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• High school teacher cared enough to keep FSU's Greg Reid on right path

  TALLAHASSEE — There were times when Greg Reid thought he'd never make it to a place like Florida State. After his dad was locked up about six years ago for selling drugs, Reid's grades plummeted. He took out his anger on Friday nights and then caught maybe the luckiest break of his life when he was placed in Andrea Bridges' English class at Lowndes High in Valdosta, Ga.
  [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:14:38 -0700]

• Boyd, Kosmas top the Buzz's post-primary House race rankings

  By Louis Jacobson, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, September 8, 2010 The Buzz 's House race rankings: post-primary edition For the third time this election cycle, the Buzz, the Times ' political blog, is ranking the six U.S. House seats in Florida that are most vulnerable to a party switch. The difference between first place (the most vulnerable) and sixth (less vulnerable) is relatively modest ...
  [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:08:46 -0700]

• The Buzz House Race Rankings: Post-Primary Edition

  By Louis Jacobson - Tue, Sep 07 2010 For the third time this election cycle – and the first time since July 23 -- the Buzz is ranking the six U.S. House seats in Florida that are most vulnerable to a party switch. The difference between first place (the most vulnerable) and sixth (less vulnerable) is relatively modest. The biggest change is that the four Democrats on the list are noticeably more ...
  [Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:19:16 -0700]

• College Football Game Capsules

  College Football Game Capsules
  [Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:43:17 -0700]

• College Football Top 25 Capsules: No. 9 Iowa set to open highly anticipated season

  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The buzz has been building for this season at Iowa since the day the Hawkeyes waltzed out of south Florida with their first BCS win.
  [Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:11:48 -0700]

• Florida Supreme Court reprimands Seminole's Judge Eriksson

  Chief justice: Eriksson's behavior was 'intolerable' and he punished the innocent Showing no emotion and saying not a word, Seminole County Judge Ralph Eriksson this morning stood before the Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee and was publicly reprimanded for being a bad judge.
  [Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:15:20 -0700]

• Bear attack highlights lax Ohio exotic pet laws

  The bear that recently killed a caretaker in a Cleveland suburb was the latest example of animal violence in a state that has some of the nation's weakest restrictions on exotic pets and among the highest number of injuries and deaths caused by them.
  [Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:28:48 -0700]

• Fatal bear attack highlights Ohio's lax laws on exotic pets and high number of fatal attacks

  The bear that recently killed a caretaker in a Cleveland suburb was the latest example of animal violence in a state that has some of the nation's weakest restrictions on exotic pets and among t...
  [Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:12:57 -0700]

• Judge Eriksson reprimanded by high court

  A Seminole County judge was on trial Tuesday over his own conduct.
  [Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:45:03 -0700]

• Bear attack highlights lax exotic pet laws

  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The bear that recently killed a caretaker in a Cleveland suburb was the latest example of animal violence in a state that has some of the nation's weakest restrictions on exotic pets and among the highest number of injuries and deaths...
  [Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:44:03 -0700]