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Saving Florida Panthers, Swimmer Drowns, Shark Surprises Fishermen
Hotel robbery, cooler weather coming, time running out for SunPass switchover and other stories from Florida Patch.

Patch operates 23 daily news sites in Florida. The following are some of the top headlines from the past day:
- Pedestrian Killed in U.S. 19 Crash
- Tampa Hotel Robbed at Gunpoint
- Dartmouth Swimmer Drowns in Sarasota Pool
- New Year’s Week Weather: Cooler Conditions Coming
- Video: Great White Gives Florida Fishermen a Surprise
- Protecting Florida Panthers Lawmakers’ Aim
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- Binge-Eating, Cart-Driving Walmart Customer Busted: Deputies
- YMCA Issues Statement About Swimmer’s Death
- Publix, Winn-Dixie New Year’s Store Hours
- Time Running Out on SunPass Transponders
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