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Summer Concerts The First Coast Banjo Band is featured in the Concerts in the Plaza series Thursday in the Plaza de la Constitucion.

Neighbors: News, notes from Downtown ...
The first St. Andrews Court street dinner was held a week ago. Lou and Patricia Preysz provided a fancy printed menu called "Court Cuisine." It included Patricia's baked apples with mango, pecans and cinnamon caramel sauce.

Pedestrian critical but stable after being hit by car
A 27-year-old St. Augustine man is in critical but stable condition Tuesday night, the day after he walked into the path of a 1988 Ford, officials said.

Today in History
Today is Thursday, July 28, the 209th day of 2005. There are 156 days left in the year.

Commission passes ordinance to stop demolition of houses
St. Augustine City Commission passed an ordinance this week on first reading that would stop the demolition of at least 120 structures in St. Augustine and strengthen existing restrictions on tearing down old homes.

Search continues for man who disappeared offPorpoise Point
The search for the man who disappeared in the ocean at Porpoise Point continued Wednesday, but he had not been found as of nightfall, officials said.

County OKs legislative list -- minus one hot potato
St. Johns County's wish list for the 2006 legislative session, approved Tuesday, asks Tallahassee to help the county preserve its agricultural areas and also to fund sewer systems in Hastings, Armstrong and West Augustine.

Correction
An incorrect number was listed for the Guardian Ad Litem program in the Wednesday volunteer spotlight.

Volunteer Now
Marineland of Florida welcomes volunteers in the education department to assist in defining the Dolphin Conservation Center. Primary responsibilities are to assist with customer service.

Fund-raising seminar set next month in Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE -- The First Coast Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) will present a one-day seminar entitled "Fundraising Fundamentals" from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 7, at the University of North Florida, University Center.

For The Record
National Night Out The National Night Out, America's Night Out Against Crime, continues Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m. in St. Augustine's Plaza de la Constitucion.

News and Notes
The United Way will kickoff "Putting on the Blitz at Belz" will be the theme Sunday, when the United Way kickoff is staged at Belz Factory Outlet World, State Road 16.

Residential decal system approved by commission
A residential decal system received final approval from the St. Augustine City Commission, reserving 23 parking spaces for residents.

'The Little Mermaid' opens Saturday
The Summer Musical TheatreCamp for kids ends its 11th summer season with "The Little Mermaid." The production will come to the stage at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Flagler College Auditorium, 11 Granada St., in downtown St. Augustine.

Today in History
Today is Wednesday, July 27, the 208th day of 2005. There are 157 days left in the year.

Humane Society's tip of the week
The following is the Tip of the Week offered by the St. Augustine Humane Society:

Sebastian Square project reports strong sales
Homebuilder Toll Brothers announced Tuesday that 75 percent of single-family homes at Sebastian Square have been sold.

School physicals available Saturday
The St. Johns County Health Department is offering school physical exams for children from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, at the St. Johns County Health Department, 1955 U.S. 1 S., Suite 100.Vision, hearing, urine analysis, physical examination, height and weight, and B.M.I. will be checked. The cost of the school physical exam is $20. Child immunizations will be available at no cost.

Neighbors: News, notes from Lincolnville ...
To all those neighbors and readers who wrote or called or stopped by to commiserate about my recent eye operation, thanks. The surgery went well and I have my first bionic part: an acrylic lens for my right eye, which was almost blind.Don't let anyone tell you I wasn't frightened by the idea of someone opening my eye and inserting alien objects. It was an archaic fear, stemming from the fact that I'd not had an operation since 1950 or so. At the Eye Center, when they rolled me into the operating room, Dr. Hund was in and out before I even knew he was in.

Hurricane seminar Aug. 3
New Innovations to Protect Your Home from Hurricanes will be the topic for an Aug. 3 educational seminar sponsored by Countrywide Home Loans in cooperation with the St. Johns County Extension Office.

