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Category: Arts & Entertainment (9)

Apollo gets 'Dreamgirls' revival in November 2009
Fans flock to `Twilight' premiere in Los Angeles
Kidman: 'Australia' film fulfilled childhood dream
South African cartoonist makes light of Mandela
Mother sues author daughter over abuse claims
Happy Hour: A conversation with Lacie Delgado
Sweet and savory
Mr. and Mrs. Gingerbread Decorating Contest at 32nd annual Festival of Lights
Mexican mural sells for nearly $7M at NYC auction

Category: Business (27)

Mitsubishi UFJ first-half profit dives 64 percent
Ford to slash Mazda stake to raise cash
FDA opens new China office
Thanksgiving travel to drop 1.4 percent this year, AAA reports
Half-built housing litters Lee County's stagnant landscape
Hotels list park-and-fly deals
Lee County auto dealers, consumers test drive Big 3 car bailout
Business digest: Alico CEO resigns as part of restructuring
Flights return to Charlotte Airport
Collier Real Estate Transactions: Nov. 17, 2008
You'd better watch out: Gift cards can be lumps of coal
Detroit's Big Three beg for aid as bailout bill stalls
Carrefour ousts CEO Duran
Pepsi Bottling cuts outlook, announces restructure
CONSUMER ALERT: Lean Cuisine frozen meals recalled
Anheuser-Busch InBev to cut 1,400 US jobs
Bush trying again to stem holiday flight delays
Sanibel chosen among America's Top 10 Islands, magazine survey says
USA3000 to resume Milwaukee-SWFI flights on Dec. 18
$14B auto bailout dies in Senate
Automakers to plead with Congress for aid
Oil slips as investors mull recession
Mass. regulator accuses Oppenheimer & Co. of fraud
Paulson: Don't use bailout money for automakers
Homebuilder sentiment index remains at record low
Governors pledge to fight global warming together
Former Sen. Phil Gramm speaker Friday at Forum Club luncheon in Naples

Category: Education (8)

FGCU lecturer's comments cause discord with Sheriff Scott's daughter
Construction of building for Michigan In'tl Academy halted
Edison State adds vet, ex-anchor to its staff
Tragic end for pig serves lesson for students at East Lee High
Pat Carroll named new chair of Collier School Board
Six students to be honored at Cape Coral 'Do the Right Thing' ceremony
Collier County School Board's new education subcommittee meetings set
Collier School Board members eager for a fresh start

Category: Everblades Hockey (1)

Blades goalie Khudobin called up to Houston AHL team

Category: Health & Fitness (10)

Simple step toward better health
Study says vitamins C, E don't prevent heart 'events'
Contact sports like hockey keep dentists busy
Tackling addictions as a pair works best
Nutrition Q&A: Test your knowledge of latest research
Stress for success: Redirect your thinking when faced with stress
House Call with Dr. Andy: Smokers can pick from variety of methods to quit cigarettes
Hospital care isn't up to par, patients say
Gratitude: the win-win gift
Fitness: Strength training effective when safe

Category: Lifestyles (13)

Category: News (268)

