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Orlando's poor: 70,000 kids in our metro area
Kate Santich and Vicki McClure, Sentinel Staff WritersNearly 70,000 children younger than 18 in Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Lake counties lived in poverty in 2007 -- about 33 percent of the region's 211,000 poor people. The Census Bureau figures released Tuesday show poverty in Metro Orlando was...Tags: Family, California, Population, Texas, Demographics
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Low-income workers lose ground, study says
Sentinel Staff WriterThe line between the poor and middle class is getting thinner in Central Florida as poverty levels continue to rise, even among those working two or three jobs, according to a new University of Central Florida study. And a decade after welfare reform,...Tags: Small Businesses, Society, Linda Chapin, Family, Terrorism
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The sage of Sag Harbor
Tribune's cultural criticUp and up and up they inched, the sailors climbing to the ship's mastheads, because as every good whale-hunter knew, the masthead was the center of the world. "If, after a three, four, or five years' voyage she is drawing nigh home with anything empty...Tags: New York University, Columbia University, Long Island, Death and Dying, F Scott Fitzgerald
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Florida's working families struggle to get by, report says
Sentinel Staff WriterThe economic chasm between the haves and have-nots in Florida is wide and getting wider, fueled by low wages that fail to cover the most basic needs, especially for families with small children, according to a report released Tuesday. The report sets...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Orange County (Florida), Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Hillsborough County, Miami-Dade County
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Southern Section Boys' Basketball Results
Saturday, Dec. 9, 2006 TOURNAMENTS ARROYO Championship La Canada 49, Keppel 37 Tournament MVP Adam Malik, a junior wing player, had 26 points and 12 rebounds for La Canada (5-0). Darren Ho and Tucker Heaton also made the all-tournament team for the...Tags: Thomas Johnson, Mountains, Kevin Smith, Landforms, Delphi Corp
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Southern Section Football Results
Saturday, Oct. 7, 2006 NONLEAGUE Big Bear 35, Riverside Notre Dame 18 Kriss Procter completed five of nine passes for 69 yards and one touchdown and rushed for 90 yards in 11 plays for host Big Bear (6-0). Kenjon Barner rushed for 77 yards and two...Tags: Natural Resources, Chicago Cubs, Defense, Philadelphia Eagles, Martin Henderson
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City Section Football Results
Saturday, Oct. 7, 2006 8-MAN PACIFIC CHARTER LEAGUE CALS Early College 35, Central City Value 28 Sophomore Nestor Ramos of Central City (1-2, 0-2) and two interceptions. Quart erback Joseph Smith had two touchdown passes. Friday, Oct. 6, 2006...Tags: Injuries, James Boyd, Basketball, Joseph Smith, Football
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Another guilty plea in Floyd schools mess
Newsday Staff WritersThe top business official for William Floyd schools pleaded guilty yesterday to official misconduct for misspending federal grant money and faking credentials to help a colleague's relative get a job - the fourth district administrator to admit to...Tags: Prosecution, Crimes, Health Treatments, Corrupt Practices, Corruption
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Hevesi: Where’s outrage?
Newsday Staff WritersThe William Floyd School District is gripped by "a culture of secrecy, corruption and negligence" that led to $7.9 million in misspending and fraud, including no-bid projects, the vendors and key staff hired without contracts and the purchase of life...Tags: National Government, Government, Accounting and Auditing, Insurance, Crimes
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DA: 'Just not acceptable'
STAFF WRITERSTwo former William Floyd school officials pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing from the district and two others were arraigned for faking credentials to hire a relative, as a widening corruption probe ensnares more of the district's top administrators....Tags: Prosecution, Thomas Spota, Civil and Public Service, Police Arrests, Elementary Schools
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Another school district in cash flap; $528,000 returned
STAFF WRITERFinancial irregularities have surfaced at a second Long Island school district as officials of the William Floyd district in Mastic Beach confirmed yesterday that $528,000 in missing funds has been repaid by a former employee and a second key manager...Tags: Central Islip, Wages and Pensions, Suffolk County (New York), Crimes, Long Island
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Former William Floyd treasurer wrote checks to self, DA says
Staff Writers; Staff writer Olivia Winslow contributed to this story.As treasurer of the William Floyd school district in Mastic Beach, James Wright had the freedom to write checks to himself, sign them, endorse them and cash them. And that is just what he did, according to the Suffolk County district attorney, who...Tags: Central Islip, National Government, Prosecution, Thomas Spota, Government
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