Cops: Woman inhales two cans of dust remover, passes out

By at 9 March, 2010, 8:37 am

Jennifer Marie Fernandez, 37, of North Naples, apparently likes to get high by ingesting a household cleaner. Police say she sucked down two cans of dust remover and then passed out in an alley in a puddle of her own vomit, reports the Naples Daily News. A Naples police officer was called to the Read More

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Report: Man kidnaps girlfriend, takes her to Walmart

By at 9 March, 2010, 8:28 am

A woman told Okaloosa County deputies that her boyfriend, Andrew James Foster, had held her captive for more than three hours.

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Fake bomb at theater was a UCF class project

By at 9 March, 2010, 8:22 am

A fake bomb forced the evacuation of an Ocala theater on Saturday and kept hundreds of moviegoers from their cars. Marion County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jeff Gold said “It looked real, with five sticks of dynamite, wires come out of it with a timer.” Police said the realistic-looking Read More

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Florida education news: Hands-on science, FCAT testing, teacher evaluation and more

By admin at 6 March, 2010, 8:13 am

KIDS DIG SQUIDS: Marine science students at Wesley Chapel High School in Pasco County enjoy science the way they say it should be taught — hands on, with fresh squid. (Times photo, Jeffrey S. Solochek) LET US HELP: Leaders of St. Petersburg's black community visit troubled John Hopkins Read More

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Florida education news: School vouchers, Teach for America, charter high school and more

By admin at 26 February, 2010, 6:45 am

SHE'S BACK : Despite health problems, Florida state Sen. Larcenia Bullard, a Miami Democrat passionate about education issues, returns to the Capitol . (Photo from cbsnews.com ) BIG SHIFT: Florida Democrats increasingly come to support the idea of school vouchers for poor children, Education Read More

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Consolidation Clowning

By Beach Blogger at 24 February, 2010, 9:01 am

Like almost everyone else in Escambia County, we haven’t paid sufficient attention to the proposed city-county consolidation plan (available in full text here ). Partly this is because, as with the new Pensacola City Charter , it looks to us like a different circus with the same clowns. Read More

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Florida education news: School volunteers, money woes, teacher raises and more

By at 23 February, 2010, 7:09 am

SUPER MAN: At 97, Morris Gutterman keeps going strong by tutoring children at Leila G. Davis Elementary School in Pinellas. (Times photo, Jim Damaske) NOT ALL THAT: Outgoing St. Petersburg College president Carl Kuttler is only due about one-third of the amount he requested as retirement Read More

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Can’t get enough of Valentine’s Day? Then marry one.

By admin at 21 February, 2010, 8:25 am

Not a typical DUH. But this is oh-so-sweet. It’s about a woman named Rosella, who, as a child, loved Valentine’s Day.

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