Florida, Orlando jobless rates jump — again (Orlando Sentinel)

State’s unemployment rate hits 11.9 percent; Metro Orlando’s reaches 12.4 percent Metro Orlando’s unemployment rate climbed to 12.4 percent in January, up six-tenths of a percentage point from December and a half-point higher than the statewide average of 11.9 percent, officials said Wednesday.


Florida Ponders Tax as Tool to Aid Family-Values Films - New York Times

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Foreclosures: Year over year, Metro Orlando improves in February (Orlando Sentinel)

Foreclosure filings increased last month in Metro Orlando, which ranked 12th for foreclosure activity nationally. But the longer-term view appeared better for Central Florida than for other large housing markets in the state.


First-round bye is a sign of progress for Florida State (The Florida Times-Union)

TALLAHASSEE — Hours after his team was picked to finish seventh in the preseason Atlantic Coast Conference preseason basketball poll, Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton sat in the lobby of a Greensboro, N.C., hotel and wore a smirk on his face. In his hands, Hamilton held the results of that media vote — the one that suggested his team was no better than seventh-best in the conference.


Florida Ponders Tax as Tool to Aid Family-Values Films - New York Times

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Tradebank allows Orlando companies to swap services with one another (Orlando Sentinel)

In cash-strapped times, Tait Carson of Tradebank is building a cash-free economy in Orlando.


Florida’s Jobless Rate Is On The Rise (Central Florida News 13)

The number of people without jobs in Central Florida is skyrocketing. Newly released numbers said Orange County has a record jobless rate.


Florida Ponders Tax as Tool to Aid Family-Values Films - New York Times

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Orlando 113 - Clippers 87 - Oh Yeah, and Dunleavy is Out - Clips Nation (blog)

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Angry e-mails deluged Florida Highway Patrol after Tiger Woods crash (Connecticut Post)

ORLANDO, Fla. — When Tiger Woods crashed into a fire hydrant and his neighbor’s tree in the early-morning hours after Thanksgiving, he did more than tear up an expensive SUV and set off weeks of revelations about hismarriage and sex life.