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Gov. Rick Scott leads trade mission to Chile
Miami HeraldGov. Rick Scott will lead a state delegation to Chile next week, his eighth overseas trade mission since taking office. For three days beginning Tuesday, the Florida visitors will meet with U.S. Ambassador Alejandro Wolff and network with business...Tags: Pam Bondi, Regional Authority, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Government, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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My Word: Remembering Astronaut Cooper's firsts
Most people have seen videos of Neil Armstrong, the first person to set foot on the moon after taking manual control of the landing. But who led the way with many space-mission firsts? In May 1963, I was working at NASA Mission Control at Cape Canaveral...Tags: Science and Technology, Neil Armstrong, Arts and Culture, Ceremonies, Maitland
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Manatee Rare Fruit Tree sale goes 'silver' in 2013
Bradenton HeraldThose who spend time at Pete Ray's Parrish home quickly learn how much he enjoys plants. "Ever since I was a boy of 8, I was planting seeds and watching with interest when they came up," said the 81-year-old Ray, a lawyer, real estate investor and...Tags: Mangos
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Rocket blasts off from Florida carrying new GPS satellite
ReutersBy Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 15 (Reuters) - An unmanned Atlas rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Wednesday to deliver an upgraded global positioning system satellite into orbit. The 189-foot (58-meter) tall rocket,...Tags: Satellite Technology, U.S. Military, Aerospace Manufacturing, U.S. Air Force, Manufacturing and Engineering
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GPS satellite launched into space from Cape Canaveral; will help all with navigation
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A new GPS satellite has been launched into space. An unmanned Atlas V rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station this afternoon. It was the fifth time since December that an unmanned Atlas V rocket has...Tags: Satellite Technology
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It's getting to be a grind for scuffling Sox
Boston HeraldIf the Red Sox are to be believed they don't need bats and gloves to break out of what has become an alarming 2-8 slump since May 2. They need mortars and pestles. "We've just got to keep grinding," manager John Farrell said firmly after yesterday's 12-...Tags: New York Yankees, David Ortiz, Baseball, Junichi Tazawa, Ryan Dempster
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Free tours of Ponce de León's ship El Galeón sold out early Tuesday
UPDATE: A free tour of El Galeón is the hottest ticket in town. By Tuesday, history-hungry South Floridians had snapped up 20,000 free tickets to tour the 170-foot replica, according to Nicki Grossman, president of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention...
Tags: Travel, Tourism and Leisure, Nicki Grossman, Fort Lauderdale, Human Interest
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Battle looms as commercial space interests seek piece of federal wildlife refuge
The coastal ghost town of Shiloh, where the nation's rock-star rocketeer wants to build a space town, is for now a place of orphan oranges, turkey tracks and lonesome tombstones. Above all, Shiloh is surrounded by the healthiest part of Merritt Island...
Tags: Heavy Engineering, Zoology, Federal Aviation Administration, Intracoastal Waterway, Wildlife
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275-mile bike trail would go from Cape Canaveral to St. Petersburg
OrlandoSentinel.comAs I mentioned in a recent post , the Florida Legislature allocated $50 million to link several Central Florida trails with 72 miles of connector trails to make one long Coast to Coast Trail . The already-paved segments that would be linked include,... -
Letters to the Editor: Death penalty, gun bill, Bill Clinton
Death penalty's meaning Terrorist operatives want the accused Boston bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarvaev, to receive the death penalty. Why? It plays into their hands. History has proved repeatedly that, if anything, the death penalty encourages terrorists....
Tags: Winter Springs, Voting, Federal Aviation Administration, Death Penalty, Crime, Law and Justice
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NextEra to sell its oil-fired power plants in Maine
ReutersBy Scott DiSavino April 30 (Reuters) - U.S. power company NextEra Energy Inc said on Tuesday its NextEra Energy Resources unit will sell its oil-fired power plants in Maine, which have a generating capacity of 796 megawatts (MW). The company decided...Tags: Conservation, Riviera Beach, Plant Openings, Port Everglades, Florida Power & Light
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Brevard deputies shoot armed man, killing him
A man died Monday evening at a hospital after Brevard deputies shot him while responding to a domestic-disturbance call, authorities said. A caller to 911 reported that several shots had been fired about 4:30 p.m. at a home on Belair Avenue in Merritt...
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