Domain of the Dark Embrace
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| A second cellular phone transmission tower in as many months was destroyed. Local police, as well as officials from the FCC are investigating these attacks. The tower just north of Longwood had its maintenance door opened, the internal electronics destroyed, and the tower was tipped over. The previous tower vandalism had a similar method, but was left standing. The wreckage was hauled off to a warehouse for forensic study. | Dozens of alligators invaded a new housing development owned by a local theme park. The community was designed with old style architecture in mind and includes back alleys, front porches, and waterfront downtown area. It was this downtown public area that was stormed by the gators. Local animal control officers were at a loss to explain mass disturbance in the waterfront. Witnesses report hearing several airboats at the time, but this is unconfirmed. |
| A 24-year-old salesman from Hialeah, Fla., was killed near Lantana,Fla., in March when his car smashed into a pole in the median strip of Interstate 95 in the middle of the afternoon. Police said that the man was traveling at 80 MPH and, judging by the sales manual that was found open and clutched to his chest, had been busy reading. | DNA tests show humans are
not Neanderthals' descendants. For more than a century,
scientists believed that Neanderthal man, a hulking
ape-like creature who lived in Europe and the Middle East
some 300,000 years ago, was the direct ancestor of human
beings. But new DNA tests may have finally proven that,
while we may be distantly related to the Neanderthals,
they were not our direct fore-bearers. Scientists
extracted and cloned DNA from the bones of a Neanderthal
specimen. The results showed that human DNA and
Neanderthal DNA had too many differences to be directly
related. Personals: Kaoni al harkon ach ben basheid |
| Forecast for this weekend: Highs in the 70s Lows in the 40s Humidity 40% to 70% 30% chance of rain Tanning quotient from dawn to 10:30am is 6, then rising Allergy index is 2.7 ppm Chance of gang violence 32% |
| Two fishing boats were towed into port this week after being discovered floating off the coast of Brevard. Details are sketchy, but sources in the Coast Guard report that both engines were disabled with gun fire, and the crews killed. It is believed that the boats were used for drug smuggling. The names of the eight victims have not been released. | Zach Edwards, 18, was robbed in Orlando near UCF. He tried to run away and was shot to death. One of the things the robbers stole: his pager. Police, upon learning about the beeper, figured "why not?" and sent it a page. When the murderers returned the cops' call, it was traced to George Lathem, 19, and his cousin Antonio Lathem, 18, who were arrested and charged with murder. |
| A Drug Enforcement Agent is charged with shooting a fellow agent to death.. but he says he doesn't remember pulling the trigger. Richard Fennis says he doesn't recall leaving a Christmas party at the Seminole County Police Benevolent Association and getting into an accident on I-4 in Orlando. Police say Fennis shot Michael Noonan several times in the head. | Personals: Bill: Welcome to earth, please wipe your feet at the door and feel free to help yourself to the insanity, there's more than enough to go around. Ken To study Science is as if one picks up some grotesque looking shells on the beach of Truth. ---I. Newton For Sale: Kaoni al harkon ach ben basheid Fur is skin, meat is flesh - Jody Fur is warm, meat is food - Paul |
| Forecast for this weekend: Highs in the 60s Lows in the 40s Humidity 30% to 60% 20% chance of rain Tanning quotient from dawn to 10:30am is 7, then rising Allergy index is 2.9 ppm Chance of gang violence 34% |
| Diana LaPorta, running for a seat on the Volusia County School Board, insists she has a Bachelor's Degree even though a local newspaper has revealed she earned it at "Hamburger University", a training program for employees of the McDonald's hamburger chain. When asked to clarify her education, LaPorta said "it does say on my diploma that it is a 'degree of bachelor'." | Police Detective Earl Fraucett was working undercover at a Checkers fast-food drive-through, waiting to spot the suspects in a rash of restaurant robberies. After waiting 90 minutes dressed as a bush outside the door, Fraucett got his quarry -- one adult and three juveniles, armed and wearing masks, as they tried to sneak in a back door. Fraucett jumped up with a shotgun, taking the robbers by surprise. "Scottish gamekeepers used these suits to cull their game herds," Fraucett said of his camouflage suit. |