Go and Do
TODAY Music by the Sea Concert: Greg Baril will play rock/blues from 7 to 9 p.m. at the St. Augustine Beach Pier Pavilion. Free. Sponsored by the St. Augustine Beach Civic Association. "Taste of Coney Island"offers dinner at 6 p.m. Bring a chair. Call 471-1686. THURSDAY

Vegetarians will love Sloppy Josephines
CONCORD, N.H. -- Counting carbs just annoys me.

Yummy snacks to fill lunch sacks
Hard to believe summer is over and back-to-school time is here. So get ready, school will soon be in session.

Column: Thoughts on kids in the kitchen
If you have school-age children, especially children younger than 14, you may have your hands full trying to find activities for them.

Aug. 13 is international left-handers day
In a world where approximately 89 percent of the population is right-handed (according to a reader survey by National Geographic) and where most kitchen tools are designed for the majority, it's comforting to know that there are spatulas and knives, among other gadgets, that can be easily wielded by southpaws.

Ask Heloise: Make sure you can lift the mattress before you buy it
Dear Heloise: Last year, we bought a mattress plus the box spring. I've hated it ever since! When we went shopping, we tried out all the mattresses in the store and felt that this one was the one we wanted.

Fish, beyond canned tuna ...
NEW YORK -- Like a lot of Americans, I grew up not eating much fish except canned tuna and the occasional restaurant entree.

Local Health Briefs
The National Kidney Foundation of Florida will conduct a free health screening for people at increased risk of developing kidney disease from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the St. Johns County Health Department, 1955 U.S. 1 S., St. Augustine.

Dr. Donohue: One study shows Fosamex more effective
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Please advise me on taking Actonel versus Fosamax for osteoporosis. I started taking Fosamax about five years ago and obtained very good results. Now my insurance company has switched me to Actonel to save members money. I would like your opinion on making this change. -- P.N.

Young and soaking up the sun (while ignoring the perils)
WASHINGTON -- Another sun-baked summer day, and at the suburban pool, there was no paucity of sun worshipers. Among them: Lori Mininger, 23, who admitted she knew better. She knows about the risks of skin cancer; knows about the A-B-C-D signs of melanoma, the most dangerous kind of skin cancer. Yet there she was, stretched out on her striped towel for a few more hours of soaking up rays.

Health Updates
PAINKILLERS NSAIDs may increase chances of urinary dysfunction. THE QUESTION Sudden inability to urinate may be linked to failure of the bladder muscles.

Dr. Donohue: Shingles painful but not usually deadly
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My sister has shingles really bad. She is in great pain. They say if the shingles connect, you will die. Is that so? She is so afraid of dying from them. -- J.M.

Woman arrested for claiming to be Simpson's assistant
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- An East Rutherford woman has been accused by authorities of amassing more than $12,000 in free merchandise by claiming she was Jessica Simpson's assistant.

GM to end discount program
DETROIT -- After two months of brisk sales, General Motors Corp. will end its popular employee-discount program on Monday and try to wean customers from incentives as its 2006 models hit showrooms.

Death toll from heat wave increases
People headed for air-conditioned buildings and water parks Wednesday and shaded their pets and livestock as the deadly week-old heat wave lingered across the East.

Homeowners are cautioned to steer clear of option ARMs
Mortgage lenders in recent years have come up with all sorts of strategies to finance home purchases as prices have soared: no-down-payment programs, piggyback loans and, most recently, interest-only loans.

Particle study sheds light on Earth's crust
Physicists at an underground observatory in Japan have for the first time detected and analyzed antineutrinos -- elusive particles 500,000 times smaller than an electron -- created by radioactive fires deep within the Earth.

Businesses want more attention for math, science
WASHINGTON -- Arguing for more urgency, businesses with tens of millions of workers are hoping to prod the nation into improving its math and science education.

Algerian gets 22 years in plot to bomb L.A. airport
SEATTLE -- Ahmed Ressam, the Algerian who sought to explode a Millennium Eve bomb at Los Angeles International Airport was sentenced to 22 years in prison Wednesday in U.S. District Court.

