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Cookie parties go green

Orlando :: FL :: USA | about 8 hours ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Get your holly jolly on, boys and girls, the festive fun has just begun. We're gearing up for great party fare to celebrate Hanukkah , Christmas, Kwanzaa and Epiphany. While I sort out the recipes, enjoy your daily dish: Going green at holiday cookie...

Tags: Central Florida, cookies parties, Orlando, Biscotti, HTTP cookie, Cookies, Cookie, Hospitality Recreation, Desserts

Black lawmakers: Delay session

Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | 1 day ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

A special legislative session on controversial rail projects and their funding faces the threat of racial discord because African American legislators want the session delayed so they can attend a long-planned national conference in Fort Lauderdale. The...

Tags: Central Florida, South Florida, Senate, legislative session, Tallahassee, Politics, Orlando Florida, Tri-Rail, SunRail, Paula Dockery, Larry Cretul, Tom DeLay, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Business Finance, Greater Orlando, AFL-CIO, Florida, Florida House of Representatives, Florida's Turnpike, Jeffrey Atwater, Florida AFL-CIO, Rail transport, Commuter rail in North America

Commuter rail special session called

Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | 2 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Florida legislative leaders on Monday agreed to a deal on a special legislative session this week that would pave the way for the $1.2 billion SunRail commuter train system as well as a potential high-speed corridor linking the state's largest population...

Tags: Central Florida, Florida AFL-CIO, South Florida, commuter rail, Tallahassee, Florida, SunRail, Orlando Florida, CSX Corporation, Larry Cretul, Lake County Florida, Orange County Florida, Politics, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, DeLand, Seminole County Florida, MBTA Commuter Rail, Osceola County Florida, Tri-Rail, Commuter rail in North America

This Flights for You wins feature at Hialeah

Miami :: FL :: USA | 3 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

We earned a spot in history,'' trainer Donnie Strickland said Saturday after his This Flights for You won the $25,000 Bienvenido de Nuevo Stakes at Hialeah Park. The race, whose name loosely translates to ``welcome back,'' was the feature on Hialeah's...

Tags: Hialeah Park, quarter horse, Central Florida, Donnie Strickland, BREEDING Florida, horse races, Northern Florida, Miami, Eclipse Award winners, Hialeah Park Race Track, Greyhound racing, My Charmer Handicap, Bert S. Michell, Widener family, Year of birth missing, Miami-Dade County Florida

Diakite, Central Florida edge Albany (N.Y.) 76-72

Orlando :: FL :: USA | 3 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Dave Diakite scored a career-high 19 points and made a game-clinching steal to lead Central Florida to a 76-72 victory over Albany (N.Y.) on Saturday. With the Knights (5-1) leading 74-72 in the closing seconds, Diakite picked off an inbounds pass by...

Tags: Central Florida, Dave Diakite, Orlando, National Basketball Association Finals, allnews

Florida AFL-CIO says it will fight SunRail deal

Orlando :: FL :: USA | 4 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

For months, backers of Central Florida's proposed $1.2-billion SunRail commuter train have sought to convince the Florida AFL-CIO to drop its opposition to the rail deal. The union has opposed language in the package creating SunRail that it says would...

Tags: Florida Senate, Florida AFL-CIO, SunRail, federally railroad, railroad worker, sunrail deal, South Florida, Labor, Central Florida, Orlando, Politics, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, DeLand, Orlando Florida, AFL-CIO, Florida

Space shuttle Atlantis ends an 'amazing' flight

Cape Canaveral :: FL :: USA | 5 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth with a smooth touchdown yesterday to end an "amazing" flight that resupplied the International Space Station. Within a few hours of landing, the astronauts feasted on turkey and trimmings...

Tags: shuttle atlantis, space shuttle, Central Florida, kennedy space, space center, atlantis returns, atlantis landing, Nicole Stott, Cape Canaveral, Human spaceflight, Space Shuttle program, Manned spacecraft, spaceflight, STS-129, NASA, International Space Station, Charles O. Hobaugh, Astronaut, Space Shuttle Atlantis, Barry E. Wilmore, STS-115, Randolph Bresnik, Environment, Space shuttle in popular culture, Nicole P. Stott, NASA Astronaut Group 19, Shuttle￢ﾀﾓMir Program, Michael Fincke, Extra-vehicular activity, STS-117, Orion

FHP: Thanksgiving holiday one of Florida's deadliest

Orlando :: FL :: USA | 7 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

As millions of motorists set off for the holiday break, Florida Highway Patrol troopers are issuing a warning: Thanksgiving weekend counts has been one of Florida's deadliest—if not the most deadly—for traffic crashes. All troopers — even those typically...

Tags: Florida Highway Patrol, University of Florida, Jorge Delahoz, Central Florida, Florida Safety Council, florida highways, highways patrol, FHP, Orlando, Thanksgiving, Florida's Turnpike, Meals, Road safety, Orange County Florida, Greater Orlando, Orlando Florida, Disaster Accident

LongHorn Steakhousebeefs up look, expands

Orlando :: FL :: USA | 9 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

It's a busy time for Darden Restaurants' LongHorn Steakhouse chain in Central Florida. LongHorn announced last week that it has completed remodeling two of its Orlando-area locations, one at 309 North Alafaya Trail in Waterford Lakes and another at 12901...

Tags: Central Florida, LongHorn Steakhousebeefs, Darden's Capital Grille, Chris Steak House, Orlando, Darden Restaurants, LongHorn Steakhouse, The Capital Grille, Amway Arena, Ruth's Chris Steak House, Steakhouses, Orlando Magic, Amway, Hospitality Recreation

Headless panther found along road in Central Florida

Orlando :: FL :: USA | 11 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

A headless panther was found along the Florida turnpike in central Florida. wildlife officials are seeking information from the public about the panther found decapitated in Osceola County Friday afternoon. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission...

Tags: Central Florida, Orlando, Felines, Florida panther, Florida, Environment

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