Word: fla
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...gated, genteel Cobblestone Country Club, 35 miles northwest of West Palm Beach, Fla., received some unusual visitors last Tuesday. Steven Whitsett, 28, of Pembroke Pines, and Clifford Burkhart, 23, of Hollywood, Fla., were drenched and dirty, having crawled out of the waters of a canal at the club's north end. For 26 hours, the duo had slogged through mosquito-infested swamps inhabited by wild boar, alligators and rattlers. Now they were facing arrest after a dramatically botched helicopter escape from a nearby "treatment center," where Whitsett, a convicted child molester, had been detained under a controversial Florida law. Burkhart...
...years since my tour of duty there, and I still find myself asking Why? The sadness I feel at the loss of the men I served with will never leave me. I revisit their faces regularly and hope we never experience such a war again. GLENN STOUT Bradenton, Fla...
Last year 71% of those who divorced in Orange County, Fla., did so pro se. That's up 22% from 1998. The court's help desk serves 100 walk-ins a day and still gets complaints from people who can't get through on the phone...
...heart of gold--but the gold is protected by large sticks of dynamite, set to go off at any moment regardless of who is disturbing them. What we are losing in this country is the ability to laugh at ourselves. JONATHAN WESLEY North Port, Fla...
...offended by the I-Man; he is what he is, and there is no sugarcoating him. His show is most entertaining and informative. What Imus does is nothing new. White should check his calendar; he seems to be living in the past century. RICHARD UNGER Sarasota, Fla...