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FWC restricts boating on Suwannee’s flooded Zone 2
For immediate release: March 8, 2013 Contact: Karen Parker, 386-758-0525 FWC restricts boating on Suwannee’s flooded Zone 2 Flood waters in the Suwannee River rose to more than 26 feet above mean sea level at Branford, so the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) activated boating restrictions on a portion of the river. […]
Ruger Reports Record Sales, Earnings
SOUTHPORT, CT–Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE-RGR), announced today that for 2012, the Company reported net sales of $491.8 million and fully diluted earnings of $3.60 per share, compared with net sales of $328.8 million and fully diluted earnings of $2.09 per share in 2011. For the fourth quarter of 2012, net sales were $141.8 […]
Why Are Sharks Swarming in Florida?
Seeing one shark is enough to scare most swimmers out of the water. Seeing thousands of sharks in the water — and many leaping into the air as they hunt for prey — could be enough to keep a swimmer out of the water for life. That’s the scenario greeting beachgoers this week in Palm […]
Alabama angler’s monstrous bass is one for the record books!
An Alabama resident has reeled in a 70-pound striped bass that shattered a 54-year-old state record and could land the angler in the book of world records for the heaviest striper ever caught in a landlocked fishery. James R. Bramlett, 65, reeled in the behemoth on the Black Warrior River on Feb. 28. Bramlett told […]
Florida bill would require anger management courses for bullet buyers
A Florida legislator wants anyone trying to buy ammunition to complete an anger management program first, in what critics say is the latest example of local lawmakers reaching for constitutionally-dubious solutions to the problem of gun violence. The bill filed Saturday by state Sen. Audrey Gibson, D-Jacksonville, would require a three-day waiting period for the […]