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Slavery Is Alive In Jacksonville
Slavery is alive and well in the City of Jacksonville. Take a look at this map.
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Bono's Bar-B-Q Video Contest: Top Prize Worth $2,000
Bono's Pit Bar-B-Q is the sponsor of "If you don't see a pit, it ain't legit" video contest on MetroJackonville.com. The competition comes with a top prize that is worth $2,000.
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Valentine's Day: How to Pick the Perfect Date Venue
Based on an analysis of thousands of restaurant and bar recommendations processed by Wist (www.getwist.com) -- a fun new app that gives you personalized food and drink recommendations for any occasion -- dating venue expert and Wist CEO Aigerim Shorman has come up with five action steps you can take...
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Oldest One Room Schoolhouse in Duval County to be Saved
The Mandarin Museum and Historical Society is partnering with the Mandarin Community Club in an effort to save the oldest remaining one room schoolhouse in Duval County and relocate it to Walter Jones Historical Park in Mandarin. The schoolhouse was built in 1889 as part of a mission established by the...
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Video: NFL Claims Snow No Problem for Super Bowl
With freezing temperatures in New York, Sunday's Super Bowl could be an unmitigated disaster. However, according to the AP, the NFL doesn't think so.
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Top 10 Most Dangerous Jobs in the US
There was a consistent decline in unemployment rate last year, opening at 7.9% in January down to an all-time year low of 7% in November (December data is not yet out), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But the figure is still higher than when we started 2008 at 5% a few months before the...
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How We Really Feel About the Holidays
Now that Christmas and New Years have passed us by, Tada.com has released a survey that exposes how most of us really feel about the holiday season.
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Illegal Demolitions Exposing Residents To Asbestos?
Already under fire for illegally using federal funds to demolish homes, the City of Jacksonville's Municipal Code Compliance Division (MCCD) may be taking on more hot water. Now it appears that Code Compliance may have supervised the demolition of structures without properly removing asbestos and thus...
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Children in Prison: Chat With Hank Coxe and Gray Thomas
Interview with Hank Coxe and Gray Thomas on the sad state of our juvenile detention systems.
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Interview with Ben Warner, Executive Director of JCCI
Watch Arash Kamiar's conversation with Ben Warner, Executive Director of JCCI.
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