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Florida judge denies request to postpone George Zimmerman trial
A Florida judge on Tuesday rejected a bid by the defense to delay the trial of George Zimmerman, who is facing second-degree murder charges in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, almost a year ago. The ruling came on what...
Tags: Prosecution, Lawyers, Trials, Judges, Justice System
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George Zimmerman sues NBCUniversal, alleging defamation
Murder suspect George Zimmerman has sued media giant NBCUniversal for defamation, alleging the company and its reporters tried to create a "racial powder-keg" by manipulating a tape of Zimmerman's 911 call to authorities on the night of Trayvon Martin's...
Tags: Litigation, Laws, Trials, Today (tv program), Trayvon Martin
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Fires in Florida and Cornwall, N.Y., destroy bits of history
Nation NowFires in the eastern United States have destroyed two vastly different bits of irreplaceable history: a legendary cypress tree in Florida and an industrial complex in the New York community of Cornwall.... -
14-foot-plus alligator breaks Florida state record
OutpostsA male alligator measuring more than 14 feet has broken the Florida state record for length. Orlando resident Tres Ammerman, who traps alligators as a hobby, pulled the 14-foot, 3 1/2-inch behemoth out of Brevard County's Lake Washington on Sunday...... -
FCAT writing scores rise, third-grade reading marks up slightly from 2012
Florida students wrote better essays on this year's FCAT than in 2012 and third-graders posted slightly higher marks on the state's key reading exam, scores released Friday show. The scores are the first wave of results from the 2013 administration of...
Tags: Elementary Schools, Education, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Students, Teachers
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Healthful cooking on menu for Kissimmee kids in after-school club
Wearing pint-sized chef hats and aprons, a gaggle of elementary-schoolers looks up expectantly from picked-clean plates. "Did you guys enjoy?" their instructor asks. "Yes!" comes back a chorus of voices. "Who wants seconds?" Eyes widen and...
Tags: Diabetes, Health and Safety at School, Healthy Diet, Kissimmee, Health
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Traffic: Rain-slicked I-4 a big pain for drivers
Interstate 4 is rain-slicked mess this afternoon — again. Congestion is a problem on eastbound I-4 from Exit 78 (Conroy Road) to Mile Maker 91 in Seminole County. Slowdowns are being reported on westbound I-4 from Exit 84 (State Road 50) to Exit...
Tags: Interstate 4, Traffic, Sanford
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Charley Reese: Longtime Sentinel columnist was a popular conservative voice
Charley Reese, a retired Orlando Sentinel columnist who for decades argued forcefully for less government and more personal freedom, died Tuesday. He was 76. Reese, who lived in Seminole County, died of respiratory failure after a long illness, family...
Tags: Israel, Lebanon, U.S. Army, Periodicals
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Seminole, Brevard named "high performing" school districts, again
The Seminole County school district -- and neighboring Brevard County's -- are "academically high performing," based on Florida's annual designation. Both have earned the title in previous years. Seminole, in fact, has been so-named for six...Tags: The Seminole Tribe, Brevard County
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Orlando area high-school graduation ceremonies begin today
Orlando SentinelThousands of students throughout Central Florida will be starting a new chapter in their lives as high school graduations begin this week and continue into June. The ceremonies start today, with Seminole County's Lake Mary and Lyman high-school...Tags: Amway, Osceola County, University of Central Florida, High Schools, Oviedo
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Seminole teachers to vote on pay raise, change to salary schedule
Seminole County's public school teachers are to vote next week on a contract that will give them a retroactive, average raise of 2.7 percent for the current school year -- but also put them on a new "salary schedule" their union opposes. The Seminole...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, The Seminole Tribe
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Head-on collision injures three in Seminole County
Three people were injured — two seriously — following a head-on collision on a Seminole County road early Monday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said James Johnstone, 23, of Orlando was headed east on County Road 419 about...
Tags: Florida Highway Patrol
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