Senate raises homeland security secretary to 8th in line of succession
WASHINGTON -- The Senate approved a bill Tuesday to raise the homeland security secretary from last to eighth place in the presidential line of succession, just after the attorney general.

NASA grounds future shuttle flights
SPACE CENTER, Houston -- The shuttle Discovery, like Columbia, shed a large chunk of foam debris during liftoff that could have threatened the return of the seven astronauts, NASA said Wednesday.

TV Guide getting a major makeover
NEW YORK -- People used to thumb through the TV Guide to find their favorite shows. Now they scroll through on-screen programming guides and point and click.

Lewis to receive a Governors Award
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jerry Lewis is getting the television academy's prestigious Governors Award in recognition for his work on behalf of muscular dystrophy.

Concerns voiced over shift in daylight-saving time
WASHINGTON -- It's a twice-a-year annoyance. Spring ahead, lose an hour's sleep. Fall back, schoolchildren still get up before dawn.

Bush presses for Republicans' support before CAFTA vote
WASHINGTON -- The House headed toward a showdown Wednesday on the Central American Free Trade Agreement after President Bush told wavering Republicans that passing it was critical to national security.

Livestock not immune from heat stress in Midwest
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Farmers across the Midwest are using everything from electric fans to cold showers to keep their livestock from wilting in the oppressive heat, which is blamed for killing at least 1,200 head of cattle in Nebraska.

Study finds that echinacea has nomedicinal value
Echinacea, the popular herbal remedy for fighting the common cold, does not ward off runny noses, sore throats or headaches, nor does it help speed recovery from cold symptoms, according to the results of a broad clinical trial to be reported Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

National Report: News in Brief
WASHINGTON -- Sales of new homes soared to an all-time high in June as the red hot housing market kept sizzling. The Commerce Department reported that single-family home sales jumped to a record annual pace of 1.37 million units in June, up 4 percent from May.

300 Scouts fall ill from heat while waiting for president at memorial
By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM

County millage rate will drop again
The basic millage rate for St. Johns County property owners will stay at 5.85 mills, but the aggregate rate will drop just a smidgen, the County Commission decided this week.

Car plows through Checkers picnic area
A St. Augustine woman and her grandson escaped serious injury Wednesday afternoon when the 1992 Chevrolet Lumina she was driving plowed through the picnic area at Checkers Drive-In at the intersection of U.S. 1 and State Road 207.

NW name due one more vote
Residents living in Northwest St. Johns County could start receiving questionnaires from the U.S. Postal Service in the next 30-45 days seeking their input on a possible post office for the area.

Officials worried about increase in disease
A mosquito-borne disease that can be fatal in humans is on the rise in St. Johns County, said Dr. Ruide Xue, director and entomologist at Anastasia Mosquito Control District.

Guilty verdict in Subway murder trial
Dennis Markly Bryan, who has been stoic throughout his week-long capital murder trail, dipped his head and stared at the defense table as a jury declared him guilty as charged in the 2000 death of a St. Augustine Subway employee.

County approves 579 new homes on Stratton Blvd.
More than 160 acres of new construction on Stratton Boulevard, bringing 579 single-family and multi-family houses, were approved by the St. Johns County Commission on Tuesday.

'A passion for leadership'
At 18 years old she began part time for the Florida National Guard with the simple aspiration of paying for a car.

Man disappears after rescuing his daughter from drowning
A 41-year-old St. Augustine man disappeared into the ocean after rescuing his 9-year-old daughter at Porpoise Point about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, officials said.

National and World Report: News in Brief
WASHINGTON -- The White House opened to the public Tuesday thousands of pages from the files of a young assistant attorney general but declared off limits all the files from the years when John G. Roberts Jr., now a Supreme Court nominee, was a top government lawyer urging the repeal of the Roe vs. Wade abortion ruling.

Jury hears recap of events leading up to Subway employee's death
The two young men from Michigan had no idea where they were when Dennis Markly Bryan drove his Firebird convertible past the Subway sandwich shop in St. Augustine.

