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• Taco Bell sells 16 restaurants

  Bravo Food Group LLC took over 16 Taco Bells in Central Florida. Shown: Taco Bell employee Jason Sanders A Michigan franchisee bought 16 Taco Bell restaurants in Central Florida with plans to start renovating older stores and adding new ones here in the next 18 months.

• Does bar hurt Wekiva River or let more appreciate it?

  Defenders of the Wekiva River have turned on each other in a fight over whether Central Florida's treasured ribbon of spring water should be a haven for bird-watchers, beer drinkers or both.

• Jamie Oliver - News - Help Bring the Food Revolution to Your School

  Fri 20 Aug 2010 @ 17:13 Casson Rosenblatt We are so excited to be introducing the activist program to you as we work towards the launch of the brand new Food Revolution website and activism community this fall.

  The time has come to help your children not to become couch potatoes, by them getting exercise and eating right both at home and in their school. Support introducing this program in your school!

• Two Stabbed During Downtown Orlando Fight

  A busy section of Downtown Orlando turned into a crime scene Friday night when two people were stabbed on West Church Street near Orange Avenue.

• Orlando 30-word rant: UCF professor, John Boehner, Seminole County cheerleaders, George Bush, Sarah Palin

  That professor at the University of Central Florida should be ashamed for trying to get out of a traffic ticket.

• Orlando ballroom professional profile, Bruce Monsanty

  Meet Bruce Monsanty, a resident of Orlando since 1988 and a professional ballroom dance instructor with a reputation for transforming beginner ballroom students into graceful dancers over and over again.

• Oakley Opens Orlando Outlet Store

  Performance sunglass retailer N3L Optics, a division of Oakley, has opened its first factory outlet store.

• Decor tips for huge rooms

  Vast rooms with soaring ceilings, extra-tall doors and towering windows are designed to look grand.

• High Speed Rail Holocaust Controversy

  A High Speed Rail meeting in Orlando, and there are big concerns about one company bidding on it.

• Holocaust survivor protests French high-speed rail bid

  Rosette and Gil Goldstein listen as Nazih Haddad of Florida Rail Enterprise, speaks about high-speed rail between Tampa and Orlando at the Orange County Convention Center on Thursday, September 2, 2010.