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What you need to know about Florida today

| 6/9/2014

› International travelers headed to Brazil get a taste of the World Cup at Miami airport
With only five days to go before the start of the 2014 World Cup tournament, thousands of international travelers are streaming through Miami International Airport headed to various cities in Brazil where the soccer games will take place.

› Cannabis entrepreneurs get suggestions for success
Would-be medical marijuana entrepreneurs gathered in Orlando were told Friday that if Florida voters approve Amendment 2 in November, any successful businesses must be squeaky clean, savvy about all the usual concerns from capital to patent rights -- and positioned for rapid growth.

› State bankrolls USF business school's building
With a $10 million boost in the budget approved by Gov. Rick Scott this past week, and $5 million from last year, the downtown St. Petersburg campus is finally in position to forge ahead with the estimated $27 million project for a new College of Business building.

› Couple finds fun side of media business
Donald Jones and Janice Dusseau Jones knew they had it good as on-air talent for news broadcasts on NBC WNCN in Raleigh, N.C. That’s what made their decision to walk away and start their own business so difficult.

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