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Posted: 5:21 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012

Vegas casinos dead on arrival in Florida  

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Noticeably cooler today and cloudy with a chance of spotty rain.  Temps are in the mid-60's.  Sun returns tomorrow and we're back into the low 70's. 

Today's interview lineup:

At 6:53 hear Jamie Dupree say "Oh, come on!" about a big campaign story in the news today.

At 7:40 hear Fox's Jared Halpern describe the impact of the U.S. Embassy closure in Syria. 

At 8:10 hear WOKV's Matt Augustine explain why Internet cafes could be next in line for regulation by Florida politicians.

At 8:23 hear Jamie Dupree explain why today's trio of state elections could give Rick Santorum a big boost. 

Our Top Local Story:  Dead on arrival.  The effort to block Vegas style casinos from coming to Florida appears to have worked.  A House Committee pulled the idea off the table.  What's still in question is whether the politicans are going to take any action on those internet cafes.  We're in touch with the leading opponent of casino expansion in Florida this morning. 

A second grade teacher is among 21 men arrested in a sex sting in Alachua County.  The arrests were part of Operation Tail Feather, in which investigators posed as minors on various websites looking for people who wanted to engage in sex acts.  A physician's assistant and a church musician are also among those busted.

Clay Electric Cooperative customers can expect a pleasant surprise -- money back.  Anyone who received service from Clay Electric between 1987 and 2010 will get on average 19 dollars back.

Your tax dollars could be going towards construction and maintenance of charter schools.  A Senate committee giving a thumbs-up to a measure that would force school districts to share construction money with charter schools.  140-million dollars out of nearly two-billion would be sent to charter schools. 

So far, JTA's experiment of letting people ride the Skyway for free seems to be getting people on board.  JTA says ridership has doubled in the first week since it stopped collecting fares.  It is conducting a three-month test run of letting people ride the Skyway for free. 

Alcohol poisoning is blamed for the death of a Presbyterian College student from St. Augustine.  21 year-old Kyle Allen was found unconscious in a fraternity house over the weekend.  He was a linebacker on the South Carolina school's football team.

Several months ago, we told you about squatters here on the First Coast living taking up residence in houses after claiming adverse possesion.  Now a Texas man who paid 16 dollars to file a one-page claim on an empty 340-thousand-dollar home in an upscale suburb of Dallas was ordered out of the house.  Kenneth Robinson decided not to wait for eviction and quietly slipped out of the house.

A heated protest outside a church after a registered sex offender is allowed to serve as a guest pastor.  Darrell Gilyard had served a three-year prison sentence for molesting two teenage girls in his congregation.  To comply with his sex offender status, children will not be allowed in the main service at the Christ Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church.

Our National Story is You Decide 2012.  Calling it hypocritical shift, Republicans are blasting President Obama's new acceptance of Super PAC money.  Obama has previously referred to the money as a "threat to our democracy".  His campaign manager say they've had to face the reality of the law as it stands. The Priorities USA group for Obama has raised nearly seven million dollars. 

Three states vote today, Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado, but no delegates are at stake.  That won’t stop the winners from acting like they’ve just hit the Powerball drawing tonight.  Rick Santorum has the most to gain.  Mitt Romney is favored in Colorado, Santorum in Minnesota and Missouri could be the rubber match.  In that state, Gingrich isn’t on the ballot.

The entire staff of an embattled elementary school in Los Angeles is let go.  Two teachers are accused of disgusting sex acts with kids. The Superintendent says 88 teachers and 40 support staff at the school are being replaced.

The New York Giants' Super Bowl victory will be celebrated in typical New York City style, with a ticker-tape parade through the Canyon of Heroes.  This is the second Super Bowl championship parade for the Giants in four years.

Congress will find out today whether the Federal Reserve chairman still thinks the economy is "frustratingly slow'' after January's hiring surge.   Ben Bernanke will testify before the Senate Banking Committee and economists expect him to stick with the Fed's plan to keep a key interest rate at a record low near zero until at least late 2014.

 
 
 

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