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Federal appeals court rules to keep ban on welfare drug testing

By Casey Christ on February 26th, 2013 | Last updated: February 26, 2013 at 5:47 pm

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to keep an injunction against a 2011 Florida program requiring government assistance applicants to be drug tested.

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Hurricane season ends, ACLU sues military, Syria’s Internet shut down, Palestine status upgraded

By Kelly Price on November 30th, 2012 | Last updated: November 30, 2012 at 11:15 am

The mixed messages of hurricane season 2012 – Saturday marks the end of the 2012 hurricane season. Florida escaped relatively unscathed for another year, but the season will live on as the year of “super storm” Sandy, which ravaged areas [...]

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Dixie County’s Ten Commandments controversy is back at the lower court

By Front Page Edition on August 16th, 2012 | Last updated: September 26, 2012 at 1:45 pm

By Stephanie Denardo – WUFT-FM The fight over a monument displaying the Ten Commandments in front of the Dixie County Courthouse is back before the lower court. Earlier the American Civil Liberties Union sued on behalf of a North Carolina [...]