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More Central Floridians are taking the bus

People are flocking to Central Florida's bus system, driven by a slowly improving economy and gas prices at nearly $4 a gallon.

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Loving and living with someone who has diabetes

Health Chat: Loving and living with someone who has diabetes

Join us for our next web chat 'When Your Loved One Has Diabetes: How to Nurture not Nag,' Noon to 1 p.m. Wed., May 25.

Gastric-bypass patients say goodbye to weight — and diabetes

Gastric-bypass patients say goodbye to weight — and diabetes

After her gastric-bypass surgery a year ago, Cyndi Toney of Cape Canaveral lost something more than her excess weight. Toney, age 48, also...

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Scott Maxwell

Scott Maxwell

Getting justice right — and people to work — should be our goal - May 21, 2011 - Today we're looking at two bills that legislators failed to pass.

Mike Thomas

Mike Thomas

Water-gulping grass is ruining Florida - May 23, 2011 - Environmentalists blasted me for downplaying the threat of BP oil in the Gulf.

Darryl E. Owens

Darryl E. Owens

Rapture or not, there's still work to do - May 21, 2011 - We were waiting for the end of the world/Waiting for the end of the world/ Waiting for the end of the world/Dear Lord I sincerely...

Aaron Deslatte

Aaron Deslatte

Rick Scott, CEO governor, unfazed by criticism from 'employees' - May 20, 2011 - TALLAHASSEE – Florida's CEO governor is getting an earful from the company, but Rick Scott appears unflinching in his vision.

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Food and Health-Product Recalls

A gallery of recent food and health-related product recalls

Pictures: 50 Fattiest Foods Across the Nation

The 25 fattiest foods across the nation

How social-service budget cuts may affect you

How social-service budget cuts may affect you

As social-service programs in Florida face steep federal and state budget cuts, the safety net for the poor, vulnerable and elderly is growing increasingly tattered.

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Lake County schools could have uniforms by fall

Lake County schools could have uniforms by fall

TAVARES — Lake County school children could be following a new dress code in the fall if a series of community talks goes the way some School Board members hope.

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Smile for the cameras: Departing astronauts take 1st photos of shuttle parked at space station

HOUSTON (AP) — In an unprecedented cosmic photo shoot Monday, a departing spaceship snapped close-up glamour pictures of the space shuttle Endeavour attached to the International Space Station.

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Landfill's garbage may power cars and trucks

Landfill's garbage may power cars and trucks

ST. CLOUD — Beneath the patchy grass of a hill on 17th Street is a potential source of power for cars and trucks.

Tom's Digs Blog Sentinel garden columnist Tom MacCubbin blogs about gardening year-round...
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