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  1. How to trim palm trees in Florida

    Experts say overpruning puts Brevard's palms in peril

    • Jan. 28, 2014

    Tree experts say countless palms, overpruned for years, are in danger of snapping or falling down in the next hurricane.

  1. “You’re all here because you’re all friends and trusted partners of FLORIDA TODAY,” Publisher Jeff Kiel said.

    Paper celebrates expansion at get-together

    • Jan. 28, 2014

    FLORIDA TODAY held a celebration Tuesday night to mark the enlargement of the newspaper, inviting many community leaders to participate.

  2. Satellite Beach, Scott Ellis trade jabs over audit of CRA funds

    • Jan. 28, 2014

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  1. Ducks have been plentiful in Brevard County in recent months. FLORIDA TODAY FILE

    Keith Winsten: Habitats need flux to thrive

    This has already proven to be a strange year for birding in Florida.

    • Jan. 20, 2014

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  1. A Dec. 17, 2013 photo, provided by the University of South Florida, shows Associate Professor Erin Kimmerle, center, facing camera, with investigators at a research site in a graveyard at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna. Researchers from the university have excavated the remains of 55 people in the graveyard at Dozier, five more than previous fieldwork had indicated might be there and 24 more than official records indicate should be there. AP

    Reform school dig uncovers remains of 55

    The remains of 55 people have been unearthed from a graveyard at a former reform school with a history of abuse, researchers said Tuesday.

    • Jan. 28, 2014
  2. FLORIDA TODAY President and Publisher Jeff Kiel speaks during an event recognizing the 'More' expansion of the newspaper at the Florida Today building in Melbourne on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. Tim Shortt, FLORIDA TODAY

    FLORIDA TODAY celebrates 'More' redesign of newspaper

    FLORIDA TODAY held a celebration of a redesign of the newspaper Tuesday evening, inviting many community leaders to participate.

    • Jan. 28, 2014
  3. Three archaeological digs were conducted at Windover between 1984 and 1986. The astounding discoveries that were made attracted international attention. FOR FLORIDA TODAY

    Florida Frontiers: Windover dig broke ground on ancient past

    Backhoe operator Steve Vanderjagt couldn't believe his eyes.

    • Jan. 28, 2014
  4. The Highland Mint in Melbourne has minted the Super Bowl flip coin for more than a decade. Malcolm Denemark, FLORIDA TODAY

    Official Super Bowl flip coin still has Brevard origins

    The Highland Mint in Melbourne flips out this time every year.

    • Jan. 28, 2014
  5. President Theordore Roosevelt High School in Honolulu, Hawaii. Google Maps

    Police: Officer shot boy in wrist at Hawaii school

    A police officer shot a 17-year-old runaway in the wrist at a Hawaiii high school after the teen cut one officer with a knife and punched two others, authorities said.

    • Jan. 28, 2014
  6. Joshua Lee Werbicki, 22, was caught on camera having sex with a family's German Shepherd. Brevard County Sheriff's Office

    Palm Bay man accused of having sex with family dog charged

    The man accused of having sex with the family dog has been formally charged by the state attorney’s office.

    • Jan. 28, 2014
  7. Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com
Larry Moultrie buys pipe insulation at the Lowes store on Airport Blvd. Monday afternoon in preparation for the cold weather forecast for the area Tuesday and Wednesday.

    Snow in Florida? Panhandle, South reporting ice, sleet, snow

    The National Weather Service is forecasting snow for parts of the Florida Panhandle thanks to an arctic blast.

    • Jan. 28, 2014
  8. Volunteers with certified therapy dogs showed up at University Park Elementary School for Tales for Tails, a program to help 2nd grade students improve their reading skills by reading to dogs. Ziamya Jones reads The Cat in the Hat to Farrah. MALCOLM DENEMARK/FLORIDA TODAY

    Programs pair readers with patient pooches

    For therapy dogs, bringing love and comfort to hospital and hospice patients is their job. They also lend that special skill to young readers.

    • Jan. 28, 2014
  9. Patrick Smith signs 'The Last Ride,' the story of bull rider Glen Mercer, at left. MALCOLM DENEMARK/ FLORIDA TODAY 2000

    Modest novelist Patrick Smith rich in friends, awards

    Patrick Smith leaves a legacy of a literary life well led. He remains loved by many.

