Greg Allen

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Bringing A 'Million Orchids' To Florida's Trees

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

The state's once-abundant orchid population has dwindled. Conservationists hope to change that by planting lab-grown flowers in urban areas throughout South Florida.

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Oil Industry Gets An Earful As It Eyes Florida's Everglades

Thursday, March 13, 2014

A Texas company seeking permission for an injection well in the heart of the Everglades is finding stiff opposition from environmental groups and some locals.

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In Closely Watched Congressional Election, GOP Wins In Florida

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

The result of Tuesday's special election for a congressional seat in Florida was a big victory for Republicans. Ahead of mid-term elections, David Jolly beat Democratic candidate Alex Sink.

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Fla. Lawmakers Turn Deaf Ear Toward 'Stand Your Ground' Protesters

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

This legislative session in Florida, one of the Republican authors of the "stand your ground" law is teaming with a Democratic leader on a bill to make some significant changes to the law.

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Big Investors Boosting Home Prices, And Not Everyone's Pleased

Monday, March 10, 2014

Private equity firms have been snapping up properties in many areas hit hard by the recession. Some analysts worry that those bulk purchases will leave middle-class buyers out in the cold.

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Artist Transforms Guns To Make Music — Literally

Saturday, January 25, 2014

Pedro Reyes says being Mexican is like living in an apartment where an upstairs neighbor has a leaking swimming pool.

"Just what is leaking," says Reyes, "is hundreds of thousands of guns."

He wants people to think about the availability of guns in the United States, and the ...

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For Miami, A New Art Project, Complete With Drama

Tuesday, December 03, 2013

Outside the glittering new Perez Art Museum Miami, finishing touches were still being applied late last month to the spacious plazas and gardens surrounding the $220 million building. Next door to the art museum, a new science museum is also going up. When it's all complete, the 29-acre Museum Park ...

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Florida Tribe Re-Creates Daring Escape From The Trail Of Tears

Monday, December 02, 2013

This week, a group of Seminole Indians in Florida is commemorating an important historical event — when a Seminole named Polly Parker organized and led an escape from federal troops more than 150 years ago.

It came at a time when Indians were being deported to the West in what ...

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Fla. School District Trying To Curb School-To-Prison Pipeline

Tuesday, November 05, 2013

In Florida, one of the nation's largest school districts has overhauled its discipline policies with a single purpose in mind — to reduce the number of children going into the juvenile justice system.

It's a move away from so-called "zero tolerance" policies that require schools to refer even minor misdemeanors ...

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Now A Democrat, Ex-Florida Gov. Crist Tries To Get Old Job Back

Monday, November 04, 2013

Florida's governor's race just got more interesting. The state's former Republican governor, Charlie Crist, announced in St. Petersburg on Monday that he's entering the race as a Democrat.

Crist is running against Florida's current Republican governor, Rick Scott, a conservative elected with strong Tea Party support.

At a rally to ...

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Fusion Wants Young Latinos To Turn On Their TVs

Saturday, October 26, 2013

The generation now coming of age in the U.S — sometimes called the millennials — is the largest ever. They pose a problem for television broadcasters: Many millennials watch little or no live TV.

On Monday, ABC and Univision are joining forces to launch a cable channel that hopes to ...

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Florida Officials Swat At Mosquitoes With Dengue Fever

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Public health officials in Florida are once again scrambling to contain an outbreak of dengue fever, a disease spread by mosquitoes.

Until 2009, when it surfaced in Key West, the tropical disease hadn't been seen in Florida in more than 70 years.

Now there are concerns dengue may establish a ...

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