April 29, 2024

Friday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 9/18/2015

› Olive Garden unlimited pasta passes sell out almost instantly
For the second year in a row Olive Garden and Orlando-based Darden sold passes that gave customers access to never-ending pasta, salad, bread sticks and soda for six weeks.

› Mayor, CEO announce .MIAMI domain name launch
Beginning Oct. 2, Miami will become the third U.S. city with a dedicated Internet domain name, Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado announced Thursday. The city will join New York (.nyc) and Las Vegas (.vegas) in creating a global Internet identity through which the city's businesses, communities and residents can clearly identify themselves with Miami and its internationally recognized brand.

› Record year for sea turtle nests
Endangered and threatened sea turtles have made their nests along the Sarasota coastline in record numbers. Two species of sea turtles are prevalent in the area and play a vital role in our ecosystem — the loggerhead sea turtle and the green sea turtle.

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