County finds bridge corridor tough to choose
Orangedale believes a new bridge across the St. Johns River should go over Popo Point, but residents near Popo Point think Orangedale is the best location.

NASA celebrates launch with caution
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER -- With the thunderous roar of 7.5 million pounds of thrust, equivalent to the power of a small nuclear device, the United States relaunched its era of spaceflight Tuesday, sending seven astronauts into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery.

Police Report:
The following was compiled from police reports collected from the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office (SJCSO), St. Augustine Police Department (SAPD) and St. Augustine Beach Police Department (SABPD):

Police Report: Jail Log
ST JOHNS COUNTY Attempted puppy nabbing: A 22-year-old St. Augustine man was observed jumping over a fence at the St. Augustine Humane Society on Old Moultrie Road and returning with a puppy in hand, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office.

Body of man found at Porpoise Point
The body of a man who reportedly drowned off Porpoise Point Tuesday was recovered just after midnight last night, concluding a nonstop 31-hour search lead by lifeguards and the St. Johns County Sheriffs Office.

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Denise Hill Knowles
Denise Hill Knowles , 307 Timber Lane, died Saturday, July 23, 2005, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Albany, Ga.

Suzanne Huff Vanderbent
Suzanne "Suzi" Huff Vanderbent, 48, passed away suddenly at home on Sunday, July 24, 2005.

Richard Wallace
Richard Wallace, 87, St. Augustine, died July 25, 2005, at Flagler Hospital. He was born April 2, 1918, in Croydon, England. Richard was educated at Victoria College in Alexandria, Egypt. He was a veteran of the Royal Air Force having served during World War II. After his service in the Royal Air Force, he moved to Capetown, South Africa, where he worked for a telecommunications company. He was married to his wife, Pamela, in February 1948 in Capetown. He and his wife moved to St. Augustine in 1986 from Cape Cod, Mass. He was a member of R.S.V.P.

George Chauvin
George "Fred" Chauvin, 84, of St. Augustine, died July 26, 2005, at Earl B. Hadlow Center, Jacksonville, Fla. He was a native and lifelong resident of St. Augustine. He retired from the City of St. Augustine Water Treatment Department. He was a member of the Menocan Cultural Society, Sons of the Confederacy, Jacksonville Shell Club and was a life member of the VFW.

James A. Green
James A. Green, 87, St. Augustine Shores, died July 23, 2005, at Flagler Hospital. He was born in Henderson County, Ky., and attended Western Kentucky University. He entered the Aviation Cadet Program shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He received his pilot's wings October 1, 1943, and entered B-24 Bomber Training as a co-pilot. He was assigned to the 392nd Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force and sent to England. He was shot down July 11, 1944, on his 25th mission. He was imprisoned in Switzerland but successfully escaped in October of the same year. For the next 25 years he served in various Air Force Commands, including service in the Korean and Viet Nam conflicts. During his flying career, he logged over 15,000 flying hours. He retired March 1, 1968, with the rank of Lt. Colonel. He was a Past President of the Benicia, Calif. Lions Club; member of the Masonic Lodge, and a dedicated member of the Quiet Birdmen, a national organization of elite pilots.

Alvin Roland Young
Alvin Roland Young, 75, of St. Augustine, died July 24, 2005, at the Earl B. Hadlow Center of Community Hospice of NE Florida. Mr. Young was a native of Detroit, Mich., and had resided in St. Augustine since 1988. Mr. Young was a tool and die engineer in the automotive industry. Mr. Young was a member of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod and a member of the Shriners Club.

Letter: Beach driving issue generates hate mail
Editor: I received my first hate letter today. It was a reaction to a newspaper article in which I was quoted. The article was a front page story on July 13 paper about a meeting held at Whitney Lab the evening before.

Perspective: What history tells us: The past as politics
History is evoked more and more these days, even as fewer of us read it.

