| Good morning. It's Thursday, Jan. 14. Three winning tickets were sold, including one in Florida, in the $1.5 billion Powerball drawing. Students might get to sleep in a little later as Orange County considers pushing back high school start times. The Magic play the Toronto Raptors tonight in London. And check out a photo gallery of 32 best new theme park additions around the world in 2016. Here's what else is happening in Central Florida. Have a great day. At least three winning tickets were sold in a record $1.5 billion Powerball drawing, including one in Florida, one in Tennessee and one in suburban Los Angeles, a California lottery official said. [More] Citing concerns about health and academic performance, Orange County School Board members are considering pushing back high school start times. [More] For the first time in 30 years, the boom of shotguns has been silenced at Orlando Wetland Parks, a bird-watching sensation at former ranchland submerged beneath treated sewage. [More] With an eye toward putting the gridlock of last year behind them, lawmakers are poised to pass a pair of bills this week designed to ensure water quality and offer more opportunities to disabled students. [More] Orlando police are investigating the death of a man found dead behind a nightclub near Baldwin Park. [More] Call me a State of Florida homer if you want, but I still maintain Bobby Bowden is the greatest college football coach to ever prowl the sidelines. Granted, Bear Bryant has six national titles, Nick Saban has five and Bowden only has two. But Bowden has more overall victories and did something Bryant, Saban and Joe Paterno never did. [More] Orlando Magic players see their game in London against the Toronto Raptors as an opportunity to stop their slide. [More] Orlando City is looking for the right fit – and best talent – in the opening rounds of the MLS SuperDraft on Thursday in Baltimore. [More] With the first kick of 2016 less than two months away, Orlando's Major League Soccer team announced Wednesday that its new home won't be ready for another year. [More] Former NFL quarterback Mary Rypien will be among the favorites to win this week when 81 athletes and celebrities vie for a $500,000 purse during the Diamond Resorts Invitational. The 54-hole event is scheduled for Thursday-Saturday at Windermere's Golf Bear Club and will benefit the Florida Hospital for Children. [More] Food Network star and cookbook author will share her culinary secrets in Orlando next week. [More] Nor nearly 40 years, the Scottish American Society of Central Florida has celebrated heritage, family honor and all things haggis. The tradition continues this weekend with the 39th annual Central Florida Scottish Highland Games in Winter Springs. [More] Central Floridians make impressions on reality television and take life-changing experiences with them. [More] Florida's west coast is saturated with art and home to one of the nation's most prestigious art colleges. On your Sarasota art trip, stop by Ringling College and Ringling Museum. [More] Only a small construction wall separates guests from the towering facade of Skull Island: Reign of Kong. [More] | 
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