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Universal manager: 'We have more fun than you should at work'
The artists responsible for producing theme-park magic shared some of their secrets with Central Florida fans Saturday at the Orange County Regional History Center. Universal Orlando and the history center partnered for a stilt-walking demonstration for...
Tags: Mardi Gras, Orlando, Arts, Arts and Culture, Halloween Horror Nights
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Foreclosures surge in Orlando, Ocala
The Ocala area had the second-highest rate of home foreclosures in the nation during April, with Orlando ranked close behind in fourth, according to a new report. During a month when Florida and the U.S. saw further declines in foreclosure activity, the...
Tags: Foreclosures, Auction Service, Ocala, Orlando, Tampa
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Former FAMU student Rikki Wills pleads no contest in hazing case
Former FAMU drum major Rikki Wills, who insists that he tried to shield his college roommate Robert Champion from a brutal hazing in Orlando in 2011, pleaded no contest today to felony hazing resulting in death. Wills, 25, will not be sentenced until...
Tags: Culture, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Judges, Prosecution
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Routine testing key to reducing sexually transmitted diseases
Here's a sobering fact: More than 110 million people in the United States, which is more than one-third of the population, currently have a sexually transmitted disease. In 2010 alone, more than 8,000 Orange County residents were newly diagnosed with an...Tags: HIV, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Medical Procedures and Tests, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Our take: Lydia Gardner
Lydia Gardner Orange County's four-term clerk of courts was a born leader and public servant who won over this community with good humor and a thousand-watt smile. But as we pointed out when we endorsed Lydia Gardner for re-election in 2008, there was...
Tags: Politics, Government, Civil and Public Service, Winter Park, Orlando Science Center
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State Teacher of the Year finalist named in Orange
Dorina Sackman, an eighth-grade ESOL language arts teacher at Westridge Middle School, was named one of five statewide Teacher of the Year finalists for Florida in a surprise ceremony this morning. Sackman, who has been teaching English-language...
Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Macy's, Education
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Organize Now sends Scott a Mother's Day gift wish
Organize Now, the group leading a push for mandatory paid sick time in Orange County, continues to urge Gov. Rick Scott to veto a bill that would block local governments from enacting such local measures, and now they are enlisting moms to convinve him to...
Tags: Mother's Day, Politics, Rick Scott, Executive Branch, David Simmons
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Region's other tourist strip struggling to recover from downturns, decay
Back when International Drive was a short dead end and Orange County's giant convention center was just a dream, U.S. Highway 192 in Osceola County was Walt Disney World's doorstep, the road most Disney-bound tourists cruised in search of an affordable...
Tags: Property, Tourism and Leisure, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Can Osceola's tourist strip take back its hotels?
Twice a year, Val and Keith Lupton vacation somewhere along U.S. Highway 192 near Walt Disney World, drawn by the state's famous sunshine and the tourist strip's affordable lodging. For the past eight years or so, the accommodations chosen by the...
Tags: Rental Service, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Osceola County Sheriff's Office, Tourism and Leisure, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Firefighters battle three blazes across Orange
Three blazes across Orange County kept firefighters busy this morning. An Orlando Mitsubishi plant employee reported a fire in one of the manufacturing machines around 3:30 a.m., Orange County Fire Rescue spokesman John Mulhall said. About 30...
Tags: Fires
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House sends governor the Orange-inspired sick-leave bill
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- The Florida House sent Gov. Rick Scott a sick-leave bill which would block local governments from enacting sick-leave policies like the one slated for a public vote in Orange County. The compromise language passed 76-41 by the House...Tags: Elections, Rick Scott, Crime, Law and Justice, David Simmons, Government
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Judge won't throw out hazing lawsuit against FAMU
An Orange County judge, rejecting FAMU's argument that drum major Robert Champion should be viewed as a voluntary "participant" in the illegal hazing that killed him, will not throw out a wrongful-death lawsuit against the university. Circuit Judge...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Orlando, James H. Ammons, Robert Champion
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