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Fire squad pulls racehorse from Florida swimming pool
MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) — A force of specially trained firefighters got the call when a 6-year-old former racehorse took a 5-hour dip in a Florida swimming pool. Officials say three teenage boys were swimming Tuesday afternoon when the horse nosed its...Tags: Fires, Florida, Disasters and Accidents
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400-plus stung by jellyfish in central Forida
COCOA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — More than 400 bathers have suffered jellyfish stings over the holiday weekend along a stretch of central Florida oceanfront. Brevard County Ocean Rescue Chief Jeff Scabarozi (ska-buh-ROH'-zee) says more than a week of...Tags: Satellite Beach, Florida
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Nationals to Osceola? County may land team for spring training as Astros prepare to leave
Kissimmee might not be left without spring-training baseball after all. A Brevard County official expects the Washington Nationals to make the move from Viera in the near future. "They're not renewing their lease" in Viera, said Brevard County...
Tags: Montreal Expos, Local Government, Spring Training, Houston Astros, Kissimmee
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Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Day
Goggles on, boys and girls. The test kitchen food processor is wobbling like a Tilt-A-Whirl at the county fair. Before the tidbits go wild, let's dish: Think before you eat. Friday's Food Revolution Day is part of celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's...
Tags: Winter Garden, Lifestyle and Leisure, YMCA, Google Inc., Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Spate of shootings by law enforcers concerns community, FDLE
In the past month, seven people have been shot by law-enforcement officers in Central Florida — some fatally. In situations ranging from a crossbow-wielding man in Orange County to a 61-year-old woman in Volusia, officers have employed the most...
Tags: Laws, Volusia County, Lawyers, Law Enforcement, Crime, Law and Justice
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Incentives arms race isn't good business
Florida's elected officials can be generous to a fault – at least with your money. They're particularly gracious handing out incentives and tax breaks to companies and organizations dangling the prospect of jobs. Even if the company plans to add...
Tags: St. Lucie County (Florida), Politics, Burnham Institute, Government, Executive Branch
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Battle looms as commercial space interests seek piece of federal wildlife refuge
The coastal ghost town of Shiloh, where the nation's rock-star rocketeer wants to build a space town, is for now a place of orphan oranges, turkey tracks and lonesome tombstones. Above all, Shiloh is surrounded by the healthiest part of Merritt Island...
Tags: Science and Technology, NASA, Kennedy Space Center, Intracoastal Waterway, Air Transportation Industry
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FPL's rising natural-gas use spurs push for new pipeline into Florida
PORT ST. JOHN — Competing with the high-pressure whine of natural gas surging through gleaming pipes, Florida Power & Light Co. executives on Wednesday dedicated their newest power plant: a monster overlooking the Indian River Lagoon that bolsters...
Tags: Plant Openings, Mexico, Companies and Corporations, Juno Beach, FPL Group
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Traffic: Crash blocks Semoran Boulevard
A vehicle accident has southbound Semoran Boulevard blocked near Hoffner Avenue. Orlando police report the crash occurred about 6:55 p.m. No other details were immediately released. Elsewhere in Central Florida, a crash on Pleasant Hill Road at Cypress...
Tags: Boynton Beach, Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents, Volusia County, Highway Transportation
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Endangered green sea turtles make comeback
WASHINGTON — In one of nature's best comeback stories, endangered green sea turtles have multiplied in Florida during the past two decades and are now thriving in protected waters from Melbourne to the Florida Keys, marine scientists have...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Palm Beach County, Science and Technology, Conservation, U.S. Geological Survey
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Northrop may get largest state incentive deal of Scott's term
Northrop Grumman Corp., which reported a $2 billion profit last year, could receive nearly $19 million in cash and tax breaks from Florida in return for its planned expansion in Brevard County, which would make it the state's largest jobs-creation...
Tags: Lockheed Martin Corp., Politics, Companies and Corporations, Government, Aerospace Manufacturing
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Man traveled to Florida, robbed bank to pay for Disney cruise, cops say
FloriDUHAfter Cedrick Royce Swinson, a 37-year-old North Carolina man, his girlfriend and her two kids, ages 6 and 11, had driven overnight to take a Disney cruise leaving Brevard County, he discovered the cash for his final payment on the tickets was not...Tags: Satellite Beach, Orlando, Theft
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