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  • #46 St. Augustine Motherhood Maternity agreed to settle lawsuits with would-be employees who were not hired because they were pregnant, and with a woman who was fired when she was suspected to be pregnant - Miami Herald #47 Palm Beach County's violence reminds some of Miami in the 70s & 80s: "Today, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw says we are on the cusp of becoming another Miami. The gang names have changed --...
  • Sacramento radio promotion which made people drink water and see which contestant could last the longest without urinating, claimed a victim. These Wiis really might be from Hades....
  • #36 Strip Club King running for City Council for 7th time. Town will make him King, but not councilman - St. Pete Times #37 Male swim coach accused of videotaping 11-year-old girls undressing in his office. And yes, the accused's name is Kimberly. - TBO.com #38 Mayor of Miami-Dade County criticized for reaching out to Gay community - Miami.com #39 Orlando man says Singles Club women were not hot enough, wants his $1,000 back...
  • #32 - White powder found at two South Florida courthouses. Money quote: "The substance is being tested, but does not appear to be a hazardous, McInerny said." - Miami Herald #33 - Three masked men with knives go to the valet parking line of one of the largest rare coin shows in the world at one of the busiest luxury hotels in Orlando and walk off with $4 million worth of coinage. - International...
  • #31 We originally thought the bad Floridian was the employee in the Tigger suit but now we are leaning toward putting blame on the suspicious family. A pox on both their trailers....
  • #25 Our Tigger doesn't slap the tourists around - KOMO #26 "Red Tide" of algal blooms totally fuck with asthma sufferers along the FLA coast - New Scientist #27 Miami cops mistake sprinkler parts for a bomb, and blow it up - WWNC #28 Boynton Beach woman claims she believed the Capri Sun juice pack when it said "All Natural", now suing - AP #29 Charlotte County step-father charged 3 1/2 years probation after...
  • #18 Handcuffed man in the back of a police car dies after being tasered by cops - Palm Beach Post #19 The director of the Central Florida Police Benevolent Association, a law enforcement union that represents sheriffs, police, corrections, probation and public employees, is accused of molesting two girls when they were 8 and 12 - AP #20 Quasi hog-tie of an autistic teen by Miami police leads to coma and then death -...
  • #21 Florida spends $90,000 a month on $1.8 million of ice it can't even give away - LAT #22 Georgia tourist visiting St. Petersburg gets shot from a stray bullet on New Years Eve. Bullet hits bra strap which miraculously saves the woman's life - stuff.co.nz #23 The Florida Highway Patrol is allegedly using a loophole in the law to confiscate super fast motorcycles from innocent people - the newspaper #24 Allstate bailing out...
  • #8 Woman pissed off that she got the wrong change sets an Orange County Walgreens on fire with her cigarette. Quoth store employee Harry Ambriose: "You see flames all over the store, smoke all over the store, it was crazy...I smelled smoke in the cooler and I was like, 'What's going on? What's going on?' Ran out and I see big black smoke all over the store, black on the ceiling, black everywhere...She just...
  • Florida fucks up every day. They're a blight to this country. We love 'em, but they blow. Big Time. The hide in the corner of the nation in shame and they should. Every day we will list three or four troubling things that they should be sorry about. We won't stop until they change their motto from "The Sunshine State" to "We're Really Really Sorry". 4. Palm Beach County's homicide rate rose by 26%...

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