Column of the Day: TV Culture Recap
Michael and Janelle's romance is cut short on "Big Brother 6," as he is evicted in a 9-1 vote. Michael's secret partner in the house, Kaysar, wins the Head of Household competition and nominates James and Maggie for eviction. Kaysar and James make an alliance after Kaysar admits he knows the show's secret that everyone has a partner. James wins the Power of Veto and King Kaysar puts Eric up for eviction alongside his partner, Maggie. Quite a power play for Kaysar. Thursday night, someone will be evicted on CBS. I think it'll be hotheaded Eric. He causes too much friction.

Around Florida
Those congressional knees are jerking again. Who says terrorists can't stampede Americans into acting without thinking?

Editorial: Expert sees hurricane focus shifting from Florida
It has been said that the problem with weather forecasting is that it is right too often to ignore, and wrong too often to rely on.

Column of the Day: Thursday is the Swiss Team of Four game
Thursday the St. Augustine Duplicate Bridge Club will be holding its monthly Fourth Thursday Swiss Team of Four game.

Letter: Fair Tax is the ticket
Editor: The recent announcement from the White House that our budget deficit for 2005 will be more than 20-percent lower than originally forecast is very welcome news.

Letter: Pepsi deal good for the taxes, bad for the teeth
Editor: As a practicing dentist, I find the school board's decision to engage in a $2.3 million contract with Pepsi to be well-intentioned, but badly flawed by virtue of the board's ignorance of the damage soft drinks can do. Most people just don't realize the damage this sugar/acid combination can do. So I don't condemn school board members for this misguided decision because they probably just don't know any better.

Perspective: Baring the sole in the White House
What would you wear if you were invited to the White House? My daughter, all of 14, got this look on her face like I'd threatened to take her to a Motown concert. "Ew," she said, "do we have to go to the White House?"

Editorial: Help yourself to a good time Sunday; help others as well
Few entities in communities across the nation are as well-regarded and comfortably trusted as the United Way. This is no accident.

Letter: Surge of support for VA nursing home
Editor: Thank you for announcing your support for the VA nursing home to be located here in St. Johns County.It means a great deal to a great many people. We have support for this from several fronts.

Around the nation
Politicians are rushing to draw lines in the sand regarding President Bush's nomination of federal appeals court judge John G. Roberts Jr. for U.S. Supreme Court.

Q '&' A: Weaver says Jags aren't going anywhere
JACKSONVILLE -- As the Jacksonville Jaguars prepare to start training camp amid much speculation about the teams future, owner Wayne Weaver met with Florida Times-Union sportswriter Vito Stellino for a question-and-answer session. They discussed the current state of the Jaguars and the teams prospects on and off the field.

Bears and Birdies
SILVERTHORNE, Colo. -- Leyton and Ann Wilson are members of Austin Country Club in Texas and have played everywhere from the Sandhills of North Carolina to the coastal courses along the Monterey Peninsula.

Brown lands 'dream job'; to be introduced as Knicks coach Thursday
NEW YORK (AP) -- A month of drama for Larry Brown ended with him landing his "dream job."

Some local anglers find tuna plentiful; sailfish, cobia, ray sightings increase
There's not much different from last week's report although there were some interesting swings in the weather and water conditions. Along the beach a little swell was kicked up by Franklin, and the water temperature dropped to the mid-70s on Saturday, probably the result of an unusual summer front.

Scary sight: Red Sox P knocked out by line drive
ST. PETERSBURG -- Boston rallied twice after a frightening injury to pitcher Matt Clement, beating the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 10-9 in 10 innings Tuesday night to hold onto first place in the AL East.

Summer camp for radical sports gets kids into the action
ORCAS ISLAND, Wash. -- There are the requisite tater tots, plenty of kids and massive games of Capture the Flag, but this is no ordinary summer camp.

Australian swimmer Hackett breaks world record
MONTREAL (AP) -- Grant Hackett is used to swimming in the shadow of others. First, Kieren Perkins. Then, Ian Thorpe. Now, Michael Phelps.