Texas House members spend $140K to renovate lounge
Officials: Obama set to introduce Clinton Monday
Zimbabwe police break up health protest by doctors
Accident closes all four lanes at Fowler intersection in Fort Myers
Astronauts hitch giant crate to space station
FGCU lecturer's comments cause discord with Sheriff Scott's daughter
Lee County commissioners: Judah named chair; Hall vice chair
NYC woman, 76, arrested for 73rd time
Wind chill advisory canceled tonight for Collier
Prep basketball: Nov. 17, 2008
FGCU enters basketball shrine
Poland cringes at president's diplomatic blunders
Australia temporarily shuts down navy
Cape Coral Rottweiler bite victim receives first in series of rabies shots
Construction of building for Michigan In'tl Academy halted
Thanksgiving travel to drop 1.4 percent this year, AAA reports
San Diego jury finds man guilty of surfer's murder
Prep soccer: Nov. 17, 2008
Men's basketball: Ave Maria beats Johnson & Wales
FGCU-Kansas: Pay heed, all who enter. Beware of the Phog
Doug MacGregor's Cartoon...Take A Bailout Number
Hotels list park-and-fly deals
Lee County auto dealers, consumers test drive Big 3 car bailout
ACE finds new home
Christa McAuliffe Charter Elementary adds portable classrooms
Rollover on I-75 in North Fort Myers
Cape Coral captures boxing medals
U.S. Sugar considers ethanol plant idea
Purchase of Fort Myers homes for HUD plan OK'd
Reward offered for clues to Cape Coral arson
Bonita Springs to vote on fertilizer reduction
Burch chosen Cape Coral mayor despite dispute over decision
Golf course rescue planned in Cape Coral
Nursing students get dose of history
Cape Coral CRA supplies holiday lights
Chicago dog stars at Cape Coral deli
Longtime Cape Coral jewelers reopen
Business briefs: Radiology Regional to host food drive
Liquor larceny leads to wreck on I-75 in south Fort Myers
New Red Sox site perfect to get the ball rolling
Fans flock to `Twilight' premiere in Los Angeles
PrepZone: Naples' Big Three hoping to bring weather warnings into playoffs
Girls Prep of the Week: Immokalee's Pierre looks to leave state meet with title
Boys Prep of the Week: Gulf Coast's Lloyd breaks through for diving state title
POLL: FGCU-Kansas: Eagles prepared to battle Jayhawks
FGCU-Kansas: David Moulton: Following the Eagles into the big time
Instant Editorial: Roe v. Wade back to original intent
Fred Cooper's attorneys file 7th try for change of venue
You'd better watch out: Gift cards can be lumps of coal
Detroit's Big Three beg for aid as bailout bill stalls
Below average temps tonight
Smash and grabs prompt police to increase patrols
Man steals $100 in Polk Co. church offerings
Thanksgiving race in Florida gets offshoot in Iraq
Trained dogs help Florida students read
Crash blocking Winkler Rd. and Summerlin Rd.
Commission ponders bus route cuts
Astronauts prepare for 1st spacewalk
Florida resident donating kidney to N.Y. woman she met online
Brrrrr! Cold front blasts the Sunshine State
Man dies in car rollover on Hendry County road
This Day in History: November 18th
Hijacked Saudi oil tanker anchors off Somalia
Study puts a total on diabetes cost: $218 billion
Lane reopens after crash on U.S. 41 in Estero
CONSUMER ALERT: Lean Cuisine frozen meals recalled
Photos: Inside an operating room
Fantasy 5 rolldown produces more than 8,000 winners
7 vehicles burglarized in Naples within 90 minutes on Monday
Prep football: Barron Collier selling playoff tickets today through Friday
Mass. woman's 1 cent debt paid in full
Bonita Fire-Rescue to conduct house burning exercise Thursday and Friday
ECCL returns to Estero Community Park for Friday meeting
Metromix at EnVie
'Australia' movie premiere
Charges against Lehigh man accused of attempting to kill wife could be upgraded
Man accused of impersonating an officer, carrying concealed weapon at N. Naples complex
South Florida Watershed Journal: Lake O gets two for one
TRAFFIC ALERT: Crash blocks westbound U.S. 41 near Johns Street
Man dies in overnight crash
Residents pack Cape Coral Council Chambers to hear plan for golf course property
Golden Gate Wrestling Invitation This Weekend
Freezing temperatures, chilly winds forecast for SW Florida tonight
Bonita Fire-Rescue collects toys for tots
Lee County issues weather advisory
AP: Study estimates diabetes cost at $218 billion annually in U.S.
Fort Myers-Milwaukee air service resumes Dec. 18
Missing wolf-dog found, killed
Tragic end for pig serves lesson for students at East Lee High
Sanibel chosen among America's Top 10 Islands, magazine survey says
