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The Psychological Effects of Hazing
Last Updated: 10:59 PM 05/24/12 - As brutal as some hazing rituals may be, experts say it's something deep rooted in tradition and hard to break. WCTV spoke to a former professor about the mindset of participants.
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Amtrak to Tallahassee at a Standstill
Last Updated: 6:14 PM 05/24/12 - The effort to bring Amtrak back to Tallahassee has stalled in Congress.
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Little Kids, Big Hearts
Last Updated: 6:09 PM 05/24/12 - Call it a special delivery. Some local third graders dropped off two quilts they made for the fire department.
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Correctional Officer Arrested in Drug Sting Sent to Prison
Last Updated: 9:51 PM 05/24/12 - Former corrections officer sentenced to state prison time for drug buy
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95210: Health by the Numbers
Last Updated: 3:09 PM 05/24/12 - David Huang, M.D., a Tallahassee pulmonologist in private practice and director of a local sleep diagnostic center, kicks off the first in a series of monthly awareness campaigns for Health by the Numbers: 95210
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Governor Rick Scott Makes Faux Pas with Spain's King
Last Updated: 6:35 PM 05/24/12 - Governor Rick Scott was in Spain to drum up business for Florida. He returned Thursday, saying he'd had a positive meeting with the king.
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Pregnant Woman's Care Leads to Probe at State Hospital
Last Updated: 10:37 PM 05/24/12 - With a baby on life support, suspicions that a pregnant woman received negligent care at Florida State Hospital have cost at least two employees their jobs and led to a criminal investigation and a possible lawsuit against the state.
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Missing Juvenile Alert: Connor Crews Giles - FOUND
Last Updated: 5:00 PM 05/24/12 - The Tallahassee Police Department’s Special Victims Unit is canceling missing juvenile alert for Connor Giles. He has been located and is unharmed.
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Judge to Weigh Prison Health Privatization
Last Updated: 12:12 PM 05/24/12 - Eight months after a judge tossed out a controversial prison-privatization plan, attorneys will argue next week about the constitutionality of a state decision to contract with companies to provide inmate health care.
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FDOE: Florida's Third Grade FCAT 2.0 Results Show Promise
Last Updated: 9:49 PM 05/24/12 - “The future success of third grade students depends on mastering essential reading skills,” said Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson.
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Principal's Reading Challenge at W.T. Moore Elementary School
Last Updated: 9:43 PM 05/24/12 - Students at one elementary school are celebrating reading.
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Stand Your Ground Drawing Public Interest
Last Updated: 11:04 AM 05/24/12 - As policymakers study the controversy surrounding the "stand your ground" self defense law, the issue is drawing interest from a broad swath of the general public.
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Florida Unemployment Compensation Draws Complaint
Last Updated: 4:57 PM 05/24/12 - Two legal groups say Florida's violating federal law with procedural barriers that deprive thousands of jobless workers from receiving unemployment compensation
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Currency Seizure by Madison County Sheriff's Office
Last Updated: 1:04 PM 05/24/12 - While MCSO Investigators were taking necessary enforcement action concerning an equipment violation, they noted several signs of deception and suspicious activity.
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Leon County Booking Report: May 23, 2012
Last Updated: 8:23 AM 05/24/12 - Attached is a PDF file containing all bookings at the Leon County Jail from May 23.
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2012 Statewide Hurricane Exercise Demonstrates State’s Preparedness for Hurricane Season
Last Updated: 5:18 PM 05/24/12 - Organized by the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM), the exercise is designed to ensure Florida’s emergency responders are prepared for the upcoming hurricane season, which begins June 1 and lasts through November 30.
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[UPDATE]: Documents: Champion Wanted to be Hazed
Last Updated: 10:42 PM 05/24/12 - Band members describe in painful detail what it's like to cross over
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Rick Scott Vetoes Early Prison Release Bill
Last Updated: 12:24 AM 05/24/12 - Florida now has the nation's third-*largest prison system...With more than one-hundred-thousand inmates. That's roughly double the size it was 25 years ago, before tough-on-crime lawmakers passed a mandate that prisoners serve at least 85 percent of their sentence. Now, legislators are re-thinking that mandate, but they're having a tough time overcoming opposition from Governor Scott.
