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It's a way to get out into nature's beauty and enjoy it — but without stopping to smell the roses, or mangroves, cabbage palms or slash pines.

If you've ever driven California State Route 29 up the Napa Valley, you've likely seen the Merryvale Vineyards building right across the street from everyone's favorite hangover spot — I mean burger shack — Gott's Roadside Grill (neé Taylor's Refresher).

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Another family of a sailor aboard a cargo ship that sunk after being caught in Hurricane Joaquin is suing the vessel's owner.

Expect showers to spread in from the Gulf starting during the late morning hours Tuesday.

I'm only talking Halloween this week, as my family gears up for some trick or treating. Here's this week's family fun:

TALLAHASSEE — The fact that Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation officials were forced to shut down a bear hunt early shows the agency didn't have all the facts before approving the killings, opponents said Monday.

Passing boaters usually sign their names or the date in permanent marker. There’s even evidence of a marriage proposal on the chipped and peeling curves of the dome home’s abandoned walls.

Just days ago, the nearly 1,300-pound, powerful jumping horse with a shiny chestnut coat named Phedras de Blondel arrived at his new home in the U.S., a farm owned by a champion rider in Florida.