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Memo to David Beckham: Orlando a better spot for MLS franchise than Miami
In his prime, nobody could curve a soccer ball around a wall of defenders and into the goal like David Beckham. Thus the famous mantra: "Bend it like Beckham." Unfortunately for Central Florida's ongoing effort to acquire a Major League Soccer...
Tags: Daytona International Speedway, Major League Soccer, U.S. House of Representatives, Los Angeles Galaxy, Jeffrey Loria
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Mayor Jacobs offers 'fast track' for soccer stadium
When it comes to building a new soccer stadium in downtown Orlando, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs has been in no rush, saying a new facility could be years away. But in what appears to be a change of heart, Jacobs wrote to Orlando City Soccer Club...
Tags: Major League Soccer, Travel, Orlando Hotels, Soccer, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Critics fret over doubling of campaign-cash cap
The size of campaign contributions that flow into city and county races across Florida will double this fall, a change that critics say gives deep-pocketed donors even more sway over local elections. For all but the top statewide contests, the...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Orange County (Florida), Political Fundraising, Amusement and Theme Parks, Politics
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Precourt rules out 2014 Orange mayoral run
Florida House Majority Leader Steve Precourt, R-Orlando, has ruled out a potential run for Orange County mayor in 2014. During the legislative session, Precourt said that he had been approached about the prospect and would consider it. But on...
Tags: Orange County (Florida), U.S. Congress, Val Demings, Politics, Elections
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Memorial Day ceremony honors those who paid ultimate sacrifice
Army Spc. Marcos Cintron always wanted to be a soldier. The Orlando resident realized his dream when he joined the Army in early 2010. He deployed to Iraq that November. In June 2011, Cintron died in a Boston hospital from wounds suffered when his...
Tags: Memorial Day, Orange County (Florida), Holidays, Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Guide to Memorial Day events in Orlando area
Through Tuesday Fallen Floridians Memorial Cross Tribute: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. daily; Lawton House, 200 W. Broadway St., Oviedo. More than 370 crosses will be on display, honoring Florida soldiers who have died while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Details:...
Tags: Winter Springs, U.S. Department of Defense, Orange County Courthouse (Florida), Human Interest, Music
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4 teams make finals for I-4's $2.1B makeover
Four teams made up of some of the largest companies in the world are in the final running for the $2.1 billion makeover of Interstate 4 through Metro Orlando, state officials said Tuesday. Three other consortia was eliminated during a scoring and ranking...
Tags: Florida Department of Transportation, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Interstate 4, Florida's Turnpike
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Auditor balks at public backing of I-4 bonds
Orlando, Orange and Seminole counties could be on the hook – at least a little bit – for up to $1.5 billion that a private company would need to build four toll lanes on Interstate 4 through the heart of Metro Orlando. Orange County...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Florida Department of Transportation, Finance, Interstate 4, Florida's Turnpike
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Orlando City investor: Larger financial stake in soccer-specific stadium possible
Orlando City Soccer Club investor Flávio Augusto da Silva was “surprised” earlier this month when he heard the Florida Legislature rejected state funding for a proposed $110 million soccer-specific stadium in Orlando. With the shock and...
Tags: Major League Soccer, Sports, Soccer, Florida Legislature, Local Government
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Despite concerns, Jacobs will pool campaign donations for re-election effort
Before she was elected Orange County mayor, Teresa Jacobs pushed to ban corporate political donations and stop supporters from pooling their money beyond the $500 individual-donor limit. Jacobs lost the fight for those reforms — and now she...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Lawyers, Amusement and Theme Parks, Val Demings, Politics
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Orange commissioner seeks open clerk slot, pondering 2014 county mayor run
Orange County Commissioner Tiffany Moore Russell said she has submitted her name to the governor to replace Clerk of Circuit Court Lydia Gardner, who died last week. The lone Democrat on the board said she's also "entertaining" a county mayoral run next...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Executive Branch, Rick Scott, Val Demings, Politics
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Arts-center leaders push to close $40M gap
About 2,000 Central Floridians will hear their telephones ring as leaders of Orlando's new performing-arts center seek the remaining $40 million to begin construction of the center's long-delayed third hall. Those residents have been identified by arts-...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Travel, Arts, Charity, Layoffs and Downsizing
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