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Fidel Castro Thinks Osama bin Laden is a CIA Agent
By admin at 27 August, 2010, 4:35 pm
​We don’t think anyone can accuse Fidel Castro of ever being a clear minded, rational guy, but in his old age he’s apparently becoming quite the crazy conspiracy theorist. First there were his rum… Continue reading “Fidel Castro Thinks Osama bin Laden is a CIA Read More
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Facebook become bullies playground
By admin at 24 August, 2010, 8:54 am
A teenager says an Internet page created in the last month has students in Palm Beach County furious
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Puzzling over Florida’s three-way Senate math
The last time Florida Gov. Charlie Crist ran for the Senate, he got 37.5 percent of the vote and lost by a million-ballot landslide.
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EPA gives Florida new Everglades cleanup guidelines
Federal environmental regulators on Friday laid out a detailed blueprint for how Florida can finally live up to its repeatedly postponed pledge to clean up pollution flowing into the Everglades.
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Entertainment
Man, 44, beaten, taunted for being old
The 44-year-old victim said the only thing he heard one of his attackers exclaim after he was beaten last Monday night in front of The Jacksonville Landing was, “That will teach you old people waiting for the bus at night,” reports The Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville.
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SeaWorld criticized for trainer’s death
By admin at 24 August, 2010, 1:00 am
Federal investigators Monday blasted SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment for allowing its animal trainers to work with killer whales without adequate protection, following a six-month investigation into the violent drowning of a trainer at SeaWorld Orlando.
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Tampa
Be aware of deadly rip currents
To the naked eye, the water and the surf are beautiful — trademarks for the Sunshine State. But below the surface lies a danger that’s not so obvious.
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A sign taller than the Crosstown?
Tampa’s new IKEA store has done everything “big.” They opened big. The store is big. Now, they want a sign that’s big. The business is proposing a 125-foot tall IKEA sign that would hover over the Crosstown Expressway and nearby businesses and homes.
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Education
Merit-based teacher pay bill back
By Beach Blogger at 3 September, 2010, 4:31 pm
Senate Bill 6 caused a big uproar last year, with Florida teachers and parents complaining that it would hurt education. Now, some lawmakers say it is back on the table, and they are not happy about it.
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Florida gets millions to devise new student assessment tests
By admin at 3 September, 2010, 1:00 am
Florida is part of a consortium of 26 states that will receive a total of $170 million in federal funding to help develop new tests to assess students' mathematics and language arts skills, the U.S. secretary of education announced Thursday.
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Miami
Rubio pulls out of `Meet the Press’ debate, cites ill father
Marco Rubio postponed Sunday's nationally televised U.S. Senate debate with Kendrick Meek, citing his ailing father.<p/> A spokesman for the Miami Republican said Friday that 83-year-old Mario Rubio's health had “significantly deteriorated in the last 48 hours'' and Read More
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Thomas C. Butler, Doctor in MIA Scare, Once Convicted of Carrying Bubonic Plague
By Kyle Munzenrieder at 3 September, 2010, 4:26 pm
​At first it seemed last night’s incident that closed down parts of Miami International Airport was an overblown mistake. However details are now emerging about the past of the man at the center … Continue reading “Thomas C. Butler, Doctor in MIA Scare, Once Convicted of Read More
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