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Top Stories Jacksonville http://topstoriesjacksonville.com Keeping a finger on the pulse of Jacksonville. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 EduJax: Teacher now sees value in standardized tests; a look at how kids learn http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/jacksonville/edujax-teacher-now-sees-value-in-standardized-tests-a-look-at-how-kids-learn/ http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/jacksonville/edujax-teacher-now-sees-value-in-standardized-tests-a-look-at-how-kids-learn/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:00:00 +0000 Guest Author http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/?guid=e96afc03beb3dbd86edee9abf74410e2 A teacher who was once as skeptical of standardized testing as anyone now finds some strengths in it. … A psychologist challenges some assumptions about how children learn, saying the distinction between “auditory” and “visual” learning is misguided. … UCF is going to cut its power bills by generating its own power.

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]]> http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/jacksonville/edujax-teacher-now-sees-value-in-standardized-tests-a-look-at-how-kids-learn/feed/ 0 Law & Disorder: Man rescued from St. Johns River http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/entertainment/law-disorder-man-rescued-from-st-johns-river/ http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/entertainment/law-disorder-man-rescued-from-st-johns-river/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 06:50:05 +0000 Guest Author http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/?guid=ff0d1faa69afb23436f49d8d5cbc47ec Jacksonville rescue crews pulled a man from the St. Johns River downtown in critical condition and called off a search for a possible second person just before sundown Monday.

Rescuers received a call shortly after 5 p.m. that a boat had overturned in the river, prompting a search by marine units and a helicopter between the Acosta and Fuller Warren bridges.

Spokesman Tom Francis of the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department said a man was pulled from the water and taken to the St. Joe building on the northern bank of the river, and from there to Baptist Medical Center.

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]]> http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/entertainment/law-disorder-man-rescued-from-st-johns-river/feed/ 0 Senate proposal to tax bottled water bubbles back up http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/entertainment/senate-proposal-to-tax-bottled-water-bubbles-back-up-2/ http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/entertainment/senate-proposal-to-tax-bottled-water-bubbles-back-up-2/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:00:00 +0000 Guest Author http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/?guid=417038fa902ef21c3c9ae09149686769 TALLAHASSEE – A proposal to tax bottled water was filed Monday in the Florida Senate, re-igniting a water war that has pitted Sen. Evelyn Lynn against bottlers and business groups.

Lynn’s bill (SB 118) is identical to a bill she filed last year that failed to get a committee hearing.

Given $700 million in budget cuts to water management districts and other cuts to statewide water quality programs, Lynn, R-Ormond Beach, said providing a source of money to pay for mitigating the environmental damage caused by discarded bottles may find more sympathy.

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]]> http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/entertainment/senate-proposal-to-tax-bottled-water-bubbles-back-up-2/feed/ 0 Senate proposal to tax bottled water bubbles back up http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/entertainment/senate-proposal-to-tax-bottled-water-bubbles-back-up/ http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/entertainment/senate-proposal-to-tax-bottled-water-bubbles-back-up/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:00:00 +0000 Guest Author http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/?guid=417038fa902ef21c3c9ae09149686769 TALLAHASSEE – A proposal to tax bottled water was filed Monday in the Florida Senate, re-igniting a water war that has pitted Sen. Evelyn Lynn against bottlers and business groups.

Lynn’s bill (SB 118) is identical to a bill she filed last year that failed to get a committee hearing.

Given $700 million in budget cuts to water management districts and other cuts to statewide water quality programs, Lynn, R-Ormond Beach, said providing a source of money to pay for mitigating the environmental damage caused by discarded bottles may find more sympathy.

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]]> http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/entertainment/senate-proposal-to-tax-bottled-water-bubbles-back-up/feed/ 0 Arlington road construction will continue until end of year http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/entertainment/arlington-road-construction-will-continue-until-end-of-year-2/ http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/entertainment/arlington-road-construction-will-continue-until-end-of-year-2/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:00:00 +0000 Guest Author http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/?guid=667bc4bd359609bb28768880bc106ed3 Travelers in Arlington will be dealing with construction on Fort Caroline Road until the end of the year.

Since late 2009, vehicles on the Arlington road have dealt with construction from just east of Townsend Boulevard to Merrill Road. The traffic pattern changed recently and eastbound traffic is now being shifted onto newly constructed pavement between the Florida 9A overpass and Merrill Road.

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Since late 2009, vehicles on the Arlington road have dealt with construction from just east of Townsend Boulevard to Merrill Road. The traffic pattern changed recently and eastbound traffic is now being shifted onto newly constructed pavement between the Florida 9A overpass and Merrill Road.

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]]> http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/entertainment/arlington-road-construction-will-continue-until-end-of-year/feed/ 0 One of us: Erica Humbert has a profession and a town she loves http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/entertainment/one-of-us-erica-humbert-has-a-profession-and-a-town-she-loves-2/ http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/entertainment/one-of-us-erica-humbert-has-a-profession-and-a-town-she-loves-2/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:00:00 +0000 Guest Author http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/?guid=aeabcbab86437b87bf3025403010a73f Sitting on the living room couch in her Oakleaf Plantation home, Erica Humbert seems to radiate energy.

Which is a good thing. The 30-year-old mother of one (with a second child on the way) has plenty to keep her busy.

She spends part of each week working at Shands Jacksonville as a nurse. She also goes there to study for a master’s degree in nursing from University of Florida Health Science Center-Jacksonville.

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Which is a good thing. The 30-year-old mother of one (with a second child on the way) has plenty to keep her busy.

She spends part of each week working at Shands Jacksonville as a nurse. She also goes there to study for a master’s degree in nursing from University of Florida Health Science Center-Jacksonville.

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]]> http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/entertainment/one-of-us-erica-humbert-has-a-profession-and-a-town-she-loves/feed/ 0 Ex-Alma doctor makes plea deal in Colorado http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/entertainment/ex-alma-doctor-makes-plea-deal-in-colorado-2/ http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/entertainment/ex-alma-doctor-makes-plea-deal-in-colorado-2/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:00:00 +0000 Guest Author http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/?guid=fdb579623b18f27b47ec3b783d232222 A gun-toting, bail-jumping former Alma doctor plans to plead guilty to federal firearms charges in Colorado next month in an agreement unlikely to include his potential sentence on a pill mill-related charge in Southeast Georgia.

William Morris Williams, 71, is jailed without bail in Durango on single counts of possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of a firearm by a fugitive.

Each count is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine up to $250,000.

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]]> http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/entertainment/ex-alma-doctor-makes-plea-deal-in-colorado-2/feed/ 0 Ex-Alma doctor makes plea deal in Colorado http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/entertainment/ex-alma-doctor-makes-plea-deal-in-colorado/ http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/entertainment/ex-alma-doctor-makes-plea-deal-in-colorado/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:00:00 +0000 Guest Author http://topstoriesjacksonville.com/?guid=fdb579623b18f27b47ec3b783d232222 A gun-toting, bail-jumping former Alma doctor plans to plead guilty to federal firearms charges in Colorado next month in an agreement unlikely to include his potential sentence on a pill mill-related charge in Southeast Georgia.

William Morris Williams, 71, is jailed without bail in Durango on single counts of possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of a firearm by a fugitive.

Each count is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine up to $250,000.

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