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Negotiations over the proposed $700 billion bailout of the financial system ended in one official called "chaos" Thursday as lawmakers bickered continuously about each proposal meetings between key lawmakers broke down without any progress. Instead of coming to an agreement, the session ran almost along party lines as Democrats and Republicans each blamed the other for no cooperation. More...
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POSTED 09/25/2008 - The economy is cutting into everyone’s pockets nowadays including the Florida Lottery. A new report says lottery revenue is flat and race and sports wagering are also declining. But the report does indicate that hard core gaming in Florida casinos is on the rise.
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POSTED 09/25/2008 - A 28 year old Florida native now living in Jacksonville Beach is one of the 18 contestants on this season’s Survivor Gabon. The newest survivor takes place in Gabon, a west-central African country on the equator that borders Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and the Republic of the Congo. More...
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If you drive far enough down most any county route in north-central Florida you'll notice, as if a video on constant replay, a variety of sights that seem to appear and then re-appear time and again. Dairy farms, patches of uncleared woods, country churches, graveyards, and in the midst of this pastoral landscape also the more technological aspects of cellphone, radio, and microwave towers. More...
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POSTED 09/26/2008 - Two Miami residents were arrested Wednesday and charged with stealing fuel from a Columbia County store. Columbia County Sheriff’s deputies and detectives had been investigating thefts since the initial report on September 11 when more than 470 gallons of diesel was taken during hours when the store was closed. The stolen diesel was valued at more than $2000.
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POSTED 09/20/08 - True tea lovers will tell you - there's nothing as pleasing and relaxing as a freshly brewed cup of full- flavor tea. Now tea drinkers across America have something to celebrate with the introduction of Dilmah's Garden Fresh, Single Origin 100% Pure Ceylon teas, the world's finest, grown, harvested and cured according to age-old traditions.
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As the chaos continues in financial markets, 30 year fixed rates mortgages have remained in the high five - low six percent range. Last week during the market's wild roller coaster ride, the ten year treasury note, which mortgage rates tend to ride on top of, ended up only slightly higher than it began the week. 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, personnel changes, or business events. Send information to news@northfloridanewsdaily.com Photographs must be clearly labeled and must be jpg format. You can also mail information to Theus Media Group, P.O. Box 1900, Glen St. Mary, FL 32040
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Increasing costs have become evident in every aspect of our lives. In addition to daily expenses like gas and groceries, home improvement costs are escalating across the nation as well.
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Natalie leaves the tour for the board room
Earlier this month, Donald Trump let the cat out of the proverbial bag announcing that our Natalie will be a contestant on this season’s The Apprentice that airs weekly on NBC. Details are still sketchy as to who else will play along side Gulbis in the weekly program. More...
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POSTED 09/27/2008 - While there are tickets remaining for the Jaguars’ home game this Sunday against the Houston Texans, enough tickets have been sold in order for the league to lift the blackout for the game. The game will be televised regionally on WTEV CBS47, with kickoff scheduled for 1:00 p.m. The Jack Del Rio Show will air at 11:00 a.m. followed by the Coggin Pregame Show, hosted by Brian Sexton and Brent Martineau, at 11:30 a.m.
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Bowden sees a better FSU team from last week
POSTED 09/27/2008 - For seven members of the Seminole football team, Saturday’s game in Jacksonville will be a homecoming but with three games played in Jacksonville since 2005, it is not a new experience for most of this group. Last year FSU downed Alabama and three years ago the Seminoles won the ACC Championship and the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville Municipal Stadium.
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POSTED 09/26/2008 - The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announces 10 auxiliary check stations for hunters to use to check the deer they harvest during the upcoming hunting seasons on Ocala, Fort McCoy and Gores Landing Unit Ocklawaha River wildlife management areas.
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POSTED 09/25/2008 - Have you ever left the cinema wondering just where that beautiful beach scene was shot? Or pondered what the setting for that harrowing battle sequence looks like in real life? Perhaps you’ve always wanted to plan a trip to visit and take your own pictures of the places where some of your favourite movies were made? Well now you can find out all you need to know with just a few clicks!
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Auditions will be held at Theatre Jacksonville Sunday, October 5, 2008, 1:00pm There will be cold readings from the script.
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Get ready for a great weekend of music and entertainment at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park
POSTED 09/23/2008 - Have you heard? The Mercy Mountain Boys and The Gaddis Girls are coming! That’s right, this weekend at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park the girls and boys are taking over!
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POSTED 09/27/2008 - Xbox Live and xbox.com will be offline for 24 hours starting on September 29th at 12:01 a.m. so that Xbox can bring us all the new "Xbox Experience" that we have been awaiting. This will be a great time to check out those other sites that you have been wanting to look at. I mean I know this site called www.northfloridanewsdaily.com that has some cool sections to check out.
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I wanted to see for my own eyes if my old fraternity knew how to throw a party before a big game. Mind you it’s been twenty some odd years since I participated in such an event, but I figured why not? This visit would be totally different, instead of being a single young man, yet to start my career, this time I visited the past a married man with my twenty-year-old daughter in tow.
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When it comes to caring for our pets' health, most of us don't bat an eye when it comes to spending money on expensive prescriptions or procedures, even for common health problems like skin allergies, digestive upset and urinary tract infections. More...
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POSTED 09/24/2008 - It's autumn. Kids are dusting off their soccer cleats and putting away their swim suits. The leaves are turning, and the calendar is full. When it comes to making dinner, many still take comfort in preparing traditional casseroles, pot pies and other one-dish wonders. These meals should not only be effortless but, with a little creativity, they could also be tailored to your family's particular tastes - and schedules. More...
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A stroke of bad luck