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Traffic monitoring cameras and message signs to be installed in Marion County

By on April 19th, 2012 | Last updated: October 3, 2012 at 11:51 am

By Beth Odom & Sanika Dange – WUFT-FM Traffic monitoring cameras and dynamic message signs are being installed along some major streets in Ocala.  The message signs will give drivers who have to get off the interstate for unusual traffic [...]

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Discovery rides piggyback to Washington D.C.

By on April 17th, 2012 | Last updated: April 30, 2012 at 3:16 pm

By Matthew Peddie – WMFE  Space shuttle Discovery flew this morning from Kennedy Space Center to Washington D.C where it will be displayed at the National Air and Space Museum branch near Dulles International airport.  WMFE’s Matthew Peddie reports Discovery’s flight [...]

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Education chancellor tours SFC technology facilities

By on April 17th, 2012 | Last updated: October 4, 2012 at 2:37 pm

By Maria Tridas – WUFT-FM     The New Chancellor for the Florida Department of Education Rod Duckworth visited Santa Fe College this morning. With a strong interest in Biotechnology, Chancellor Duckworth had the chance to see the facilities the [...]

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Congressman Stearns addresses job opportunities while touring UF Innovation Hub

By on April 12th, 2012 | Last updated: October 4, 2012 at 2:55 pm

By Tershone Phillips – WUFT-FM Congressman Cliff Stearns toured the University of Florida Innovation Hub earlier today. The building opened in October of 2011. Florida’s 89.1 WUFT’s Tershone Phillips spoke with Sixth Congressional District Congressman Cliff Stearns about how growing job [...]

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Discovery’s last departure

By on April 10th, 2012 | Last updated: April 30, 2012 at 3:06 pm

By Matthew Peddie – WMFE Space shuttle Discovery departed Florida for the last time on the back of a 747 transportation jet.  WMFE’s Matthew Peddie reports, the NASA staff who worked on Discovery and the astronauts who flew on her final [...]

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UF grad and CNN programming head describes changes in the news business

By on April 4th, 2012 | Last updated: October 11, 2012 at 1:19 pm

By Chris Peralta – WUFT-FM This evening, the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications will be honoring four alumni who have been named alumni of distinction. One of the alumni is CNN Deputy Director of Programming John Antonio. [...]

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New website encourages techies to get fit

By on March 14th, 2012 | Last updated: October 24, 2012 at 10:34 am

By Kelsey Diaz – WUFT-FM Technology is often to blame for people sitting down. They sit while surfing the web. They sit while they’re playing video games. They sit if they work with computers. Now a local doctoral student is [...]

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