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About 800 sign up for Fla. 'python challenge' hunt
MIAMI (AP) — Nearly 800 people have signed up to hunt Burmese pythons on public lands in Florida. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is holding a month-long "Python Challenge." Officials are offering cash prizes to whoever...Tags: Endangered Species, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Wildlife
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Highlights of Obama's $3.73 trillion budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — A look at what President Barack Obama has requested in his $3.73 trillion budget for the 2012 fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. ____ Agency: Agriculture Spending: $145.6 billion Percentage Change from 2011: 1.5 percent decrease...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Social Issues, California, Politics, Research
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Palm Beach County approves new deal to sell Mecca Farms
Finally giving up on developing taxpayer-owned Mecca Farms, Palm Beach County commissioners Tuesday approved pursuing a $26 million deal to sell the former citrus groves to the state for water storage as well as a public shooting range. The price of the...
Tags: Rentals, Endangered Species, Farms, Scripps Research Institute, Environmental Issues
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Herz takes over as boys basketball coach at Posnack
David Posnack Jewish Day athletic director Danny Herz is now also the boys basketball coach at the school. Herz confirmed Wednesday that he will replace Kenny Anderson, whose contract was not renewed for the 2013-14 school year following his arrest for...Tags: Basketball, Sports, High School Sports
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Water district head leaving to take environmental consulting job
Sun SentinelMelissa Meeker is stepping down as head of the South Florida Water Management District to take a private sector job with a Stuart-based environmental consulting firm. Meeker resigned Monday after two years leading the agency that is charged with...Tags: Environmental Issues, Politics, Marine Science, Environmental Politics, South Florida Water Management District
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UPS Foundation donates $6,000 to aviation academy
The Boynton Beach Aviation Academy program at Boynton Beach High School, a dual college/ high school program for students to enter the aeronautical field has received a $6,000 grant from the UPS Foundation specifically geared to encourage women to enter...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Students, Air Transportation Industry, Financial Aid, Boeing Co.
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Water district leader submits resignation letter
The head of the South Florida Water Management District resigned Monday, leaving after just two years and creating another leadership shakeup for the far-reaching agency charged with guarding against flooding and leading Everglades restoration....
Tags: Environmental Issues, Politics, Marine Science, Environmental Politics, South Florida Water Management District
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Introducing Bonecrusher II: Gatorland adds 70 creatures to its menagerie
Gatorland is adding more than 70 animals -- including a 15-foot American crocodile known as Bonecrusher II -- to the attraction after purchasing the creatures from the recently closed Everglades Wonder Gardens in Bonita Springs. New to Gatorland will be...
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College student snares record long Burmese python near Miami
ReutersBy Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Fla., May 21 (Reuters) - An 18-foot, 8-inch (5.6 metres) Burmese python set a record for the longest snake ever captured in South Florida, where the exotic species has taken up residence. College student Jason Leon snared...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Hurricane Andrew (1992), Everglades National Park
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Offshore kayak fishing tournament yields good catches
There were a bunch of noteworthy catches in Saturday's May Madness offshore kayak fishing tournament out of Pompano Beach, including wahoo, tuna, kingfish, amberjack and grouper. In all, the 113 anglers competing in the Extreme Kayak Fishing event...
Tags: Dick's Sporting Goods Incorporated, Plantation Park Elementary School, Sports, Canoeing and Kayaking, Lifestyle and Leisure
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South Florida Water Management District head resigns
Sun SentinelThe head of the South Florida Water Management District resigned Monday, leaving after just two years and creating another leadership shakeup for the far-reaching agency charged with guarding against flooding and leading Everglades restoration....Tags: Charlie Crist, Environmental Issues, Politics, Environmental Politics, Executive Branch
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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: Shootings, Endangered Species, Golf, Farms, Environmental Issues
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