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  2. Overseas Railroad - Wikipedia

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    August 13, 1979. The Overseas Railroad (also known as Florida Overseas Railroad, the Overseas Extension, and Flagler's Folly) was an extension of the Florida East Coast Railway to Key West, a city located 128 miles (206 km) beyond the end of the Florida peninsula. Work on the line started in 1905 [2] and it operated from 1912 to 1935, when it ...

  3. Belk - Wikipedia

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    Belk, Inc. Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares. Belk, Inc. is an American department store chain founded in 1888 by William Henry Belk in Monroe, North Carolina, with nearly 300 locations in 16 states. Belk stores and Belk.com offer apparel, shoes, accessories, cosmetics, home furnishings, and a ...

  4. List of tallest buildings in Orlando - Wikipedia

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    Orlando skyline in 2015. This list of tallest building in Orlando ranks skyscrapers in Orlando, Florida, by height. The heights of buildings includes architectural details (permanent parts) but excludes antennas. The tallest building in the city of Orlando is the 200 South Orange, which is 441 feet (134 m) tall and has 32 floors.

  5. Universal Studios Florida - Wikipedia

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    Universal Studios Florida is a theme park located in Orlando, Florida, that opened on June 7, 1990. Owned and operated by NBCUniversal, it features numerous rides, attractions, and live shows that are primarily themed to movies, television, and other aspects of the entertainment industry. Universal Studios Florida was the first of three theme ...

  6. Demographics of Florida - Wikipedia

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    Languages. As of 2010, 73.36% of Florida residents age 5 and older spoke English at home as a primary language, while 19.54% spoke Spanish, 1.84% French Creole (mostly Haitian Creole ), 0.60% French and 0.50% Portuguese. In total, 26.64% of Florida's population age 5 and older spoke a mother language other than English.

  7. Florida school board reverses decision nixing access to ...

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    ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Months after access to a popular children's book about a male penguin couple hatching a chick was restricted at school libraries because of Florida's “ Don't Say Gay law ...

  8. Agency for Health Care Administration - Wikipedia

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    ahca .myflorida .com. The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) is the chief health policy and planning entity for the U.S. state of Florida. The agency was created by the Florida Legislature as part of the Health Care Reform Act of 1992. [1] The agency is tasked with managing the state's Medicaid program as well as overseeing ...

  9. Florida Department of Children and Families - Wikipedia

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    The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) is a state agency of Florida.Its headquarters are at 2415 North Monroe St., Ste. 400 in Tallahassee, Florida.The department provides social services in Florida to children, adults, refugees, domestic violence victims, human trafficking victims, the homeless community, child care providers, disabled people, and the elderly.