Everglades (United States)

Type: City

Name: Everglades (United States)

population: 534

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Longest Python Found in Florida

A Florida man recently found an 18.8-foot-long (5.7-meter-long) Burmese python—the longest ever found in the state. That’s exactly a foot longer than the former record-holder, caught in August 2012, which measured 17.7 feet (5.4 meters).But what Jason ... [Published National Geographic - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Everglades (United States), Reptile, Ecosystem, Species

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

US Marine Corps

Swamp Apes group gives war veterans missions in the Everglades

When 30-year-old Iraq war veteran Jorge Martinez left the Marine Corps, he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. The vet wanted to readjust to civilian life and get involved in social activities, but being amid large crowds made him uncomfort ... [Published Miami Herald - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Everglades (United States), epinephrine, US Marine Corps, Boynton Beach (United States), Military/Armed Forces

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 21 hours ago - 2 reports

Vague Complaint Dooms Tribe's Everglades Case

The 11th Circuit dismissed a Florida Indian tribe's claims that the U.S. Corps of Engineers mismanages the Everglade's water systems, periodically flooding its lands. ... [Published Pechanga.net - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Dooms (United States), Everglades (United States), Complaints, Water System, Flooding

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Chris Smith

Florida governor signs budget, but vetoes college tuition hike

Florida Governor Scott greets an attendee in the audience before the start of the final U.S. presidential debate in Boca Raton (Joe Skipper Reuters, / October 23, 2012)XBill Cotterell ReutersTALLAHASSEE (Reuters) - Florida Governor Rick Scott signed ... [Published Morning Call - May 20 2013]

Entities: Will Weatherford, Chris Smith, Education, Everglades (United States), David Adams

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Invasive Animal Species in the United States

European starlings were introduced in the U.S. as a tribute to William Shakespeare, nutria were imported for their fur, Burmese pythons were brought in as pets, and wild boars as game species. Such accounts of how various invasive animal species reached ... [Published Buzzle.com - May 19 2013]

Entities: Species, Lionfish, United States, Everglades (United States)

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Dangerous Drivers

Frequently, I travel U.S. 27 and U.S. 17/92 in Haines City, Winter Haven and Davenport. Several things I constantly observe are:Limited police presence seems to indicate the speed limit is merely a suggestion — 10 mph to 15 mph over the posted limit seems ... [Published Lakeland Ledger - May 19 2013]

Entities: Haines City (United States), Winter Haven (United States), Everglades (United States)

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Water 101: Learning from nature and mistakes

By CHRISTOPHER TUFFLEY christopher.tuffley@newssun.com SEBRING -- Quality water is essential, but years of drought and growing demand have seriously depleted Central Florida's water resources. Lake and canal levels have fallen leaving many docks and boat ... [Published News Sun - May 18 2013]

Entities: Aquifer, Canalize, Water Management, Watershed

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

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A man and his teenage son were rescued after being stranded in the Everglades when their air boat sank in west Broward on Friday.Authorities got the call around 4 p.m. and 20 minutes later they were spotted.Will Cazanas and his 13-year-old son William, ... [Published NBCNews.com - May 18 2013]

Entities: Everglades (United States), Palm Beach (United States), United States

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Stranded father, son rescued from airboat in Everglades

A father and son from Palm Beach County were rescued in northwest Broward after their airboat ran aground and took on water in the Everglades Friday afternoon, according to Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue.Around 3:30 p.m., Will and William Cazanas set out ... [Published South Florida Sun-Sentinel - May 18 2013]

Entities: Everglades (United States), Palm Beach, United States

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Father, Son Rescued From Everglades

A photo of Friday's rescue from aerial footage.Zoo BabiesWeird News PhotosA man and his teenage son were rescued after being stranded in the Everglades when their air boat sank in west Broward on Friday.Authorities got the call around 4 p.m. and 20 minutes ... [Published NBC Miami - May 18 2013]

Entities: Everglades (United States), Palm Beach (United States), United States

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Boat sinks, strands 2 in Everglades

The Broward Sheriff's Office found two men onboard a partially sunken boat in the Florida Everglades on Friday afternoon.BSO received a call about 4 p.m. referencing an airboat that had sunk about two miles west of Sample Road when it ends at the Sawgrass ... [Published Local10.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: Everglades (United States), United States

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Disappearing wonders: 10 world heritage sites in danger

Originally inscribed as a World Heritage site in 1981, the Old City of Jerusalem has been on the World Heritage in Danger list since 1982—longer than any other of the list's 38 imperiled properties. Considered a holy city in Judaism, Christianity, and ... [Published USA Today - May 16 2013]

Entities: Jerusalem, Great Wall Group Co Ltd, Great Barrier Reef, Memphis (Tennessee, United States), Everglades (United States)

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And in 2010, before he was fired, Lehtinen wrote the tribe's general council: "Individual Indians...are subject to federal taxation on incomes they receive."

IRS slams Miccosukee Indians with $170 million in tax liens [Published Individual.com - 20 hours ago]

He also dismissed the Tribe's equal protection claim, finding the allegations "so vague and ambiguous that in order to determine whether they state a cause of action, we would have to make all sorts of assumptions" which the court declined to do

Vague Complaint Dooms Tribe's Everglades Case [Published Courthouse News Service - May 21 2013]

"His targets reveal a basic misunderstanding of the critical role local communities, and local community projects, play in Florida" said Smith

Florida governor signs budget, but vetoes college tuition hike [Published Morning Call - May 20 2013]

By pressing to eliminate sugar price supports, Big Candy wants "the U S industry to go out of business so that they can have very, very subsidized, cheap foreign sugar" said Phillip Hayes, a spokesman for the sugar group

It's sweet vs. sweet in D.C. fight [Published Philadelphia Daily News - May 19 2013]

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Guest Post: Programs That Should Be Cut - But W... [Published Zero Hedge - Mar 01 2013] Submitted by Brandon Smith of Alt-Market blog , Washington is laying on the malaise pretty thick lately over automatic budget cuts set to take effect in March, with admonitions and partisan attacks galore. Of course, those of us who are educated ...
Blood, Bedlam, And Embroidered Pillowcases At F... [Published BuzzFeed - Latest - Mar 01 2013] Image by Adam Setala/Buzzfeed I clung to the trunk of a papaya sapling, trying my best to circumvent a long slide down a steep, pebbly ridge and into a canal overrun with venomous snakes. My fingernails sank deeper into tree flesh. My right wrist ...
Florida’s First “Python Challenge” Proves How D... [Published Ecology Global Network - Feb 19 2013] The results of South Florida’s first “Python Challenge” were announced over the weekend, and while the hunters and snakes got most of the attention, the ultimate winners were the conservationists at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar To Leave Post In... [Published Think Progress - Jan 16 2013] By Jessica Goad, Tom Kenworthy, Christy Goldfuss, and Michael Conathan News broke this morning that Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will be stepping down in March and returning home to Colorado. Salazar, who joined the cabinet after serving ...