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FDACS Provides Tips for Floridians on Memorial Day
Last Updated: 5:23 PM 05/24/12 - Department urges consumers to use safety in preparing Memorial Day meals.
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Tallahassee Museum Opens Zip Line Tree Adventure
Last Updated: 9:35 AM 05/24/12 - The adventure opens to the public May 24 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Robbery at Farmers and Merchants Bank, Suspect Identified
Last Updated: 7:57 AM 05/24/12 - The Leon County Sheriff's Office reports that the Farmers and Merchants bank at 3490 North Monroe Street in Tallahassee was robbed. Detectives have identified Dawuan N. Williams as a suspect.
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Royal Flush: Sanitation Prices on the Rise
Last Updated: 11:27 PM 05/23/12 - We can't live without it, but water is becoming more costly in Tallahassee. So is the price of sewer service. In our special report, "Royal Flush", we take a closer look at that cost.
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FWC to Florida Residents: Be ‘Bear Aware’
Last Updated: 5:14 PM 05/23/12 - Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is reminding homeowners that bears are moving around, foraging for food and looking for mates.
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Whole Child Leon Receives Grant to Address Childhood Obesity
Last Updated: 6:45 PM 05/23/12 - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Foundation (BCBSF Foundation) awarded a $98,472 grant to Whole Child Leon, a strategic initiative of United Way of the Big Bend.
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FSU Professor Remembers Former Student Who Died Overseas
Last Updated: 7:14 PM 05/23/12 - A 19-year-old Florida State senior participating in the university's international program in China has died after a fall from a residence hall.
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DCF Preps For Relief for Potential Disasters
Last Updated: 6:36 PM 05/23/12 - The Department of Children and Families held a mock drill to try and streamline a food assistance program following a disaster.
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RNC Canceled in Hurricane Drill
Last Updated: 8:17 PM 05/23/12 - A worst case scenario training exercise left emergency workers no choice but to cancel The Republican National Convention. The path of the fictional hurricane made landfall just north of Tampa on the second day of the RNC. The convention is still on, but if the scenario plays out Governor Rick Scott will have his hands full.
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Governor Scott's Office Involved in FCAT PR Effort
Last Updated: 1:53 PM 05/23/12 - As the Florida Department of Education tries to handle the fallout of the collapse in FCAT writing scores, the office of Gov. Rick Scott has been intimately involved in efforts to roll out the test scores, according to staff emails.
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Poll: Mitt Romney Leads Barack Obama in Florida
Last Updated: 1:39 PM 05/23/12 - Mitt Romney has gone from a six point deficit against President Obama in March to a 47-41 point lead. The poll also finds that if Romney were to pick Florida US Senator Marco Rubio as his running mate, the pick would add two points to Romney’s lead.
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Zimmerman Complained About Sanford Police in 2011
Last Updated: 9:06 PM 05/23/12 - George Zimmerman called the Sanford police department lazy more than a year before he shot Trayvon Martin to death.
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Lawsuit Alleges Toxic Exposure at Prison in Florida
Last Updated: 7:22 PM 05/23/12 - More than 160 current and former employees and family members are suing the federal prison agency over ailments they blame on exposure to toxins at an electronics recycling facility at a penitentiary in the Florida Panhandle.
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Wakulla Man Arrested After Stolen Motorcycle Investigation
Last Updated: 11:28 AM 05/23/12 - A 37-year-old Crawfordville man was arrested following the execution of a search warrant at a home at 277 Woodville Highway in Crawfordville. A motorcycle, reported stolen by the Florida State University Police Department, was on the property.
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Teens Staying Fit Over Summer Break
Last Updated: 11:06 AM 05/23/12 - 17 year old, Leon High School student, Andi Taylor, is taking on the challenge of getting in shape and improving her overall health this summer.
