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The Huffington Post
Hurricane Riptides Roil Atlantic Coast: 1 Dead, 1 Missing

SATELLITE BEACH, Fla.— Authorities are warning people along much of the Atlantic seaboard to beware of rip tides from distant hurricanes after a surfer died and a swimmer was reported missing.
Surfers pulled 47-year-old Tazwell Brown from the water off Satellite Beach in central Florida on Saturday. No official cause of death has been determined, but investigators say the Ocoee, Fla., m
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The Huffington Post
Florida State Beginning A New Life After Bowden

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— Life after Bobby Bowden for Florida State's players has meant getting lessons in positive thinking as well as eating more beans and greens and less fried chicken and fast-food burgers.
For Jimbo Fisher, who succeed the now-retired Hall of Fame coach at Florida State, it's finally getting a chance to do things his way after three years as Bowden' offensive coordinator.
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The Huffington Post
'Luna' Vachon Death Details Emerge

TMZ has learned ... investigators claim they discovered crushed Oxycodone pills and a snorting straw inside the Florida home of former WWE star Gertrude"Luna"Vachon ... where she was found dead Friday morning.
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TMZ
Ex-WWE Star Luna -- Pills Found in Death Investigation

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TMZ has learned ... investigators claim they discovered crushed Oxycodone pills and a snorting straw inside the Florida home of former WWE star Gertrude"Luna"Vachon ... where she was found dead Friday morning. According to the police report filed by… Read more
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Oklahoman
Brantley era, life after Tebow begin for Florida

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP)â€” Don't expect Florida quarterback John Brantley to take a victory lap.
Don't expect him to scream in the huddle, run up and down the sideline or lower a shoulder into defenders. Read more on NewsOK.com
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Baltimore Business Journal
AAA: Floridians fear long-term effects of oil spill

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may have been capped, and there have been reports that there is little oil left on the surface of the water. Still, most Floridians are very concerned about the disaster’s long-term ecological effects on Florida’s beaches.
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The Guardian
US homeowners flock to Florida event in desperate bid to save properties

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Orlando Sentinel
Success, failure of Jimbo Fisher, Christian Ponder likely to be intertwined

The success– and potential failures – of the first-year coach and senior quarterback are likely to be intertwined in 2010. TALLAHASSEE — The way Christian Ponder tells the story, he and Jimbo Fisher first met in the lunchroom, by chance. This was almost four years ago — back in January 2007 — on thefirst floor of the Moore Athletics Center on the Florida State campus. Fisher, now the hea
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St. Petersburg Times
WaWa gas stations are coming to Central Florida

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South Florida Business Journal
Florida has 11th-highest auto delinquency rate

Florida has the 11th-highest auto loan delinquency rate in the nation, at 0.67 percent for the second quarter, according to TransUnion’s quarterly analysis of trends in the auto industry.
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South Florida Business Journal
Allen elected chairman of Florida Ports Council

Port Everglades Director Phil Allen has been elected chairman of the Florida Ports Council.
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Orlando Sentinel
Despite death of founder, FAMU's Marching 100 plays on

We will not have a moment of silence to commemorate the recent passing of William P. Foster, the founder of the famed Florida A&M; Marching 100.
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