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Posted: 5:23 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11, 2011

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Cool and blustery this morning and it's going to feel chilly throughout the day with temps only in the low 60's.  We'll fall into the mid-30's tonight but slowly warm up through the weekend.  By Sunday it's nearly 80.

Today's interview lineup:

At 6:53 hear Jamie Dupree explain why the GOP race for the White House may be Romney's to lose.

At 7:40 hear Fox's Jeff Monosso on the campus of Penn State University ahead of Saturday's home game.

At 7:53 hear Harrison Conyers with the city's military affairs department ahead of today's annual parade.

At 8:23 hear Jamie Dupree explain why Connie Mack IV is the immediate frontrunner in Florida's Senate race.

Our Top National Story:  A horrific thought for military families, mishandled remains of American soldiers.  Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says he wants to make certain they've taken all appropriate disciplinary action, following the reports that body parts were lost at the Dover Military Mortuary.  The Air Force says no law or regulation was violated at Dover, despite the mishandling of remains.

President Obama is taking part in Veterans Day observances in Washington and San Diego before  heading to Hawaii for an Asia-Pacific summit.  He'll also take part in the first-ever Carrier Classic basketball game between Michigan State and North Carolina aboard the USS Carl Vinson.

Our Top Local Story:  Jacksonville honors our Veterans today, the annual parade steps off at 11:01am from the Times Union Center.  Military ties run deep here with an estimated economic impact of more than 12 billion dollars.  This week we learned Mayor Brown is elevating military affairs, veterans and disabled services commissions to a cabinet post.

Because of multiple threats against Penn State receivers coach Mike McQueary, he will not be on the sidelines tomorrow.  McQueary reported to head coach Joe Paterno that he witnessed coach Jerry Sandusky in the shower with a young boy in 2002.  The campus has been calm since Wednesday night, when thousands of  students paraded through the streets, some throwing rocks and bottles and tipping over a television news van.

You Decide 2012:  Rick Perry tries really hard to turn his gaffe into a laugh.  He ran down the top ten list on The Late Show with Letterman after making the rounds on the morning talk shows.  His wife was in Jacksonville yesterday, saying her husband had a human moment in the debate when he forgot the third department he would eliminate if elected. 

Suicide at an Occupy Wall Street protest in Vermont.  Cops say a 35-year-old military veteran fatally shot himself in the head inside a tent in City Hall Park.

The Green Cove Springs pastor whose weekly prayer sessions on school property created a firestorm is agreeing to move them off-campus.  The Reverend Ron Baker says he agreed to the move after Clay County school officials threatened to remove him from campus by any means necessary should he return Monday morning.  Baker says he did not want to put those who prayed with him in that situation.

A man is convicted in his third trial of shooting at Jacksonville police officers.  A jury finds 27-year-old Jacquan Shootes guilty of aggravated assault during the 2007 drug raid.  He faces up to 45 years in prison when he's sentenced.

A first court appearance for two Duval Clerk of Courts employees, who allegedly hacked into computers and cashed in on people who wanted to bypass the system and reinstate their licenses.  Shayla O'duel and Krystalle Vance face charges for fraud, bribery, tampering with evidence and falsifying documents.

A historic find at the Kingsley Plantation six grave sites as part of the old slave cemetary.  Bill Reynolds with the National Park Service says a team of archaeologists from the University of Florida still doe not know the full boundaries of the cemetary. 

Black Friday will now start on Thursday. Walmart announces its stores will open for the traditional busiest shopping day of the year at 10 o'clock Thanksgiving night.  Target and Best Buy are also among stores opening early.

The dog ate my car payment.  That's the explanation Christy Lawrenson had to give her bank after her dog ate ten, one-hundred dollar bills.  In a panic, she and her husband induced the dog to throw up, and they dug the chewed-up money from the vomit. 

 
 
 

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