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Thursday's Afternoon Update
What you need to know about Florida today
With the primary in less than a week, who's on top?
One week before the primary election to determine who will be the Democratic and Republican candidates for Florida's next governor, Ron DeSantis and Adam Putnam are in a statistical tie on the Republican side and Gwen Graham has opened up a 12-point lead on Philip Levine among the Democrats. More in the latest poll from Florida Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling Initiative. The Florida Senate campaign is giving Democrats reason to be nervous. Republican Gov. Rick Scott is up 6 points over Democratic Senator Bill Nelson. Scott has out-spent Nelson by a 4-to-1 margin. More from Vox.
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» Florida Insider Poll: Here are the final primary predictions
How Brazil stole the production of orange juice from Florida
In the United States, orange juice is synonymous with Florida. It may come as a surprise, then, to look at the fine print on a bottle of Tropicana and Simply Orange and discover that part of the product isn't from the Sunshine State after all. It's from Brazil. More from CNBC.
What’s behind the spurt in Port Tampa Bay’s shipping container business
Two years after the debut of its two giant gantry cranes, Port Tampa Bay is seeing a 59 percent increase in its shipping container business, though maybe not for the reasons those cranes would suggest. More from the Tampa Bay Times.
Darden reveals data breach at Cheddar's restaurants
As many as 567,000 customers at Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen restaurants may have had credit card information compromised. Orlando-based Darden said the breach may have exposed the credit card numbers and other payment information of customers in 23 states that visited the restaurants. See the announcement from Darden Restaurants and read more at the Orlando Sentinel.
Could a super snake emerge from Everglades pythons? New DNA study raises possibility
What started out as a straightforward genetic study of Florida’s invasive python population has turned up a surprising plot twist: a small number of crossbred Burmese and Indian pythons with the potential to become a kind of Everglades super snake. More from the Miami Herald.
Research
Baby gators hatching on UNF campus in name of science
The sex of an alligator is determined not by genetics but by the temperature at a certain time during their incubation — only females are produced if it’s too cold or too hot. A hotter planet could tip the natural balance between male and female.
» More from the Florida Times-Union.
Out of the Box
Three struggling seadragons get ‘pool noodles’ at the Florida Aquarium
A neoprene prosthetic device can be seen on a rare, leafy seadragon as it floats toward the top of a tank at the Florida Aquarium. The seadragon is one of three at the aquarium with a defect causing an inability to float for long periods of time.
» See the news release from the Florida Aquarium and read more from the Tampa Bay Times.
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