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3rd GRADE FCAT SCORES REMAIN STATIC
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Third-grade math and reading FCAT scores remained static while writing scores have jumped significantly. Results released Friday show less than two-thirds of the state’s third graders are performing at a satisfactory level in math and reading. But writing scores for students in grades four, eight and 10 showed 58 percent recorded a score of 3.5 or above.
HURRICANE CENTER WORKS TO BETTER EXPLAIN STORM SURGE
The National Hurricane Center’s forecasters are hoping to offer easy-to-understand, color-coded maps to help the public better understand the dangerous storm surge that often accompanies hurricanes. The idea came about during a review of Superstorm Sandy, which devastated parts of the Atlantic Coastline last year. Forecasters talked to focus groups in revamping the way the language used when talking to the public during a storm.
A-ROD SELLS MIAMI BEACH HOME
New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez has sold his Miami Beach home for $30 million. A-Rod’s business partner confirmed that the sale closed Friday.
SEA TURTLE RETURNED TO WILD
A juvenile loggerhead sea turtle treated at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital has been returned to the wild. Charley was placed gently amid Sargassum seaweed some 25 miles off Marathon Friday morning. The reptile had been rescued 17 days earlier by a fisherman who saw it floating about 22 miles off the Middle Keys.
GOV. SCOTT ASKED TO RETURN MONEY TO HERITAGE PROPERTY AND CASULTY INSURANCE
A leading Florida Democrat says Gov. Rick Scott should return $110,000 in campaign contributions from Heritage Property Insurance, which is getting $52 million as part of an agreement to absorb 60,000 policies now held by Citizens Property Insurance Corp.
