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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: The Seminole Tribe, Teaching and Learning, Teachers
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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: Orlando, Florida Highway Patrol
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Weather: Storms to continue this evening in Metro Orlando
Storms that have been roaring through Central Florida will continue for another couple of hours, the National Weather Service in Melbourne said. Orlando, Volusia County and Lake County will continue to see rain, forecasters said. The worst of the...
Tags: Orlando, Lake County (Florida), Celebration, Ocala, Volusia County
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Traffic: S.R. 417 in Seminole slow because of crash
The right lane of the Central Florida GreeneWay is blocked before Exit 52 in Seminole County because of a crash. The trouble spot is just before the Exit, which leads to County Road 46A.
Tags: Interstate 4, Deltona, State Road 408, Traffic, Volusia County
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FDLE: Crime rates down in Central Florida, across state
Central Florida counties saw lower crime rates in 2012 — mirroring the statewide trend — according to the annual crime report released by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The overall crime rate in Orange County decreased by 4...
Tags: Lake County (Florida), Palm Beach County, Osceola County, Crime, Law and Justice, Orange County Sheriff's Office
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Florida jobless rate dips to 7.2 percent in April
Florida's unemployment rate continues to fall, dipping from 7.5 percent in March to 7.2 percent in April — the lowest level in five years. Metro Orlando's jobless rate also improved, falling to 6.4 percent, down three-tenths of a percentage...
Tags: Employment, Employment Opportunities, Orlando, Rick Scott, Government
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Suspected bank robber in hospital after car crash
A suspected bank robber is in the hospital Saturday but will be transported to jail later in the day, the Seminole County Sheriff's Office said. Two men were arrested Friday after Seminole County deputies said they robbed a bank near Lake Mary and...Tags: Interstate 4, Transportation Accidents, Hospitals and Clinics, Bank Robbery, Sanford
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Central Florida Republicans rally to take out Castor Dentel
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- Republican House District 30 candidate Bob Cortes, who hopes to defeat freshman Democrat Karen Castor Dentel next year, is holding his campaign kickoff and fundraiser at 5:30 p.m. tonight at the Longwood Community Building. Castor Dentel ...Tags: Politics, Orlando, Sanford, Longwood (Seminole, Florida), Parties and Movements
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The Fayetteville Observer, N.C., Live Wire column
The Fayetteville Observer, N.C.Q: How can I find out where some of the state's best waterfalls are? -- B.J., Fayetteville A: Do some waterfall surfing -- online. There are a number of sites with information, photos and maps about many of the hundreds of waterfalls that can be found...Tags: Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman
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Seminole to spend $7.4 million to buy land near airport for new sports complex
Seminole County took its first major step in building a complex for sports tournaments when commissioners agreed Tuesday to spend $7.4 million on almost 100 acres southeast of Orlando Sanford International Airport. The complex on East Lake Mary...
Tags: Interstate 4, Sanford, Longwood (Seminole, Florida), Local Government, Lake Mary
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DNA evidence may clear Honduran man sentenced to death in Florida
ReutersBy Barbara Liston SANFORD, May 14 (Reuters) - Lawyers seeking to overturn the murder conviction of a Honduran man who has been on Florida's death row since 2006 presented new DNA and blood stain evidence in a Florida court on Tuesday. Clemente Aguirre-...Tags: Chemical Industry, Biotechnology Industry, Crimes, Lawyers, Trials
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The Miami Herald Fred Grimm column
Miami HeraldTallahassee has long resonated with talk about our precious, precious school children. Except lately the allusion has become quite literal. It's as if our state legislators have come to regard little school kids as high-value commodities to be doled out...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Lobbying, Teaching and Learning, Students, Criminals
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