USA3000 to resume Milwaukee-SWFI flights on Dec. 18
Cape Coral man charged with insurance fraud
ACE Group Classic golf tourney officially moves to Treviso Bay
Sanibel earns spot on “the best in the world” from Condé Nast readers ... again
Incumbent Lee commissioners sworn-in for new terms
Edison hires new student life director
Wire fire said to have caused townhome blaze
$14B auto bailout dies in Senate
Missing wolf-dog found shot in Lehigh
Cape Coral Chamber looks to make holiday celebration largest yet
Man poses as cop
Biking for kids and the ‘Joy of Giving’
NJ man charged with impersonating officer
Families need your help
Automakers to plead with Congress for aid
Cape Harbour to host holiday "Grand Opening Celebration" on Friday
New Neighborhood Watch group meeting Thursday at Cape Coral Police
Do-gooders wanted for honorary grand marshall at Edison parade
Missing wolf-dog shot in Lehigh Acres
Winging it: A rehabilitated burrowing owl flies free
Traffic stop leads to drug arrest
Chicago board to vote on anti-bullying high school
Mindy McCready: Roger Clemens treated me like a princess
Departing Florida Senate president asks successor if he really wants job
New Florida house speaker puts emphasis on looming budget crisis
Brevard County man convicted of murder 27 years ago gets bail
Estero High student found with drugs
Paulson: Don't use bailout money for automakers
Local TV station to offer same-day delayed coverage of FGCU home hoops games
Young woman suing Collier ex-foster father arrested on sexual abuse charges
Neighborhoods: It took research but Cape Coral is right fit for Ohio transplant
Lee commissioner Ray Judah will repeat as chairman
Gov. Crist is still overwhelmingly popular
Color perception shifts from right brain to left
Mother sues author daughter over abuse claims
Mold gets thicker as tenant awaits help
PGA Tour vet, Bonita Springs resident Jacobsen to serve as ACE Group Classic host
Panic at the Disco will rock Germain Arena
UPDATE: Wolf-hybrid shot and killed
Lee County Commission makes massive 20/20 land purchase
Cape Kringle Crafts event cancelled
Confusion reigns over Monday's Cape Coral mayoral appointment
Thanksgiving dinner to be served at Cape Coral Elks Lodge
Elusive wolf-dog shot in SW Florida
Gateway Trial Part 2 to happen in Pinellas
Cape Coral Elks Lodge to offer free Thanksgiving dinner
Three robbers attack woman in Fort Myers home invasion, police say
674 gallons of fuel taken out of vehicles in North Fort Myers
Collier approves buying Pepper Ranch for $32.5 million
Tell us about your Thanksgiving events
Celebrity motorcycle builder Billy Lane's trial starts in December
Work to cause delays on San Carlos, McGregor boulevards in south Fort Myers
Indianapolis Colts' old stadium demolished
Wellness Center health fair Wednesday
Red Sox Foundation receives honor from Lee County Boys & Girls Clubs
MLB: Red Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia wins AL MVP
College football: Ex-BC player Cruse named All-Presidents' Athletic Conference
Volleyball: A-Sun champion FGCU doesn't receive much all-conference recognition
Judge will move Cooper trial
Big hop forward: Scientists map kangaroo's DNA
Red Sox 2nd baseman Dustin Pedroia wins AL MVP
No fooling: Experts bemoan loss of kids' play time
Wal-Mart truck used to smuggle immigrants
FGCU collects several post-season volleyball awards
FGCU's McNally named A-Sun women's basketball Player of the Week
Fred Cooper murder trial being moved out of Lee County
Estero resident arrested in tennis camp molestation case
ECWCD's regular monthly meeting tonight
Miss Florida to appear at Saks Fifth Avenue event in Fort Myers on Saturday
Gateway killing: Cooper trial is moving to Pinellas County
Michaela Chernoch receives full athletic scholarship from SUU
Instant Editorial: Out of Iraq?
Frost? Here’s how to save plants
Phone service temporarily down at Collier Area Transit
Women's basketball: FGCU's McNally named A-Sun Player of Week
NYPD opens new counterterrorism nerve center
Houston recalls Everblades goaltender Khudobin
Fort Myers accident reported involving school bus
Red Sox's Dustin Pedroia wins AL MVP
Gateway Trial Part 2 to happen in Pinellas
Ky. inmate who escaped jail returns on own
Source: Holder informally offered, accepts AG job
Charlotte County traffic stop results in drug arrest
Obama promises leadership on climate change
Mullen says US military can meet Obama's demands
A photo of 2 little girls and a reunion in Congo
UK government unveils plan for sex trade crackdown
Cuban doctors say children held hostage
