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Florida Firefighters Sent To Outstate Fires
wildland firefighters alachua, putnam and marion counties are among the 64 florida division of forestry employees who have been deployed to fight fires in other states. forestry officials said two of the state's four incident management teams were dispatched.
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Walt Disney World Fires Back On Guns
scott powers and jason garcia--the orlando sentinel, fla. walt disney world employees won't be packing any heat in the company parking lots anytime soon.
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To Tourists, State Looks As Golden As Ever Despite Fires, Economy
for a state seemingly on fire and choking on its own fumes, california kicks off its summer season this fourth of july weekend with its tourism mojo in surprisingly good shape. wildfire still rages in big sur
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To Tourists, California Looks As Golden As Ever Despite Fires, Economy
for a state seemingly on fire and choking on its own fumes, california kicks off its summer season this fourth of july weekend with its tourism mojo in surprisingly good shape. big sur evacuated vote/comment: have california wildfires or high gas prices affected your travel plans?
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Walt Disney World Fires Back On Guns At Work
walt disney world employees won't be packing any heat in the company parking lots anytime soon.
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Walt Disney World Fires Back On Guns At Work
the giant resort has declared that much of its sprawling property is exempt from a new state law that allows floridians with concealed-weapons permits to keep firearms locked in their cars at work. disney, which has 60,000 employees and a long-standing policy against allowing guns on its land, cites an arcane -- and late-added -- loophole in the new law, which took effect tuesday.
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Real Florida: Everglades Park Preserves Threatened Landscape
jupiter, fla.-walking through the cypress trees with air plants clinging and dripping off of them, i half expected to see a raptor with its creepy reptilian eyes jump out from behind some fallen tree.
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Thunderstorms May Ruin Holiday Plans In South Florida
the fourth of july barbecue might be a bit iffy, with a 50 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms in the afternoon friday. but the weather should cooperate in time for the evening's fireworks, the national weather service in miami said.
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Thunderstorms May Ruin Holiday Plans In South Florida
50 percent chance of thunderstorms early, then skies should clear the fourth of july barbecue might be a bit iffy, with a 50 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms in the afternoon friday. but the weather should cooperate in time for the evening's fireworks, the national weather service in miami said.
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Disney Fires Back On Guns At Work
walt disney world employees won't be packing any heat in the company parking lots anytime soon. the giant resort has declared that much of its sprawling property is exempt from a new state law that allows floridians with concealed-weapons permits to keep firearms locked in their cars at work.
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To Tourists, State Looks As Golden As Ever Despite Fires, Economy - Inside Bay Area
for a state seemingly on fire and choking on its own fumes, california kicks off its summer season this fourth of july weekend with its tourism mojo in surprisingly good shape. throw in nosebleed gas prices, skyrocketing air fares and recessionary ...
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Walt Disney World Fires Back On Guns - Hispanicbusiness.com
walt disney world employees won't be packing any heat in the company parking lots anytime soon. the giant resort has declared that much of its sprawling property is exempt from a new state law that allows floridians with concealed-weapons permits to ...
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Hype Or Fact? Us Outpouring Heads For Britain - Church Times
flowing from florida: a poster for the florida outpouring todd bentley, the revivalist behind the florida outpouring, is to send some of his fresh fire ministries team over to the uk for a london outpouring from 10 to 12 july. it will take place at ...
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Police Find 20 Cubans At Mexico Home - Chicago Tribune
cancun, mexico - police found 20 cuban migrants hidden at two safe houses in the mexican resort city of cancun on tuesday. one of the migrants said they had paid $15,000 each to be smuggled to the united states. as he was being removed from the house ...
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Disney Fires Back On Guns At Work - Orlando Sentinel
walt disney world employees won't be packing any heat in the company parking lots anytime soon. the giant resort has declared that much of its sprawling property is exempt from a new state law that allows floridians with concealed-weapons permits to ...
www.orlandosentinel.com

Entire Town Of Big Sur, Calif., Evacuated For Fire - Miami Herald
fires burn downhill towards the big sur center on highway 1 as a part of the basin complex fire in big sur, calif. on wednesday july 2, 2008. entire town of big sur, calif., evacuated for fire california wildfire coverage by the sacramento bee ...
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Starbucks Closes 600 Us Stores, Fires 12,000 - The Age
starbucks will close 600 us coffee shops and eliminate as many as 12,000 jobs, the most in its history, as chief executive howard schultz slows the chain's expansion after it doubled in size in four years. starbucks gained as much as 7.2% in late ...
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Gordon Wins First Nighttime Sprint Cup Race At Dis - Paddocktalk
the inaugural nighttime running of daytona international speedway’s independence day holiday classic was scheduled to take place in july, 1998. but the historic moment never came. race fans had to wait almost four months before they could ...
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City's Hope For Flying Police Drones Fades - Local 6
palm bay, fla. -- the small, remote-controlled aircraft could have provided a helpful eye in the sky, giving real-time movements of the mother's day fires that swept through the city, officials said. but now palm bay police say hopes are fading that ...
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Smog Watch 2008: 37 States With Smog Problems Through June - Forbes
washington, july 3 /prnewswire-usnewswire/ -- as many americans hit the road for the 4th of july, the non-profit clean air watch today warned that no fewer than 37 states plus the district of columbia have already experienced unhealthful levels of ...
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