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Parents today seem to be favoring unusual baby names. You don’t see as many named Alice, Mary, Jack or John anymore. You are likely to meet someone named after a favorite car, "Lexus" or favorite place, "Ocean."
While today’s trend is to break with the traditional and picking a name because you love it, a name is central to a child’s earliest sense of identity. More...
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A young Macclenny woman was identified as the victim found Thursday, July 24 at a Jacksonville fish camp. The body of Trudy Taylor Sarman, 26, was found by construction workers at the Palms Fish Camp on Heckscher Drive.
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Customers entering the Joy American convenience store in north of Lake City Tuesday night discovered the body of a female employee. The store in located near Interstate 10 on U.S. Highway 441 North.
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Recently for this publication I embarked on a series of book reviews regarding recent books of high quality concerning the Civil War and with an emphasis on how the war affected Florida. I was moved to do this because a couple readers of my book reviews on natural history books emailed me asking if I might consider writing about the antebellum period, the Civil War, and the post-bellum period following the war. More...
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A young Macclenny woman was identified as the victim found Thursday, July 24 at a Jacksonville fish camp. The body of Trudy Taylor Sarman, 26, was found by construction workers at the Palms Fish Camp on Heckscher Drive.
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Tilly's, West Coast retailer sells the most sought-out West Coast lifestyle clothing, shoes, and accessories, has opened its doors, at Orange Park Mall. It will hold its grand opening event on Saturday, July 26, 2008, doors open at 10 am.
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There was considerable market turmoil Friday as Washington and Wall Street began coming to grips with something everyone in the mortgage industry has known for many months: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two privately owned companies who provide money for mortgage loans by purchasing existing loans, bundling them and selling them to investors as mortgage backed securities (bonds), are in trouble. More...
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Business briefs reports what’s happening to local and area businesses. Items can include mergers, relocations, office and store openings, honor and awards, promotions, classes, personnel changes, or business events. More...
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After the first round when I looked at the leader board of the British Open, I had to do a double take. I thought it was 1995 again. There was Greg Norman in contention at the British Open. Norman hadn't been in contention anywhere during the last ten years. In fact, Norman hasn't looked the same since blowing a final round lead to Nick Faldo during the Masters.
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The Jacksonville Jaguars opened their 2008 training camp with two practice sessions today in front of 3,346 fans. With 80 players under contract, excluding first round draft pick Derrick Harvey, the team held the first of 18 practice sessions that will be open to the public through August 16.
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A second Tiger Football Skills Clinic will be held on Thursday, July 24, from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. at the UCHS practice football field. Several former Tiger football players now playing on the college level will be there to help out. More...
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) law enforcement division is investigating a boating accident involving a 5-year-old girl who was on a personal watercraft by herself on Lake Kathryn in Casselberry early Sunday afternoon.
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Two African American television celebrities, T’Keyah Crystal Keymáh (That’s So Raven, Cosby, In Living Color) and Ella Joyce (Roc), will perform in the first annual Aurora Jacksonville Black Arts Festival July 24-30.
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Life looks dreary for orphaned, 11-year-old, Mary, who has traveled from her home in India to Yorkshire to live at the country estate of her embittered, reclusive uncle and his invalid son. To her delight, Mary discovers that the estate includes a mysterious, locked garden. More...
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Elvis sighting at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park!
Elvis will be live in person at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park (SOSMP) this Saturday night…that is, in the person of Ted McMullen, one of the finest Elvis tribute artists around.
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This is the final week of the Holiday release series and I have a problem. You see this week is multi-platform releases, meaning that most of these games are coming out for all of the platforms. PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, you name it. So, I decided that I would break down the games for you. Today is going to be sports games. Tuesday, I will have an update for shooters, 1st and 3rd person. Thursday will bring the 1st catch of Action/Adventure titles. Finishing off with Friday being my picks for multi games you have to acquire.
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Dinner and a Movie
Sometimes it's difficult to break from the norm and venture out to do something different. After several weeks of coming home from work, taking the kids to all of their activities, it takes all you can muster to grab a bite at any one of our three, maybe four places to eat, much less try to fix a meal at home. You need a change of pace - how about dinner and a movie?
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On the Road - Travel Blog
Columnist Melissa Burnsed and husband Mike are on a summer road trip to Maine and places beyond. She will share their journey as we follow along as they visit relatives, do the tourist things and even, gasp!...relax. More...
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You sit down to make a note about a project. The phone rings. While you're talking, someone pops in with a question as the computer dings the arrival of an important email and you remember that you forgot to make dinner plans.
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