1001 Reasons LA is Better than Florida
#162 Florida Marlins has the lowest value of any major league baseball team at just $244 million, Dodgers are worth $632 million - AP
#163 A panther in Central Florida was killed by vehicle this week, the seventh in Florida this year. 11 were killed last year. Wait, panthers are just cruising around out there? - AP
#164 The University of Florida is being accused of stealing Gatorade from Florida State - Fanblogs
#165 Dick Butkus is suing the Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando for passing out an award using his name - AP
#166 The GOP's top fundraiser, Florida Senator Mel Martinez, could possibly be fined hundreds of thousands of dollars for breaking several election laws - Miami Herald
#167 Florida Circle-K and Shell stations back to selling "adult sophisticate" magazines despite "its own policy that prohibits stores from 'selling or displaying materials with themes of sex'" - Citizen Link
#168 South Florida is experiencing a drought yet it does a rotten job of conserving water - Jacksonville Times-Union
#169 In Malabar, "A man and woman were arrested in Brevard County, accused by police of drugging, beating and stabbing a man in the presence of children" - Local 6
#170 A 12 foot, 1,000 lb shark caught in the Florida panhandle - Local 6
#171 Florida is losing manufacturing jobs - Tampa Bay Buisness Journal
#172 "The South Florida Water Management District levied $500 fines for 81 of 176 golf courses in Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties that failed to file a weekly water use report." - Sun-Sentinel
#173 A 16-year old boy was caught via a Nannycam molesting 2- and 4-year old boys - Local6
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