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What you need to know about Florida today
› Robotics competition brings STEM-focused K-12 students to Tampa
More than 50 teams of students from kindergarten age through to high school seniors will build robots, create lego structures, and participate in technology-themed challenges at Roboticon Tampa Bay.
› The Beginning of the End of Coral
In 1998, an unusually sweltering El Niño did more than just break temperature records around the world—it heated up the oceans enough to spur what scientists came to call the first “global coral bleaching event.”
› STEM jobs: Tampa Bay leads Florida but can it become a bigger tech player?
If becoming a 21st century metro area means having lots of better paying technology-related job opportunities, then Tampa Bay should give itself a pat on the back — and keeping pushing for more.
› Fusion refocuses TV slate, lays off 30
After announcing a change in programming priorities in September, the Doral-based Fusion, a joint venture between Univision and the Walt Disney-owned ABC News, has revamped its overall television schedule and laid off 30 full-time employees.
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