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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, Football, Randy Edsall, Maryland Terrapins
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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: Super Bowl, Terrence Cody, Torrey Smith, John Harbaugh, Heart Attack
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Pernell McPhee could fill Ravens' rush order
Editor's note: This is the third in a series of profiles on Ravens draft picks whose first months as professionals have been disrupted by the NFL lockout. Coming next Sunday, Tyrod Taylor.
When Pernell McPhee arrived on campus at Itawamba Community...Tags: Kelly Gregg, Genes and Chromosomes, 2011 NFL Lockout, Georgia Bulldogs, Athletes
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Florida's Dr. Snakehead is making a house call
Sun StaffGAINESVILLE, Fla. - Few people in this country know more about the sharp-toothed Asian fish that has invaded a Crofton pond than the man some here call Dr. Snakehead. For the past year, Walter R. Courtenay Jr. has pored through reams of papers in a...Tags: Science, Hospitals and Clinics, James Williams, Nature, Rivers
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Railroad coming to U.S. 27? A new vision emerges
A scenic highway on the edge of the Everglades, U.S. 27 seems far away from the hustle and bustle of interstate commerce. It has no strip malls, few stoplights and gas stations. Vast open land — sugar cane fields, farms, sawgrass — surrounds...
Tags: Everglades, Florida East Coast Railway, Highway Transportation, Railway Transportation, Florida's Turnpike
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Floridians press for Everglades and port money
WASHINGTON – The next big phase of Everglades restoration will plug canals, build levees and create giant storage areas to guide fresh clean water through western Broward and Palm Beach counties and into the core of the famed River of Grass. The...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Everglades, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Congress, Broward County
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Palm Beach County hurricane season preparations target social media, smart phone
The hurricane season to-do list now includes adding friends, followers and apps, along with stockpiling bottled water, canned goods and batteries. With the June start to storm season fast approaching, Palm Beach County is counting on social media...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Hurricane Isaac (2012), Twitter, Inc., Telecommunication Service, Social Media
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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: Everglades, Arts, 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: Campbell (Osceola, Florida), Lakes and Ponds
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Army Corps draining Lake Okeechobee again
Rising 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-volume discharges are aimed at stemming the rise in lake levels on the eve...
Tags: Lakes and Ponds
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Father and son finally catch their trophy dolphin
For 13 years, Jack Milbery has headed offshore in search of a trophy dolphin. He finally achieved that goal Sunday when his son Nick, 18, landed a 55-pound bull fishing out of Hawks Cay. "It was just epic. We're still smiling," said Milbery, of Davie....
Tags: Everglades, Boynton Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Boats
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South Bay manager freely used city credit card, report finds
There aren't many taxpayers in the remote lakeside town of South Bay. But ex-City Manager Corey L. Alston used their money like his own, the county inspector general reported Thursday. Alston and other city employees used public money to buy flowers...
Tags: Justice System, Credit and Debt, Fort Lauderdale, Prosecution, Trials
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