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The Gradebook (Free subscription) | yesterday
... USF on the GI Bill to be sure to finish their studies . BE THERE: Superintendents of several north Florida school districts urge parents to take a more involved role in their children's academic lives, the Florida Times-Union reports. SHE'S BACK: The St. Lucie teacher who let her class of kindergartners vote a classmate "off the island" soon could be back in front of students , the...
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The Gradebook (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... the way students are educated, the Times editorializes. NOT GOOD ENOUGH: The ACLU sues several Florida government leaders over Palm Beach County's poor high school graduation rate, the Palm Beach Post reports. LABOR NEWS: The Broward teachers union loses a lawsuit in which it claimed the district breached the contracts of 32 dismissed teachers, the Miami Herald reports. • Pembroke Pines...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Florida head coach Urban Meyer amended the suspension he handed Brandon Spikes, increasing the star linebacker's ban from one half to a full game.
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The Gradebook (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... on how you count , as Broward is discovering, the Miami Herald reports. BUILDING CHARACTER: Florida schools try to fit character lessons into all the academic work, the Florida Times-Union reports. WHEN CONSULTANTS WILL DO: Martin schools hire outside help to run the district's finances, the Stuart News reports. KEEPING STUDENTS SAFE: UF's police chief talks about campus security...
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Editor And Publisher (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
CHICAGO Morris Publishing Group said Monday it has reached a complex restructuring deal with its creditors that will slash its debt from $415 million to $126.5 million. Though the deal has the support of its senior bank lenders and a majority of its unsecured noteholders, it likely will take a trip through bankruptcy court to finalize. The parent of The Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville and...
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Deadspin (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
With apologies to Slate, the Tim Tebow Messiah Watch is our occasional look at the growing body of evidence — quotes, signs and wonders, excessively fawning prose — that the Florida...
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Florida Politics (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Updated: "Crist downplays ties to Rothstein""Is Something Rotten In The State Of Florida?"[T]here are now three Crist moneymen caught up in alleged criminal or extremely shady activity.Crist, whose career has been fueled by his skill as a fundraiser, finds himself entangled with the trio of scandals just as his U.S. Senate primary campaign against conservative Marco Rubio...
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Cryptozoology Online: Daily News (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
By TOM PHILLIPS - Friday, October 30, 2009 Police say a Florida man stole a live ferret from a pet shop by stuffing it down his trousers. Thirty-eight-year-old Rodney Bolton is charged with theft of the $129 (£78) animal that police say he took from a pet store in Jacksonville Beach, The Florida Times-Union reported. A 17-year-old witness confronted Bolton about the ferret-theft...
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... drawn in Slive's sand."," Meyer said today during the SEC coaches teleconference according to the Florida Times-Union. "You've got to protect quarterbacks. That's the whole purpose. It's right in front of the referee."Uh-oh.Given Slive's opening a can of suspended worms, did Meyer just criticize the officiating in the game, therefore opening himself up to a suspension'It seems innocuous,...
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Florida Politics (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
"Crist's political troubles are reflected in new poll numbers that show even most fellow Republicans don't like the job he's doing in Florida."The bottom is falling out from under Florida's once hugely popular governor. Really, precisely what has Charlie done ... except not being "Jeb!" And that ain't enuf'.The "new Miami Herald/St. Petersburg Times/Bay News 9...
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... shortly after 6 a.m. She said she was in the shower and did not hear anything, Mahla told The Florida Times-Union Court records show Dana Whitelaw, 47, filed for divorce in August. Sheriff Rick Beseler said he was told the couple separated in June.Jerry Whitelaw worked for a company called Idea Integration in downtown Jacksonville, but there was no answer at the company's telephone when...
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Fox News (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... shortly after 6 a.m. She said she was in the shower and did not hear anything, Mahla told The Florida Times-UnionCourt records show Dana Whitelaw, 47, filed for divorce in August. Sheriff Rick Beseler said he was told the couple separated in June.Jerry Whitelaw worked for a company called Idea Integration in downtown Jacksonville, but there was no answer at the company's telephone when called...
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Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... shortly after 6 a.m. She said she was in the shower and did not hear anything, Mahla told The Florida Times-Union. Court records show Dana Whitelaw, 47, filed for divorce in August. Sheriff Rick Beseler said he was told the couple separated in June.Jerry Whitelaw worked for a company called Idea Integration in downtown Jacksonville, but there was no answer at the company's telephone when...
