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Orange sheriff's sergeant arrested on DUI charge | Video
An off-duty Orange County sheriff's sergeant was arrested on a misdemeanor DUI charge late Sunday after he hit the rear of a moving car, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Sgt. Kevin Meyer, 50, was in uniform and driving an unmarked law-enforcement...Tags: Florida Highway Patrol, Drunk Driving, Crime, Law and Justice, Amusement and Theme Parks, Crimes
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Lake, Orange County eateries recognized for no safety violations in the past year
Christopher's Inn Bed & Breakfast and the Cinnamon Inn Bed & Breakfast, both in Mount Dora, as well as Elva Gregory, an Orlando mobile food vendor, and M&M Concessions in Winter Park have been recognized by the Florida Department of Business and...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Lifestyle and Leisure, Winter Park, Business, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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NAACP convention leaders appeal today to Orlando's black pastors
National religious leaders from the NAACP appealed to Orlando's black pastors today for support and participation at the civil rights organization's annual convention scheduled here from July 10-17. The convention, coming to Orlando for the first time,...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Religion and Belief, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, NAACP
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Scott stops by to praise teachers, pitch raises on his 'victory tour'
Gov. Rick Scott praised Florida's public-school teachers Tuesday during a visit to Ocoee Middle School, one of five stops on his weeklong "victory tour" to celebrate teacher raises. "We've got great teachers in our state, and we should be very thankful,"...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Students, Academic Progress, Rick Scott, Laws
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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: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Human papillomavirus, Diseases and Illnesses, AIDS, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Unusual rain pattern helps create riot of roadside color
Surely the six days of soggy weather last week caused some sort of mayhem like destructive flooding, heavy swarms of mosquitoes or a rash of new sinkholes. Not so much. But the weather that lurked about much of Florida last week, looking on radar like a...
Tags: Highway Transportation, Orlando International Airport, Wildflowers, Volusia County, Natural Disasters
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Linda Tesauro: History teacher found calling in helping students
Linda Tesauro loved school so much as a child, she would pretend she was a teacher and repeat her lessons in front of an imaginary class when she came home. When Tesauro was named Orange County's Teacher of the Year in 1986, she said teaching had always...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Students, Tampa, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Advanced Training
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Special-interest successes mark legislative session
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Legislature's 2013 session agreed on highly touted ethics reforms making it harder for retiring lawmakers to immediately begin lobbying for special interests. And lawmakers approved "transparency" measures requiring...Tags: Jacksonville Jaguars, Sales, Daytona International Speedway, Lobbying, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Petition asks Rick Scott to veto bill blocking paid sicktime
A leading group behind the push for mandatory paid sick time in Orange County is starting an online petition to urge Gov. Rick Scott to veto a bill that would block local governments from adopting such measures. Organize Now started the petition over...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Career and Workplace, Rick Scott, Regional Authority, Elections
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05/06: Business events
Chamber West Orange: networking groups, 8-9 a.m. Tuesdays, Mimi's Cafe, 3130 Daniels Road, Winter Garden; 8-9 a.m. Wednesdays, TooJay's, 10185 W. Colonial Drive, Ocoee; http://www.tuesdaynetworkinggroup.com/ or 407-656-1304. Winter Park: Winter Park...Tags: Career and Workplace, Manufacturing and Engineering, Marketing, Fashion Square Mall, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Whooping cough death reinforces need for vaccines, officials say
An Orlando infant's death from whooping cough last month is underscoring the county health department's push to get children and adults alike vaccinated and keep vaccines up to date. The six-week-old baby boy was too young to have gotten his first...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Family, Diseases and Illnesses, Parenting, Diphtheria
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My Word: Don't allow proselytizing at public schools
On Thursday, while people across the United States were collectively praying for a divine blessing on our nation, volunteers from the Central Florida Freethought Community were disseminating atheistic materials to students in Orange County public high...Tags: Public Schools, Literature, Religion and Belief, Schools, Arts and Culture
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