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Three getaways: Beaches beckon on bargain trips to Florida's Destin
DESTIN, Fla. — Folks in landlocked St. Louis love to visit beaches. And 750 miles south are some of the most beautiful sugar-sand beaches surrounded by emerald waters. A couple of months ago I came across a deal for a new commercial airline, Vision...Tags: Getaway Travel, Concerts, Entertainment, Bananas, Lotteries
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Coastal towns picture perfect on the Florida Panhandle
It has been 15 years since Seaside, a meticulously manicured town on Florida's Panhandle, staked its claim to fame as the setting for "The Truman Show."
In that 1998 film, actor Jim Carrey played the unknowing "star" of a global TV show set in a town...Tags: Entertainment, Jim Carrey, Environmental Pollution, Road Transportation, Highway Transportation
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Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
South Florida Parenting10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables; 305-667-1651 www.fairchildgarden.org This botanical garden with its extensive collections of rare tropical plants, including palms, cycads, flowering trees and vines, is a popular Florida attrac-tion. The 83-acre...Tags: Coral Gables
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Free Museum Day for Bank of America customers
South Florida Parentinghttp://museums.bankofamerica.com Bank of America customers can go to some of the coolest museums without ever swiping a credit card. Bank customers get into museums and attractions for free the first weekend of each month just by showing their debit or...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Miami Art Museum, Science, Fort Lauderdale, Science and Technology
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Tradewinds Education Weekday Farm Tours
South Florida Parenting3600 W. Sample Road, Coconut Creek 954-491-4605 broward.org/PARKS/TRADEWINDSPARK/Pages/TradewindsFarmArea.aspx TWFarmTours@comcast.net For a small fee, children can travel back in time to old-style Broward. At the Tradewinds farm, learn about the...Tags: Human Interest
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Shark Valley Tram Tours
South Florida ParentingU.S. Highway 41 (Tamiami Trail), 25 miles west of the Florida Turnpike 305-221-8455 sharkvalleytramtours.com Since 1983, Shark Valley Tram Tours have been educating people about the Everglades and giving them an up close and personal experience. The...Tags: Everglades National Park, Everglades
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Gold Coast Railroad Museum
South Florida Parenting12450 SW 152nd St., Miami; 305-253-0063 gcrm.org Formed in 1957 by people trying to save pieces of Florida’s history, the Gold Coast Railroad Museum is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, showing and operating historic railroad...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Transportation, Railway Transportation, Travel, Human Interest
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Crime log: Armed robbery at Route 198 7-Eleven
Laurel police report felonies, arrests and property crimes. Howard County police report major crimes, break-ins and car thefts. City of Laurel Gorman Avenue, 700 block, June 14. Armed robbery at 7-Eleven. Man displayed knife, demanded money from...Tags: Prosecution, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Garmin Ltd., Police Arrests
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Florida's economy improving but not as fast as other states
Sun SentinelFlorida is climbing out of economic bad times, but at a slower rate than most of the United States, according to federal statistics released Tuesday. Florida’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 1.4 percent in a year, a dramatic improvement from...Tags: Economic Indicator
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Ereck Plancher trial: UCFAA plans to file long list of appeals
Before the jury returned with a verdict in the Ereck Plancher wrongful death trial, UCF Athletics Association attorneys knew they would be filing appeals.
The UCFAA legal team strongly disagreed with a long list of rulings made by Circuit Judge Robert M....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Trials, Judges, John Hitt
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Florida and the Civil Rights
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe voices of those who lived when Florida was segregated can better explain history at the time. In an attempt to preserve history, Kitty Oliver, a professor at Florida Atlantic University, interviewed people who lived in Liberia, a predominately black...Tags: Social Issues, Broward County, Discrimination, African American Research Library, Liberia
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Alligators
Most people come to the Everglades in search of one specific animal: the alligator. If you’re chomping at the bit to see an alligator, you’re in luck. The dinosaur’s distant cousins are easy to spot in all of South Florida, but especially in Everglades...Tags: Death, Everglades National Park, North Carolina, Everglades, Animals
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