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One rabbi, who gets his insurance through a corporation he formed, is willing to marry for a good deal. Some company owners will go to great lengths to save money, and then there's Rabbi Craig Ezring.
Read More »Human Sewage Identified as Coral Killer
A Florida biologist has linked a vicious coral-killing pathogen in the Caribbean and Florida Keys to human sewage that leaks into the ocean from improperly treated wastewater. [More]
Read More »Obama: Recovery Begins With Small Business
He also announced the SBA will double its investment in rural small business over the next five years. President Barack Obama told an audience in rural Iowa that economic recovery must be led by small businesses and entrepreneurs and "isn't going to be driven by Washington." Obama was opening a forum on the rural economy at Northeast Community College in Peosta on his second of three days travelling by bus through the Midwest. Tuesday he also announced that the Small Business Administration will double its current rate of investment in rural small businesses to $350 million over the next five years.
Read More »Oxycodone toll in Florida spotlights prescription drug dangers
Oxycodone caused 1,516 Florida deaths in 2010, a 9 percent rise from 2009
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Read More »Diana Nyad braves sharks to inspire seniors with marathon swim
Before leaving Cuba for Florida, 61-year-old swimmer says she's in her prime, hopes feat will inspire older people
Read More »Injured sea turtle returned in sea off U.S. coast
By Manuel Rueda JUNO BEACH, Fla (Reuters) - A plucky sea turtle has been released back into the wild off Florida's coast after months of intensive medical care to reverse damage caused by the propellers of a wayward motorboat. [More]
Read More »How Short-Lived, Slow-Moving Companies Can Become More Like Fast, Creative Cities
Cities get faster and more productive as they get bigger and last forever. Companies get slower and more boring, and then they go out of business. Can companies change that model?
Read More »Swimmer Plans On Electronics To Shake Sharks
Sixty-one-year-old Diana Nyad hopes to make history this summer by becoming the first person to swim 166 kilometers of shark-infested ocean between Cuba and the Florida Keys--without a shark cage. Nyad tried the crossing in 1978, swimming in a cage pulled by a boat. Tall waves, strong currents and bad weather kept her from succeeding.
Read More »Bringing An Injured Sea Turtle Back To Life With Human Tissue Regeneration Technology
The patient was saved by cutting-edge technology used on burn victims and wounded soldiers. But the patient in question isn't a person, it's a sea turtle, the first animal saved by tissue regeneration procedures. Warning: graphic sea turtle surgery photos
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Obama's speech on the debt ceiling, choosing the right office space, Branson's underwater expedition, and more. Obama warns country of risk of default. Last night, millions of Americans watched President Obama deliver his plea to Congress to raise the debt ceiling
Read More »Notes from the Ground: One Day to Go to Final Shuttle Launch
Atlantis Launch Notes: July 7, 9:00 A.M. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER--As of now, NASA's final space shuttle launch is still on for Friday at 11:26 A.M. Eastern time, but a gathering storm bearing down on Florida's Space Coast remains a major concern.
Read More »AAA Is Now Providing Emergency Electric-Vehicle Charging Services To Stranded Drivers
If your EV stutters to a halt while you're cruising down the highway, call the same people who fix flats on your regular car.
Read More »Stranded whales on the Key Largo shore
Florida mile marker 102 is easy to miss, and many of the volunteers coming to help save three struggling pilot whales have to make a u-turn on US1 before pulling into the inconspicuous dirt road marked by a small sign, "Marine Mammal Conservancy." The three young whales, two still young enough to be dependent on their mothers for feeding and one, a late teen, are notably smaller than the huge humpbacks that usually come to mind when we think of beached whales. [More]
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