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Police: Man Fires at Florida School Board; Kills Self

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (Dec. 15) -- A gunman who fired point-blank at school board members before fatally shooting himself had for much of the meeting sat with the rest of the audience, listening to routine business. As the board was in the midst of a discussion Tuesday, Clay A. Duke walked to the front of the room, spray...

Officials Say BP Spill Now Hitting All Gulf States

TEXAS CITY, Texas (July 5) - Tar balls from the Gulf oil spill found on a Texas beach were confirmed Monday as the first evidence that gushing crude from the Deepwater Horizon well has reached all the Gulf states. A Coast Guard official said it was possible that the oil hitched a ride on a ship and was not carried...

Fourth of July Tourism Hit Hard by Oil Spill

(July 4) -- Hotel occupancies are down and disappointment over the oil spill is high this Fourth of July in the Gulf of Mexico, where beaches once packed with bathing suit-clad tourists are now filled with cleanup crews in hazmat gear. During a holiday weekend that has long been a highlight of summer tourism along the...

Necropsy for Oily Dolphin Pulled From Panhandle

(June 24) -- A necropsy will be performed to determine whether oil in the Gulf of Mexico killed a young bottlenose dolphin that became beached in the waters of Florida's Fort Pickens National Park. The dolphin died Wednesday as it was being transported from the Florida Panhandle beach where it was rescued to the Gulf...

Background on Florida Panhandle

The Florida Panhandle, an informal, unofficial term for the northwestern part of Florida, is a strip of land roughly 200 miles long and 50 to 100 miles wide (320 km by 80 to 160 km), lying between Alabama on the north and the west, Georgia also on the north, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south.

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