| Sleven Mini Marts announced a bold new initiative to confront crime in the neighborhoods where the food chain has stores. Although no details were released, past plans have shown remarkable success. Already the crime within a quarter mile of such stores is down almost 30% from last year. | Personals: Mitchell The Voices lie Goth looking for kindred spirits 955-8700 You got questions, We got answers For Sale: |
| Forecast for this weekend: Highs in the 70s Lows in the 50s Humidity 40% to 70% 50% chance of rain Tanning quotient from dawn to 10:30am is 6, then rising Allergy index is 3.1 ppm Chance of gang violence 31% |
| A man connected to an alternative night club near downtown Orlando was gunned down in his car Friday. The police suspect a Mafia-style contract was taken out on the man whose name is not being released as of this time. Police are looking for a second man that escaped from the car into a convenience store nearby. | EcoFill Inc has purchased 130 acres of land east of Bithlo and is in the final stages of securing permits to start an experimental landfill. The new technology is reported to reduce biomass waste and separate hydrocarbon chains from the waste. The output should be a 60% or more reduction in volume, and a fertilizer for sale to consumers. |
| Sirrah Systems, Inc. announced Monday that it has contracted to purchase 75 acres of the Naval Training Center from the government for an undisclosed sum. The property will be used for manufacturing facilities and office space. Disused areas will be turned into a new industrial park to assist local business. | Personals: Mitchell Looking for JBL: 952-9878 Goth looking for kindred spirits 955-8700 Nunquam Ante Nunquam Iterum For Sale: |
| Forecast for this weekend: Highs in the 80s Lows in the 60s Humidity 50% to 80% 40% chance of rain Tanning quotient from dawn to 10:30am is 5, then rising Allergy index is 2.7 ppm Chance of gang violence 37% |
| Federal investigators from the FAA and FBI are looking into the crash of a private plane in Central Florida. The task is complicated due to the crash site being located in a swampy area of the St. Johns River between Orlando and Titusville. Officials are not releasing the names of the victims until next of kin are notified | Personals: The
Ancients of Babylon were profound |
| Forecast for this weekend: Highs in the 70s Lows in the 40s Humidity 30% to 60% 10% chance of rain Tanning quotient from dawn to 10:30am is 6, then rising Allergy count down to 1.8 ppm mostly due to mold spore Chance of gang violence 32%, up 8% from last week |
LAKE RESIDENTS: NAVY SHOULD TEST OUR WATER The Navy should run tests for potentially cancer-causing chemicals on the residential side of Lake Druid before telling home-owners that they're safe, residents told officials Wednesday night.
"For the contamination to stay on your property or in that little area (of the lake) is kind of ridiculous to figure," said Bethany Arredondo, who said she has lived in the Lake Druid neighborhood all her life. "You put a drop of dye in water, and it doesn't stay where you dropped it. It permeates everywhere"
NAVY BASE CLEANUP: WILL IT TAKE FOREVER? The Defense Department is expecting to pay over $20 million cleaning up poisons in the ground and water at the Orlando Naval Training Center before the base closes in 1998.
The pollution - on the main base and three other Navy locations around Orlando - is thought to include arsenic in the ground water, solvents in a nearby lake and low-level radiological waste in an old dump. Although the base was used primarily for training and schooling, it has all the pollution of an entire community existing before EPA protection laws went into effect and applied to military installations.
COHEN PRAISES ORLANDO'S HANDLING OF NAVY BASE Orlando has been trying to take control of the Naval Training Center for nearly four years, ever since Congress agreed to shut down the operation.
With much of the base shuttered and the city still without title to the land, Secretary of Defense William Cohen on Thursday declared Orlando's effort to reuse the property a model to be followed by other cities losing a military operation.
Resolving the fate of the Orlando Naval Training Center has been a doozy - filling a third of a decade with seemingly endless negotiations. Central Floridians had begun to wonder if there ever would be a settlement.
Thus, some folks probably were surprised when Orlando Mayor Glenda Hood unveiled Monday a tentative plan that finally would turn the base over to the city. Only approval by the U.S. Department of Defense and the Navy is needed, although for all practical purposes it appears to be a done deal according to City Hall officials.
