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Minorities often face pressure to fit in
Every Sunday morning, the Rev. Paula White stands in front of her congregation at New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka and looks out on thousands of brown faces. "When people say things like, 'She is a white girl that preaches black' is when I...
Tags: Trayvon Martin, Rollins College, Human Interest, NAACP, Pine Hills
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Lawmakers looking at new high school graduation “pathways”
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelThis is what the House K-12 education subcommittee is NOT considering (according to its chairman): requiring fewer credits to earn a diploma, eliminating high school course requirements, creating different tiers of high school diplomas or abandoning... -
Head of Council on Aging of Florida arrested
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — The chief executive officer and assistant CEO of the Council on Aging of Florida have been arrested for using more than $2.75 million of Medicaid dollars to boost salaries and pay for personal expenses. Attorney General Pam Bondi's... -
Update: Gators freshman offensive lineman Jessaman Dunker released from jail following arrest for riding stolen scooter
Florida Gators freshman offensive lineman and former Boynton Beach High School standout Jessaman Dunker was released on a his own recognizance Thursday following Wednesday’s arrest for driving a stolen scooter. Dunker was charged with grand...
Tags: Theft, Boynton Beach, Trials
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FCAT mania: Evaluating to the test irks teachers
How absurd is Florida's new teacher evaluation system, which rates teacher effectiveness based on student standardized test results? In at least two cases, a school's "Teacher of the Year" has been given a subpar rating, threatening their jobs. Alachua...Tags: Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Academic Progress, Glades Middle School, Separation of Church and State, Teaching and Learning
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Florida travel calendar for February
Check out festivals and events in February across the state.
This list is organized by region.
Central Florida (including Orlando, Kissimmee, Daytona Beach, Sanford, the Space Coast, Lakeland/Polk and Lake County)
Through Feb. 3: 24th Annual Zora Neale...Tags: Rodeo, Panama City (Panama), Human Interest, Ocala, DeLand
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Rod Smith: On the French Republic, and GOP judicial politics
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Florida Democratic Party Chairman Rod Smith says he fielded calls from lawyers and fellow D's urging him to step into the Supreme Court judicial merit fight this fall. Sure it's convenient given the other races on his plate, but the ... -
State Board grants waivers to two F charter schools
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelTwo F-rated charter schools (one in Alachua County and one in Escambia County) were granted waivers this morning that will allow them to remain open, despite getting two F's in a row on Florida's school report card. The State Board granted the waivers... -
Political consultants, secret donors, and the joke that is Florida campaign-finance law
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE – Cockroaches have a survival instinct to scurry from the light. And so do some of Florida’s highest-paid elections lawyers and consultants, who have done their darnedest this year to cover up the financing behind their advertising... -
Consultants don't want you to see who's financing campaigns
TALLAHASSEE — Cockroaches hide from the light. And so do some of Florida's highest-paid elections lawyers and consultants, who have done their darnedest this year to cover up the financing behind their election advertising. This election, we've...Tags: Local Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Maria Lorts Sachs, Democratic Party, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida)
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Cops: Man discarded beer bottle into patrol car window
FloriDUHBe careful where you toss that beer bottle. Dylan Gansen, 21, who was at a house party in Gainesville, heaved his Bud Lite bottle, with a lot number and “Born On’’ date printed on it, into the window of a deputy's patrol car, causing...Tags: Gainesville
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Report: Meth lab had cops for neighbors
FloriDUHMarty Holder, 37, was cooking meth in an apartment with a 5-year-old and a 10-year-old child in it — adjacent to a police annex in Gainesville, according to the Gainesville-Alachua County Drug Task Force, reports the Ocala Star-Banner. The...Tags: Interior Policy, Ocala, Methamphetamine (drug), Gainesville, Politics
Mar 11, 2013
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Dec 9, 2012
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Nov 4, 2012
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Sep 3, 2012
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Sep 5, 2012
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