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What you need to know about Florida today

| 5/20/2016

› Daytona wins Facility of the Year at Sports Business Awards
Daytona International Speedway won Facility of the Year at the 2016 SportsBusiness Journal Sports Business Awards, held Wednesday night at the Marriott Marquis in New York City's Time Square.

› Gainesville turns up in three upcoming TV shows
Gainesville people and businesses will be featured on three nationally broadcast television shows this weekend, starting with “Beyond the Tank” and “Undercover Boss” on Friday night and ending with “Tiny House Nation” on Saturday night.

› Number of South Florida million-dollar homes nearly doubled since 2012
Those in the market for a million-dollar home are likely to find one in the Miami metro area, where the supply of luxury dwellings has nearly doubled from 3.3 percent of the real estate marketplace in 2012 to 6.3 percent in 2016.

› Google is launching a new, conversational smart assistant
The Google Assistant will work across all of a users devices and let users communicate through a chat thread to give everything an "on-going two way dialogue with Google."

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