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I'm Alfred Charles, online content manager for OrlandoSentinel.com. Here are some top stories I don't want you to miss today. Send me an email and let me know what you think.

Today's Top Headlines

Orange schools expect 5,000 more students

Summer for most Central Florida students ends today as schools resume across the region. Orange County's public schools kick off the new academic year today expecting to welcome more new students to their campuses than any other district in Florida. Parents are you ready for the new school year? [More]

State Attorney Jeff Ashton admits using Ashley Madison website but won't step down

Hackers have exposed members of the website geared towards married people seeking to have extramarital affairs and the incident has hit home in Central Florida. State Attorney Jeff Ashton, who rose to prominence during the prosecution of Casey Anthony, has admitted that he signed up for the online-dating website but said he never had an affair. [More]

Groveland sinkhole opens, boil alert in effect

Many Groveland residents are under a boil water alert, and one person was evacuated after a 45-foot-wide sinkhole opened near Iowa Avenue and East Waldo Street, carving a hole 65 feet deep, police say. [More]

China's stock market suffers biggest one-day fall since 2007

All eyes are on the financial markets Monday after China's stock market fell by its biggest margin in eight years, defying the government's multibillion-dollar effort to stop a slide that has wiped out the gains of this year's price boom. [More]

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All Aboard Florida train promises big impact, but will it deliver?

The promised financial impact of the All Aboard Florida train is large: $6.4 billion infused into the state's economy by 2023, $2.4 billion in pay, benefits and taxes for labor through 2021 and 10,000 construction jobs each year through 2017. [More]

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Today's Top Sports News

Football programs embrace virtual reality as new training tool

Football programs are embracing virtual reality as new training tool, helping players simulate conditions they may face on game day. [More]

George Diaz: NFL needs Donald Trump to rescue league from Deflategate

NFL needs Donald Trump to rescue league from lingering deflategate debacle involving Tom Brady, Roger Goodell [More]

Young FSU squad ranked No. 10 in first AP Top 25 Poll

FSU must replace 11 players who were selected in the 2015 NFL Draft, but the Seminoles still apparently have the respect of those voting in the AP Top 25 poll. [More]

Orlando City left asking questions, searching for confidence after another blowout loss

Orlando City left asking questions, searching for confidence after another blowout loss [More]

IndyCar driver Justin Wilson in coma after wreck at Pocono

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Today's Top Entertainment News

Theater review: 'Carrie: The Musical' from Clandestine Arts

Orlando Sentinel theater critic Matthew J. Palm reviews "Carrie: The Musical." [More]

Theater review: 'Tribes' from Mad Cow Theatre

Orlando Sentinel theater critic Matthew J. Palm reviews "Tribes." [More]

Motocross riders performing stunts, jumps in downtown Orlando

Motocross riders T.J. Tiffany and Rick Janesky will perform stunts on Pine Street. [More]

Le Coq au Vin co-owner buys Bistro Clo Clo on Orlando's Sand Lake Road

Le Coq au Vin will remain fine dining destination; Bistro Clo Clo will become Bistro Le Coq au Vin [More]

'Fear the Walking Dead,' NFL, Katrina: This weekend

"Fear the Walking Dead" returns to the early days of the zombie apocalypse as the residents of Los Angeles don't understand what's unfolding. [More]


 

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