PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Repairs to 14 miles of storm-damaged roads in two sections of the Gulf Islands National Seashore have cost $35.5 million since 1995, and officials estimate it will take another $27.3 million to get them open again after a double battering in...
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Four airlines, including Tampa International Airport's second-largest carrier -- Delta Air Lines Inc. -- raised their fares Thursday on some flights in an effort to counteract rising fuels prices.
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AP - Retail gas prices hit another record high over the past three weeks, mirroring a rapid increase in the cost of crude oil, according to a nationwide survey released Sunday.
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Motorcycle fatalities nationwide have surged to their highest levels since 1987, even as overall highway deaths continue to decline. ...In a related story:Motorcycle fatalities have risen sharply in Florida since the state repealed its mandatory helmet law.
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Clearwater, Florida -- The new Clearwater Memorial Causeway Bridge will open to traffic September 1st, the city announced Monday.A ceremonial Grand Opening will take place Saturday, Aug., 27, at 9 a.m.
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Cynthia Tucker - After weeks of wearying hours, tedious research, fist-pounding debates and nerve-racking compromise, Congress passed historic legislation last week that promises to put the nation on the track to energy independence by the year 2050. OK, just kidding. Our...
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WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence is focusing more intently on terrorist threats to mass transit in the wake of bombings and attempted bombings in London but has no specific intelligence on a U.S.-based threat,...
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A major incident, unprecedented in the nation's aviation industry occurred at about 4.30 am yesterday when an aircraft belonging to French carrier, Air France collided with six cows right at the Port Harcourt Airport runway, killing all of them.
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LONDON, July 7 - A typically drizzly London commute turned into chaos
today as Londoners still basking in the euphoria of the city's surprise
choice as the site of the 2012 Olympics were forced onto the streets...
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AP - Negotiators for Bay Area Rapid Transit workers and management returned to the bargaining table Monday evening for a late-night round of deliberations after spending 26 hours locked in contract talks over the...
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ON THE U.S.-CANADA BORDER (AP) -- Nearly four years after the Sept. 11 terror attacks and after billions in security investment on both sides of this frontier stretching from Atlantic to Pacific, authorities and...
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WEST VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - A British Columbia ferry lost power, smashed into a number of boats and ran aground at a marina while docking Thursday at Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver.
There were no...
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