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The upcoming anniversary of the "Battle of Bloody Fort Mose", will be commemorated this week first with a lecture series "Birthplace of Freedom" at Flagler College, then a dramatic reenactment of the battle at the Fort Mose State Park on Saturday that will pit an invading English Army against the fort's militia - made up of freedmen, native ... (more)

Starting Sept. 30, Cousteau will lead Mission 31, where he and his team will live underwater and conduct research experiments, according to his website.

The 62nd Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition is on display through July 14 at the Boca Museum of Art, 501 Plaza Real, Boca Raton.

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As a child, Jorge Tume used to sit and do homework as his parents cleaned the desks and floors of a concrete company in Miami.

In this Wednesday, June 12, 2013 photo, brothers Jorge Tume, left, and Francis Tume are shown in Miami.

The grandson of ocean exploration pioneer Jacques Cousteau plans to spend a month in an underwater research laboratory in the Florida Keys.

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Mark Allen Weiss is a Professor in the School of Computer Science at Florida International University.

About 16 years ago, prolific collector Mitchell "Micky" Wolfson Jr. transferred his accumulation of historically significant furniture, paintings, sculptures, posters, books, trinkets, household goods, machinery and other artifacts - along with the building that housed them - to Florida International University.

Within our eternal, exasperating national dialogue over reproductive freedom, it is generally and correctly assumed that the freedom we speak of is the main domain of women.

The River Center is partnering with Martin County to present a special "Lionfish" evening on Friday, June 28 at 5 p.m. - The River Center is partnering with Martin County to present a special "Lionfish" evening on Friday, June 28 at 5 p.m. The evening will feature presentations by Zack Jud of Florida International University and Emily Dark of ... (more)

Environmental economist Ariel Dinar leads effort to produce new edition of book on international water-related issues; collaborates with game theory expert Amnon Rapoport on book focusing on conflicts over natural resources Ariel Dinar is the director of University of California - Riverside's Water Science and Policy Center.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Psychiatry - which uses well-intentioned coercion, unscientific diagnoses and psychoactive drugs that do as much harm as good - is a science that is off course, according to a new book co-written by Tomi Gomory, an associate professor in the Florida State University College of Social Work.

Orestes De La Paz's exhibit at the Frost Art Museum in Miami in May recalled Chuck Palahniuk's novel and the film "Fight Club," in which lead character Tyler Durden's principal income source was making upscale soap using discarded liposuctioned fat fetched from the garbage of cosmetic surgeons.

And lots of folks are wondering the same thing as Miami-Dade County's Beacon Council, the private/public economic development partnership focuses on diversifying South Florida's economy with the One Community One Goal project.

Nonprofits supported by federal and private dollars through the Social Innovation Fund say they have helped thousands of people like Chestnut since the fund's inception.

Left, base player Mack Moore, perform live with drummer Felix Garcia and Antonio Sanchez, guitarist, at the Funky Biscuit in Boca Raton.

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