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Friday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› For South Florida auto dealers, 2015 a banner year
From luxury brands like BMW and Bentley to stalwarts Toyota and Honda and budget-friendly Kia, 2015 was a banner year for sales at South Florida auto dealerships. But while more cars were driven off the lots, some of the sales came at a discount.
› Lockheed Martin lands 2 contracts for work to be done in Orlando
Defense giant Lockheed Martin has landed a pair of contracts to upgrade and maintain the targeting systems in the U.S. Army’s Apache helicopter, the company announced this week.
› New high-tech pill bottles will report back to your doctor
Imagine a pill bottle that would telephone your doctor and tattle on you if you skipped a dose of important medicine. It's not a strange dream or science fiction. It's exactly what a new startup company in Orlando is making.
› Florida manatees will lose ‘endangered’ species tag
Federal officials on Thursday said they will move to remove Florida’s manatee, the whiskered lumbering icon that came to represent the fight to save the state’s vulnerable wildlife, from the endangered species list.
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