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Michigan ranks as the best state in the country

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Michigan ranks as the best state in the country

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After chants of 'Let's Go Bolts,' the pirates left to start their parade down Tampa's Bayshore Boulevard
Five athletes from Florida are among the American delegation at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.
Florida skywatchers have a chance to watch a rare event: a blue moon, supermoon and total lunar eclipse.
His parents were in court because they have refused to answer prosecutors' questions about their son.
The adjacent Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina will undergo extensive renovations
Authorities make sure the Jose Gaspar Pirate Ship gets to the Channelside area during Saturday's Gasparilla Invasion and Pirate Fest
Students, teachers and staff have the day off while the school is cleaned.
Detectives released the photo of a person who may have additional information regarding the case
The three students were struck by an SUV as they crossed the road to board a school bus
Deputies are searching for a man who attempted to grab an 10-year-old child off her bicycle
Someone is throwing gray paint on the colorful wall murals, police said