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Artist turns history on its head
Buried headfirst in a bed of flowers and mulch across the street from Bal Harbour Shops is a 12-foot-tall sculpture of the Barefoot Mailman, a historical figure who hand-delivered mail sans shoes along the beach between Lake Worth and Miami during the...
Tags: Arts, Arts and Culture, Everglades, Sculpture
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Lake Okeechobee water draining starts again
Sun SentinelRising waters from recent rains prompted the Army Corps of Engineers this week to start dumping Lake Okeechobee water east into the St. Lucie Estuary and out to sea. The new low-level discharges are aimed at stemming the rise in lake levels on the eve...Tags: Lakes and Ponds, Campbell (Osceola, Florida)
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Moderate drought spreads across most of South Florida
Most of South Florida is now at a high risk of seeing wildfires, and some water supplies are lower than normal, as moderate drought conditions have spread across Broward and Miami-Dade counties. Palm Beach County, which received enough rain to escape...
Tags: Water Supply, Natural Disasters, Miami International Airport Fire (2011), South Florida Water Management District, Environmental Issues
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McPhee has endured a tough year in Ravens' Super Bowl season
Growing up in bleak surroundings in South Florida, Ravens defensive end Pernell McPhee learned long ago that life can be cruelly snatched away, bright light suddenly replaced by darkness. Although the newly minted Super Bowl-winning defensive lineman...
Tags: John Harbaugh, Heart Attack, Sports, Super Bowl, Football
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South Florida Water Management District gets new chairman
Sun SentinelA real estate attorney who lives near Orlando is the new chairman of the South Florida Water Management District. Daniel O’Keefe, of Windermere, on Thursday was picked to lead the appointed, nine-member board that heads the agency charged with...Tags: Windermere, Charlie Crist, South Florida Water Management District, Rick Scott, Everglades
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Big Sugar wins first round in proposed changes to Everglades restoration requirements
Sun SentinelBig Sugar-backed changes to Florida’s Everglades restoration requirements won initial approval Thursday, despite environmental objections to potentially shielding agriculture from more water pollution cleanup costs. Environmental groups warned...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Everglades, Rick Scott, Environmental Issues, Water
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Big Sugar, environmentalists clash over Everglades cleanup requirements
Sun SentinelOne day into Florida’s legislative session, environmentalists and Big Sugar are already squaring off over proposed changes to Everglades restoration requirements. Audubon of Florida Wednesday was rallying opposition to measures that the...Tags: Local Government, Justice System, Environmental Pollution, Everglades, Rick Scott
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Environmentalists warn that law change helps Big Sugar dodge Everglades cleanup
Sun SentinelBig Sugar is trying to change state law to dodge more Everglades pollution cleanup costs, according to Audubon of Florida. Audubon Wednesday was rallying opposition to measures that the environmental group warns would help Big Sugar avoid paying more of...Tags: Local Government, Environmental Pollution, Justice System, Everglades, Rick Scott
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Terps CB Will Likely adjusting to College Park after leaving the Muck
The Baltimore SunWill Likely bypassed second-semester high school senioritis in favor of a head start on his 2013 college classmates by enrolling at Maryland last month. The transition from Belle Glade, Fla., to College Park has been smooth so far for the four-star...Tags: Mike Farrell, Randy Edsall, Maryland Terrapins, Sports, Football
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Florida rivers getting sicker, Sentinel investigation finds
Florida's rivers are in trouble. That's what the Orlando Sentinel found after a yearlong evaluation of some of the state's biggest and smallest, most urban and remote, cleanest and dirtiest, protected and abused rivers. Of the 22 rivers studied,...
Tags: Biology, Global Change, Highway Transportation, Chemical Industry, Atlantic Ocean
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Lawyer goes fishing and hooks a sagging plot
'The Lawyer's Lawyer' By James Sheehan. Center Street, 416 pages, $22.99 The vagaries of legal ethics, a defendant's rights and a high-profile murder combine for an epic-like plot that spans 12 years in the life of defense attorney Jack Tobin....
Tags: Clarence Thomas, Justice System, Delray Beach, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution
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Palm Beach County state lawmakers call for elections changes, help for Glades
Sun SentinelChanges to Florida’s much-maligned voting laws and help for struggling Glades communities are among the priorities that Palm Beach County state lawmakers say they plan to push for during the spring legislative session. Palm Beach County...Tags: Maria Lorts Sachs, Justice System, Palm Beach County, Local Elections, Politics
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