DC snowstorm forces Wizards to make do in Florida - Washington Post

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Orlando deputies shoot, kill dog that bit boy (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)

The Associated Press Deputies fatally shot a pit bull that charged at officers after it bit a boy’s face in central Florida. Officials say the dog attacked the 3-year-old boy while he was playing with his father in the back yard of a home. The boy was rushed to a hospital for treatment Monday. […]

Class ring found after nearly 20 years (UPI)

ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 8 (UPI) — A Florida graduate who lost his 1989 class ring ring when it fell from a cruise ship 21 years ago said an Ohio woman called to say she found the ring.

High-speed rail money for Florida isn’t speeding return of commuter rail to Treasure Coast (Stuart News)

PORT ST. LUCIE — The state has received $1.25 billion that may cover half the cost of a high-speed rail system that one day may run through the Treasure Coast. Yet transit officials prefer to focus on putting passengers on the rail system that has so far failed to garner stimulus support: an Amtrak […]

Allegiant begins nonstop service from GSP to Orlando today (The Greenville News)

Allegiant Air, a low-fare leisure carrier, began nonstop service from the Upstate to Orlando International Airport today, a move requested by many of its passengers.

JetBlue Begins Nonstop Service Between Orlando and Montego Bay, Jamaica (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

JetBlue Airways today celebrated its inaugural service between Orlando International Airport and Montego Bay’s Sangster International Airport in Jamaica. Â The new daily flight becomes JetBlue’s 23rd nonstop destination and its 6th international destination from Orlando International. Â Flights are available now for only $69 , if booked at www.jetblue.com by February …

UPS Delivers Safe Driving Expertise to Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

—-UPS : WHAT: UPS, Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida and local Orlando officials will present UPS Road CodeSM, a comprehensive teen safe-driving course that incorporates UPS’s world-class safe-driving methods, including the latest interactive tools originally developed to train UPS’s newest generation of drivers.

Postcard perfect South Florida weather lost on TV audience (Miami Herald)

This time, the Super Bowl weather conspired in South Florida’s favor. As the Mid-Atlantic dug out from a historic blizzard, a television audience expected to top 100 million people saw a far different climate as a mild, cloudless evening greeted football’s biggest game.

Orlando researchers investigate rash of dolphin deaths near Sebastian Inlet (Orlando Sentinel)

MELBOURNE, Florida — Scientists are trying to figure out why 11 dolphins and one beaked whale have washed ashore in the past two weeks.