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Nonprofits get $100,000 to fight childhood obesity
Found: 13 Hours 14 Minutes ago
Orlando Sentinel - Two nonprofit groups that serve Orange County children have been awarded $100,000 each for obesity prevention. Get Active Orlando will use the money to increase physical activity in the city's Parramore district, and the Institute for America's Health will educate fourth- and fifth-graders on how advertising campaigns promote unhealthy foods and sedentary lifestyles. The grants are part of $800,000 given out statewide by the Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida, the philanthropic arm of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida. The foundation plans to grant $8 million total during a four-year campaign targeting childhood obesity....
Beloved peacock disappears from rehab center
Found: 13 Hours 14 Minutes ago
Orlando Sentinel - A wayward peacock that blew into the Lake Bennett Health and Rehabilitation Center after the 2004 hurricanes is gone. Resident Earl Nicholson, who enjoyed watching the bird, is now hoping for its return or the donation of another bird. "It brought a lot of joy to the people who live here," said Nicholson, 79. "He disappeared about 10 days ago." Nicholson guessed that the bird may have been killed after he heard a rifle shot in the middle of the night around the time it disappeared, but he hasn't found any evidence of its demise. Anyone wishing to donate a peacock to the Ocoee center may contact Jay Bloomer at 407-523-0300....
Lake County religion in brief
Found: 14 Hours 24 Minutes ago
Orlando Sentinel - The Salvation Army of Lake County will begin accepting applications from individuals and families needing assistance during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday season....
441 Center hunts cash to build performing-arts venue at LSCC
Found: 14 Hours 24 Minutes ago
Orlando Sentinel - Organizers of the proposed performing-arts center at Lake-Sumter Community College say they're moving forward with fundraising and construction plans for the multimillion-dollar project even though a major part of the funding was slashed from the state budget last year....
Orlando return for Rays doubtful in 2009
Found: 14 Hours 40 Minutes ago
Orlando Sentinel - Don't expect the Tampa Bay Rays to return to Disney's Wide World of Sports again for regular-season games next year. Rays owner Stuart Sternberg said Friday that the 2009 schedule makes it "doubtful" the Rays would play in Central Florida for the third season in a row....
No. 4 LSU at No. 11 Florida
Found: 14 Hours 44 Minutes ago
Orlando Sentinel - *Kickoff: 8 p.m. at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville...
Injury bug bites Orlando Magic's Tony Battie, again
Found: 14 Hours 51 Minutes ago
Orlando Sentinel - In each of his first two exhibition outings, Orlando Magic big man Tony Battie had been looking to recover the familiarity and comfort level that was denied him last season after he was forced to sit out the year following surgery on a torn rotator cuff in his left shoulder....
'Disposable' AK-47s — trend that worries cops
Found: 14 Hours 52 Minutes ago
Orlando Sentinel - Orange County's latest murders reflect an alarming trend for law enforcement: urban firefights with dozens of shots fired....
Altamonte police officer pleads guilty to growing marijuana
Found: 15 Hours 37 Minutes ago
Orlando Sentinel - An Altamonte Springs police officer accused of setting up a marijuana grow house and owning an arsenal of handguns, rifles and shotguns to defend it pleaded guilty Friday in Orlando federal court....
Thousands of drivers are back on hook for unpaid tolls
Found: 16 Hours 5 Minutes ago
Orlando Sentinel - Ruling on malfunctions puts licenses in jeopardyA state appeals court has reinstated the cases of as many as 7,000 motorists who didn't pay their tolls in Seminole County, meaning they could be liable to pay thousands of dollars in fines and have their drivers licenses suspended....
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