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GB Member SpotlightMeet Sandy Scott
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Roadside Works of ArtLife is a Highway
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Today's Buzz: Jan. 15Today is Tuesday, January 15, 2008, the 15th day of 2008. There are 351 days left in the year. Check out our links to the latest, breaking news stories you might find interesting.
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Florida Senior Games Athletes of the Year honored at Florida's Capitol2007 Florida Senior Games State Championships Athletes of the Year honored at Ambassadors for Aging Day Strength and accuracy play key roles in several sports of the Florida Senior Games State Championships. For the two athletes who...
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Today's Buzz: Monday, Jan. 28Have a case of the Mondays? Get the week started right with a fresh cup of GB News Brew. Today's top stories: campaign update, lead linked to aging in older brains, your economic stimulus rebate and more.
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ESPN's Stuart Scott Before He Hit the Big TimeMajor league baseball players can wear jewelry, but not high schoolers. In the '90s, a top pitcher in Florida was thrown out of the state tournament for wearing a necklace. So Stu and Marc made a tongue-in-cheek PSA to explain the dangers.
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Never Too Late For LoveMore than five decades after falling in love, activist couple Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin finally joined each other at the end of the aisle to say their vows. The women, both over 80, pushed and pulled their way to equal rights for gays.
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Today's Buzz: Tuesday, Jan. 29
It's primary day in Florida! Before you cast your vote, get caught up on the day's top stories and buzz-worthy facts in our GB News Brew.
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Boomer's Buzz: Monday, March 3, 2008Get the week rolling with the latest news and views. Today: Hells Angels plotted to kill Mick Jagger, Hillary's "must-win" situation, why frog skin offers hope in the fight against diabetes, and a guaranteed chuckle. We can all use one of those.
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Living Happily with Hearing Loss!Hello Everyone.... A friend of mine introduced me to this site and it is great! I am a true Floridian, born ,raised and lived all my life in Florida. Boring? No way! people pay to visit this state:) However I am also hard of hearing and have...
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What would you do if you were president?Pat PacielloInitially, I would be gratified and humbled that the American people would elect me to the highest office in the land. Especially, since the only other position that I was elected to was assistant blackboard monitor in the fourth grade. Once I...
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Bobby's in Big TroubleNews that as many as 25 FSU players -- nearly one-third of the roster -- have been implicated in an academic cheating scandal and will miss the Music City Bowl is big trouble for 78-year-old coaching legend Bobby Bowden.
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Tropical Storm Fay: The 3 Stupidest Things I sawTropical Strom Fay: The 3 Stupidest Things I Saw OK...I have been in hurricanes before and tropical storms and I have seen some pretty amazing and dumb things. However, as tropical storm Fay pesristed for days and flooded out most of the state of...
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We have landed in Lee County for The Games
The 16th Annual Florida Senior Games State Championships begin in Lee County and the City of Cape Coral on Saturday and will continue for eight more days through December 9. During that time, more than 1,600 of Florida's finest athletes age 50 and over...
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Stupid QuotesEven smart people say stupid things. But that doesn't mean we can't laugh about it. Check out and add to our growing collection of really stupid quotes.
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Broken Neck to Broken RecordCycling stud Sandy Scott is a wildman on wheels. Just two years after breaking his neck, he's not only back on his bike, he's shattering records and eating up competitors.
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2008 Walk4HearingThink about the ways that hearing loss has impacted those around you. As State Chapter Coordinator for the Hearing Loss Association of Florida, I'd like to give you a personal example: "My hearing loss was detected when I was...
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The Fight Against Cancer Rolls OnThe American Cancer Society is fighting cancer with a 25,000 mile bus trip across the United States. Read on to see how this bus is encouraging politicians to make cancer a national priority.
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Hello, future friendsI am new at this blogging thing but I like learning new things. I live in my RV full time. I have a 29 foot Fifth wheel trailer and a one ton Dodge pickup. But I am not a snow bird type. To me they are the ones who go from here to there...
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Give These Guys a MedalIt takes months -- sometimes years -- of training, sweating and sacrifice to make it to the elite Senior Games, whether it's at the state or national level. So why are some medal winners giving away their trophies? To help those who need a boost.
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America: A Christian Country?"The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first."-Thomas Jefferson "Almighty God; We make our earnest...
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Picture of The Day: June 1The sacred city of Machu Picchu, Peru.
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Senior GamesThis weekend, some of the best athletes in the world will be duking it out in Florida -- as part of the Florida Senior Games State Championships. It's going to be an incredible 9 days of competition, in events like basketball, cycling, swimming, tennis,...
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A Giving SpiritPenny Jones wanted to make a difference in her life, her children's lives, and in her community. She didn't have a lot of time or a lot of money. What she did have was a lot of love, and that proved to be more than enough.
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Paying It Forward
You’ve heard of paying it forward? It’s the concept that if someone does something nice for you, you do something nice for someone else. Then that person will do something nice for another person, and so on, and so on. Instead of paying the...
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A Mother's Day HeartbreakMy mother-in-law has Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer's is a disease that destroys brain cells, causing problems with memory, thinking and behavior severe enough to affect work, lifelong hobbies or social life. Alzheimer’s...
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What are your hopes for the year as we enter 2008?
Each week, Growing Bolder asks top leaders, thinkers, writers, life coaches, entertainers and role models to weigh in on issues affecting our lives.
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Bobby's in Big Trouble
This week's news that as many as 25 FSU players -- nearly one-third of the roster -- have been implicated in an academic cheating scandal and will miss the Music City Bowl is big trouble for 78-year-old coaching legend Bobby Bowden.
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What's On Your Bucket List?What would you do if you knew your life was about to end? That's the premise of a new movie, starring some Hollywood heavyweights who are all about Growing Bolder in their real and make-believe worlds.
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Challenge: Lose 1 Million Pounds
If your New Year's resolution is to lose weight, you're in good company. A study by the U.S. government finds that it's the number one vow that Americans make at midnight on December 31st. Paying off debts, saving money and getting a better job come in...