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  • Citrus County officials cut ribbon on improved park

    Citrus County officials cut the ribbon on the Ft. Island Trail Park makeover project on Friday.The improvements to the park had been done in phases and are now all completed....
  • County slates hazardous waste drop-off for Oct. 24

    In addition to the regular weekly collection on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Citrus County Landfill also will be conducting a week-end drop-off program for residents on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m....
  • Citrus Memorial to break ground on emergency room expansion

    Citrus Memorial Health System has begun construction on its new emergency room expansion project....
  • Home & Outdoor Show offers free sneak peek for county businesses

    he 32nd Annual Citrus County Builders Association's Home & Outdoor Show Committee invites all Citrus County businesses to a Free “Shop Citrus” Sneak Peek from 4 to 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23, at the National Guard Armory in Crystal River....
  • NRC to inspect Crystal River nuclear power plant

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is sending a special inspection team to the Crystal River nuclear power plant, operated by Progress Energy....
  • County slates hazardous waste drop-off for Oct. 24

    In addition to the regular weekly collection on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Citrus County Landfill also will be conducting a week-end drop-off program for residents on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m....
  • Florida utility company to pay $25 million for '08 blackout

    WASHINGTON — A Florida utility has agreed to pay a record $25 million penalty for causing a blackout that left nearly a million customers in the dark in February 2008....
  • CDC: 76 U.S. children have died from H1N1 flu

    WASHINGTON -- Federal health officials said 76 children have died from the H1N1 flu since the virus was discovered in April, which appears to be a higher rate than pediatric deaths caused by the seasonal flu....
  • France arrests physicist for suspected al-Qaeda ties

    Security sources in Paris said the suspected Islamist - arrested along with his brother on Thursday in Vienne near Lyon, worked on projects for the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) on the Franco-Swiss border just outside Geneva....
  • Florida's orange crop will shrink this year

    Florida's orange crop will decrease this year by 14.5 percent making crop levels lower than previous years....
  • Lula feared Obama factor in 2016 Olympic vote

    SAO PAULO — Brazil's president feared Barack Obama's star power could have prevented Rio de Janeiro from landing the 2016 Olympics....
  • UCLA student brutally attacked in chemistry lab

    Students in a UCLA chemistry lab watched helplessly Thursday afternoon as a classmate suddenly slashed the neck of a fellow student, causing serious injuries....
  • Democrats may lose two state governors' races

    CAMDEN, New Jersey, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Democrats running for governor in New Jersey and Virginia face possible defeat in November, despite strong showings by President Barack Obama in those states last year, in elections that could render the first judgmen...
  • World divided on Obama the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

    When the chairman of the Nobel Committee announced this morning that President Obama had won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize the news was received with a collective gasp from the room full of journalists....
  • Brooke Astor's son found guilty

    After four months of testimony that cast a harsh light on the operatic lives of East Coast social royalty -- with tales of greed, abuse and bitter family feuds -- a jury on Thursday convicted legendary philanthropist Brooke Astor's son of tricking her int...
  • NASA's big hit: LCROSS impacts moon

    LCROSS looked a whole lot more like a whimper than a bang, falling far short of the dramatic NASA animation endlessly played on TV to stoke interest in the Moon mission....
  • Deluge in rain-soaked Philippines kills over 160

    MANILA, Philippines — Driving rain on the heels of back-to-back storms triggered dozens of landslides across the northern Philippines on Friday, burying more than 160 people, washing away villages and leaving almost an entire province under water....
  • Climate change conference gets mixed reviews

    After two weeks of talks, presentations and debates, the Bangkok Climate Change Talks ended Friday to mixed reviews....
  • Liberals see health care hero in freshman Florida lawmaker

    (CNN) -- Could a little-known freshman Democrat from a conservative-leaning Florida district be just what the doctor ordered for liberals wary of what they view as a timid president too ready to compromise on overhauling health care?...
  • Broward County nurse could face charges

    WEST PALM BEACH (AP) — The police were looking into possible criminal charges against a nurse at a South Florida hospital where officials say she may have exposed some 1,800 patients to H.I.V. and hepatitis by reusing medical supplies....

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