Rookie breaks into tears, misses practice for back exam
DAVIE -- Miami Dolphins rookie Manuel Wright, who broke down in tears after he was chewed out by coach Nick Saban on Tuesday, missed both practices Wednesday to have his ailing back examined.

Urban Meyer: Gators need to toughen up, finish strong
HOOVER, Ala. -- Urban Meyer wants his Florida Gators to toughen up.

New Guys the focus in SEC
HOOVER, Ala. -- With Steve Spurrier returning to a league -- and division -- he once ruled and Phillip Fulmer no longer dodging subpoenas, the Southeastern Conference has returned to normal.

NBA: Knicks offer Brown coaching job
NEW YORK -- Larry Brown has been offered a contract by the New York Knicks to become the franchise's 22nd head coach, his agent said Tuesday.

Slam is gone, and the kids are coming
Annika Sorenstam has not given up on winning the Grand Slam, for no other reason than she is very determined and very good.

Summer Swing: Matanzas Woods
What it's like on the box: Water, water and more water. If you can forget about the liquid for a minute, you're OK. But then again, that'd be like telling a surfer to just ignore an 8-foot and glassy day. It was hot enough when we were out, but we didn't see the resident 10-foot alligator named Walter sunning himself on the fairway.

ACC adds two bowls to postseason lineup after 2006 season
HOT SPRINGS, Va. -- The newly expanded Atlantic Coast Conference must make due with only six bowl tie-ins this season. In 2006, that won't be a problem.

Summer Swing: St. Johns Golf Course and Country Club, No. 13
What it's like on the box: The large lake on the left can make you tentative on your tee shot here. But if you're a righty with a slice, you won't have trouble staying dry. That doesn't mean you'll score well, though.

QB Who?
DAVIE, Fla. -- Count quarterbacks A.J. Feeley and Gus Frerotte among those who profess to being thrilled that Ricky Williams has returned to the Miami Dolphins.

Alexander signs tender with Seahawks
Shaun Alexander has reduced by one the number of potential big-name training camp holdouts.

NFL first-rounders begin to sign
Alex Smith officially signed with the San Francisco 49ers on Tuesday and other first-rounders began to fall into line as teams prepared to open their training camps.

It seems that one fishing story can be told at least a hundred ways
You'll have to keep an eye out for the ESPN telecast -- it's airing some time in September -- and for the inevitable article in one of the national fishing/outdoor publications to get the straight story.

Does the new ACC have the key to the BCS?
HOT SPRINGS, Va. -- No conference welcomes college football season like the ACC. Posh resort with wicker rocking chairs on the front porch; golf course suitable for framing; fine cuisine and trendy libations, both in unlimited supply; even a hot stone massage for the bargain-basement price of $130, plus a 20-percent gratuity added for your "convenience."

The Roundup: Sports News in Brief
Clement released from hospital after being hit in head ST. PETERSBURG -- Boston pitcher Matt Clement was released from a hospital Wednesday, less than 24 hours after being hit in the side of the head by a line drive that knocked him off his feet.

Swimming: Phelps strikes gold in 200
MONTREAL -- Michael Phelps was slowly treading at one end of the pool, an arm draped across the lane rope as he stared at his name on the scoreboard.

Sosa belts career homer No. 586
ATLANTA -- Andruw Jones drew a bases-loaded walk from Luis Ayala in the 10th, capping a comeback that gave Atlanta the 3-2 victory Tuesday night and sole possession of first place in the NL East.

History won't help Steve
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) -- Steve Spurrier's return to the Southeastern Conference drew reactions ranging from excitement to curiosity to "Aw, crap."

It's a revolting development for coastline Floridians
KEY WEST -- At midnight Sunday, Billy Niles will load 300 traps made of Honduran pine onto his boat, the G&D, and just like he has done for more than a half-century at the height of summer, will motor out into the waters surrounding the Florida Keys in search of lobster.

