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OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

Oil industry, keep your mitts off the Everglades

Older Florida natives have witnessed the overdevelopment of Florida in the past half century or so, and they’re not happy about it. Novelist, Miami Herald columnist and Alligator alumnus Carl Hiaasen has covered the issue extensively; he told NPR last year, “Try to imagine ... the transformation you would watch if you lived here. It’s traumatic.”


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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Election results not an accurate forecast

Political junkies across the state and throughout the country had their eyes fixated on Pinellas County last week, wondering whether the result of a special election to fill Congressman Bill Young’s vacated seat was a sign of things to come. Young was a Republican who served the district for decades until he passed away late last year. The district is firmly Republican, but Democrats felt they had an opportunity to win the seat, especially with former gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink.


Junior wide receiver Andre Debose returns a kick off against Tennessee at Kyle Field on Sept. 15, 2010. Debose was pushed into a window during a brawl Saturday night. 
METRO  |  CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Debose pushed into window during brawl

Florida football player Andre Debose was pushed into a window while trying to break up a fight Saturday night. During the brawl, a man was arrested on charges of aggravated assault after he used his rifle to fire several rounds into the SUV of the man who pushed Debose.



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