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TALLAHASSEE A bill being pushed by the NRA to allow people to keep guns in their cars on workplace parking lots faces a tough challenge from the powerful Florida Chamber of Commerce. TALLAHASSEE - The National Rifle Association is pushing a bill that would penalize Florida employers with prison time and lawsuits if they prohibit people from keeping guns in their cars at workplace parking lots. But the proposal is facing stiff opposition from a group just as powerful in the state capital as the NRA: Florida's biggest business lobby. Mark Wilson, a vice president of Florida's Chamber of Commerce,...

This gas station is listed among the unsafe businesses in OFCC's Do Not Patronize While Armed database. Perhaps if they had posted a "no hammers" sign? Or better yet, a "no robberies" sign? The Times-Reporter Robbery by hammer in Uh'ville UHRICHSVILLE – Two men, one armed with a hammer, robbed the Starfire Service Station on W. McCauley Dr., Uhrichsville, early Tuesday. According to Sgt. Vince Beal, police were called to the station at about 2:57 a.m. on a report that the business was just robbed by two men, one with a hammer. Beal said a female clerk told them the...

New Jersey, Love It or Leave It---I left it but still love it. You know you are from Noo Jersey if: 1. You've been seriously injured at Action Park. 2. You don't think of citrus when people mention "The Oranges".. 3. You know that it's called Great Adventure, not Six Flags. . 4. You've ordered a hard roll with butter for breakfast. . 5. You've known the way to Seaside Heights since you were seven. . 6. You've eaten at a diner at 3 a.m. . 7. You remember that the "Two Guys" were from Harrison. . 8. You know ...

A dusk-to-dawn curfew has been declared in Durham as thousands of homes and businesses remain without power. In Durham alone, 105,000 customers -- or 91 percent of Duke Power's customers -- are without power. The Durham curfew will be in effect from 5 p.m. to 6 a.m. The curfew is included as part of a state of emergency declared by Mayor Bill Bell and County Commissioners Chairwoman Ellen Reckhow. Also during the state of emergency, no alcoholic beverages may be sold, purchased or transported. No weapons may be transported off the owner's property. Thousands of homes and businesses in Durham,...