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Mirasol Homes for Sale & Real Estate
Mirasol Country Club is one of the most prized golfing communities in South Florida and consists of 25 separate residential villages. Search all Mirasol Homes for Sale.
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How the Pinellas Sheriff’s Office boosts its rape stats without solving cases
“None of these cases I reviewed were properly or thoroughly investigated,” said a retired criminal investigator, who reviewed 11 of the cleared cases for the Times.
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Best Restaurants & Bars in Wellington Florida
What are the Best Restaurants & Bars in Wellington Florida? Here are the top 10 Wellington restaurants along with the top 10 quick bite restaurants. #wellingtonfl #restaurants #top10
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Florida millionaire fighting for higher minimum wage: "I have one last crusade in me."
The minimum wage debate takes place against a confusing economic backdrop. John Morgan’s pitch is simple: Florida’s minimum wage for 40 hours a week totals just $338.
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Moving to Wellington Florida? 8 Reasons You'll Love Living Here
Relocating to Wellington Florida? If so it's a wonderful place to call home and here are 8 reasons you'll love living here. #wellingtonfl
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Thousands attend funeral for Florida veteran who died without family
Thousands of people turned out Tuesday to pay their respects to a deceased Army vet who had no living family to attend his funeral. Some 4,000 people, most of whom strangers to Edward Pearson in life, attended his funeral at Sarasota National Cemetery, where he was buried with military honors.
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Florida deputy pulls over speeding car, ends up delivering baby
One Florida deputy made a very special delivery early Tuesday morning. The Collier County Sheriff's Office reports Dep. Robert Pounds spotted a car going 63 mph in a 45 mph zone on Airport-Pulling Road in Naples around 4:30 a.m. The deputy then pulled over the car.
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America's great climate exodus is starting in the Florida Keys
Mass migration begins as coastal homes are bulldozed in the state facing the biggest threat from climate-driven inundation. Lori Rittel is stuck in her Florida Keys home, living in the wreckage left by Hurricane Irma two years ago, unable to rebuild or repair. Now her best hope for escape is to sell the little white bungalow to the government to knock down.
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Florida woman sentenced to prison for $1.6 million family curse scam
A Florida woman who claimed to be a fortune teller has been sentenced to three years and four months in prison for taking $1.6 million from a Texas woman to remove a curse from her family. Sherry Tina Uwanawich, 28, was sentenced last week, according to the Associated Press.
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Florida declares emergency as state braces for Hurricane Dorian
President Trump declared a state of emergency in Florida on Friday, preemptively easing federal recovery efforts expected for Hurricane Dorian.
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The Snakes That Ate Florida
In the Everglades, everything still looks the same. The waving saw grass, the cypress and pine trees draped with air plants, the high, white clouds parked like dirigibles above their shadows—if you’ve been to the Everglades before, and you go back, you’ll still find these. But now there is also a weird quiet. In the campsites of Everglades National Park, raccoons don’t rattle the trash can lids at four in the morning.
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A Florida woman was fined $100,000 for a dirty pool and overgrown grass. When do fines become excessive?
Kristi Allen read the letter and thought it had to be a scam. It said she owed $92,600 in fines for overgrown vegetation and a stagnant swimming pool at a house she no longer owned. She must pay in two weeks, the letter said, hinting that she could be sued if she didn't. Including interest charges and other fees, her debt swelled to $103,559, about twice her yearly income.
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Florida towns can no longer ban residential vegetable gardens
Vegetable gardens may not be as visually pleasing as the floral variety, but Floridians looking to save some green by growing their own salad fixings can soon do so without fear. Gov. Ron DeSantis this week signed legislation that bans local governments from enacting ordinances against homeowners from raising veggies in their yards.
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Floridians Are Suing a Cop Fired for Planting Drugs in Their Vehicles
Thanks to the diligence of one assistant state attorney, 119 cases were thrown out and the officer is under state investigation. By Katie Rose Quandt.
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633 divers collect over 1,500 pounds of trash at a Florida beach — and set a world record
The Guinness World Record-setting 633 divers retrieved at least 1,626 pounds of trash at the Deerfield Beach International Fishing Pier in Florida.
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Spraying diseased citrus orchards with antibiotics could backfire
Florida plans to combat citrus greening with antibiotics which will harm the environment and us.
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Injured Florida Tortoise Receives First-Ever Turtle Wheelchair
One very lucky Florida tortoise has been given a second chance at life thanks to his new, custom wheelchair. A tortoise named Scoot Reeves was injured by a front end loader in Milton, Florida. He was left with his back legs paralyzed and his shell cracked. Scoot was brought to Hillman Veterinary Clinic in Pensacola in bad shape and was at risk of being euthanized due to his poor quality of life. However, Vet Techs Sasha Corbett and Shannon Chavers figured out a way to get Scoot back on his feet again.
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Childhood sweethearts separated as kids reunite years later and get married
Natalie Crowe was a bored teenager during the summer of 2012 when she stumbled across her mother's old address book in a storage bin and decided to search for a specific name. The first person to pop into her head was Austin Tatman, who was her best friend when they were 5 years old. The two had lost touch after she moved from Florida to Connecticut with her mother and siblings.
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Three antiscience bills die in Florida
No fewer than three bills — Senate Bill 330, House Bill 855, and Senate Bill 1451 — threatening the integrity of science education in the Sunshine State died in committee when the Florida legislature adjourned sine die on May 4, 2019, as Florida Citizens for Science noted in a May 4, 2019, blog post. Senate Bill 330 would have required "[c]ontroversial theories and concepts" discussed in science standards "[to] be taught in a factual, objective, and balanced manner." Although there is no indication in the bill about which "theories and concepts" are deemed to be...
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Florida teens who prayed for rescue while lost at sea are saved by boat named 'The Amen'
Crazy coincidence or divine intervention? Two Florida teenagers who became stranded at sea were rescued by a man traveling to New Jersey, and the name of his boat has them saying their savior must have been heaven-sent — literally. Longtime best friends Tyler Smith and Heather Brown, both 17-year-old soccer players at Christ's Church Academy, decided to skip class on April 18 and go swimming at Vilano Beach near St. Augustine, WJAX reports.
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