Jax man stabbed during fight with his wife
JACKSONVILLE (AP) -- When taunting over the death of a dog escalated into an argument, a Jacksonville woman said her husband dared her to take a decorative sword above the fireplace to settle things, a police report said.

Patriarch of Jacksonville zoo's bonobo group dies of heart disease
The patriarch of the Jacksonville zoo's bonobo group has died. Zoo officials found Bosondjo, usually called Bo, dead Friday morning in his favorite hammock in the night house at the zoo's Great Apes of the World exhibit. He was 34.

Non-storm agencies facing post-hurricane volunteer shortage
PENSACOLA -- While most hurricane relief organizations report getting plenty of help, some agencies that provide other community services are facing volunteer shortages they blame on the five major storms that have struck Florida over the past 12 months.

Former Miami commissioner Teele is dead, police say
MIAMI (AP) -- Former City Commissioner Arthur E. Teele Jr., recently indicted on corruption charges, died after shooting himself in the lobby of The Miami Herald building Wednesday, authorities said.

Beach land swap has hidden costs
ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH -- St. Augustine Beach Mayor Frank Charles trudged through property littered with concrete slabs and twisted metal on Tuesday, a dumping ground the city took from St. Johns County in a $437,000 land-swap in 2004.

Fifth grade teacher named Florida's Teacher of the Year
ORLANDO (AP) -- A fifth grade teacher who dresses up like literary characters and uses electronic equipment to change his voice while reading to students was named Florida's Teacher of the Year in a televised ceremony Tuesday.

Thurman promoting Democratic Party in Putnam and around the state
EAST PALATKA -- When running for local office in Putnam County, it still pays to be a Democrat.

Jax police break up theft ring that preyed on people at funerals
JACKSONVILLE -- Two people are behind bars and police are seeking two more in a string of car burglaries of people attending funerals, police said Tuesday.

Mega Money payouts
TALLAHASSEE (AP) -- No tickets matched the four winning numbers plus the Mega Ball number and the jackpot rolled over to an estimated $1.3 million in the Mega Money game, the Florida Lottery said Wednesday.

U.S. military moves to defuse tension after riot
KABUL, Afghanistan -- U.S. military officials moved to defuse tension after a riot outside their main base by handing six villagers accused of being bombmakers over to local Afghan authorities, officials said Wednesday.

World Report: News in Brief
BEIJING -- North Korea said Wednesday it would give up its nuclear weapons only after the alleged U.S. atomic threat is removed from the divided peninsula and relations with the United States are normalized, according to a South Korean report.

Police arrest Somali man thought to be one of the July 21 bombers
BIRMINGHAM, England -- Police pursuing suspects in the failed July 21 London transit bombings raided four homes across Britain on Wednesday and detained four people, including a Somali man believed to be one of the fugitive bombers, authorities said.

Al-Qaida in Iraq claims it killed diplomats
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Iraq's most feared terror group said Wednesday it killed two kidnapped Algerian diplomats because of Algeria's ties to the United States and its crackdown on Islamic extremists.

Egyptians had a warning, but guarded the wrong places in Sharm el-Sheik
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt -- The tip was vague. Terrorists were going to strike somewhere in this prosperous Red Sea resort, and soon, but the target was a mystery. So police made their best guess, boosting security around the lavish casinos frequented by Israelis and other tourists.

Canada Report: News in Brief
Tories slam Liberal 'silence' in Kazemi death OTTAWA -- Critics are calling on Prime Minister Paul Martin's government to take a harder line with Iran in the case of a Canadian who was allegedly tortured and killed in an Iranian prison.

Authorities draining pond in Natalee Holloway investigation
ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) -- Investigators trying to determine what happened to Natalee Holloway focused their search efforts Wednesday on a pond near where the U.S. teen was last seen nearly two months ago.

13 convicted in Mont Blanc tunnel fire
BONNEVILLE, France -- A French court convicted 13 individuals and companies Wednesday for their roles in security failures and a mishap with the ventilation system blamed in the 1999 Mont Blanc tunnel fire that killed 39 people.

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