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UK Football: Analyst says Kentucky must take advantage of Mark Stoops' name in recruiting
larry@amnews.comRandy Taylor has over 30 years experience in the college football recruiting ranks and has been on staffs at Illinois, UCLA, San Jose State and Minnesota as well as having his own recruiting service before joining NCSA Athletic Recruiting as a...Tags: Sports, Kentucky Wildcats, College Football, Illinois Fighting Illini, Southeastern Conference
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Record python killed in South Florida
A record-setting Burmese python was killed with a knife in a rural section of southern Miami-Dade County, after a long struggle in which it wrapped itself around a man's legs. The monster snake was 18 feet, eight inches long, beating the previous Florida...
Tags: Miami-Dade County, Homestead, Google Inc., Florida International University, Florida City
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Gov. Scott vetoes 3% tuition hike, $368M in projects
TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Rick Scott vetoed $368 million in lawmaker pet projects Monday and blocked a 3 percent tuition hike for Florida colleges and universities. The tuition increase passed earlier this month was a small piece of the overall $74.1...
Tags: Titusville, Executive Branch, Brevard County, Education, Charlie Crist
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Gun range, ATV course proposed for Palm Beach County parks
Forget slides, swings and soccer fields. A shooting range, off-road vehicle course and bicycle jumps are new nontraditional park attractions potentially coming to Palm Beach County. While county officials joke about getting into the extreme-sports...
Tags: Sports, Wildlife, Florida Atlantic University, Environmental Issues, Conservation
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Railroad coming to U.S. 27? A new vision emerges
A scenic highway on the edge of the Everglades, U.S. 27 seems far away from the hustle and bustle of interstate commerce. It has no strip malls, few stoplights and gas stations. Vast open land — sugar cane fields, farms, sawgrass — surrounds...
Tags: Orlando, Miami-Dade County, Homestead, Florida Department of Transportation, Railway Transportation
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Annual calendar contest shines spotlight on cozy Rosemere
Photographers, it's time to take your best shots for Orlando's annual Historic Preservation Board calendar. The board has produced this generously sized, black-and-white beauty since 1991 to raise awareness about Orlando's historic resources — our...
Tags: Orlando, Realty, Frank Lloyd Wright, Services and Shopping, Architecture
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Floridians press for Everglades and port money
WASHINGTON – The next big phase of Everglades restoration will plug canals, build levees and create giant storage areas to guide fresh clean water through western Broward and Palm Beach counties and into the core of the famed River of Grass. The...Tags: U.S. Congress, Bill Nelson, U.S. House of Representatives, Lobbying, Politics
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Stranded father, son rescued from airboat in Everglades
A father and son from Palm Beach County were rescued in northwest Broward after their airboat ran aground and took on water in the Everglades Friday afternoon, according to Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue. Around 3:30 p.m., Will and William Cazanas set...
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Spring Fling bass tournament is May 26
Sun SentinelThe Bass-N-Fools has its 34th annual Spring Fling open team bass tournament May 26 out of Everglades Holiday Park. Entry fee is $80 and includes the big fish pot. Register at BJ’s Bait & Tackle in Plantation. Call Mark Escobar at 954-475-0248. -
Family-Friendly Exhibits
MODERN MEALS: REMAKING AMERICAN FOODS FROM FARM TO KITCHEN
May 17-August 18. Guests will be able to examine how Americans began eating foods that were mass-produced in the first half of the 20th century. The exhibit includes images and artifacts that...Tags: Art Basel Miami Beach, University of Miami, Burj Khalifa, Taipei 101, Arts and Culture
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Lobbying 2013 Legislature cost $34.2M
TALLAHASSEE — Insurance carriers, sugar growers pushing to lessen their pollution costs, telecommunications giant AT&T and an Internet-cafe software company dominated spending on lobbyists to influence the Florida Legislature during the first...Tags: Career and Workplace, Executive Branch, Lobbying, Winter Park, Rick Scott
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South Florida fishing report
Fishing report LAKE OKEECHOBEE Bass were biting along the outside grass lines. Look for schooling bass chasing shad in the open water. EVERGLADES/FRESHWATER Capt. Alan Zaremba reported that water levels are dropping again in the Everglades, which...Tags: Big Pine Key, Key West, Deerfield Beach, Boynton Beach, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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