Archive for December 7th, 2008

Variety Store offers books, bargains

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The local and national economy may make holiday gift-giving more of a challenge this year.

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News briefs: Dec. 7, 2008

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Gas leak at a Captiva resort

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LEE COUNTY: Lee County deputies say a building was evacuated at the South Seas Resort on Captiva Island.

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PHOTOS: Collier Snowfest was cold as ice, draws 18,000

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Wearing mittens and hats, Vivien Whiteway and her neighbor friend, Sara Naso, helped 1-year-old Cara Naso climb a slope of artificial snow at Golden Gate Community Park on Saturday. And then, smiling, they all slid down the slope. Ten-year-old Vivien, who has never seen snow, said she likes it because she can cool off from [...]

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PHOTOS: Collier Snowfest was cold as ice, draws 18,000

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Wearing mittens and hats, Vivien Whiteway and her neighbor friend, Sara Naso, helped 1-year-old Cara Naso climb a slope of artificial snow at Golden Gate Community Park on Saturday. And then, smiling, they all slid down the slope. Ten-year-old Vivien, who has never seen snow, said she likes it because she can cool off from [...]

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Gas leak at a Captiva resort

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Lee County deputies say a building was evacuated at the South Seas Resort on Captiva Island.

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Huge turnout at Fort Myers home auction

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A home auction taking hundreds of houses off the market took place in Fort Myers Sunday.

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David Gregory to host longest running show on TV

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David Gregory has been named moderator of NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” effective immediately.

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Endeavour will return to Florida Monday

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NASA says space shuttle Endeavour will begin its cross-country return trip to Florida on Monday.

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NBC2 Giving Tree packing in gifts

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About 5,000 local seniors are counting on the community to make this holiday season bright.

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PHOTOS: Pearl Harbor survivor tells his story during remembrance ceremony

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Watching machine gun fire pepper a path through the sand just feet from where he stood taught Walter Tucker something about fear the day Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor 67 years ago Sunday. “People have asked me to tell the feelings I had on that day,” he said Sunday. “Well, the feeling I had that [...]

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Collier County Police Briefs: Dec. 8, 2008

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SLIDESHOW / PHOTOS: Pearl Harbor terror vivid to Southwest Florida man, 67 years later

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The blast launched John E. Gideon into the air and he landed in the fiery water, blazing with oil ignited by bombs. His clothes burned and Gideon, a Navy Seaman, climbed onto a nearby vessel, removing his outfit to save his skin. There Gideon stood 67 years ago, Dec. 7, 1941, in the waters of [...]

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SLIDESHOW / PHOTOS: Pearl Harbor terror vivid to Southwest Florida man, 67 years later

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The blast launched John E. Gideon into the air and he landed in the fiery water, blazing with oil ignited by bombs. His clothes burned and Gideon, a Navy Seaman, climbed onto a nearby vessel, removing his outfit to save his skin. There Gideon stood 67 years ago, Dec. 7, 1941, in the waters of [...]

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SLIDESHOW / PHOTOS: Pearl Harbor terror vivid to Southwest Florida man, 67 years later

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The blast launched John E. Gideon into the air and he landed in the fiery water, blazing with oil ignited by bombs. His clothes burned and Gideon, a Navy Seaman, climbed onto a nearby vessel, removing his outfit to save his skin. There Gideon stood 67 years ago, Dec. 7, 1941, in the waters of [...]

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