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  • Teaching kids the meaning of Memorial Day

    President Richard Nixon declared Memorial Day a federal holiday on the last Monday in May. Cities all around the U.S. will hold their own celebrations to pay respect to the men and women who have died in wars or in the service of their country.Teaching the meaning of Memorial Day to your children can be a challenge. To many Americans, Memorial Day marks the beginning of summer and is an excuse ...

  • Facebook threat prompts investigation at Tavares school

    There's been yet another security scare at a central Florida school.A student's Facebook post, saying there was going to be a fight on campus Friday and that there would be a gun involved, brought deputies out to Tavares Middle School, authorities said.Deputies took no chances and were waiting for students when they arrived to school Friday morning.Half a dozen deputies were on campus ...

  • Deputies Man took pictures of 10-year-old in public restroom

    Marion County Sheriff's investigators said he took photos of a 10-year-old boy at a urinal in a department store.According to investigators, a witness told them that he saw Maximo Deherrera, 63, slide his cellphone camera down the side of a urinal divider and take a picture of the young boy who was using the urinal next to him.The witness told investigators that he saw the flash go off on ...

  • Students statewide improve FCAT writing scores

    The Florida Department of Education announced the results of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test 2.0 on Friday and said statewide, students made gains in writing scores.Students in grades four, eight and 10 were tested on writing skills.The department said, in a press release, that 58 percent of those students scored at 3.5 and higher, a jump of 4 percent from the 2012 ...

  • FCAT math and reading scores static for third-graders

    Results released Friday show less than two-thirds of Florida's third grade students are performing at a satisfactory level in math and reading on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. There was a 1 percent increase in reading scores and no improvement in ...


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Movie Review

Diary of a Country Priest (Journal d'un curé de campagne) [DVD]

Diary of a Country Priest (Journal d'un curé de campagne) [DVD]

Robert Bressons Diary of a Country Priest (Journal d'un cur de campagne) is a film about anguish, both physical and spiritual. Like so many of Bressons films, it features a central protagonist who is adrift in a difficult and painful world, searching for grace and finding only cynicism, mistrust, and rejection. The harsh realities unearthed in the film are obvious, but Bresson conve ... ...

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  • List 13 strangest things in the Ripleys warehouse

    When an exhibit isn't in one of the "Ripley's Believe It or Not" attractions, it's housed in this warehouse in a nondescript building in an Orlando office park. You'd never be able to tell from the outside of the building what is stored ...

  • World Oceans Day at Brevard Zoo

    "On June 8, Brevard Zoo will join hundreds of aquariums, zoos, museums and conservation organizations in fun, inspirational and educational events to ...

  • Brevard zoo offers many different choices this time of the year

    Melbourne, FL - MAY 18, 2013 - Throughout the month of May outdoor enthusiast have many choices when trying to decide what to do each weekend here ...

  • Child actors who grew up into stars

    New York police arrested actress Amanda Bynes recently after she allegedly tossed drug paraphernalia out the window of her 36th floor Manhattan apartment. While troubled child stars seem to get most of the press, plenty of young actors have managed to stay successful into adulthood. Take a look at child actors who grew up into ...

  • Palm Coast man charged with battery at Central Florida daycare center

    A Palm Coast man was arrested Wednesday on battery charges after police responded to a possible attempted child abduction at a daycare center in ...

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