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Homes can be rated for energy efficiency
Sentinel Staff WriterWith energy prices soaring and power companies raising rates, homeowners may want to know the score. The Home Energy Rating Score, or HERS index, is not widely known but has been in use in Florida since the mid-1990s. It's similar to the MPG, or miles-...Tags: Energy KD, Oakland Park, Marketing, Brevard County, University of Central Florida
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Orange unanimously OKs ethics, finance reforms
Sentinel Staff WriterOrange County commissioners unanimously approved ethics and campaign-finance reforms late Tuesday — a package that some residents and government watchdog groups complained didn't go far enough. Even so, county Mayor Rich Crotty, whose past business...Tags: Campaign Finance, Ethics, Florida, Rich Crotty, Elections
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Cops, family disagree over fate of missing Orlando-area drug dealer
Sentinel Staff WriterVeteran drug dealer Daniel "Lover Boy" Taylor is missing. Taylor was last seen June29, and his family in Winter Garden contacted the Orange County Sheriff's Office's Missing Persons Unit this week to voice concern about his safety. "We're focusing on...Tags: Winter Garden, Orange County Sheriff's Office, Vehicles, Florida, Ocoee
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Ticked off! @ marble-chewing motormouth newscasters and aging cheese felons
• The local newscasters talk so fast that it is hard to keep up. Also, some sound as if they have a mouth full of marbles. It should be mandatory that all newscasters take lessons in diction. • I'm ticked off at the Crisco-based life form who...Tags: Florida
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Innovation Way attracts parasites bent on building
Sentinel ColumnistInnovation Way is supposed to save us from a future of tearing ticket stubs, flipping condos and building homes for phantom buyers. Alas, some parasites from our old economy are lining up to feed on this planned high-tech corridor. The purveyors of more...Tags: Rich Crotty, Invention and Innovation, Florida
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Q&A with an expert on stuttering
Sentinel Staff WriterAsk an expert Dr. Martine Vanryckeghem is the only board-recognized fluency specialist in the Orlando metropolitan area. She is a professor at the University of Central Florida, chair of the Orlando chapter of the National Stuttering Association, and...Tags: People, Orlando, Family, Health and Safety at School, University of Central Florida
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Altman expects to complete Windermere apartment complex by end of 2008
Sentinel Staff WriterAltman Development Corp. of Central Florida said this week it has started work on Lakeside at Windermere, a luxury-apartment community within Lakeside Village at the Lakes of Windermere. The 280-unit Lakeside at Windermere is in west Orange County, on...Tags: Boca Raton, Michigan, Illinois, Tennessee, Florida
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Florida school grades released
Sentinel Staff WriterNEW: Find your school's grade with our 2008 Florida school grades database. Florida school grades were released this morning and the region's five F-rated schools all boosted their grades this year, the Florida Department of Education reported. Florida'...Tags: Charlie Crist, Teaching and Learning, Seminole County, Examinations, Florida Department of Education
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Deseret Ranch owners pull request to rezone property
Sentinel Staff WriterOwners of the massive Deseret Ranch pulled their request to get a portion of their Orange County property rezoned for development. County Commissioner Linda Stewart said the decision was made because "there were too many questions" about the proposal....Tags: Orlando International Airport, Christianity, Orlando, Orlando Real Estate, Lake Nona
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Orlando-area members of Congress pick their pet projects for budget
Washington BureauSix Central Florida lawmakers are seeking more than $293 million for pet projects next year, just slightly less than the $303 million they requested last year. The reason for the decline is U.S. Rep. Ric Keller, R-Orlando, whose $10 million in requests...Tags: Pets and Pet Supplies, Bill Nelson, Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company, John McCain, Barack Obama
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