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Guacamole wars: Drones and dogs deployed to fight disease ravaging Florida’s avocado crop

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With the killers hiding in the trees, heat-sensing drones are launched into the air. When their whereabouts are narrowed, the dogs are sent in. When it comes to protecting the world’s supply of guacamole, no weapon can be spared. On subtropical farmland in South Florida, researchers are doing battle with the deadly fungus, laurel wilt, which is spread by a tiny beetle and has the potential to decimate Florida’s avocado crop. The hashtag they have adopted for their mission: #savetheguac.…

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Friend feared capitol gyrocopter pilot would get shot down

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A Florida postal worker who piloted a gyrocopter onto the U.S. Capitol lawn to call attention to his belief that campaign finance laws are too weak is “a patriot” who came up with the idea about a year ago, a friend said. Doug Hughes, 61, called his friend Mike Shanahan on Wednesday and said he was in the D.C. area and ready to take off, Shanahan was quoted by the Tampa Bay Times as saying. Shanahan said he feared law…

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Ringling Bros. eliminating elephant acts

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The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will phase out the show’s iconic elephants from its performances by 2018, telling The Associated Press exclusively that growing public concern about how the animals are treated led to the decision. Executives from Feld Entertainment, Ringling’s parent company, said the decision to end the circus’s century-old tradition of showcasing elephants was difficult and debated at length. Elephants have often been featured on Ringling’s posters over the decades. The decision is being announced…

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Giant theme park expo highlights new fun for 2015

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How would you like to ride an elevator 120 feet up in the air, then flip head over heels six times as the lift plummets back down to the ground? Or fight good and evil with a laser blaster while dodging a lifelike, creepy-looking Joker? Those are just two of the new theme park attractions opening in 2015, announced this week at The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions Expo in Orlando, Florida. It’s the theme park industry’s biggest…

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Amusement parks challenged by home entertainment

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Your local fun zone, amusement center and theme park is facing an existential challenge these days. They need to lure you, the American guest, off your sofa with your high resolution, interactive video games and into their world of fun – real life fun. A decade or two ago, folks went to theme parks big and small to experience the latest in entertainment and technology. Now, attractions need to come up with something better than the amazing quality of entertainment…

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Climate change inspires rise of ‘cli-fi’ flicks

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The giant, inflatable whale in this Gulf Coast city signals not only the arrival of one of the world’s biggest documentary festivals, but also the emergence of film as a way to tell the story of climate change. Once perhaps relegated to National Geographic and PBS features, environmentally conscious narratives have gone Hollywood. Director James Cameron and deep-sea explorer Fabien Cousteau have made their own real-life sagas, the types of documentaries that are the focus of the Blue Ocean Film…

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GOP well-funded in CFO, ag commissioner races

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The races for two of Florida’s most important offices, state agriculture commissioner and chief financial officer, both pit incumbent Republicans with big campaign coffers against little-known Democrats who haven’t raised much money. CFO Jeff Atwater and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam are both expected to win easily over their lesser-known opponents, setting them up as strong GOP gubernatorial candidates four years from now. Beyond running their respective departments, the CFO and agriculture commissioner are part of the Cabinet along with the…

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