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UF Fun Fit Families program aims to create lifelong healthy habits
"Flush tag," which will prompt a discussion about the importance of hydration and water, is just one of the games that a new weight management program will feature in June.The University of Florida will offer the Fun & Fit Families program, geared toward the families of overweight children in Alachua County. It is a family-based lifestyle intervention that allows children and ...
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Biscayne National Park drops fishing ban plan
Biscayne National Park has dropped a controversial proposal to ban fishing across nearly 16 square miles of coral reef, after vigorous opposition from anglers and members of Congress.The park, which encompasses southern Biscayne Bay, had proposed a no-fishing zone to help coral reefs recover from decades of heavy fishing that had devastated snapper, grouper, lobster and other creatures that make ...
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Maersk Brings Transpacific 7 to Port Miami
Maersk Line, the global containerized division of the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group, and the leading container shipping company in the world added PortMiami to its Transpacific 7 (TP7) ...
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Winning ticket for 590-mln-dollar Powerball jackpot sold in Florida
WASHINGTON, May 18 (Xinhua) -- A winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of 590.5 million U.S. dollars, lottery officials said late Saturday. The winning ticket was sold at a supermarket in Zephyrhills, Florida. No further details on the lone winner was available. The numbers drawn Saturday were: 10, 13, 14, 22 and 52 with a Powerball number of 11. The chances of ...
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Whats closed for Memorial Day
Due to the Memorial Day holiday, residential curbside collection service for solid waste, recycling and yard trash will be delayed one day for the entire week. The regular schedule for these services will resume on June ...
Movie Review
The Queen
As a fictionalized peak behind the walls of Buckingham Palace during the seven days following the unexpected death of Princess Diana in 1997, The Queen offers an intriguing glimpse at a key evolutionary moment in the ancient institution of the British monarchy. The films central theme is ... ...
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Suwannee County man 27 dies in accident
A Suwannee County man was killed early Saturday morning when he drove off a dirt road and struck two trees, reported the Florida Highway ...
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Elderly Man Found Shot in Car Near Winn Dixie
A landlord shot and killed his evicted tenant in front of a Hialeah home early Thursday morning after the tenant arrived at the landlord's home with a baseball bat, police said. NBC 6's Ari Odzer spoke with neighbors about the ...
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Gov. Rick Scott to Sign Texting While Driving Ban
Florida Governor Rick Scott could sign or veto a texting while driving ban as soon as the weekend but so far, he has given no indication which way he is leaning. Attorney David Seltzer comments on the ...
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Foiled kidnapper told victims wife her husbands hand would be delivered in a box
Palm Beach County Sheriff's detective who posed as a kidnapper and Melillo was arrested on May 29, 2012, when he came to a parking lot to pick up what he thought was a $12 million payoff, negotiated down from the initial $20 million demand.During one phone call to an undercover agent posing as the victim's wife, Melillo threatened that if she didn't pay, "The victim's ...
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Living blind How Causeway Cannibal victim and others forge on
In a briefing on the medical condition of Causeway Cannibal victim Ronald Poppo, doctors and therapists last week expressed confidence that the longtime homeless man blinded in a vicious assault could once again lead an independent life.But in the year since Poppo was disfigured in the unprovoked attack, progress has been slow."At first, he didn't even want to learn to walk," said ...