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Insurance gap slows Naples High grad’s recovery from accident
Share This Story! Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about Facebook Email Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Pinterest Insurance gap slows Naples High grad's recovery from accident North Naples parents wonder how to pay for care so their son can walk and talk again. Insurance for inpatient treatment has run out until Sept. 1. Sent! A link has been sent to your friend's email address. Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Join the Conversation To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs Subscribe Today Log In Subscribed, but don't have a login? Activate your digital access. Liz Freeman, [email protected]; 239-263-4778 Published 2:04 p.m. ET March 27, 2018 | Updated 5:53 p.m. ET March 27, 2018 Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Photos: Naples High graduate faces setbacks in recovery Fullscreen Posted! A link has been posted to … [Read more...] about Insurance gap slows Naples High grad’s recovery from accident
Anti-texting and driving bills in Florida House and Senate find favor with Fort Myers drivers
A bill to allow police in Florida to pull over and ticket drivers who are texting while driving was labeled a good idea by drivers and others in Fort Myers.The Senate Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee voted 8-2 to back the bill Tuesday after a requirement about recording race and ethnicity was added to the bill.The amendment to collect the data would help determine if minorities are disproportionately ticketed for texting while driving.The proposal, which has now cleared three Senate panels, must get approved by the Appropriations Committee before it can go to the full Senate.The House version (HB 33), which does not have a similar race and ethnicity reporting requirement, is a priority of Speaker Richard Corcoran, R-Land O’ Lakes.Gov. Rick Scott last week lent some support to legislative efforts aimed at making texting while driving a “primary” traffic offense.Scott didn’t endorse the proposal … [Read more...] about Anti-texting and driving bills in Florida House and Senate find favor with Fort Myers drivers
It turned out to be an entertaining night to be a fan … of the Packers
The one great thing about the unholy marriage between football and alcohol is this: If the local NFL team is playing a large game and you’re a sports writer not covering it in person, all that is required to find some ambience on the subject is to drop into a bar with the television access to attract fans. A week ago, I was in southwest Florida, wound up at the Lighthouse Tiki Bar on Fort Myers Beach, and was rewarded with a large group of Vikings fans and a number of lively characters. I was back in the Twin Cities on Sunday and trying to come up with a twist on the bar angle. And then it came to me: The football gods had taken such good care of the 2017 Vikings that it seemed unavoidable that they would be playing in the Super Bowl for the first time in 41 years. They had a quarterback hurt, and wound up with Case Keenum as a playmaking phenomenon. They injured the quarterback for Green Bay, and the hated rivals to the east turned into buffoons. They won 11 of the last 12 to … [Read more...] about It turned out to be an entertaining night to be a fan … of the Packers
Five Southwest Florida natives have a chance to reach Super Bowl LII on Sunday
For Jevon Kearse, the memories of playing in NFL conference championship games are vivid.The North Fort Myers High graduate recalled Philadelphia Eagles coaches moving him from left to right defensive end so he could stymie Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick. It worked. The Eagles won the 2005 NFC Championship Game 27-10 to go to Super Bowl XXXIX, where they lost to the New England Patriots.Five years earlier, the Tennessee Titans team he played on met the Jacksonville Jaguars for the AFC title. Before the game, the Titans found out the Jaguars players made a song about going to the Super Bowl.The song flopped when the Titans won 33-14 to go to Super Bowl XXXIV, where they lost to the St. Louis Rams.“The margin for error is very small,” said Kearse, who played 11 seasons in the NFL ending in 2009. “These types of football games, a simple mistake is why you go home and sit and watch.”Four players and one coach from Southwest Florida have a … [Read more...] about Five Southwest Florida natives have a chance to reach Super Bowl LII on Sunday
Rakan’s war
Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page Kevin Cullen Globe Staff January 12, 2018 On Jan. 18, 2005, as dusk fell in Tal Afar, a scruffy city in northwest Iraq, Rakan Hassan was riding in the family car, heading home after visiting his uncle. His father, Hussein Hassan, a clerk in the local electricity office, was driving faster than usual, trying to beat the curfew, because, after nightfall, in a town crawling with insurgents and US troops, anything could happen.From the back seat, where he was crammed in with three of his sisters, his little brother, and a cousin, Rakan saw the dark figures up ahead, waving.‘’Look!” Rakan shouted, pointing. Advertisement But it was too late. A patrol of US soldiers, jumpy after recent attacks, thought the worst and opened fire. Rakan says it sounded like pops. The windshield splintered, and something punched him in the stomach. In an instant … [Read more...] about Rakan’s war
Red tide, boat collisions part of third deadliest year for manatees
A red tide bloom was one of the contributing factors to the third-deadliest year on record for manatees in Florida, according to a state report recently released. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says there were 538 overall deaths in 2017, which trails only 2013 (830) and 2010 (766). "In terms of significant contributing factors around that area, besides boating, red tide definitely contributed to this higher number of mortalities in general in 2017," said Michelle Kerr, with FWC's manatee management program. "A red tide in the spring impacted manatees from Pinellas County to Collier." More: Florida manatees starting their annual migration earlier this year More: Baby manatee stranded on Lovers Key rescued, taken to SeaWorld More: Clam Bay manatee speed zone challenge set for September hearing in Tallahassee More: 6 places to see manatees in Southwest Florida Kerr said there were 63 red tide deaths in … [Read more...] about Red tide, boat collisions part of third deadliest year for manatees
Florida’s disposable workers: Companies profit from undocumented laborers, and dump them after injury
After Abednego de la Cruz sliced his finger to the bone cutting concrete blocks while building a fire station in Tallahassee, his boss fired him and refused continued medical care for his injury.De la Cruz, a 37-year-old father whose dominant hand remains damaged, thought he could rely on the workers’ compensation system, which requires employers to cover medical care and lost wages for injured employees.Instead, his employer had him arrested. The undocumented immigrant now faces almost certain deportation and fears he won’t be able to raise his 1-year-old, U.S.-born daughter.Some Florida businesses profit from the labor of unauthorized immigrants after accepting phony identification when hiring them, and then the employers or their insurers report them after a work injury for using false documents, a yearlong Naples Daily News investigation found.Workers’ compensation fraud laws are meant to punish those who try to abuse the system, … [Read more...] about Florida’s disposable workers: Companies profit from undocumented laborers, and dump them after injury
Notebook: Confluence continues to impress against top-notch opponents
Brian Karvinen prefers life below the radar. But when you come within a whisker of knocking off the area's best large school, your cover is blown. Confluence Academy was one bucket away from taking out No. 1 large school Belleville West in the second round of the Centralia Holiday Tournament. Belleville West (12-1) survived that clash 65-63 when senior guard Malachi Smith scored a layup with 1.7 seconds remaining to lift the Maroons past the upset-minded Titans. Belleville West went on to win the tournament title with a semifinal win over Alton and a 62-61 championship victory against Champaign Central. The No. 4 small school, Confluence (10-4) has operated outside the limelight the first half of the winter. It opened up the season at the Washington (Ill.) Tournament of Champions, where it lost Sam Houston Math Science & Tech, a Texas program ranked No. 16 in the nation according to one publication and the only team to best Belleville West so far. Confluence swept its pair of games … [Read more...] about Notebook: Confluence continues to impress against top-notch opponents
Maryland teen develops system with NASA
Gabriel Popkin, The Washington Post Published 6:28 pm, Sunday, December 31, 2017 Photo: Washington Post Photo By Toni L. Sandy Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 Liza Goldberg, 16, a student at Atholton High School in Columbia, Md., is seen at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. She developed what may be the world's first satellite-based alert system showing where mangroves are threatened. less Liza Goldberg, 16, a student at Atholton High School in Columbia, Md., is seen at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. She developed what may be the world's first satellite-based alert system showing where ... more Photo: Washington Post Photo By Toni L. Sandy Maryland teen develops system with NASA 1 / 1 Back to Gallery In spring 2016, Liza Goldberg asked scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, … [Read more...] about Maryland teen develops system with NASA