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  • A state lawmaker wants to create a consistent way to pay for Everglades restoration.Rep. Gayle Harrell, R-Port St. Lucie, said ever since Congress and…
  • Few things are more satisfying on a winter's night than a heap of meat, vegetables and crust in a luscious sauce. Once the height of culinary style, the potpie is undergoing a retro-food resurgence.
  • The City of Fort Myers is preparing to receive bids to restore Rachel at the Well, the 100-year-old statue of a Grecian maiden on McGregor Boulevard. But some residents still are frustrated that the historic landmark, badly damaged by Hurricane Ian, has sat untouched for nearly a year.
  • Brian Hook, a State Department adviser on Iran, talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about why the administration thinks reimposing sanctions on Iran is an effective policy.
  • Remember Cecilia Gimenez? She's the 80-year-old Spanish woman who gained fame for her restoration of a 19th century fresco of Jesus. The botched restoration became quite a sensation. She's selling an original painting on eBay.
  • Utilities begin the process of rebuilding power lines and restoring electricity in Florida in the wake of Hurricane Charley. Hundreds of thousands of residents in the area around Port Charlotte remain without power. Utility officials warn it will take weeks to restore power completely. Hear NPR's Phillip Davis.
  • The National Audubon Society has released its restoration plan for the Gulf of Mexico. It would draw on the $20 billion settlement from the 2010 BP oil...
  • Mary and Lenny Buongiorno figured their photos were lost forever after Sandy flooded their Staten Island home. The waterlogged album was in a pile of roadside debris when bus driver Mike Valente spotted it. He spent five weeks meticulously cleaning and restoring the images on his computer. After presenting the new album to the overjoyed couple, he told the New York Post,"I'm all about memories."
  • The fight over the Florida Everglades in the 2013 legislative session was shorter than expected.Instead, the sugar industry, environmentalists and…
  • Advances like nitrogen fertilizer transformed farming in the 20th century. But they are closely tied to some of today's major agricultural challenges.
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