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Florida now has three suggestions to replace Confederate statue

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Either the African-American woman who founded what’s now Bethune-Cookman University, the founder of Publix supermarkets or the woman credited with saving the Everglades will replace a Confederate general’s statue that represents Florida in the U.S. Capitol. The three Floridians were selected Wednesday by a committee that reviewed 130 recommendations made by the public. The Legislature will now choose which of the three will replace the statue of Edmund Kirby Smith. Mary McLeod Bethune, who founded Daytona Literary and Industrial Training…

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Mike La Rosa opens door to possible run for Alan Grayson’s open House seat

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As Alan Grayson launches a campaign for the U.S. Senate, both Republicans and Democrats are floating plans to replace the contentious Orlando liberal in Congress. One such possible candidate, state Rep. Mike La Rosa, cracked open the door on Thursday to a possible run for Florida’s Ninth Congressional District. In a statement, the two-term St. Cloud Republican, whose Florida House District 42 includes parts of Osceola and Polk counties – with many of the same voters as in CD 9 — said…

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Calls to hotline warned now-dead boy was being abused

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Child welfare officials were warned three times about possible abuse or neglect regarding a 3-year-old Hollywood boy whose body was found hidden last week in his father’s home. The Department of Children and Families released a report Wednesday revealing that someone called the child abuse hotline last year concerned that Ahziya Osceola had bumps and bruises and complained of a sore bottom. He was examined but a doctor couldn’t determine whether his bruised rectum was from constipation or sexual abuse.…

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