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Will Short Gorham | 4/17/2012

› HSN gains footing helping Hollywood sell tickets
When HSN gives its call center people a private screening of Snow White and the Huntsman next month, it's not just to boost morale. Workers are expected to answer customer questions when the TV shopping network makes the movie's premier a 24-hour shopping event May 30.

› $1 million donation will transform Orlando Library into digital playground
A $1 million donation in the memory of Orlando civic leader Dorothy Lumley Melrose will transform the Orlando Public Library into one of the most avant-garde in the nation, officials said before the Monday evening announcement.

› Jackson Health System shows a surplus, as UM “streamlines” operations
Jackson Health System showed a $6.2 million surplus in March and similarly positive results are likely to be “the rule rather than the exception” in coming months, Chief Executive Carlos Migoya said Monday.

› Tampa woman wins suit for pay discrimination
When Heidi Wilson was promoted to manager of the Citicorp service center in 2009, she was upset that she didn't get a raise or a bonus — especially since she knew her male predecessor made more than she did. When she was bypassed for a raise and a bonus again in 2011, she requested a market analysis be done within the company. Her supervisor didn't authorize it. When she was fired last March without severance pay, she decided to go to court.

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2 injured loggerhead turtles triumphantly crawl into the Atlantic after rehabbing in Florida
2 injured loggerhead turtles triumphantly crawl into the Atlantic after rehabbing in Florida

A crowd cheered and took photos as two loggerhead sea turtles slowly made their way through the sand and into the Atlantic Ocean. Monday's turtle release marked the end of their rehabilitation at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach, Florida.

 

 

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