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Top Pet-Friendly City, This Girl's A Champ, No-Fret Fowl: FL Good News

One Florida city plans to turn an eyesore into a model community, while another considers a high-flying mode of mass transit: FL Good News.

One Florida city has been named top dog when it comes to accommodating pets.
One Florida city has been named top dog when it comes to accommodating pets. (Ruff Days courtesy Expressway Authority )

FLORIDA — A 16-year-old Florida girl has been named a national women's wrestling champion; a hamster was found alive and well in its play ball and a turtle swimming contently in its tank after surviving an apartment fire; and Floridians are alerted to a potentially deadly virus thanks to a flock of fowl.

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