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Turn in unwanted pills this weekend on National Drug Take Back Day – mynews13.com Do you have leftover or unwanted medicine at home? Here is information about how to properly and saf Continue Reading On mynews13.com » Orlando Bike Share coming soon – myfoxorlando.com Soon you will see more people pedaling around The City Beautiful.  Orlando Bike Share just inked ...

NASA Spacecraft Reveal New “Zebra Stripes” Structure in Earth’s Inner Radiation Belt Laurel MD (SPX) Mar 21, 2014 Scientists have discovered a new, persistent structure in Earth’s inner radiation belt using data from the twin NASA Van Allen Probes spacecraft. Most surprisingly, this structure is produced by the slow rotation of Earth, previously considered incapable of affecting the motion of ...

Brevard deputies investigate possible kidnapping Authorities are searching for clues after learning a child may have been forced into a vehicle in Brevard County.Officials with the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office said they received a report Wednesday evening that a young boy may have been forced into a white four-door vehicle in the area of Murrell Road and Country Club Drive ...

FCAT testing resumes after technical glitch – myfoxorlando.com Florida school districts resumed testing on Wednesday after a computer glitch prevented thousands of students from taking the state’s standardized assessment exam. Continue Reading On myfoxorlando.com » Deputies: Boy reports seeing another boy forced into car in Viera – mynews13.com Brevard Sheriff’s deputies are trying to figure out what happened after a ...

Unconscious man found at Playalinda Beach, officials say Officials said the 44-year-old man from Orlando was found around 9:40 a.m. and transported to Parrish Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Officials have not released the man’s name. It is unclear if the man was in the water, officials said. Playalinda Beach is part of the Canaveral National Seashore. The ...

Lockdown lifted at Brevard County school after stabbing report investigated Melbourne police say report of stabbing unfounded BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A stabbing report at a Brevard County school on Tuesday morning prompted a temporary lockdown, which was later lifted after police say they found no evidence or victims. The stabbing was reported at Melbourne High School, located on Bulldog ...

Dramatic new portrait helps define Milky Way’s shape and contents Madison WI (SPX) Mar 21, 2014 Using more than 2 million images collected by NASA’s orbiting Spitzer Space Telescope, a team of Wisconsin scientists has stitched together a dramatic 360 degree portrait of the Milky Way, providing new details of our galaxy’s structure and contents. The new composite picture, using ...

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Cocoa police officer arrested on DUI charges ROCKLEDGE, Fla. —A Cocoa police officer is accused of driving drunk and speeding. Rockledge police said they spotted Benjamin Erskine going 85 miles per hour on U.S. 1 near Coral Sands Drive in February. Officers said when they stopped him, Erskine smelled like alcohol and was slurring his words. He was off duty ...

Several school districts forced to suspend FCAT due to glitch – myfoxorlando.com The Florida Department of Education said several school districts, including those in Seminole and Orange counties, had trouble administering the state’s standardized test on Tuesday, because of a computer glitch. Continue Reading On myfoxorlando.com » Melbourne school has been giving students Mountain Dew before FCAT – mynews13.com How ...

Melbourne school has been giving students Mountain Dew before FCAT MELBOURNE — How would you feel if your child was given a caffeinated soft drink at school before taking a test like the FCAT? That had been happening at an elementary school in Brevard County, until one grandmother’s concerns came to light. Last week, Martha Thorp asked her granddaughter how ...

Easter Sunrise Service attendees find parking tickets, not eggs, in Cocoa Beach   COCOA BEACH, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35 ORLANDO) – Cocoa Beach Police say hundreds of Easter Sunrise Service attendees illegally parked cars along a fourteen-block stretch of Ocean Beach Boulevard Sunday morning. In all, eighteen parking tickets were pinned to cars in clearly marked “no parking zones” on ...

Elderly Daytona Beach woman brutally beaten, left for dead   DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35 ORLANDO) – An elderly woman was beaten, robbed, and left for dead in a brutal attack that happened in Daytona Beach on Saturday.  The suspects are just 16 and 18 years old and face multiple charges, including home invasion and robbery, aggravated battery,  and ...

Court won’t hear Fla. employee drug testing rule   WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court has turned away an appeal by Florida Gov. Rick Scott over his plan to require random drug tests for thousands of state workers. The justices on Monday did not comment in rejecting an appeal that sought to allow testing on up to 85,000 employees. A ...

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA — The Melbourne Community Orchestra will present two concerts of classical music when the “MCO Goes Classical” on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, April 30 and May 1 at the Melbourne Auditorium at 625 Hibiscus Boulevard in Melbourne.   The 7:30 p.m. concerts will feature the three movement Symphony in D Minor by the Belgian composer, César Franck. Controversial when it premiered in 1889, Franck’s only symphony ...

Jed Bradley named FSL Pitcher of the Week Brevard southpaw hurled six shutout innings in win over Lakeland VIERA, Fla. – The Florida State League announced on Monday that Brevard County Manatees left-handed pitcher Jed Bradley was named the league’s pitcher of the week for the period of April 14-20. On April 16, Bradley threw six shutout innings and earned ...

Changes to the SAT – myfoxorlando.com Nearly seven million high school students take the SAT each year. Continue Reading On myfoxorlando.com » From BizLaunch: Show Me the Money! – brevardworkforce.com submitted by Cathy Musselman, Entrepreneur Coach Now that you have completed the necessary steps to validate your business idea, determined the need and solution, identified your customers, started testing your ...

Merritt Island High locked down over Facebook fighting posts Live in seminole county, Dave Mcdaniel, wesh 2 news. A strange set of circumstances puts a local high school on lockdown for much of the day. Students launched a social media campaign attempting to organize fights so they could get out of school. Dan billow is live at merritt island high ...

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FDLE: Police sergeant burned boat to collect insurance money A Melbourne police sergeant and a former Melbourne police officer are accused of burning a boat then filing a fraudulent insurance claim, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced Tuesday. The police sergeant, 38-year-old Brian Wical, reported his personal 2008 Stratas boat was stolen from his home in Palm Bay on ...