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TALLAHASSEE — Florida voters will be asked this fall to ban greyhound racing, a staple for decades of the state’s gambling industry. After repeated and heavily lobbied legislative debates in recent years about the future of the greyhound industry, the Florida Constitution Revision Commission on Monday voted 27-10 to put the proposed ban on the November ballot. However, before the measure appears on the ballot, the industry plans to challenge the [...]

Ford is bringing its Mustang to NASCAR's top series for the first time.The American automaker said Tuesday the Mustang will replace the Fusion in the Monster Energy Cup Series beginning next February at Daytona International Speedway. NASCAR team owner Roger Penkse slipped earlier this year, divulging that Ford would have a new body in 2019.This will be Ford's fourth Cup model in NASCAR's modern era (since 1972), following the Thunderbird, the Taurus and the Fusion. [...]

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Seven others injured by shrapnel that smashed a window and damaged the fuselage, authorities said.

PHILADELPHIA — A Southwest Airlines jet apparently blew an engine at about 30,000 feet and got hit by shrapnel that smashed a window and damaged the fuselage Tuesday, killing a passenger and injuring seven others, authorities said.The plane, a twin-engine Boeing 737 bound from New York to Dallas with 149 people aboard, made an emergency landing in Philadelphia just before noon as passengers breathing through oxygen masks that dropped from the ceiling said their prayers and [...]

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MILTON — A Niceville man was in critical condition after a single-vehicle crash on State Road 4 near Johnnie McGoey Road.Charley Guyton, 37, was driving a 2002 Ford F-150 pickup truck east on SR 4 near Munson about 4 p.m. Monday when he ran off of the road and hit a tree, according to a press release from Florida Highway Patrol.Guyton was airlifted to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola. He could not communicate details of the accident, the [...]