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House Gives Governor More Power Over Florida Boards
Last Updated: 8:23 PM 02/03/12 - Gov. Rick Scott and his successors would get more authority over the state's 24 regional workforce boards under a bill that's passed in the Florida House.
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Casino Bill Dies for 2012 Session
Last Updated: 8:16 PM 02/03/12 - The effort to bring three mega resort casinos to South Florida is dead for the 2012 legislative session. The house bill was pulled from committee just minutes before a scheduled vote. And now House leaders say they won’t allow the gambling bill to be heard on the House floor.
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Special Report: "Our History--Celebrating Black History Month"
Last Updated: 7:32 PM 02/03/12 - Every Friday in February, WCTV will pay tribute to Black History Month through special reports, titled, "Our History." In the first report, Eyewitness News Reporter Lanetra Bennett takes a look at the history of Black History and its relevance today.
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Parents Ask Lawmakers for Texting Ban
Last Updated: 7:00 PM 02/03/12 - The parents of a Florida teen killed in a texting while driving accident are asking lawmakers to ban the dangerous practice. Two years in a row a legislative ban on texting has failed late in session. The legislation is up again this year and once again its future is uncertain.
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ACLU Head Questions FAMU's Ban on Student Groups
Last Updated: 5:53 PM 02/03/12 - There will be no summer band camp for FAMU Marching 100. Also, new member intake for all FAMU clubs and organizations is temporarily suspended.
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Tallahassee Mayor John Marks Cleared After Ethics Complaint
Last Updated: 8:08 PM 02/03/12 - Tallahassee Mayor John Marks went before the Florida Commission on Ethics on February 3rd. At the commission meeting, Marks was cleared of an undisclosed ethics complaint filed against him.
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Two Arrested for Sexual Battery at Godby High
Last Updated: 8:33 PM 02/03/12 - Principal notifies parents, LCSO confirms two arrests
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Florida House Votes to Rename Unemployment Comp
Last Updated: 4:23 PM 02/03/12 - The Florida House has voted to rename unemployment compensation as "reemployment assistance."
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Florida House OKs Alternative Hurricane Insurance
Last Updated: 5:56 PM 02/03/12 - Legislation designed to help state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Co. spin off customers has cleared the Florida House.
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House Passes Florida Legislative, Congressional Maps
Last Updated: 4:47 PM 02/03/12 - Florida legislative and congressional redistricting maps have cleared the state House.
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Challenger Learning Center Previews Space Junk 3D
Last Updated: 7:50 PM 02/03/12 - Space Junk 3D shows the viewer how much garbage is out in space and how dangerous it could be to us.
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Wear Red for Women Day
Last Updated: 4:13 PM 02/03/12 - In an effort to raise awareness of heart disease in women, everyone is encouraged to wear red today.
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State Worker Health Coverage Pushed to be More Like Private Sector
Last Updated: 12:24 PM 02/03/12 - A House committee approved a proposal that would make major changes in the state-employee health insurance system, shifting responsibilities to workers and making the system more closely resemble private-sector health plans.
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Where is Ali Gilmore?: 6 Years Later - SLIDESHOW
Last Updated: 7:55 PM 02/03/12 - A Tallahassee woman disappeared without a trace six years ago today
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Neighbors Tire of Barking Dogs
Last Updated: 6:16 PM 02/03/12 - Neighbors on Wide Road in Leon County say they've had enough of the smells and constant barking coming from one of the homes there.
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Strong Jobs Report Sends Dow to Highest Since '08
Last Updated: 4:50 PM 02/03/12 - The Dow jumped 157 points Friday to close at 12,862.
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Activist Gathers Signatures Opposing Prison Privatization
Last Updated: 3:08 PM 02/03/12 - A Florida Department of Corrections activist took it upon herself to circulate an anti-prison privatization petition and gathered more than 23,000 signatures in just five days.
