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Duval County says its teachers need more training
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Schools Superintendent Dr. Nikolai Vitti wants Duval County to teach its teachers. For the first time, the district is spending $3,375,000 to develop and host teacher and coaching training academies over the summer. Read More..
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-- Alison Blair is used to having to search for a new camp for her son Hayden. Read More..
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-- A former employee in the medical examiner's office is speaking out to Action News. Read More..
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GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. -- One of the suspects in the murder of a Clay County detective was in court today. Read More..
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One of America's Most Wanted captured in Florida
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. -- A violation of Florida's Move Over Law led to the arrest of one of America's Most Wanted. Read More..
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Employee fired from county schools, suspended from city pools
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Action News is uncovering new details about a Duval County school employee, fired for his reported response to a disruption on a school bus. Read More..
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Several City Council members want the city's top attorney out of City Hall. Read More..
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Oglethorpe Battery Park set to receive 18th century replica cannons
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Oglethorpe Battery Park is getting ready for a big ceremony that will feature the debut of 18th-century replica cannons, a project four months in the making. Read More..
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NTSB: Financial pressure likely had a role in Mayo helicopter crash
GREEN COVE SRPINGS, Fla. -- Federal officials released results of their investigation that show the pilot’s financial pressure likely influenced the decision to fly into rough weather. Read More..
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla -- Hot evening then storms Wednesday. Read More..
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Couple accused of luring man for sex, robbing him
ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. -- A Gainesville couple has been arrested after police say they attacked and robbed a man who thought he was meeting up with the woman to pay her for sex. Read More..
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Surfer recalls shark attack, teeth sinking into foot
ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. -- Ashlee LaFlam told Action News she had surgery Sunday night to have part of a shark tooth removed from her foot. The local surfer has to go back to the doctor today to see if there are fragments still in her foot. Read More..
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1 killed in crash with Tenn. minor league team charter bus at I-295 & Pritchard Road
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The northbound lanes of I-295 at Pritchard Road are back open after a fatal crash between a charter bus full of baseball players from the Elizabethton Twins and another car. Read More..
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Man accused of killing roommate indicted on capital murder charge
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Duval County says its teachers need more training

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Schools Superintendent Dr. Nikolai Vitti wants Duval County to teach its teachers. For the first time, the district is spending $3,375,000 to develop and host teacher and coaching training academies over the summer.

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick says he went to his rural home the day after the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect was captured and got "quite drunk" alone at a restaurant.

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