March 19, 2024

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| 2/5/2016

Unemployment rate hits 8-year low as job growth slams on brakes

Job growth slowed abruptly in the first month of the year, though the unemployment rate managed to tick down to its lowest level since 2008, according to a report released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. More from US News & World Report and USA Today.

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Rubio jumps into second in New Hampshire, new poll shows

Marco Rubio has moved into second place in New Hampshire, according to a poll released Friday morning. The Florida Republican trails only Donald Trump, though Trump retains a big lead, taking 30 percent of the likely Republican voters vs. Rubio's 17 percent. More from the Tampa Bay Times and NBC News.

Cheap gas prices drive down SunRail ridership

SunRail's rare decline in ridership from a year earlier comes at a time when gas prices are less than half what they were just four years ago when the region was planning for the rail line, which now runs from south Orlando to DeBary. More from the Orlando Sentinel.

Huge LGBT cruises worth millions to Broward County

On Sunday, more than 2,000 gay travelers will sail from Port Everglades on RSVP Vacations' seven-night Caribbean cruise aboard Holland America Line's ms Nieuw Amsterdam. It's the third LGBT cruise in recent weeks to sail from Fort Lauderdale, all of them sold out. More from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

One Spark creator academy put on hold as changes to Jacksonville event continue

More revisions and changes are on the way for Jacksonville’s One Spark events as organizers of the crowdfunding festival have put a hold on classes designed to train creators who take part in the event downtown. More from the Florida Times-Union.

Around the State
FDOT Partners with Florida Universities on Driverless Cars

florida driveless cars Researchers at Embry-Riddle University are working on a “Plan B” to perform tasks such as inspecting roads and runways, mowing rights-of-way and medians and painting lane markers. This project is one of a half dozen that FDOT is conducting with Florida Universities to prepare for a future of driverless and connected cars.

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Sports Business
Clearwater Company Helps Preserve Pieces of Baseball History

cameras Locked and stored away in heavy-duty filing cabinets, some nearly a century old, in a fireproof room at the headquarters for Minor League Baseball in St. Petersburg, rest some of the most interesting historical documents in the game: the player statistical cards.

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