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Spring Break: Youth Springs Eternal

Tom Egelhoff — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:00:42 +0000

It’s that time of year again. A battle between students to see if they can drink more than the folks at Budweiser can produce.

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Barack Obama: MMM, MMM, MMM

Tom Egelhoff — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:00:01 +0000

We are a blessed nation. We’ve had good presidents and not so good presidents. But the great thing about this country is that we have the ability to “self-correct.”

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Mitt Romney Roars Back During Florida GOP Debate [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:34:50 +0000

After taking a beating by Newt Gingrich in last week’s South Carolina debates and primary, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s campaign flailed — but in Thursday night’s debate in Jacksonville, FL, the former Massachusetts governor delivered his most aggressive performance yet.

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Burgers for Breakfast — Florida Schools Serve Lunch Before 10 AM [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:54:21 +0000

Is a cheeseburger or a corn dog appropriate early-morning fare for kids? Some Florida schools think so.

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Florida Woman Hit with Staggering $200,000 Cell Phone Bill

Shauna Wright — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:44:12 +0000

If you think your cell phone bill is high, you haven’t met Celina Aarons.

The Florida woman added a cell phone to her account for her mute and hearing-impaired brother, who didn’t know to turn off his data roaming when he was recently in Canada. Since his only form of communication with the phone is via text messages, those international data rates added up quickly — to the tune of over $200,000 in one month.

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Florida Lawmaker Wants to Bring Back Electric Chairs and Firing Squads

Shauna Wright — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:33:02 +0000

Florida state lawmaker Rep. Brad Drake recently had a conversation about the death penalty with a constituent at a local Waffle House restaurant. At issue: the legal battle surrounding the execution of convicted killer Manuel Valle.

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Florida-Based Community Bank to Pay Customers for Their Business

Shauna Wright — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:35:29 +0000

In response to Bank of America’s recently announced $5 monthly fee for debit card usage, Florida-based Community Bank is doing the reverse — it’s paying customers to bank with them.

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No Florida Team Appears in Top 25 for First Time Since 1982

Wes Glinsmann — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:24:47 +0000

Since the 1982 season ended, one of the constants in college football had been a seemingly perpetual dominance by the Florida schools.

In the last 29 years, Florida, Florida State and Miami took up residence at the top of the college football polls and won nine national championships in that stretch. But that all came to an end this week when, for the first time since December 6, 1982, there were no Florida schools ranked in the AP Top 25.

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Wildfires Burn in 12 States; 11,000 Evacuated

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:09:46 +0000

As the largest wildfire in Arizona state history continued to burn in the eastern central part of the state on Wednesday, firefighters in 11 other states were busy battling blazes.

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Alligator Vandalizes Florida Cop Car

1450 KMMS AM — Fri, 06 May 2011 17:33:09 +0000

Law enforcement officials are trained to deal with most scenarios. But an alligator attacking a police car? That's a different story.

According to reports, a rascally 10-foot alligator took a bite out of an Alachua County sheriff deputy's vehicle in Florida. The creature was reportedly spotted attacking the patrol car near a country club in Gainesville. The deputy watched the carnage as he waited for an alligator trapper to show up. Naturally, the car's front bumper was heavily damaged.

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Unemployed In Florida? You Get A Super Hero Cape!

1450 KMMS AM — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:43:55 +0000

A government-supported unemployment agency in Central Florida is in hot water today after it reportedly spent $14,200 to fund 6,000 superhero capes to hand out to unemployed area residents.

It's all part of what's being called the 'Cape- A-Bility Challenge,' a contest in which out-of-work Floridians take on "Dr. Evil Unemployment," a cartoon character that represents the current state of the economy. (The agency also spent $2,300 on foam cutouts of this job-killing super villain.)

Once they enter the contest, they will be provided with a red cape -- while supplies last, of course. The campaign, which some are calling "insensitive and wasteful," runs through June 30.

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