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On "Florida Matters Live & Local" with guest host Cathy Carter, changes to the Endangered Species Act, the enduring wit of Mark Twain, massive soaring artwork and a dragon boat team of breast cancer survivors.
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Visibility likely to be completely obstructed overnight across the Panhandle, but parts of Central and South Florida could also experience dense patchy fog into Thursday morning.
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Myles M. McQuade, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of transmitting an interstate threat and faces up to five years in prison after posting the “gruesome and threatening messages,” prosecutors said.
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While a new redevelopment proposal for St. Petersburg's Historic Gas Plant District also includes the museum, its current home is in desperate need of upgrades.
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According to Scott, Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado is grateful for President Donald Trump's "bold action to hold Nicolás Maduro and his thugs accountable and work to restore freedom and democracy in Venezuela." She also demanded that the Venezuelan government immediately release all its political prisoners, including Americans.
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