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Howard Schnellenberger, 87, Miami, Louisville coach, dies

Howard Schnellenberger was a pipe smoker with a push-broom mustache and gruff baritone, and he paired his grandiloquent manner with grandiose visions for football at Miami, Louisville and Florida Atlantic that caused snickers. At all three schools, Schnellenberger disproved doubters. He revived the sport at Miami and Louisville and started the program at Florida Atlantic […]

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How two friends made art history buying a $70M digital work

It took a few minutes for Vignesh Sundaresan and Anand Venkateswaran to realize that they’d parted with $69.3 million for a digital artwork stored in a JPEG file, coincidentally securing their place in art history. “We weren’t sure we won,” said Venkateswaran, describing the nerve-wracking final moments of the online auction for a collage of […]

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4-year-old girl among 3 dead in Volusia crash on I-95, troopers say

Troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol are investigating a deadly crashing Sunday morning involving a van that was carrying 11 people when it crashed on Interstate 95 in Volusia County. Troopers said the 2000 Ford passenger van drifted off the road around 5:30 a.m. near Ormond Beach and overturned in the northbound lanes. The van […]

Florida House of Representatives passes ‘anti-riot’ bill

State lawmakers passed a controversial bill known as the “Combating Violence, Disorder, and Looting and Law Enforcement Protection Act” Friday afternoon in Florida’s Capitol. HB 1 has also become known as an “anti-rioting” bill. The bill expands who can be charged as a felon during protests and gives law enforcement broader arresting powers. It also makes […]

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Years later, Florida daughter charged with killing father with baseball bat, knife

A Florida woman is facing murder charges more than two years after her father was killed with a baseball bat and a knife, authorities said. Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said Shannon Gillespie, 46, was arrested Friday on first-degree murder charges. It wasn’t immediately clear if she has a lawyer. She is charged with killing […]

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March Madness: Sweet 16 updates and TV schedule

College basketball fans have been waiting almost a year for the NCAA Tournament to return since the 2020 edition was canceled. March Madness has returned, and one thing is certain: it has returned in a greater way than any of us could have expected. Now, all that’s left is 16 teams. After one of the […]

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Some Alaska Costco shoppers say ravens steal their groceries

Some Alaska Costco shoppers said they’ve had their groceries stolen by ravens in the store parking lot. Matt Lewallen said he was packing his groceries into his car in the parking lot of an Anchorage Costco when ravens swooped in to steal a short rib from his cart, the Anchorage Daily News reported Friday. “I literally took […]

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NASA gives all clear: Earth safe from asteroid for 100 years

Whew, now here’s some good cosmic news: NASA has given Earth the all clear for the next century from a particularly menacing asteroid. The space agency announced this week that new telescope observations have ruled out any chance of Apophis smacking Earth in 2068. That’s the same 1,100-foot (340-meter) space rock that was supposed to […]

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New, local health care plans are excluding most pharmacies

Growing up in a small town, Becky Sargent believes in shopping local. “I know what it’s like to, you know, get your living or your Christmas money or whatever it is from, you know, just one person buying from you, ” Sargent recalls. That’s one of the reasons she chose to buy her prescriptions from […]

State warns of test prep scheme targeting parents of high school students

Attorney General Ashley Moody is warning parents of high school students about emerging standardized test preparation scams. As graduation approaches, scammers often attempt to deceive parents into paying for illegitimate test-prep services. Scammers pose as members of the College Board or other educational organizations and attempt to steal credit card information by offering fake test […]