Florida Gov. Crist receives 68 percent job approval rating in poll
A not-so-lovely weekend for a regatta
Fort Myers man charged with second-degree murder in home invasion robbery
Austrian city imposes tracksuit ban for cabbies
Aruba police pursue new evidence in Holloway case
Cape Coral's newest Italian restaurant off to good start
On the Menu: Joey's Pizza
Tennis coach accused of molesting teen
Charlotte murder suspect arrested in Lee
Below average temps tonight
Cape man starts rabies shots after dog attack
New constable allows friend to fire gun into air
Six students to be honored at Cape Coral 'Do the Right Thing' ceremony
Estero tennis camp owner arrested on charges of fondling student
Remembering Elton, Cher and a few problems
Lee schools consolidating to make improvements
Will Hideaway flush county funds?
5th man involved in botched home invasion arrested
Fla. man accused of hurling sandwich at girlfriend
UN panel denounces Darfur arms violations
Endeavour spacewalk continues despite lost tools
In the Know: What’s being built at Santa Barbara and Davis Blvd.?
McCain to set up PAC to seek 5th Senate term
Tanker capture raises alarm over Somali piracy
Collier Sheriff’s Office releases statement about decision to withhold name of man shot by deputies
Cooper trial
Florida basketball team without key player Allen
Motorcyclist, SUV driver identified in Fort Myers Fowler Street crash
Deputies make arrests in two home burglaries
Cold weather shelters open in Lee, Collier
Cape Coral man attacked by dogs, gets rabies shots
Hearing reset in missing girl gag order
US biologists: 3 common pesticides harm salmon
Instant Editorial: No news would've been good news for Clemens
Fifth arrest made in botched Port Charlotte home invasion
Bonita expected to discuss fertilizer ordinance
Collier County spreads around excess fees, taxes and fines collected
Art committee sends parking lot project to city council for approval
Dream cruise turns into a nightmare
'Ronald McDonald architecture' causes commission concern
Groups fight over who will disperse foreclosure funds
NBC2 Ways2Save: Energy saving techniques
Taxpayers paying for Hatch Act investigations
Japanese girl makes her pitch for pro team
New park and marina opening in Cape Coral
Doctors transplant windpipe with stem cells
Residents pack Cape Coral Council Chambers to hear plan for golf course property
Farmer’s market makes its debut in Bonita Wednesday
Collier commissioners put off Port of the Islands marina purchase
Multiple car break-ins in Naples
More child porn charges for Naples man
Iowa zoo recaptures flamingo that flew the coop
Man charged in death of wife found in ocean inlet
Lee County school board passes bullying and harassment policy
Florida man accused of sandwich assault
Collier County Police Beat: Nov. 19, 2008
Collier County commissioners vote to reject proposed resolution to back east Collier campgrounds
Police investigating traffic crash in Fort Myers
Photos: Motorcycle, SUV collide on Fowler
Mindy McCready makes conflicting statements in media
Latest celebrity social scene
Lee County Police Briefs: Nov. 19, 2008
Driver loses control after sneeze, hits river
Source: Don Wakamatsu is new Mariners manager
FGCU-Kansas: Jayhawks beat Eagles, 85-45
Indictments against Cheney, Gonzales dismissed
News of the Weird: Driver loses control after sneeze, hits river
Golf: Jacobsen brings star power to ACE Group Classic
ACE Group Classic: Ticket package includes round on TPC course
NBC's Brokaw talks to Fort Myers audience about current topics troubling the country
Prep baseball: Palmetto Ridge's Cardenas, Irigoyen sign with D-I schools
Ex-NJ state Sen. Bryant guilty of fraud, bribery
Kansas cruises by FGCU
Hearing reset in Caylee Anthony case gag order
Arena celebrates 10 years: Southwest Florida leaders share what arena has meant to community
Turning on the heat, setting off smoke alarms
Coast Guard called out to assist boaters stranded off Captiva Island
Man shot by Collier sheriff’s deputies charged with assault
Prep soccer: Nov. 18, 2008
Men's basketball: Small but proud crowd takes in FGCU-Kansas game
Community helps shelter give warmth in cold snap
Jonestown memorial unveiled on 30th anniversary
Man charged in death of retiree who befriended him
Prep basketball: Nov. 18, 2008
Somali pirates hijack Thai fishing boat, 16 crew
Reopening golf course a bogey idea?
Students getting a safer way to practice driving
Tom Brokaw speaks to Barbara B. crowd
Wolf-dog killed, but who was responsible?
Wolf-dog killed, but who was responsible?

