
PONTE VEDRA, Fla. -- They're aren't blood brothers. They aren't even related. Not even college buddies. But a Ponte Vedra man has given a remarkable gift to man from New York.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Most of us don't mind a friend or a relative taking our picture, but did you know that every day on your way to work or to school that you are caught on camera? You won't believe how often it happens.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The internet has become a hotbed for selling pets and a favorite community is Craigslist. The listings are laced with passion, price and a cute picture. What the ads often fail to tell the buyer is the true identity of the seller and the true condition of the animal.

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GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. -- A Clay County girl was born with Treacher Collins syndrome, a genetic disorder which left her without almost half the bones in her face. Now, there's a new bright spot in this girl's life.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The standards for a truck's ICC bar first passed in 1952, then were upgraded in 1998, but older trucks, manufactured before the change in 1998, are grandfathered in and don't have to meet the current requirements. Some say that endangers others on the road.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The majority of city employees are eligible for overtime pay, and in this environment of hiring freezes and job cuts many city employees are working overtime.
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LAKE CITY, Fla. -- Chest pains and dizziness sent a great-grandfather to the Lake City Medical Center for help. It's what happened to him while there, he said, that has him demanding some answers.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- James Farr had his wallet stolen more than a decade ago. But while Farr is a crime victim, he also is listed as a Florida convicted felon.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- They are hard to miss - big JEA bucket trucks rolling through the streets of Jacksonville. But where do the trucks go when no one is looking? We found plenty of crews hard at work, but then there were others hardly working at all.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Brunell and two other former Jacksonville Jaguars players are accused defaulting on a $2.2 million loan.

FERNANDINA, Fla. -- Be a hero to a local mom of heroes serving in the Army. Bonnie Tharp has three sons in the Army, two overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan. Click the story to leave a word of encouragement in the comment section below for Bonnie and her sons.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- One in five of the nation's 15,700 nursing homes have consistently received poor ratings for overall quality, a USA TODAY analysis of new government data finds.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla -- His office is now cleared out. He coached his final football practice on the Florida State University campus last Tuesday. All that is left on Bobby Bowden's coaching to-do list is a few more practices in Jacksonville and the Gator Bowl game Jan. 1.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Several empty trucks started to fill up with toys and food for the needy as the generosity of the First Coast came through Friday morning for the start of the Hero Central Toy and Food Drive.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- All those attractive sales, super bargains and doorbusters at the mall could turn into credit busters if you're not careful.

In this economy where no one can afford to waste money even during the holidays every parent wants to buy their child a durable toy they will love.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla/HUDSON FALLS, N.Y. -- As World War II came to a close in 1945, a small American tank battalion discovered a train full of Jewish prisoners abandoned in the German countryside. Sixty-five years later, the survivors and liberators are reunited.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Here on the First Coast, there are more than 50,000 children in licensed daycares, but we don't know how many there are in unlicensed facilities.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Rod Schloth used to be a pretty big guy. He was fit and pushing 200 pounds, but after three weeks in the hospital he said it's a struggle to stand.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Every single day for the last eleven years, the family of a missing child have been haunted by a nagging thought.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- When you get locked out of your home or car, you likely call a locksmith to help you get back in. But did you know that some of those locksmiths aren't exactly who you think?

ORANGE PARK, Fla. -- Ever think you might be pretty good at something but you just keep it to yourself? A teenager in Orange Park has been doing that for two years. Turns out Gabe, a 150-pound teenager, can sing opera.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Go ahead and admit it. You have a little stash of something, a necklace and a ring that are old or broken.

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- James Day spent over 30 years at Raines High School where he was the athletic director and track coach. On Tuesday, the road that leads to the school on the Northside was renamed to honor this living legend.

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- A carefree, end of the school year outing, turned to tragedy when four teenagers were killed in a rollover crash on I-295 in June.

PUTNAM COUNTY, FL-- Two weeks ago, Misty Cummings tried to clear her name by undergoing hypnosis and a voice analysis test. But the men who gave those tests say she failed.

GLYNN COUNTY, GA -- Heinze's arrest caps a week of fear for the small community. Reeling from the most grusome crime in the city's history and worries that a mass murderer was still on the loose.
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