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LOCAL AREA - Veterans Day is being celebrated across the area today...
In Milton, a parade began around 9:45 this morning...And a Memorial Ceremony is now underway at the Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Plaza.

Channel Three's Bill Pearson joins us in downtown Milton...


There are other events going on around our area today to honor veterans.
The VFW on Lillian Highway in Pensacola is having an open house today at noon.

Also at noon... There will be a special flag raising ceremony at Uptown Station in Fort Walton Beach.

And at two, Atmore will hold a Veterans Day Parade.
It will begin at City Hall, travel down Main Street to Craig Street, and end at the YMCA.




Local Veteran Day Activities

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Freeze damages 4 percent of Fla. oranges
February 09, 2010 09:14 EST

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Florida citrus growers lost more than 4 percent of their orange crop and more than 3 percent of their grapefruit crop during last month's freezing weather.

A citrus forecast report released Tuesday puts Florida's orange crop in February at 129 million boxes, down from the estimate of 135 million boxes in January. Each box weighs about 90 pounds.

The grapefruit crop estimate for February is 18.8 million boxes, down from 19.5 million boxes in January.

If these estimates don't change, Florida's orange crop will be 21 percent smaller than last season's crop and the grapefruit crop will be 13 percent smaller.

Florida is the nation's largest orange producer. The bulk of the state's fruit is used to make orange juice.

Wednesday, November 11 2009, 12:39 PM EST

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Dow below 10,000

NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street begins trading today with the Dow Jones industrials below 10,000 for the first time in three months.

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Toyota checking 2010 Prius brakes; mum on recall
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   TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) -- Toyota USA says it is evaluating brake problems with the 2010 Prius gas-electric hybrid, but no decision has been made about a recall. ...

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IN THE NEWS: COLORADO SEEKS TO COLLECT ONLINE SALES TAXES

DENVER (AP) -- It's the latest in a long line of efforts to get people to pay taxes on online sales -- this time, being tried by lawmakers in Colorado.

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STRIP CLUB RAISES MONEY FOR HAITI EARTHQUAKE RELIEF

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- This is a charity effort that, we presume, raised more than just money for a good cause.

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