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Gov. Crist's special counsel on the oil spill
TAMPA (2010-9-8) - BP released a 193-page report today that shifts some of the blame for the massive oil spill to other companies. So what does this mean for Floridians trying to recoup a piece of BP's $20 billion settlement? Tampa lawyer Steve Yerrid is Gov. Crist's special counsel on the oil spill.
U.S. soldiers at an Afghanistan command outpost. DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison
TAMPA (2010-9-8) - Members of the military who served additional duty after 9-11 due to “stop loss" are entitled to extra pay. But, a majority of those who qualify for the retroactive pay have yet to claim it and time is running out.
Stetson Kennedy
JACKSONVILLE (2010-9-8) - A Florida civil rights pioneer says he’ll try to make a citizen’s arrest on the pastor who plans to burn the Quran on Sept. 11.
Rev. Terry Jones
GAINESVILLE (2010-9-8) - Pastor Terry Jones has told interviewers he never expected the storm of media coverage and international protests that followed his announcement. That could be true. He's said and done provocative things before as pastor of Dove World Outreach Church that have drawn much less attention.
Omega Psi Phi
(TAMPA) 2010-09-08 - A fraternity suspended by the University of South Florida for allegedly hazing members did not have enough members to be an active chapter, according to the fraternity's national organization.
Rev. Terry Jones
WASHINGTON (2010-9-7) - A small, Florida-based church's plan to burn copies of the Quran on Saturday has triggered outrage in the Muslim world and a warning from the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan that it could generate a deadly backlash against Americans.
FORT MYERS (2010-09-07) - Doctors and nurses from Florida Gulf Coast University’s Student Health Services stare at computer screens. They’re training to use their new electronic medical record system or EMR. A representative from the EMR company goes over its features on a projector.
Compression-only CPR.
TAMPA (2010-09-07) - CPR can only work if someone's willing to do it. Some people are afraid to do mouth-to-mouth. Others are scared they'll get it wrong. Either way, bystanders freeze up.
TAMPA (2010-9-3) - What do Rick Scott, Alan Grayson and Led Zeppelin have in common? They're all targets of the truth-o-meter this week as PolitiFact Florida's John Bartosek explains to WUSF's Scott Finn.
SMSgt. Rex Temple with his golden doodles, Sam and Charlie, at the Davis Islands dog park.
TAMPA (2010-9-2) - With combat troops officially out of Iraq, attention is now on Afghanistan. So, WUSF checked in with Tampa airman, Senior Master Sgt. Rex Temple. He’s been back from Afghanistan for four months and is experiencing the highs of being home and the lows of having spent time a war zone.
LAKELAND (2010-9-2) - A Polk County company is developing technology that it says could transform the phosphate industry. There may also be potential benefits to the environment. The new process takes low grade phosphoric rock, and uses a high temperature kiln to produce phosphoric acid for fertilizer or other uses.
MIAMI (2010-9-2) - One of NASA's flying laboratories took off from Fort Lauderdale Thursday afternoon and set a course for Hurricane Earl. The big storm threatening North Carolina is also an opportunity for scientists to plug some big holes in their hurricane forecasting skill.
 

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