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Caboodle Ranch Civil Trial Begins
Last Updated: 7:51 AM 05/23/12 - A civil hearing is underway in Madison County to decide who gets custody of the more than six hundred Caboodle Ranch cats.
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Leon County Booking Report: May 22, 2012
Last Updated: 7:54 AM 05/23/12 - Attached is a PDF file containing all bookings at the Leon County Jail from May 22.
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Governor Removing Ineligible Florida Voters
Last Updated: 6:39 AM 05/23/12 - Florida Gov. started push to remove voters from rolls
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Florida Prison Toxin Exposure
Last Updated: 6:33 AM 05/23/12 - Lawsuit alleges toxic exposure at prison in Florida
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Hazing Report Released
Last Updated: 6:29 AM 05/23/12 - Prosecutor to release evidence in FAMU hazing case
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School Board Approves Sales Tax Referendum
Last Updated: 11:50 PM 05/22/12 - The issue on November's ballot will be a renewal of an already existing sales tax.
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Tallahassee Service Changes for Memorial Day Holiday
Last Updated: 5:09 PM 05/23/12 - The City of Tallahassee’s administrative offices will be closed for the Memorial Day holiday on Monday, May 28.
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Champion Case Filed Against Charter Bus Company in Orange County
Last Updated: 8:12 PM 05/22/12 - Earlier this month thirteen people were charged for the hazing death of FAMU drum major Robert Champion. The Champion Family attorney however, says the bus company and the driver of the bus Champion died on, are also responsible.
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[UPDATE] TFD: House Fire on Glenside Drive
Last Updated: 11:06 PM 05/22/12 - This afternoon at 12:59 p.m., Tallahassee Fire Department units from Stations 7, 9 and 2 responded to a single story house fire in the 2600 Block of Glenside Avenue.
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Florida and Georgia Authorities to Conduct Sobriety Checkpoints
Last Updated: 11:22 PM 05/22/12 - Florida and Georgia Authorities within Troop H will be conducting a Comprehensive Roadside Sobriety Checkpoint on May 25, 2012 from 8:00 PM to 2:00 AM.
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FDBPR: Local Restaurants with No Violations
Last Updated: 11:58 AM 05/22/12 - Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation inspectors did not find any sanitation or safety violations in these establishments within the past year.
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UPDATE: FCAT Hotline Now Being Offered
Last Updated: 7:21 PM 05/22/12 - Seven hundred parents contacted the Department of Education on the first day of a new hotline and web site for FCAT information. The outreach was prompted by a disastrous drop in writing scores that forced the state to lower its grading standard.
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PSC Proposes Rules to Lower Customer Costs
Last Updated: 5:16 PM 05/22/12 - Continuing efforts to minimize the cost of utility service, Florida’s Public Service Commission (PSC) today proposed to amend its customer deposit rules to lower interest rates, an expense ultimately paid by all customers. The new rates better reflect current market conditions.
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[UPDATE] Local City Manager Found Guilty of Felony and Misdemeanor Charges
Last Updated: 7:26 PM 05/22/12 - The Midway city manager has been found guilty of felony and misdemeanor charges.
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CFO Jeff Atwater Announces State Loss Prevention Award Winners
Last Updated: 11:15 AM 05/22/12 - Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater announces the state agency, university and individual winners of the 2011 Loss Prevention Awards.
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UPDATE State Seeking Death Penalty in Tallahassee Murder
Last Updated: 7:22 PM 05/22/12 - State seeking death penalty in Ashleigh Jacobs murder
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Florida PSC Approves Tropicana Renewable Energy Deal
Last Updated: 4:18 PM 05/22/12 - State regulators have approved a deal for Tropicana Manufacturing Co. to generate renewable energy.
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UPDATE State Seeking Death Penalty in Tallahassee Murder
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Poll: Mitt Romney Leads Barack Obama in Florida
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Caboodle Ranch Civil Trial Begins
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[UPDATE]: Documents: Champion Wanted to be Hazed
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Robbery at Farmers and Merchants Bank, Suspect Identified
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Zimmerman Complained About Sanford Police in 2011
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