Word: florida
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...Outside Florida State Prison where Bundy was executed, something equally gruesome occurred. Some 300 spectators gathered in the early morning hours to celebrate Bundy's death...
...take off one group, and another springs up." In fact, the markup on black-market firearms is not bad. A .357-cal. magnum that sells for $250 in a Dallas gun shop will bring $700 on the streets of New York. Just $300 will buy a semiautomatic in Florida, which can be sold at the Northern end of the pipeline for $1,000 or more...
...Northern states such as New York and Massachusetts have waiting periods of several weeks on gun purchases. That gives authorities time to check buyers for a criminal record and makes it harder for miscreants to get weapons. Not so in Texas or many parts of the South, such as Florida, South Carolina and Virginia, where customers need only show a driver's license or other form of identification that certifies them as state residents...
...division champion in 1987). Many expected a blowout, but Upward Bound stuffed the predictions. Rockland eked out a last-second win, 64-63. Thereafter, Upward Bound went 11-11 against the best junior colleges in New England. In July at the Amateur Athletic Union National Junior Olympics held in Florida's Dade County, it beat all-star teams from Kentucky and Ohio before finally losing to players from the nation's fourth-ranked junior college...
Upward Bound students are equally enthusiastic. Coleta Brown, 17, sought by St. John's, Florida, U.S.C., and others, says, "None of this could have happened without Upward Bound." Blow concurs, "Bob Doss talks to us a lot about life, not just basketball. He taught me to study as hard as I play...