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Parking is key to downtown Orlando's future
When my son and I have a guys' night out, we like to watch things blow up. Big things. Like cars. And buildings. And planets. All Hollywood-style, of course. So one recent Saturday night, we decided to sate our manly urges by going to see a movie in...
Tags: Music, Entertainment
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'Tent to Tent': Homeless veterans' stories may play out on stage
About one in five homeless Central Floridians once wore our country's colors. Vets such as Loretta White. She's among the 62,000 or so vets who pray the Obama administration's bid to end homelessness by 2015 is a more unequivocal win than the Iraq and...
Tags: Social Issues, Winter Springs, Altamonte Springs, Behavioral Conditions, Abusive Behavior
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When it comes to Florida milestones, we're in a history-making year
Before we leave the first month of 2013, it's a good time to note that we've entered a bonanza year for Florida anniversaries. To begin with, happy 500th birthday to us! The Spanish explorer Ponce de León landed on Florida's shores in 1513. Like me, you...
Tags: Orange County Library System, Seminole County, Melbourne, Human Interest, Kissimmee
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How one family unplugs every week
I staked out my position at the bottom of the escalator, not far from where Santa was taking requests. I couldn't help but notice shopper after shopper pulling out their smartphones on the 30-second glide to the bottom level. Constant connectivity,...Tags: Religious Festivals, Holidays, Cell Phones, Religion and Belief, Judaism
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Movie awards, TV spoilers, local theater
Well, it'll be a while before we get to see the film that was voted best picture of 2012 by the New York Film Critics Circle on Monday: Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty," which deals with the hunt for O. bin Laden. It doesn't open in wide circulation...
Tags: Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Celebrities, Bernie (movie), Falling Skies (tv program), Politics
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Image isn't everything – but it means a lot
Seated in a large lecture hall at Seminole State College in Sanford, Shannon Conner could not contain herself. "Holy smoke!" she blurted out. It's rare that a classroom PowerPoint elicits the same reaction as a David Copperfield illusion. But to Conner'...
Tags: Barack Obama, Burlington Coat Factory, Teaching and Learning, Winter Park, Colleges and Universities
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'The heart of Maitland'
Sentinel Staff WriterFolks "seeking health and wealth" couldn't find a better home than Maitland, Florida, an enterprising copywriter wrote about 1890. Among the small city's lakes and pines, it seemed, one could find the Italy of America -- "truly a picturesque and...Tags: Florida, Alabama, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Travel, Tourism and Leisure
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Trayvon Martin would be alive if Neighborhood Watch rules followed
If George Zimmerman didn't break every rule in the book when it comes to Neighborhood Watch programs, he came close.
Zimmerman called Sanford police on Feb. 26, a rainy Sunday evening, to report a suspicious person inside his neighborhood near Seminole...Tags: Safety of Citizens, Shootings, Seminole County, Personal Weapon Control, Politics
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The Prospector: Dee Hart a Florida Gator? Imagine, but he has not decommitted Michigan, yet
Time to clear up a much speculated-upon subject. Dee Hart has not decommitted Michigan. Yet.
He may never. Then again, he might two or three more times before Feb. 2, National Signing Day.
Who knows?
I don't.
Neither does Dee, for that matter.
We...Tags: Florida, Alabama, Minnesota, Human Interest, Fred Taylor
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Love is in the air: Meet Your Match on Saturday at Seminole Animal Services
Animal Crazy - Orlando SentinelThis week is the 5th Annual Florida Week for the Animals. This is a statewide event and is designed to celebrate and build awareness on behalf of all animals, as well as recognize the shelters and citizens who support them. Seminole County Animal... -
Seminole was ready for battle on rezoning
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelSwitching a kid's elementary school riles parents, and the Seminole School Board was loaded for bear when it decided rezoning for 11 North Phase schools Monday evening. Security has become America's paranoia, and security was tight at the School Board... -
Seminole Cyclefest set for Nov. 3
The Chain Gang - Orlando SentinelThe Sanford event invites cyclists of all ages. According to a Facebook post, “there will be three routes this year: two of the same routes as in 2012 along with a 90-mile surprise for a select 50 cyclists who meet the criteria for participation.&#...
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