Start your day with a quick digest of today's top Central Florida headlines.
 Central Florida lawmakers are calling for the pot of local tourism taxes — nearly $300 million in Orange County last year — to be used to help solve challenges faced by low-wage tourism workers in light of the Orlando Sentinel's Laborland series, which detailed the region's affordable housing crisis and failing public transportation system. |   | |
 Intelligence that foreshadowed the Iranian attack set off a tense, often confusing afternoon in the White House Situation Room. | | | |
 An Orlando police officer was disciplined for using a Taser on a suspect who was fleeing on a bicycle, causing the 19-year-old to fall and skid on the ground. | | | |
 FDLE confirmed Marilyn Hammock is one of the 10 people whose cremated ashes were found in the Orlando office of former guardian Rebecca Fierle. | | | |
 Holy Land Experience, Orlando's Bible-based attraction, will close its stage shows while re-evaluating the use of its property near the intersection of Interstate 4 and Conroy Road. | | | |
 A dispute between nightclub promoters over a $15,000 debt apparently led to the shooting inside an after-hours club that left two men dead early New Year's Day, deputies say. | | | |
 The husband of a woman who operated a child care center out of their home was arrested Tuesday, accused of sexually abusing a child who attended the center, the Apopka Police Department said. | | | |
 Gaining initial legislative support last year might have been the easy part for controversial and expensive toll roads envisioned to cut through more than 300 miles of mostly rural land from Collier County to the Georgia border. | | | |
 Investment firm Advantage Capital is lobbying the Florida Legislature to create an incentive program that critics say would enrich Advantage. | | | |
 No more Halloween hangover? Proposed law would force Florida schools to close Nov. 1 | | | |
 The recent suicide of a promising young football player in South Florida hit home for Orlando area coaches and educators who often serve as the primary mentors for high school athletes. | | | |
 The Orlando Magic blew out a short-handed Washington Wizards team 123-89 at Amway Center, giving Orlando its fourth win in the past five games. | | | |
 David Bromstad, host of HGTV's 'My Lottery Dream Home,' loves living in Orlando and says the city has found its personality. He also is seeking his dream home, although he knows it's in College Park. | | | |
 There's a more upscale look and a pricier menu is on tap at this 2.0 version of this former Hannibal Square haunt, but the songs (their presence, at the least) remain the same. | | | |
 Cooler weather has arrived in Central Florida, so here are 10 Orlando-area hikes to help you make the most of it. | | | |
 A travel company known as Ocean Florida is hiring a "theme park tester" to spend three weeks riding roller coasters in Florida, its website listed. | | | |
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