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| 2/8/2017

› Florida Municipal Power Agency gives Vero Beach long-awaited exit cost
Getting out of its electric contracts would cost the city of Vero beach up to $108 million. That's the price Florida Municipal Power Agency General Manager Jacob Williams is recommending as the buy-out cost.

› Survey: Florida among happiest states in America
The financial news website 24/7 Wall St. has published their findings for the top 10 happiest and most miserable states in the country, and Florida has just jumped into the top 10.

› Tighter security coming to Red Sox spring training games
Fans going to Red Sox spring training games at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers this year will have to pass through a metal detector, the team said Tuesday. The move is part of a Major League Baseball initiative to improve security.

› NASA needs to replace aging bridge to KSC
As soon as 2021, an aging drawbridge over the Indian River Lagoon that provides a critical link to Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral could be unsafe for spacecraft and other heavy cargo to cross, a NASA engineering study has determined.

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