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Survivor inspires students
Sixty-eight years ago, the Russian Third Army liberated the Ravensbrück Concentration Camp near the town of Fürstenberg, Germany. One of the survivors in the camp was a 6-year-old boy from Poland named Nathan Montrose. Nearly seven decades later, on...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Berlin (Germany), Pompano Beach, Students, Human Interest
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As spring practice begins, high school football coaching carousel keeps spinning
Allen Held always figured he would know when it was time to step away from high school football. After more than 20 years, that moment finally came in January. Held resigned as South Broward's coach and for the first time in a decade, a new face will be...
Tags: High School Sports, Football, Sports
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Interior secretary visits Everglades
The Obama administration's new Interior Secretary skimmed across the Everglades in an airboat Wednesday, on one of her first trips to the field since taking over the department responsible for national parks, offshore drilling and endangered species....
Tags: Wildlife, Recreational Equipment Inc., National Parks, Palm Beach County
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RPT-ANALYSIS-Texas oil sails to Canada, refiners fume over tanker law
Reuters(Repeats without changes to headline or text) * US crude oil exports hit 13-year high in February * More crude sailing from US Gulf Coast to Canada * East Coast refiners restricted by Jones Act shipping costs By Jonathan Leff and David Sheppard NEW...Tags: Europe Sailing, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Politics, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Bass anglers hook a Burmese python
Joe Holland and Brett Darmody almost had the catch of the day in the Everglades Bassmasters of South Florida 42nd annual Open Team Tournament at Everglades Holiday Park. They were fishing near the southern end of the L-67A Canal Sunday afternoon when...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Holidays, Fishing, Deerfield Beach, Netherlands
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Sally Jewell affirms Everglades `a high priority'
She came, she saw, she toured by airboat, and she reaffirmed that the Obama administration remains committed “to the people of Florida to make the Everglades restoration a high priority.” Sally Jewell, less than three weeks into her job...
Tags: Everglades National Park, Boynton Beach, Environmental Issues, Invasive Species, Water Supply
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Florida teachers to get pay raises under budget plan
TALLAHASSEE — Florida's teachers will get pay raises, but not until next year — and they won’t be doled out as the $2,500, across-the-board pay hikes Gov. Rick Scott wanted. Florida lawmakers' on Monday finalized their 2013-14 state...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Employees, Charter Schools, Budgets and Budgeting, Public Schools
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Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to tour Loxahatchee
Sally Jewell is not wasting time before visiting the Evergaldes. In another sign of the Obama administration’s on-going focus on the ‘Glades, the newly installed interior secretary plans to tour the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee...Tags: Everglades National Park, Boynton Beach, Environmental Issues, Tourism and Leisure, Wildlife
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One million reasons for lawmakers to expand care
With this year's session of the Florida Legislature due to end Friday, lawmakers have passed some significant legislation. The list includes bills to reform government ethics rules, create a new path to high school graduation and keep Everglades...Tags: Government Health Care, Elections, Politics, Medicaid, Justice System
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Florida's final budget grows to $74.5 billion
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- Florida lawmakers' budget handiwork hit the desks just after 1 p.m. Monday, starting the 72-hour "cooling off" period before the Legislature can take a final vote on the $74.5 billion spending plan that includes $480 million in merit pay...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Elections, Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, Colleges and Universities
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Tax cuts, stadium deals, insurance reform, expressway changes all come down to session's final week
TALLAHASSEE — The last week of Florida's legislative session will settle fights on taxes, stadium subsidies from Orlando to South Florida, and the fading push from Gov. Rick Scott to win $2,500 pay raises for teachers and tax breaks for businesses....
Tags: Sun Life Stadium, Altamonte Springs, Orange County (Florida), Politics, Insurance
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Sen. Boxer finds herself at odds with environmentalists
WASHINGTON — Barbara Boxer has long been one of the Senate's environmental champions, racking up perfect scores for each of the last five years on the League of Conservation Voters' report card on key votes. But the Californian now finds herself...
Tags: Politics, Barbara Boxer, Human Interest, Democratic Party, Conservation
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