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WUSF 89.7 News   SARASOTA (2009-11-20) Sarasota's police chief was suspended and a police officer fired Friday, in the wake of an investigation of an arrest that was made in June.  TAMPA (2009-11-19) Hillsborough County Public Schools will receive a $100 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to overhaul teacher placements within schools. Co-founder Melinda Gates says the grant will create a system for identifying effective teachers and placing them in every classroom.  TAMPA (2009-11-19) Thursday was the Great American Smokeout, and a special kind of van is rolling through Florida with a message to keep kids off cigarettes. It stopped at the USF Medical Clinic, which marked the day by banning smoking on its part of the Tampa campus.  TAMPA (2009-11-18) Organizers of a drive to change the way Florida draws up its Congressional and legislative districts say they've got enough petitions to place it on next year's ballot. Now, they've got to convince the voters that it's worthwhile.  TAMPA (2009-11-18)Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai will be sworn in this week for another five year term. Meanwhile, Senior Master Sergeant Rex Temple came across one of Karzsai's predecessors. The Tampa airman was out on a routine mission with his Afghan army counterpart when they came across the gravesite of a former president of Afghanistan.  CLEARWATER (2009-11-18)If you happened to see a fire engine parked outside a school Wednesday most likely the crew was not on an emergency call. It was the Great American Teach-In where professionals, craftsmen and business people tell kids about their jobs. At Belcher Elementary in Clearwater, there was a fire engine and a horse of a different color.  TAMPA (2009-11-17)Law enforcement officers, prosecutors and mental health experts are calling on Florida legislators to spend more money on drug treatment, re-entry programs and diversion strategies instead of expanding state prisons. That’s a bottom line message from a two day “Smart Justice Summit” in Tampa.  TAMPA (2009-11-12)The hand-selected board members who lead Florida’s university system, state colleges and public schools met together for the first time Thursday at Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter. Their goal is to create a unified system for students from pre-kindergarten through post graduate and to toughen standards.  LAND O'LAKES (11-11-09) The problem of homeless veterans isn't new. But the downturn in the economy has meant a lot more vets don't have a roof over their heads. A first-ever event held by a new homeless resource center in Pasco County is giving some homeless vets a helping hand.  TAMPA (2009-11-11) The troubles that can lead to homelessness such as mental health problems and job loss are not lost on Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki who said, “We know that veterans lead the nation in homelessness and depression and substance abuse and suicides.”  LAKELAND (2009-11-10) State Sen. Paula Dockery formally announced her candidacy for governor Tuesday night at a rally in her home town of Lakeland. She decried "business as usual" in the Republican Party.  TAMPA (2009-11-10) Near the site of Tampa’s first military post, Fort Brooke, a covenant was signed cementing the partnership between the City of Tampa and military leaders from the various commands at MacDill Air Force Base and the Coast Guard. |
Hillsborough CountyFriday was a different sort of day at the Hillsborough County Courthouse, a place that deals daily with abuse and neglect and children who linger in foster care. It was National Adoption Day, and thirty-two sons and daughters would be made official on the word of a judge. Hillsborough County schools took a bow on the national stage Thursday, officially winning a $100 million teacher effectiveness grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The award — part of a $335 million investment into a handful of districts the foundation believes can unlock America's stickiest education challenges — puts Hillsborough squarely on the cutting edge of national reform efforts. A Hillsborough County task force recommended Monday the preservation of the 12,800-acre Cone Ranch, saying it should be protected from development. County commissioners are scheduled to vote on the recommendation at their Dec. 2 meeting. Pinellas County"It's good to be home," said Andrew Hall, after he was released from Bayfront Medical Center where he spent seven months after being hit by a man police say was driving drunk. A Pinellas County deputy was injured early today when her cruiser was struck head-on by a vehicle traveling the wrong way, the sheriff's office said. A 64-year-old pedestrian was killed Friday night when he was struck by a vehicle while crossing 62nd Avenue North in St. Petersburg, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Sarasota-ManateeBy Tiffany Lankes
A Bradenton couple told police they were robbed at gunpoint trying to get a room at a Motel 6 this morning. The Associated Press
Officials at an Interstate 75 weigh station in Marion County reported finding more than 800 pounds of marijuana hidden in a load of cantaloupes being hauled by a semitrailer. The Associated Press
A Hillsborough County Regional Transit Authority bus struck and killed a pedestrian near the University of South Florida. Polk CountyBy JENNA FRYER
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HOMESTEAD | All Jimmie Johnson ever wanted was a chance to race with the best in NASCAR. Maybe even win a race or two.
Never did he expect to be a champion.
Especially four times over. By KAREN MATTHEWS
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NEW YORK | The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday. By RAY HENRY
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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. | A month of harsh words between Rep. Patrick Kennedy and a strident critic, Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin, escalated Sunday when the bishop acknowledged asking Kennedy not to receive Holy Communion because of the Democratic lawmaker's support for abortion rights. Pasco CountyThe Pasco County school district launched its new Pasco eSchool this year with great fanfare, but an online adult-education program has been quietly educating students via the Internet for about a decade. Because of the jobless rate in Pasco County, Salvation Army West Pasco is starting some Christmas aid programs earlier. Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative policies could pull the plug on potential short sales of vacant homes, a West Pasco real estate leader fears. |
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