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Regraded Test Upends Florida Schools - Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal

Regraded Test Upends Florida Schools
Wall Street Journal
By ARIAN CAMPO-FLORES MIAMI—Plunging results on Florida's standardized writing test for fourth-graders has triggered concern among school officials, teachers and parents that the state is implementing changes to the testing system too quickly, ...
Half of Florida high school students fail reading testReuters
Florida's FCAT Writing failures sparks blame, questions about standardized testingWFSU
How standardized tests are affecting public schoolsWashington Post (blog)
Florida Today -Orlando Sentinel
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Florida's April jobless rate drops to 8.7 percent - BusinessWeek

Florida's April jobless rate drops to 8.7 percent
BusinessWeek
By BILL KACZOR Florida's unemployment rate dropped to 8.7 percent even though the state lost jobs in April because thousands of people left the labor force. The Department of Economic Opportunity reported on Friday that April's seasonally adjusted rate ...
Florida unemployment falls to 8.7 percent, but …Tampabay.com
Florida unemployment rate falls to 8.7 percent in AprilOrlando Sentinel
Florida's jobless rate drops for tenth straight monthWTSP 10 News
WCTV -WOKV -Palm Beach Post
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Wherever Florida State lands, its reps need to get on same page - CBSSports.com

Bleacher Report

Wherever Florida State lands, its reps need to get on same page
CBSSports.com
By Tony Barnhart | Mr. CFB Let me say up front that Florida State has every right and every obligation to explore the best possible situation for its institution when it comes to conference affiliation. In fact, a reasonable argument can be made that ...
Florida State Seminoles move from ACC all talk so farFlorida Today
Bobby Bowden Wants Florida State To Stay In The ACC, But Ignores The Only ...SB Nation Atlanta
Big 12 becomes desirable destinationHouston Chronicle
Bleacher Report -ESPN (blog) -Florida Times-Union (blog)
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DOJ: Florida Man Pleads Guilty To Fraud In Internet-Based Ponzi Scheme - Wall Street Journal

DOJ: Florida Man Pleads Guilty To Fraud In Internet-Based Ponzi Scheme
Wall Street Journal
A Florida man pled guilty to a federal charge of wire fraud stemming from a fraudulent Internet-based advertising scheme that generated more than $110 million from thousands of people in the US and other countries, the Department of Justice said Friday ...
Fla. man pleads guilty to running Internet-based Ponzi scheme; thousands of ...Washington Post
Fla. man pleads guilty to online Ponzi schemeThe Associated Press

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Trayvon Martin case: new evidence includes video from night of shooting - The Guardian

Trayvon Martin case: new evidence includes video from night of shooting
The Guardian
Prosecutors have released video footage of Trayvon Martin buying sweets and a drink in a Florida convenience store minutes before he was shot and killed in a confrontation with a neighbourhood watch leader. The scenes recorded at the 7-Eleven close to ...
New Trayvon Martin Evidence: 10 Things You Should KnowTIME
New documents show complexity of Trayvon Martin caseUSA TODAY
Trayvon evidence fails to answer who screamed for helpReuters UK
NPR -AFP
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Florida Banking on SpaceX's Private Sector Bet - The Ledger

Florida Banking on SpaceX's Private Sector Bet
The Ledger
But nearly a year after space shuttles stopped flying, this launch could symbolize the future for Florida's space business. Industry leaders said these are some of the reasons why. It's a new path to the final frontier. The company — SpaceX — hopes ...
SpaceX test flight to space station seen as milestoneReuters UK
In Historic Space Mission, Launch Is Only The First TestNPR (blog)
Ambitious mission looms for SpaceXUSA TODAY
BBC News
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Florida Steps Up Effort Against Illegal Voters - New York Times

International Business Times

Florida Steps Up Effort Against Illegal Voters
New York Times
MIAMI — In an attempt to clear the voter rolls of noncitizens, a move that had set off criticism and a threatened lawsuit, Florida election officials decided on Thursday to use information from a federal database to check a list of 182000 voters who ...
Florida to double-check names on voter purge listMiamiHerald.com
Florida's Push To Purge Immigrants From Voter Rolls Raises Fears Of 2000 All ...International Business Times
Florida searches for non-citizen votersUPI.com
Fox News -Politico
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Florida A&M president says band will return - WRAL.com

Florida A&M president says band will return
WRAL.com
CHARLOTTE, NC — Florida A&M's president said Friday that the hazing death of a marching band member is tragic, but promised its alumni association Carolina that the celebrated band would return. James Ammons said this week that he would keep the ...
Florida: 2 Plead No Contest in Hazing of Band MemberNew York Times
Florida A&M Band: March of ShameThe Ledger
Florida A&M President Talks To Alumni At LuncheonWCTI12.com
CBS News
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FGCU shocks Florida in NCAA softball regional - The News-Press

FGCU shocks Florida in NCAA softball regional
The News-Press
5:46 pm FGCU celebrates Kirsten Bembnowski's solo home run in the second inning of the Eagles' 2-1 defeat of Florida in an NCAA softball regional Friday in Gainesville. / / Courtesy Ron Irby/FGCU FGCU third baseman Kirsten Bembnowski homers off Gators ...
FGCU softball upsets fifth-seeded FloridaOrlando Sentinel
Eagles Make History with Upset Victory Against No. 5 seed Florida at NCAA ...FGCU Athletics
FGCU Softball upsets #5 Florida in NCAA TournamentNBC2 News
Florida Times-Union -The News Herald -Naples Daily News
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Johnson kids felt safe, DCF report says - Florida Today

Johnson kids felt safe, DCF report says
Florida Today
FLORIDA TODAY / Rik Jesse, FLORIDA TODAY Mourners converged on the home on Bright Avenue in Port St. John where five people were killed Tuesday. / RIK JESSE/FLORIDA TODAY State records show that a month before 33-year-old Tonya Thomas apparently gunned ...
Investigator: Fla. mother who killed 4 children was batteredCBS News
911 tape: Confusion at home where mom shot kidsThe Grio

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