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What you need to know about Florida today
› State wildlife agency hands out $500K in Central Florida to deter nuisance bears
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission cash will be used by counties and cities with high numbers of human-bear encounters to purchase lock-top trash containers for residents and bear-resistant dumpsters for public parks and businesses.
› What travels faster than a hurricane? A convoy of FPL trucks heading to the Carolinas
As Floridians greeted hundreds of utility crews and corps of police and fire rescuers from other states last year at this time, preceding and following Hurricane Irma, this is the scenario the Carolinas were seeing Wednesday.
› Busch Gardens reveals plans for Tigris, Florida's tallest launch roller coaster
Busch Gardens will open Florida’s tallest launch coaster in spring 2019, company officials announced Wednesday. The triple-launch, tiger-themed roller coaster called Tigris will hurl riders 150 feet into the sky, turn them upside down and swirl through curves at 60 miles per hour. It will also move backward. Read more in this news release.
› Former Orlando Health plastic surgeon files $100 million lawsuit against the health system
A former plastic surgeon at Orlando Health has filed a $100 million defamation lawsuit against the health system, alleging that the hospital fired him without cause and made false statements about him, portraying him as “mentally and emotionally unstable.”
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