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Many Very Eager Men Just Sat Up Naming Planets.
Many Very Eager Men Just Sat Up Nodding Plenty.
Many Very Eager Men Just Sat Up Needing Pizza.
Well it was something along those lines, but that’s how I remembered the planets in the solar system as a kid. ...

CHARLOTTE HARBOR — After the death of Sgt. Michael Wilson last month, people in Charlotte County are more cognizant of the danger that first responders such as police, fire and EMS may encounter on the job. Keeping that awareness alive was the goal of Rev...

PUNTA GORDA — For years now, the city of Punta Gorda has tried to be a good neighbor, willing to mow the right of way of residents’ lawns, even though it is not public property. But some have taken advantage of this generosity, which adds up to about $70,...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Wrestling has been reinstated for the 2020 Olympics, seven months after losing its spot.
It beat two other sports in a vote by the International Olympic Committee.
Wrestling received 49 votes, while a combined baseball-softb...

WEWAKHITCHKA, Fla. (AP) — Former Republican Party of Florida chairman Jim Greer is in prison now, but he expects to included in the next gubernatorial campaign — as the subject of negative political ads.
That’s because Greer’s notoriety is likely to be us...

MIAMI (AP) — Diana Nyad’s swim from Cuba to Florida has generated some skepticism in the small community of marathon swimmers.
Critics have suggested that during a speedy stretch of the 53-hour swim, Nyad might have gotten into or held onto the boat that ...

PARIS (AP) — The Obama administration is distributing videos showing a chemical weapons attack in Syria to help convince Americans and Congress that a military intervention against the Syrian government is necessary, Secretary of State John Kerry said Sun...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Monday marks the 150th anniversary of the only Union attempt to storm the South Carolina fort where the Civil War began. But the Sept. 9, 1863, attack on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor was a dismal failure.
The nighttime fight wa...

GROVELAND, Fla. (AP) — Congressman Daniel Webster of Florida is among about two dozen members of the U.S. House who support an eventual path to citizenship for the millions of people who are in the country illegally.
These Republicans are facing the daunt...

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli government official says Israel has issued a complaint to the U.S. about Palestinian officials leaking classified details about ongoing peace negotiations.
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators had pledged to U.S. Secretary of St...