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Floridays
12:00 am
Sat August 7, 2010

Coyotes no longer just in the Wild West

Coyotes are considered highly intelligent.

They've been seen in New York's Central Park and downtown Chicago, and are believed to prey on sea turtle eggs on Treasure Coast beaches.

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Floridays
12:00 am
Sat August 7, 2010

Florida's unofficial founder now virtually unknown

Pedro Menendez

No, it isn't Ponce de Leon, but rather a Spanish explorer named Pedro Menendez, who came to the New World with orders from the king to drive out the French. Renowned historian Dr. Eugene Lyon discusses Menendez' life and accomplishments.   

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Floridays
12:00 am
Tue August 3, 2010

Author traces changing status of manatee, from sea cow to sacred cow

Manatee is now an endangered species

Journalist and author Craig Pittman says media exposure caused attitudes about the manatee to change.  

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Floridays
12:00 am
Mon July 12, 2010

'All u can drink' orance juice stand beckoned to motorists heading south on U.S. 1

Citrus grower Ken Kennedy says some tourists would stop at his Vero Beach store and ask how far it was to "Florida," meaning Miami.

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Floridays
12:00 am
Fri July 9, 2010

Fatback and a penny was one Miami woman's remedy for her son's infected cut

VNA of the Treasure Coast leader Ann Marie McCrystal encountered the woman and the boy during her student nursing days.

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Floridays
12:00 am
Fri July 9, 2010

Farmer says pigs are better food source than cows

  • An interview with a farmer

That's because nearly the entire body of a pig can be utilized.

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Floridays
12:00 am
Fri July 9, 2010

Long-time fishing guide has never forgotten sailfish's encounter with a mako shark

Credit Whiticar family collection
Curtis Whiticar standing, right
  • An interview with a fisherman

Just as the sailfish was being reeled in, the shark jumped out of the water and managed to bite the sailfish in half. Curtis Whiticar of Martin County tells the story. 

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Floridays
12:00 am
Thu July 8, 2010

Scholar says Shakespeare still matters in Florida schools, and probably always will

William Shakespeare

Maurice O'Sullivan of Rollins College says the Bard's work still resonates with students.

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Floridays
12:00 am
Thu July 8, 2010

A Fort Pierce boyhood: Man remembers pet pigeon and dog named Molly

Jack Favorite, a retired firefighter and active member of the St. Lucie County Historical Society, wrote a book about growing up in the 1950s.

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Floridays
12:00 am
Mon June 7, 2010

Martin County named for boomtime governor

Credit Library of Congress
John W. Martin

John W. Martin was governor during the 1920s, when local boosters hoped to turn Stuart into a major port city. Stuart lawyer Rick Crary discusses Martin and how the county was

created.

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