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[UPDATE] Florida House Blocks Casino Bill
Last Updated: 2:58 PM 02/03/12 - Florida lawmakers are rejecting a plan to bring three major casinos to South Florida.
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Hamilton County Man Awarded $8.4 Million Verdict in ATV Case
Last Updated: 10:30 AM 02/03/12 - The case involved the 2008 Artic Cat Thundercat 1000 ATV, which Mr. Corbett was test-driving at the Jasper Rodeo on May 4, 2008.
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Franklin Teen Charged with Sexual Battery, Battery of Elderly Person
Last Updated: 12:06 PM 02/03/12 - A Franklin County teen is behind bars, accused in one battery and several sexual batteries. Deputies say one of his victims was an elderly person.
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College Presidents Cautious About Tuition
Last Updated: 1:36 PM 02/03/12 - Breaking with their counterparts at the state's universities, presidents at a handful of Florida colleges urged lawmakers to be cautious about any moves that could push tuition upward.
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Local Boy Scouts Help the Hungry
Last Updated: 11:55 AM 02/03/12 - On Saturday, February 4, 2012, the Scouts of the Suwannee River Area Council, Boy Scouts of America in our 13 county service area will be collecting food to help the hungry in our community.
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RECALL: Michael Foods Widens Egg Recall
Last Updated: 11:13 AM 02/03/12 - A food company is widening its recall of hard-cooked eggs because of a potential for listeria contamination.
[UPDATE] Gadsden Co. Man Charged with Sexual Assault of Juvenile
Last Updated: 12:08 PM 02/03/12 - A Gadsden County man is behind bars for sexually assaulting someone 16-years-old or younger. The 36-year-old man has also been in trouble for domestic battery on his live-in girlfriend.
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Internet Sales Tax Bills Begin Treks, Again
Last Updated: 11:46 AM 02/03/12 - Bills to tax Internet companies doing business in Florida resumed their treks as separate measures began to move in the Senate. "I have shopping centers that are half empty," said Sen. Gwen Margolis, D-Miami. We're not talking about mom and pops, we're talking about all kinds of large box stores."
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Step Right Up and Buy Lotto Tickets
Last Updated: 10:42 AM 02/03/12 - The Senate Regulated Industries Committee approved a bill that would allow lottery players to buy tickets for Lotto, Powerball and similar games from vending machines.
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DJJ Reports Fewer Delinquents in Florida Schools
Last Updated: 9:44 AM 02/03/12 - Juvenile delinquency in Florida’s public schools declined dramatically during the last six months of 2011, the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) announces.
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Painting Stolen by Nazis to be Returned to Heirs
Last Updated: 7:39 PM 02/02/12 - A painting plundered by the Nazis during World War II could soon be returned to the Jewish family who owns it.
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String of Robberies on FSU Campus
Last Updated: 7:04 PM 02/02/12 - There have been five robberies on the FSU campus in the last two weeks, woman arrested for two of them.
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Budget Cut of $390M in HHS, But May Spare Nursing Homes, Disabled
Last Updated: 9:53 AM 02/03/12 - The Senate's chief health-budget writer likely will propose $390 million in general-revenue cuts to health and human-services programs, though nursing homes and developmental-disability programs could be spared.
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School Dress Code Causes Heated Debate
Last Updated: 1:44 PM 02/03/12 - Brooks County High School students started a petition to allow dyed hair and dark nail polish after school officials threatened suspension. The students feel they are being targeted.
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Men Better than Women in Preparing for Retirement?
Last Updated: 9:02 AM 02/03/12 - A new nationwide survey shows men are better than women at planning for retirement. But the findings aren't sitting well with some.
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FAMU Student Attacked in Purse Snatching Attempt
Last Updated: 7:08 PM 02/02/12 - Student punched by would be purse snatcher
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Leon County Booking Report: February 2, 2012
Last Updated: 7:32 AM 02/03/12 - Attached is a PDF file containing all bookings at the Leon County Jail from February 2.
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How Young is Too Young?