Category: Odd (3)

Mass. woman's 1 cent debt paid in full
Inmate who escaped jail returns on own
Sandwich assault!

Category: Opinion (11)

Doug MacGregor's Cartoon...Take A Bailout Number
Editorial: Automaker collapse catastrophic
Leonard Pitts: D.C. public-school experiment is a test for all of us
Larry Newell: Don't fan the flames of health care discontent
Instant Editorial: Roe v. Wade back to original intent
Editorial: Commissioners need not rotate
Instant Editorial: Out of Iraq?
Instant Editorial: No news would've been good news for Clemens
Editorial: Passage of time can’t dim hope, longing for Wendy
Editorial: FDOT needs to spell out details of highway lease
Letters to the Editor: Nov. 19, 2008

Category: Politics (22)

Officials: Obama set to introduce Clinton Monday
Bus fares going up in Seattle area
Man taken off plane after domestic violence threat
Oakland 82, Oregon 79 (OT)
Seattle Council moves on 'Mercer Mess'
Sour economy shrinks UW investments
Washington prisons settle lost penis case
Seattle company to stop online Lonely Hearts ads
Aberdeen man set on fire dies of burns
Shell to clean up 83 former gas stations
Franklin County approves feedlot
6 Seattle parking stations stolen
30 Kennewick students going to inauguration
Squirrel nailed to cross in Bremerton
Source: Holder informally offered, accepts AG job
Student seeks better access for disabled at school
Bremerton, Wash., ferry run back in service
Obama snags Hill insider for White House team
McCain to set up PAC to seek 5th Senate term
McCain returns to Senate, is welcomed by Kerry
Wakamatsu officially hired by Seattle
McCain to seek 5th Senate term

Category: Real Estate (1)

Half-built housing litters Lee County's stagnant landscape

Category: Science & Technology (10)

National Geographic getting into video games
Tiger cub dies after rare blood transfusion
Color perception shifts from right brain to left
Big hop forward: Scientists map kangaroo's DNA
Archeologists say they found witch doctor skeleton
Governors pledge to fight global warming together
Online Money: Save with online book rentals
US biologists: 3 common pesticides harm salmon
Facebook application plan rankles some developers
Google gives online life to Life mag's photos

Category: Sports (29)

Armstrong fears for his safety at Tour de France
FGCU enters basketball shrine
NJIT loses 35th straight, most among Division I
ACE finds new home
Two Cape athletes sign
2008 boys soccer preview
Purdue beats Loyola of Chicago to reach NIT semis
Local TV station to offer same-day delayed coverage of FGCU home hoops games
ACE Group Classic moving to Treviso Bay
PGA Tour vet, Bonita Springs resident Jacobsen to serve as ACE Group Classic host
Dempster, Cubs agree to $52 million, 4-year deal
Red Sox Foundation receives honor from Lee County Boys & Girls Clubs
Red Sox 2nd baseman Dustin Pedroia wins AL MVP
NASCAR teams begin layoffs
FGCU collects several post-season volleyball awards
FGCU's McNally named A-Sun women's basketball Player of the Week
ACE Group Classic signs four-year deal with Treviso Bay
Houston recalls Everblades goaltender Khudobin
Red Sox's Dustin Pedroia wins AL MVP
Muschamp denies report that he's taking Auburn job
Florida basketball team without key player Allen
Tickets available for Swingtime tennis exhibition
Bush plans to attend Army-Navy game on Dec. 6
Rivers rails against Garnett suspension
Griffey becomes American Public Diplomacy Envoy
Kansas cruises by FGCU
With Cuban watching, Mavericks rout Bobcats 100-83
McCabe scores twice as Panthers beat Lightning 4-3
Thompson, No. 1 Tar Heels roll past Kentucky 77-58

Category: Weather (1)

Below average temps tonight

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