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Florida's In-School-Suspension Policy Keeps Students Out of Class

Miami-2012-05-10 - There is a place on school campuses for students who break the rules. In some Florida schools its called SCSI. Marcus Pryor, a junior at Miami Northwestern Senior High, thinks it stands for School Criminal Scene Investigation.

By Sarah Gonzalez

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Florida Wildlife Expedition Looks to the Future

OKEFENOKEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE - One hundred days after leaving the tip of the Everglades, the four members of the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition paddled into Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp and became the star attraction on Earth Day.

By Steve Newborn (Send E-Mail)

Four Explorers Talk About the Future of the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition

OKEFENOKEE SWAMP, GA. (2012-4-26) - After driving down an unnamed sandy road in the middle of Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp, I met the four members of the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition the day before they ended their trip on Earth Day. They were playing Frisbee in the dark waters of the Suwanee River.

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Do Wildlife Corridors Work? A Conversation with Paul Beier

TAMPA (2012-4-25) - The Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition just finished a 1,000-mile mission, to create a continuous wildlife corridor stretching the length of the state. Now that they've reached the end of the trail, attention will be focused on getting those thousands of acres of land preserved.

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Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition Wraps Up in the Okefenokee

TAMPA (2012-4-24) - Wildlife photographer Carlton Ward Jr., filmmaker Elam Stoltzfus, bear biologist Joe Guthrie and conservationist Mallory Lykes Dimmitt have wrapped up the traveling part of the expedition. They crossed the finish line Sunday, nearly 100 days after taking off in the Everglades.

By Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition Wraps Up in the Okefenokee

Making a Florida Wildlife Corridor a Reality

TAMPA (2012-04-23) - It's been 1,000 miles in nearly 100 days. They started at the tip of the Everglades, and Sunday, members of the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition reached the finish line - Georgia. We report on their mission - and whether it has a chance of succeeding.

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Expedition Seeks To Save Florida's 'Terra Incognita'

TAMPA (2012-04-22) - Members of the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition sport calluses and legs hardened by three months of hiking through saw grass, palmetto stands and piney woods. On Sunday, these four adventurers marked the end of a 1,000-mile trek across Florida.

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Inside FCAT 2.0: How Teachers, Students Are Impacted

Miami-2012-04-20 - Danna Contreras doesn’t like the new FCAT. The sophomore at Booker T. Washington High School in Miami emigrated from Columbia three years ago. She wears thick, pink-rimmed glasses and she squints a lot. She says the new computerized version is harder to take.

By Sarah Gonzalez

Wildlife Expedition Enlists Military Reserves in Mission to Protect Wildlife

CAMP BLANDING (2012-4-16) - Part of the 1,000-mile trail the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition is blazing through Florida passes through what may seem an unlikely place: the main training base for the Florida National Guard. The armed forces are armed with another mission: helping protect the state's wildlife.

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Grading Florida Schools: Opportunities Lag for Rural Students

Miami-2012-04-16 - Florida high schools are being judged by the number of students enrolled in college-level classes. It’s tied to bonus money from the state. But in Florida’s rural counties, small schools say they can’t compete with the opportunities at large urban schools.

By Sarah Gonzalez

A Day in the Life of the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition

OCALA NATIONAL FOREST (2012-4-9) - One-thousand miles - that's how far the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition is kayaking, cycling and walking. This week, they're crossing the Ocala National Forest. WUSF's Steve Newborn went along for nine of those miles - and came out with a few calluses and a new appreciation for their effort.

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Hillsborough County

Hillsborough deputies looking two men accused of stealing $10,000 in cigarettes

VALRICO — Hillsborough deputies are searching for two men who broke into a gas station and filled a trash can with $10,000 worth of cigarette ca...

TAMPA — A 28-year-old who Hillsborough deputies said killed a Tampa man in October is accused of trying to steal that man's identity, as well as...

TAMPA — Google "big convention party" and you might come up with this: Tampa Museum of Art....

Pinellas County

Tarpon's second Food Truck Rally is Saturday

A musical concert and street performers will add some spice to Tarpon Springs' second Food Truck Rally this Saturday....

Grand Plaza Caf, 4040 Little Road, at Old State Road 54, Trinity, will offer this reservations-only taste of New York event at 6 p.m. March 24 for $24...

Curlew Hills Memory Gardens and Palm Harbor Fire Rescue will be hosting a special event on Friday, March 30 to break ground at the site of the future ...

Sarasota-Manatee

Zimmerman had broken nose and black eyes

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Polk County

Zimmerman Had Blacks Eyes, Busted Nose, Cuts to Head, Records Show

MIAMI | Court records show George Zimmerman had a pair of black eyes, a nose fracture and two cuts to the back of his head after the fatal shooting o...

Mom Kills Her 4 Children, Then Herself

Deputies: Calm Tonya Thomas shoots kids ranging in age from 12 to 17....

LONDON | Iran said Tuesday that it had executed a man accused of being an Israeli intelligence agent responsible for the assassination of one of its ...