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› VISIT FLORIDA deal paid TV fishing show producer $2.8 million in taxpayers' money
Since the first deal was made in 2012, VISIT FLORIDA paid Pat Roberts $2.8 million in taxpayer money for the show and allowed him to keep all of the advertising and sponsorship revenue. He even got a $175,000 boat out of the deal from one of the sponsors.
› Sonic boom shocks Central Florida
A sonic boom shocked Central Floridians early Sunday morning after the Air Force landed a secret military aircraft at Kennedy Space Center. The X37B is an unmanned secret military shuttle, which as been orbiting the Earth for more than a year on its fourth flight.
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› Chinese investors call St. Petersburg a gourmet paradise but some of their houses leave a bad taste
More than 75,000 times, viewers in China have clicked on the website of a company touting investment opportunities overseas. And one of the best places Chinese citizens can put their money, the company says, is St. Petersburg, Florida.
› SegAna startup pitches 'phantom lung' innovation, seeks investors
The concept for a lung simulator, which can help oncologists deliver radiation more precisely to tumors in the lungs, proved irresistible to a man who has built companies from the ground up into multi-million-dollar businesses.
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