Florida's Preservation (and Promotion) of the Past

05/12/11 share: digg facebook twitter Mention Florida and people think about Disney World, Spring Break, Biker Week, the Daytona Speedway, the Dali Museum, and so on. I've only been a resident of Florida - this time - for less than a year, but in that year I've been fortunate to find an entirely new world, away from the long lines, the traffic - well, almost - and the TTF, the Typical Tourist Florida ...

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Louisiana inmate confesses, gets life sentence in 1993 cold case

05/26/11 Back in April 1993, days after he shot a Spring Break visitor and left her dead on the side of a DeBary road, Romalis Gordon called Volusia County sheriff's investigators.

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Louisiana killer gets life in 1993 Spring Break slaying

05/25/11 A convicted killer pleaded guilty today, ending an 18-year-old Spring Break murder case. "I'm guilty," Romalis Gordon told Circuit Judge Frank Marriott. "I did want to give closure to the family."

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