ST. JOE, CNL JOIN TO PURSUE NAVY SITE A billion dollars in development in the next three to five years?
That's what a newly formed joint venture between the state's largest private landowner and a respected Orlando company has in mind.
Florida's largest private landowner and Orlando's biggest real estate investment company joined forces Monday, promising to compete vigorously for the right to develop the closing Naval Training Center.
"You just can't duplicate that kind of property. It's a wonderful opportunity," said James M. Seneff Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of CNL Group of Orlando.
"There hasn't been this good of a deal since the Louisiana Purchase."
Corporate Expansion to be Announced Soon PlasticMaid Products Inc. has announced expansion of their Orlando offices, and the site of the new expansion could be the Naval Training Center. Two sites are being considered according to insiders. The second site is reported to be in Kissimmee.
Wacko Returned to Funny Farm Police captured one of the patients that was kidnapped from a local mental health clinic. A spokesman for Plantation Health Systems would not release a statement about the patient, except to say that characterizing the clinic as a sanitarium is inaccurate.
| Today, Derrick M. Silvera, Ph. D.., has claimed that he is on near a break-through on a couple of problems facing us all today. If he is successful, he will make a big step into fighting cancer, the aging process and the common cold. No comment was made by the CDC on the announcement. | The death of a young man in the Orlando area has police baffled. It seems that the body was drained of blood. The only wound on the neck, appears to be from that of a knife that goes from ear to ear. Police are ruling that it might be the act of a Jamaican Voodoo Gang that hit Central Florida. |
| A woman was arrested for running through the streets naked, yelling, "I am a Jelly Doughnut! I'm a Jelly Doughnut!" She was arrested at 3pm in front of the SunTrust Building. All the police are saying is that she appears to be a registered Democrat. | A young hoodlum was apprehended Saturday after allegedly attempting to rob Matt's Pub, owned by Matt Dark... retired Detective Matt Dark. To make matters worse, the attempt took place less than an hour after shift change at OPD. |
| A group of several people dressed as medieval knights attacked a sanitarium, freeing several patients at random. Police are questioning a local group of students that belong to a Middle Ages fan club. It is not known if the students are suspects or are identifying photos taken by security cameras. | In the Personals: MP: Tag... you're it. KF TH call your Father. Peter is sick. Bug infestations cleaned for reasonable rates. Spiders a specialty. 407-ARAC |
Sajchohwai was asked to be the Sept Alpha, and until a more worthy Adren shows up, he will accept. The major concern the Sept has is his lack of command of the English language, and his extreme Lupus point of view.
| PlasticMaid Products Inc. has announced expansion of their Orlando offices, and expects to add 1500 jobs to the local economy. PlasticMaid produces products for household and industry use at its Orlando plant. Stock prices rose 3.5% on the news of the expansion. | There was a seven vehicle accident on I-4 this evening, slowing traffic for several hours. One of the vehicles was an OPS delivery truck. According to police, there was a shitload of computers all over the place. According to the shipping logs, there are 18 computers in a shitload. |
| An autopsy report filed by the city coroner concludes that the death of four men at a local amusement park was due to a drug overdose. The "It's a Little Planet After All" ride was shut down for several hours after the bodies were discovered. | A body of a man was found partially buried in east Orlando last night. It is believed the man fell from an airplane due to the nature of the scene. "Worst case of cement poisoning I've ever seen" reports Detective Terence Holt. The official cause of death is listed as "Deceleration Trauma" |
| Four people were found dead at a local amusement park. The cause of death is unknown at this time. The police have only identified one of victims as a local man with a long history of drug offenses. | A local man is missing under unusual circumstances. Dr Everett Tinsdale, a noted psychologist, magician, and debunker of fraudulent psychics and con men has been reported missing since Friday. No ransom demands have been made so far. |
| The Federal Government Services Administration has receive several closed bids on the Orlando Naval Training Center. The GSA is expected to announce who will own the large expanse of property near downtown by October. | In financial news: Okisumata Investment Services
USA has purchased a 38% share of Central Florida Savings
Union. Sleven Mini Marts reported a 7.25% higher than expected growth this quarter. |