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Andrea Janoff: ‘Free market’ contact lens legislation could endanger patients’ eye health

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As the Chief of Cornea and Contact Lens service at Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry, I specialize in contact lens fittings and know the good, the bad and the ugly of contact lens use. The “good” that comes from contact lens use is that millions of people achieve excellent vision and improved lifestyle with proper medical fitting and use of FDA approved contact lenses. That said, contact lenses are a federally regulated medical device that, when abused, can turn…

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Frats are finding themselves under fire for bad behavior

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Racist chants. Nude photos of unconscious women. A criminal investigation into hazing. Fraternities around the country seem to be coming under fire as never before over behavior that would shock the frat boys of “Animal House.” Despite a major national push to reduce drinking and sexual assault on campus and increase diversity, some fraternity chapters have failed to clean up their act. Universities — and the fraternities’ national offices — are quickly punishing the offenders amid yet more promises of…

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Group completes 900-mile trek through Florida for wildlife

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Tampa-based photographer and ecologist Carlton Ward Jr. traveled the world for breathtaking landscape and wildlife images before he turned his lens on what he terms his own backyard – the swamps, forests and beaches of Florida. Ward and two other conservations hiked, biked and paddled more than 900 miles during a 70-day journey that began in the Orlando area and ended late Thursday at Gulf Islands National Seashore near Pensacola Beach. Florida Wildlife Corridor, a nonprofit created to promote conservation…

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The Pier saga continues as final ranking is postponed

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The Pier Selection Committee has postponed a final decision on a design for the new St. Pier. The indecision came after a marathon 8-hour meeting ended in gridlock over whether or not to rank the public’s most popular choice at number three on the list. During a public survey then ended earlier this month, Destination St. Pete emerged as a clear favorite. But after hours of presentations and several rounds of eliminating other designs, Destination was last on the list…

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Bill Day’s latest: The partisan divide and Florida’s super-majority

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In November, Florida Republicans flipped six seats to gain a super-majority in the state House of Representatives, giving the chamber a veto-proof majority. The Democratic trouncing was not only across Florida, but also nationally, evidenced in Bill Day’s latest. Day provides a glimpse of who is now running the show in Tallahassee, and – to a somewhat lesser extent – in Washington.  For the next two years, the already conservative House leans slightly further to the right. November’s GOP wave brought…

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The week that was in Florida politics — March 20

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This week in Florida Politics gulfs widen; the separation between the House and Senate, environmentalists and lawmakers and relevancy and the Democratic Party grew wider and deeper. The Senate moved $5 billion further away from the House over a state budget for next year. The Senate has a plan to fill the hole created by the scheduled end of a federal program that reimburses hospitals for providing care to the uninsured. The plan directs $2 billion to safety net hospitals,…

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This March, 14 is the new 12 in the NCAA Tournament

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Fourteen is the new 12 this year at the NCAA Tournament. The heart-pounding first full day of the tournament was headlined by two No. 14 seeds taking down two No. 3 seeds before the day was even half over. Trendy Final Four pick Iowa State lost to UAB, 60-59, and Georgia State edged Baylor, 57-56. Northeastern nearly made it a clean sweep for the three 14s in action on Thursday when it put a scare into Notre Dame before falling…

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