Start your day with a quick digest of today's top Central Florida headlines.  	
    	  		  			| |  | | At the University of Florida and Florida State University, which received record numbers of applicants this year, slightly fewer in-state students are getting in, while more of their out-of-state peers are receiving acceptances. | 
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 |  | | Florida's 16-month-old medical marijuana business is growing fast, as dispensaries and growers rush to establish themselves. It's happening even as court battles over state regulations for the young industry rage on. | 
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 |  | | Orlando comedian's joke movie trailer "IF ORLANDO WAS A MOVIE" is simply fantastic | 
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 |  | | A Central Florida businessman is suing a Las Vegas aquarium-maker whose exclusive works are featured in the reality TV show "Tanked," claiming the company took his money but didn't build the one-of-a-kind aquarium he planned to fill with rays, sharks and exotic fish in his backyard. | 
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 |  | | Zorimar Betancourt's quest is to meet the five people who received her son's organs. Stefano Steenbakkers Betancourt, 17, was killed in a carjacking in Puerto Rico in 2012. | 
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 |  | | Former UCF coordinator wants no part of "national championship" rings, but he kept the national championship bonus | 
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 |  | | Orlando City has given up 12 goals through seven matches so far this season. | 
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 |  | | Dawson's selection continued an impressive run by past members of the Gators secondary, who have claimed the fictitious title of "Defensive Backs University." | 
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 |  | | "If he had two hands, he would definitely have been chosen in the first round, which is not fair at all," said Jordan Akin, a tight end who was the No. 98 overall selection by the Houston Texans. | 
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 |  | | Nnadi, a four-year player for the Seminoles, was taken with the No. 75 overall pick. | 
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 |  | | James Ponti of Maitland has won the Edgar Award for 'Vanished! A Framed! Novel.' He was honored in the juvenile category, where he was nominated last year for 'Framed!' Both books follow a 12-year-old sleuth working for the FBI. | 
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 |  | | Disney Springs visitors won't have to leave Florida to experience a Bourbon Trail.  | 
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 |  | | Miami rapper Pitbull is launching a motivational tour in 2019 with one of his heroes, Tony Robbins. The tour would be to motivate fans, he said during the Billboard Latin Music Conference in Las Vegas. | 
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 |  | | MoviePass, a startup that lets customers watch a movie a day at theaters for just $10 a month, is limiting new customers to just four movies a month. | 
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 |  | | Mamma Mia! The members of ABBA say they have recorded new material for the first time in 35 years. | 
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 |  | | Owners in Lake County's Bella Collina golf community were ordered by federal judge to pay legal fees of DCS Investment Holdings, affiliated with the Washington Redskins. | 
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 |  | | Harley-Davidson's fourth straight year of down sales haven't affected the Leesburg Bikefest. | 
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