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  Florida Companies Promise Boats that Use Seawater as Fuel in Two Years

  October 9 at 8 a.m.

  Two Florida companies are making an extraordinary claim: they'll sell boats with motors that run on nothing but seawater in about two years.

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  Arc Tech in Broward Recycles Electronics, Employs Individuals With Disabilities

  July 27 at 9:29 a.m.

  Each time the next cool computer/electronic thingamajig comes out, you’re excited to have a new toy and ditch the old ones. But what happens to that sad, suddenly outdated electronic gadget you loved yesterday? Will it inevitably collect dust at home or the office? It should probably be recycled, and there’s a uniquely excellent option in South Florida.

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  Hollywood Native Jerry Beck Attempts to Fly the World's Largest Paper Airplane

  June 19 at 9 a.m.

  Last Tuesday, Jerry Beck, a South Florida native and the founder and artistic director of the Revolving Museum, attempted to fly what is believed to be the world’s largest paper plane at Fitchburg Municipal Airport in Massachusetts. But years of conceptualizing, community organizing, and crowdsourcing artworks to plaster on the exterior of the 64-foot paper plane weren’t enough to override the relentless physics required for flight.

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  Florida Man Learns Hard Way Not to Joke About Bar Tab Being Payment to ISIS

  Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at 10:52 a.m.

  Sometimes, bros will be bros. Pranks will be played, and shenanigans will take place. Sometimes, though, bros being bros can go horribly wrong, especially when alcohol is involved and those bros joke about ISIS on social media.

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  How to Improve Your Uber Passenger Rating, According to Drivers and Five-Star Customers

  Friday, July 21, 2017 at 3:03 p.m.

  We’ve all had that Uber driver. The lady that had you clinging for dear life as she barreled through your neighborhood at 75 mph. Or the dude who refuses to give up his collection of petrified French Fries preserved in the back seat where you're sitting. There are some...

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  Hacker Caught in Sailboat Off Cuba Challenges America's Tough Cybercrime Laws

  Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 9:33 a.m.

  In a broken-down speedboat off the coast of Cuba, Marty and Dana Gottesfeld watched the sun creep closer to the horizon. Salty wind whipped Dana's chestnut-colored hair as her husband buckled himself into an orange life jacket. The facts were stark and unavoidable: Their boat was stuck in the middle...