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Seawater Bacteria Deaths, Strawberry Festival, Otter Exhibit
Bush falls in the polls, a new thrill ride, Florida's 100 best high schools 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 week:
- Ice Skating Returns to Downtown Tampa
- U.S. Capitol Lawn-Landing Pilot Enters Guilty Plea
- Victim’s Daughter: Please Come Forward
- Seawater Bacteria Cases Reach Highest Point in Years
- Otters Set to Invade Mote Aquarium
- Police Arrest Suspect in Killing of Elderly Woman
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- Florida Strawberry Festival 2016 Entertainment Announced
- 100 Best Public High Schools in Florida
- Watch: Florida Man Exacts Revenge on Shark
- FBI Arrests Seminole Man for Threatening Mosque
- Bush Falls, Trump Moves Ahead in Presidential Poll
- Busch Gardens Shows Off Next New Thrill Ride
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