    • Jan. 28, 2014
  10. An entangled dolphin is freed from fishing gear in the Indian River Lagoon near Vero Beach. Hubbs SeaWorld Research Institute

    Dolphin freed from fishing gear in Indian River Lagoon

    A dolphin mother once again swims safely with its calf after being freed from trap pot fishing gear in the Indian River Lagoon near Vero Beach.

    • Jan. 28, 2014
  11.  CRAIG RUBADOUX/FLORIDA TODAY

    Life, abstinence, sex and romance tonight at Calvary Chapel

    It’s a matter of life and death.

    • Jan. 28, 2014
  12. Kathren Cameron places a teddy bear at the mall after it was reopened to the public, Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, in Columbia, Md. A gunman killed two people and himself on Saturday at a store in the mall. Police identified the gunman as Darion Aguilar. The victims were two store employees Brianna Benlolo, and Tyler Johnson. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) AP

    Maryland mall victim attended Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. High

    Brianna Benlolo, a 21-year-old victim of Saturday’s mall shooting in Maryland, has ties to Brevard County, having attending at least seven years of school in the community.

    • Jan. 28, 2014
  13. FPL profits up for 2013

    Florida Power & Light, the state's largest electric utility, earned net income of $1.35 billion, or $3.16 a share, in 2013, up from $1.24 billion, or $2.96 a share, a year earlier, according to an earnings report released Tuesday.

    • Jan. 28, 2014
  14. Medical marijuana purchased at a dispensary. The Arizona Republic

    Florida justices approve medical marijuana vote

    A narrowly divided Florida Supreme Court paved the way for state voters to decide whether doctors should be allowed to prescribe marijuana as a treatment for some conditions.

    • Jan. 28, 2014
  15. A Vintage 1929 Ford Tri-Motor 4-AT-E-NC8407 aircraft that is billed as the first airliner makes a stop at the Merritt Island airport Monday afternoon as it continues on a tour offering rides. CRAIG RUBADOUX/FLORIDA TODAY

    Vintage Ford airplane lifts Space Coast passengers on short jaunts

    A 1929 Ford Tri-Motor 4-AT-E, the first mass produced airline, flew into Brevard County as it continues on a Florida tour to give fliers a feel for aviation's early start.

    • Jan. 28, 2014
  16. Gov. Rick Scott proposes boosting education funding by more than half a billion dollars in the fiscal year that begins July 1. In this Dec. 7, 2011, photo, he is releasing his 2012 budget that adds $1 billion to K-12 education. Tallahassee Democrat

    Scott wants a $500 million boost for schools

    Scott touts increase in education budget.

    • Jan. 27, 2014
  17. Around 100 people came out Monday night for the Republican Liberty Caucus of Florida Stop Common-Core forum at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Viera. CRAIG RUBADOUX/FLORIDA TODAY

    Caucus rally speaks out against Common Core

    Signs dotted the room: 'Keep Local Control.' 'Stop Fed. Govt. Takeover.' 'Stop Common Core.'

    • Jan. 28, 2014
  18. Andy Anderson, District 5, and Trudie Infantini, District 3, listen to one of the speakers during a recent County Commission meeting at the Brevard County Government Center in Viera. Tim Shortt, FLORIDA TODAY

    Infantini pushes to reset public comments at commission meetings

    County Commissioner Infantini challenges Chair Bolin Lewis in seeking to move comment to beginning of meeting

    • Jan. 28, 2014
  19. Polly Hines and 22-year-old daughter, Victoria, who has Down syndrome. Photos by TIM SHORTT/FLORIDA TODAY

    Families address matters of life and peace

    Lila Klausman recalls her first question for the pediatrician upon hearing her baby, Mark, had Down syndrome: “What do I do 40 years from now?”

    • Jan. 28, 2014
  20. Deputies say a Miami-Dade County man, Raul Capote, 29, drove a stolen truck along I-95 on Sunday at speeds over 100 mph during a chase. Brevard County Sheriff's Office

    Suspect chills in chair, arrested after 100 mph chase

    Raul Capote, 29, of Miami-Dade County was arrested Sunday in Titusville.

    • Jan. 28, 2014
  21. Tim Cerullo

    Merger complete with Wuesthoff parent

    Tennessee company completes merger with Wuesthoff owner.

    • Jan. 27, 2014

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