May 18, 2024

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What you need to know about Florida today

| 9/15/2014

› Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals stops selling main product
Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals last month suspended sales of Antabloc, which is based on the locally based company's patented formulation of the tobacco extract anatabine.

› In southwest Florida, man and panther vie over goats and state's true nature
In 2005, nobody in southwest Florida reported losing any livestock to panthers, according to a government report. In the year that ended June 2013, panthers killed 25 goats, cows, lambs and house cats.

› Activists demand stepped up manatee protection
Environmentalists say the federal government's fast-track permitting process for Florida waterfront access, means the already endangered manatee could be increasingly at risk.

› 'Engineers on Wheels' Roll into Florida Schools
"Engineers on Wheels" will be rolling into high school campuses all over South Florida this fall. The Chrysler van, loaded with hands-on activities and engineering experiments, will visit classrooms as part of a Florida International University (FIU) initiative to introduce the subject to high school students.

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