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MONDAY, SEPT. 10, 2007
WEST PALM BEACH:
Home-Sales Lag Adds Zest to House-Swapping Trend [Palm Beach Post]
Home swapping has become one of the latest trends in travel, with strangers swapping houses temporarily and saving money otherwise spent on a hotel room. Now it's also gaining interest as an alternative to selling a home and as a short-term solution when moving to a new city.
Its growing popularity can be attributed to word of mouth, the Internet and one appearance on the big screen.
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BREVARD:
Is It Draining or Farming? [Florida Today]
The St. Johns River Water Management District has accused A. Duda & Sons, one of Brevard's largest landowners, of illegally excavating ditches that drained roughly two square miles of ecologically essential wetlands just north of Lake Washington.
The powerful family-owned agricultural company could face tens of thousands of dollars in daily fines.
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TALLAHASSEE:
Vegas Games a Step Closer [Miami Herald]
Gov. Charlie Crist is nearing completion on a deal to give the Seminole Tribe of Florida the first Las Vegas-style table games in the state, along with slot machines, in return for up to $200 million a year that would be earmarked for education.
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JACKSONVILLE:
Some Physicians Find it Hard to Go Solo [Florida Times-Union]
Declines in procedure reimbursement from insurers and rising operating costs have sent many doctors into large physician groups, ending their own practices.
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ALSO AROUND FLORIDA:
›Florida Orange Harvests Look Bleak With Greening [Associated Press]
Florida's $9 billion, nation-leading citrus industry has been suffering some of its worst harvests even before greening showed up, sending juice prices skyrocketing. The disease's further spread makes them seem unlikely to recede any time soon.
›Last Stop In Rail Plan: Tampa [Tampa Tribune]
The new CSX commuter train system in Orlando puts freight rail companies in control of where passenger lines will go and how much they will cost the taxpayers.
›Tax Bill Challenges Expected to Surge [St. Petersburg Times]
The number of property owners fighting to lower their tax bills is expected to grow by as much as 40 percent this year - the highest number of challenges in more than a decade.
›First Spanish-Language Debate Makes History [Miami Herald]
In a debate at the University of Miami broadcast by Spanish-language television giant Univisión, Democratic presidential candidates hoped to speak voters' language.
›Scandal and Suicide On St. Petersburg City Council [St. Petersburg Times]
As police investigated allegations of sexual abuse, St. Petersburg City Council Chairman John Bryan killed himself Friday.
›Critics: Private State Lottery Useless [Palm Beach Post]
Should Florida lease its lottery to a private company, then turn around and use the proceeds to buy an annuity to replace the regular payments the lottery currently provides?
›A Pricey 'Special-Interest Food Fight' [Orlando Sentinel]
$7 million: What insurance companies, doctors, hospitals, trial lawyers, HMOs, chiropractors and trade associations with a stake in the no-fault law have paid to lobbyists so far this year to make their case in Tallahassee.
›Boutique Ships Ramp Up the Pampering [Chicago Tribune]
Management at Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises have asked themselves: What could they offer vacationers as an alternative to the big and brassy?
›German Biotech Firm Wants to Neighbor Scripps Research Institute [TC Palm]
As proposed, Max Planck would set up a 100,000-square-foot research institute next to the Scripps Research Institute on the Jupiter campus of Florida Atlantic University.
›Nelson Visit Highlights Glades Restoration [Associated Press]
Two senators are touring the Everglades this weekend to decry a White House threat to veto money for restoring the national treasure.
›$385M Later, a New Clearwater Core [St. Petersburg Times]
Downtown Clearwater's skyline is changing for the first time in decades. Construction cranes are building high-rises and clusters of townhomes are popping up on the flanks of downtown.
›Profile: Knowing Clients Adds Up for Zimmerman Advertising [Miami Herald]
Down to their feet, even: Many employees own shoes made by Crocs, one of the newest accounts in the agency's stable, and top Zimmerman executives extol the shoes' virtues with the fervor of the converted.
›Report: Many Florida Grads Not Ready for College [Fort Myers News-Press]
Only 36.4 percent of the 40,650 students entering one of the state's community colleges, was academically ready, data show.
›Deal Would Expand State Forest Land [Orlando Sentinel]
Rare ranch sale also would leave owners acreage to develop.
›Opinion: Before University Cuts, Change Bright Futures [Palm Beach Post]
When legislators created Bright Futures in 1997, they supposedly wanted to keep top students in the state.
›State Farm Review Widens
[St. Petersburg Times]
For the past month, Florida insurance regulators have taken a hard look at internal documents they demanded from State Farm. Now they want to see more.
›Making Body Parts [Sarasota Herald-Tribune]
Animal Replacement Technologies of Manatee creates material that mimics muscles and tendons.
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