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Until now, marine biologists had no idea that diseases can be transmitted from humans to corals, yet this is precisely what they discovered during a recent investigation. The finding is of tremendous importance for coral conservation efforts.
A large portion of all corals in the world are simply dying off, or are s... |
20 December 2011
02:43 GMT |
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Hackers have targeted Florida voters for the second time in a week by hacking and stealing data from a Florida election center website.The attack was carried out by the same hacker who obtained information about voters and other election related data from the Democratic Party or Orange County.The hacker, who uses the... |
8 July 2011
10:58 GMT |
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A former Apple staffer has sued the Cupertino, Calif. company after being denied a promotion which he had reportedly sought on several occasions. According to suit filings, Michael Katz, a man in his 60s, was denied climbing the ladder because of his age. He believes he was subjected to discrimination based on his ag... |
6 December 2010
03:45 GMT |
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The decline of the Florida panther has been slowed down in some places, and stopped in its tracks in others, thanks to a last-minute conservation effort that sough to prevent the beautiful animals from being wiped out. The eastern panther population was 15 years ago estimated to include only several dozen animals, al... |
24 September 2010
08:55 GMT |
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Experts at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have recently released a new report on the state of the Gulf of Mexico. The document shows that the oil slick generated by the Deepwater Horizon accident is far from reaching Southern Florida, the Florida Keys and the East Coast, given that it&#... |
31 July 2010
04:07 GMT |
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Investigations conducted by American researchers in the Gulf of Mexico have determined that a large plume of crude oil has made its way into a corner of the Loop Current. This is a deep-water current that passes through the Gulf, heading east towards Florida, and then onwards into the Gulf Stream. Experts from the Mi... |
14 June 2010
09:56 GMT |
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According to new data derived from computer simulations of the current Gulf of Mexico situation, it would appear that oil from the slicks is bound to pass by Florida, and then go up the East Coast of the United States in coming months. Unfortunately, there is little authorities can do to prevent this even if they som... |
4 June 2010
04:49 GMT |
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Verizon Wireless, one of the leading mobile phone carriers in the United States, recently announced that it had fired up a new hurricane-ready super switch in the state of Florida, and that at the moment it operated a number of five such switches in the area. The latest Mobile Telephone Switching Office (MTSO) has s... |
30 March 2010
12:51 GMT |
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In his budget proposal for 2011, US President Barack Obama has proposed that the course of NASA be changed. The document argues that the burden of delivering astronauts to low-Earth orbit, such as, for example, to the International Space Station (ISS) should be passed down to private companies. At the same time, Obam... |
12 March 2010
03:16 GMT |
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According to an announcement the White House made on Match 7, US President Barack Obama will be making a visit to Florida on April 15 to discuss the impact that his Administration's space plans will have on the community here. Florida stands to lose most if the shuttles are retired, with hundreds of the best-qua... |
9 March 2010
04:02 GMT |
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Just last week, the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) allowed Cecil Filed, a former naval air base, to become the seventh spaceport in the United States. The documents the airfield received ensure that, in the very near future, it will be used as a starting point for horizontal take-offs to suborbital flights. One goo... |
19 January 2010
01:35 GMT |
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Wireless carrier AT&T announced on Tuesday a series of improvements brought to its 3G network in Gainesville, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, and throughout Central Florida. According to the company, the new enhancements, which come right in time for the holiday season, consist of network capacity increases, which should... |
18 November 2009
05:46 GMT |
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Apparently, in Florida, stores are now required to get the prints of all those who are interested in picking up a used videogame. Such a measure sends the idea that gamers are criminals and buying and selling DVDs is basically the same as getting a gun. The measure seems to be coming from the legislature of the state... |
3 June 2009
05:15 GMT |
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On Tuesday, Florida authorities announced that they were at that point attempting to use magnets as a means of keeping crocodiles away from major cities. The technique was reportedly successfully used in the past to relocate about two dozen reptiles to a new home. It acts by disrupting the “homing” abilit... |
25 February 2009
04:31 GMT |
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Marcus Schrenker, 38 years old, is currently being chased by the police for ejecting out of his plane on Sunday, in what apparently seems to be an attempt to fake his own death. The man is wanted for misappropriating hundreds of thousands of dollars, and, most likely, he had no plan of getting caught. After parachuti... |
13 January 2009
05:32 GMT |
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The state of Florida took another step forward in the struggle against global warming, as Republican Governor Charlie Crist announced that he had passed legislation forcing the auto industry to produce less-polluting cars. By 2020, the levels of tailpipe exhausts will have to decrease by 23 percent, and they will hav... |
3 December 2008
15:01 GMT |
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Tough no obvious scientific connection was found between electricity going through steel structures and coral reef growth, the Florida city of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea has already invested over $60,000 in contracts with two companies that claim they can help save endangered reefs of the town's beaches. Six hangar-s... |
10 October 2008
05:28 GMT |
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Apple has announced it would be opening yet another Retail Store in the States, in Altamonte Springs, Florida. The Grand Opening will be held this Saturday (tomorrow), August 16th at 10 am. As usual, the first 1,000 people to visit the Apple Store will nab a free Apple Store limited edition T-shirt.Apple is featuring... |
15 August 2008
04:59 GMT |
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Biscayne National Park is located at the southeastern extremity of the North American continent, in southeastern Florida. It comprises 750 km(300 mi) of islands, clear waters, reef corrals and mangrove forests, preserving Biscayne Bay, one of the top scuba diving areas in the United States.The zone was declared a N... |
26 February 2008
09:41 GMT |
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We've heard of burglars breaking into people's homes to get their expensive hardware equipment a lot of times before. Some even steal PS3s on the street in daylight. This story is no different from other stories of the sort, except for one "little" detail. The victim chased the two burglars going after his ... |
13 June 2007
03:51 GMT |
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