Last Updated: 3:07 PM 02/02/12 - Are adolescent girls turning to makeup and hair products too quickly?
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Health Care, Education Tug-o-War
Last Updated: 9:58 PM 02/02/12 - Nurses and teachers say they’re being pitted against each other in a tug-o-war battle for state cash. Lawmakers are trying to balance the budget with two billion fewer dollars. They plan to cut two billion dollars from heath care and increase education spending by a billion. Nurses and teachers joined forces today in Tallahassee to announce they will not compete in a budget tug-o-war.
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January's WCTV Teacher of the Month Honored
Last Updated: 11:51 PM 02/02/12 - Jenna Coffee of Quitman Elementary School was named Teacher of the Month for January
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Stop Bullying
Last Updated: 5:38 PM 02/02/12 - "Take what makes you different and use it to change the world." That's the message one anti-bullying advocate delivered to hundreds of Leon County students this morning.
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[UPDATE] Girl Struggles to Recover After Family Dies in I-75 Crash
Last Updated: 1:55 PM 02/02/12 - 15-year-old Lidiane Carmo is struggling to recover from the accident that killed her father, mother and older sister.
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Senate Panel Clears PIP Fraud-Fighting Bill
Last Updated: 5:31 PM 02/02/12 - The Senate committee on banking and insurance passed the PIP fraud-fighting bill (SB 1860) by a vote of 9-0 on Thursday.
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Roseanne Barr Seeks Green Party Presidential Nod
Last Updated: 11:05 PM 02/02/12 - Roseanne Barr said Thursday she's running for the Green Party's presidential nomination - and it's no joke.
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Lafayette-Taylor County Farm Agency Flap
Last Updated: 3:02 PM 02/03/12 - Citizens of Lafayette and Taylor counties worry that a proposed consolidation of their farm agencies would hurt their local revenue.
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Bernanke Defends Fed Policies Against GOP Critics
Last Updated: 10:54 PM 02/02/12 - Ben Bernanke defended the Federal Reserve's decision to hold interest rates at record-low levels for the next three years, during a contentious hearing before federal lawmakers.
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Florida Bomb Suspect Indicted by Grand Jury
Last Updated: 5:19 PM 02/02/12 - Federal prosecutors say a grand jury has indicted a Pinellas Park man on charges of attempting to use weapons of mass destruction in connection with an alleged militant Islamic plot.
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Jewish Leaders Offended by Georgia Preacher's Ceremony
Last Updated: 11:16 PM 02/02/12 - Jewish leaders are criticizing a ceremony that involved Bishop Eddie Long being wrapped in a religious scroll and exalted as a "king" to the applause of his parishioners.
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Trump Endorses Romney
Last Updated: 6:46 PM 02/02/12 - Donald Trump on Thursday announced his endorsement of Mitt Romney for president, saying the former Massachusetts governor is "not going to allow bad things to continue to happen to this country we all love."
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Florida House Begins Floor Debate on Redistricting
Last Updated: 5:16 PM 02/02/12 - Redistricting is headed for final action in the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature.
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Names Released: Havana Man Shoots and Kills Girlfriend, Self
Last Updated: 6:24 PM 02/02/12 - The Havana police chief says that a 66-year-old man shot and killed his 51-year-old live-in girlfriend. The victims have been identified.
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Ultralight-led Whooping Cranes Will Head to Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Last Updated: 7:52 PM 02/02/12 - Nine juvenile whooping cranes on their first ultralight-led migration south will now be taken to Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge in northern Alabama in the next few days.
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Florida Senate Considers Taxing Internet Sales
Last Updated: 5:13 PM 02/02/12 - Some Florida lawmakers want to force online retailers to collect the state's sales taxes.
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Names Released: Havana Man Shoots and Kills Girlfriend, Self
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Franklin Teen Charged with Sexual Battery, Battery of Elderly Person
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[UPDATE] Girl Struggles to Recover After Family Dies in I-75 Crash
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