Monday, December 21, 2015

Trump in Florida & Pageant crowns wrong winner

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Good morning! It's Monday, Dec. 21 - welcome to Christmas week. Donald Trump, part-time Floridian and leading presidential candidate, is readying his Florida campaign. One high school in Central Florida has not offered physics classes in the past three years. And last night the host of the Miss Universe pageant incorrectly announced the winner. Other things in the news:

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Donald Trump gears up for full-scale Florida campaign

Donald Trump, the part-time Floridian and leading presidential candidate, has confounded the Republican political establishment in Florida and across the nation with both his strength and durability. [More]

Jones High students can't take physics

Jones High School has enrolled no students in physics classes in the past three years, making the Orlando school an outlier in Central Florida where most campuses make the study of matter and energy a regular offering. [More]

Smooth-talking 'chaplain' swindled elderly man, authorities say

On a June drive to visit his wife, who was in the Intensive Care Unit at Leesburg Regional Medical Center, Thomas struck and killed a pedestrian who was walking on U.S. Highway 27. [More]

U.S. Marshals offer $5,000 reward for 'affluenza teen' turned fugitive

A payday awaits anyone who can help the U.S. Marshals service find an infamous teen who is suspected of violating his probation and possibly fleeing the country. [More]

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Miss Philippines earns Miss Universe title, but not before wrong winner is crowned

The Miss Universe contestant from the Philippines is this year's winner but for one brief moment Sunday evening, it appeared as if it might be a repeat win for Colombia. [More]

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Today's Top Sports News

Orlando Magic fall to Atlanta Hawks

Although the game featured 17 lead changes and 10 ties, the Magic made too many mistakes to beat a veteran team like the Hawks. [More]

Gators eager to avoid three-game skid, win bowl

It was not long ago the Florida Gators thought they had arrived and rejoined the nation's elite. Now coach Jim McElwain's reeling team wants to exit the 2015 season on a high note. [More]

Magic coach Scott Skiles knows game's ups, downs

Skiles was fired on Christmas Eve by the Chicago Bulls in 2007. There's never a good time to get canned, but Christmas Eve? Seriously, Bulls? "The timing of it didn't bother me at all. Not at all," Skiles said. [More]

Hyde: Questions keep piling up in a Dolphins season that has no answers

How to fix this? Where to even start? Because the damage report on the Miami Dolphins keeps growing longer, as this latest Sunday showed. The Dolphins had as hollow a performance as they've had in a while in Sunday's 30-14 loss to the San Diego Chargers. [More]

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Today's Top Entertainment News

What we saw at new Skipper Canteen restaurant at Magic Kingdom

A new theme-park restaurant opened at Disney World this week. Although the Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen is themed to Magic Kingdom's Jungle Cruise attraction, it stands directly across from the Swiss Family Treehouse. [More]

Sea Life: Underwater 'Night Before Christmas' readings set

Divers at Sea Life Orlando aquarium are going beneath the surface for holiday readings with guests. [More]

'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' blasts opening weekend record with $238 million

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" brought in a galactic $238 million over the weekend, making it the biggest North American debut of all time according to studio estimates on Sunday. [More]

Disney: Vinylmation sets still for sale

Vinylamtion remains on the shelves, Disney says [More]

 

Gaylord Palms: Polar Bear Plunge canceled

No Polar Bear Plunge this year for Gaylord Palms [More]

 

 
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