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It???s coffee talk time on Florida???s Turnpike again
Crime and Safety - Sun-SentinelAs they did on Thanksgiving,??rest stops on??Florida???s Turnpike will offer free coffee for overnight Christmas and New Year's travelers to encourage ???safety breaks.??? Road construction will also pause during some of the most heavily traveled days....Tags: Pompano Beach, Traffic, Christmas, Florida Highway Patrol, Chicago Tribune
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Free coffee for holiday travelers on Florida???s Turnpike
Crime and Safety - Sun-Sentinel?? Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year???s road trips to visit?? family and friends are about to begin, and Florida???s Turnpike is offering free coffee for overnight travelers to encourage ???safety breaks.??? Road construction will also pause during...Tags: Transportation, Florida Highway Patrol, Chicago Tribune, Heavy Engineering, Pompano Beach
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WWII vet awarded honorable discharge
The Swampby Sara K. Clarke Samuel Snow fought for more than six decades for justice, and an honorable discharge from the Army. He got it Saturday -- just hours before his death. The 83-year-old Leesburg, Fla. veteran died early Sunday after......Tags: Armed Forces, Defense
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Swamp Sunrise
The SwampGood morning. Here are a few Washington events of note for Wednesday, October 22. President Bush is meeting with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is holding a hearing on the credit rating......Tags: National Government, George W. Bush, John McCain, Government, Barack Obama
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Lake foster children excited to choose prom dresses
In June, Kaitlin will turn that magic age of 18. As the clock strikes midnight, she will become a grownup and get booted out of foster care to make her own way in the world. Never mind that she has two more years of high school before she can go to...
Tags: Schools, High Schools, University of Florida, Education, Colleges and Universities
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Leesburg fire chief withheld critical information about fire-training center proposal
Troubling new information that has surfaced since an April 7 column about Leesburg commissioners voting to spend $80,000 on a fire-training center suggests that the fire chief withheld information that there was already one in town that firefighters could...Tags: Politics, Fires, Elections, Science and Technology
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Sinkholes on the rise in Lake, experts warn
Creeeeak! That's how it started. Just one little crack on the corner of the house in the concrete block. Larry King, who owns a property-appraisal business in Leesburg, noticed the first crack in his 30-year-old home about two years ago. Then more...Tags: Gainesville, Natural Disasters, Science and Technology
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Leesburg firefighter training center a waste of money
Lake County's municipal spendthrift is at it again. This particular waste of taxpayer cash should have raised alarms, even with Leesburg city commissioners who never met an ill-judged expense they didn't leap to pay. The expense involves the city...
Tags: Fires
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Possible closure of Leesburg air-traffic control tower threatens economic gains
Since 2007, planes at Leesburg International Airport have been under the command of air-traffic controllers working in a tower visible from U.S. Highway 441. Now, the federal government is threatening to close the tower April 7 as part of a shutdown...Tags: Politics, Public Officials, Air Transportation Industry, Government, Federal Aviation Administration
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Why the R-word should be the next taboo
If anyone thinks the Legislature's move to eliminate the word "retarded" from state laws is giving in to the PC police, think again. This word wasn't scrubbed out by our hypersensitive, politically correct culture. "Retarded" was hijacked years ago by...
Tags: Lobbying, Politics, Lady Gaga, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Residents respond to red-light cameras
If a columnist writes about abortion, a response through the roof is guaranteed. But red-light cameras? Who knew you cared so much? It turns out that Lake County residents have passionate feelings about red-light cameras, those devices that take video...Tags: Photography Supplies and Services, Florida Department of Transportation, Clermont, Services and Shopping, Photography and Video
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Students' experiences highlight value of school gay-straight clubs
Second of two parts. What does it mean to be gay in Lake County schools today? It means having a ton of friends at Eustis High School and being elected to the student council. It means being spit on in the hallways of Carver Middle School in...Tags: Bullying, Students, Gays and Lesbians, Abusive Behavior, Teaching and Learning
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Feb 27, 2013
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Feb 15, 2013
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