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GEO withdraws gift, naming rights for FAU stadium
Florida Atlantic University's football stadium will no longer be named after GEO Group, after the Boca Raton prison company announced Monday it was withdrawing its $6 million donation. The deal, which critics dubbed "Owlkatraz," had been subject to...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights
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Spring Break roundup, FloriDUH style
FloriDUHThomas Francis Scanlan, 19, bolted after cops told him he was under arrest for underage drinking early Sunday at a home which was the scene of "loud screaming" and "loud music" with about 15 to 20 college students standing around outside, Boca Raton...Tags: Spring Break, Theft, Juvenile Delinquency, Clearwater (Pinellas, Florida), Daytona Beach
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'Jesus stomping' FAU prof is Democratic leader, but top Democrats steer clear of flap
Sun SentinelTop Democratic officials are steering clear of the controversy surrounding Deandre Poole, vice chairman of the Palm Beach County Democratic Party. Poole is the Florida Atlantic University instructor responsible for the “Jesus stomping”...Tags: Palm Beach County, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, 2012 Democratic National Convention, Florida Atlantic University, Lois Frankel
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Palm Beach County schools settle with feds on immigrant policies
Palm Beach County schools have agreed to be more welcoming to immigrant children whose families may not have all the paperwork needed to enroll in school. The district also will take steps to try to ensure students with limited English skills aren't...Tags: Palm Beach County, Crime, Law and Justice, Palm Beach County School Board, Students, Career and Workplace
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Let us go then, you and I, to O, Miami
As a man who two years ago carried the near-impossible mission of exposing 2.6 million Miami-Dade County residents to poetry, and who did so with a monthlong slate of events that included dropping famous poems from helicopters and sewing them into thrift-...
Tags: Miami-Dade County, Barack Obama, NBC (tv network), Festive Events, Kevin Young
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The Container Store opening in Boca Raton this summer
Sun SentinelThe Container Store is opening its first Palm Beach County location June 15 at the Town Center at Boca Raton. Ten percent of of sales from the grand opening weekend will go to the Junior League of Boca Raton, an organization of more than 700 women...Tags: Sears
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Four candidates running for mayor
It's a race between two Boynton Beach political players, a veteran candidate and a political newcomer. Four candidates are vying for the Boynton Beach mayor's job, and while their platforms differ, changing Boynton's reputation is paramount to each...
Tags: Palm Beach County Commission, Jerry Taylor, Politics, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, Colleges and Universities
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Updated: Students protest new FAU stadium name
Florida Atlantic University President Mary Jane Saunders has agreed to meet Friday with students upset about a decision to name the football stadium after a prison operator. About 100 students on Monday protested FAU’s decision last week to name...
Tags: Education, Health and Safety at Work, Florida Atlantic University, Students, Politics
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FAU stadium deal with prison company GEO Group is odd way to feather nest
My first reaction when I heard Boca Raton-based GEO Group was paying $6 million for stadium naming rights to Florida Atlantic University: A prison company sponsoring a college football stadium? Wouldn't the University of Miami Hurricanes be a better fit?...Tags: Education, Miami Hurricanes, Politics, Human Rights, Prisons
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Mayo: FAU stadium deal with prison company GEO Group is ripe for ridicule
Sun SentinelMy first reaction when I heard Boca Raton-based GEO Group was paying $6 million for stadium naming rights to Florida Atlantic University: A prison company sponsoring a college football stadium? Wouldn’t the University of Miami Hurricanes be a better...Tags: Education, Miami Hurricanes, Florida Atlantic University, Politics, Human Rights
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Missteps in trainee shooting ran afoul of standards, experts say
The director of Baltimore's police training academy didn't know that instructors were holding exercises at an abandoned psychiatric hospital in Owings Mills. There were no supervisors on site. A police service weapon somehow got mixed up with a practice...
Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Shootings, Health and Safety at School, Baltimore County, Firearms
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Nickelodeon star Victoria Justice cancels Aug. 17 concert in Boca Raton
Nickelodeon TV star and former South Florida resident Victoria Justice has canceled her Aug. 17 concert at Mizner Park Amphitheatre in Boca Raton, but that may not be the end of the story. A Friday announcement by tour promoter AEG Live cited “...
Tags: AEG, Twitter, Inc., Nickelodeon (tv network)
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