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Temptations Jacksonville : Times Union Perf. Arts-Moran 32202 on 2011-12-11

The Temptations Jacksonville : Times Union Ctr Perf Arts Moran Theater 300 West Water Street, 32202 on 2011-12-11

(The Florida Times-Union - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Carolyn Williams, a history professor at the University of North Florida who became a prominent local historian, author and speaker, died Tuesday. She was 63 and had colon

Many Times-Union readers want to know:

I have an email saying that The Freedom Group is buying up all the American gun and ammunition companies. The email says that The Freedom Group is owned by Cerberus Capital Management. And the owner of Cerberus is George Soros, a very liberal financier who wants to control America's guns. The email asks why the media hasn't reported this. Why hasn't it been reported?

For good reason. It's not true.

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Urban Land Institute teaches students responsible land use

Urban Land Institute of North Florida recently partnered with two local high schools for an exercise in urban planning. Seniors at Nease High School in Ponte Vedra and Episcopal High School in Jacksonville participated in UrbanPlan, a program designed to educate tomorrow’s neighbors, community leaders, public officials and land use professionals in order to create better communities.

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Welcome to Pod Rods, the weekly look at automotive stuff happening in Northeast Florida and elsewhere.

Pod Rods, with Times-Union reporter Dan Scanlan, will be live at 9 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 15 on 89.9, WJCT-FM's weekly local talk show, First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross. Dan will talk with Melissa about trends, business information and local car events.

To check out more car news, head on over to our news partner's new First Coast Gears.

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Members of Congress and the European Parliament will meet in Jacksonville this evening to open a weekend conference on international business and political issues.

Financial market stability and transportation security are expected to top the discussion list for the Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue, a biannual exchange between the legislatures.

"The meeting is extremely timely, with view of the sovereign debt and economic crisis on both sides of the Atlantic," the European delegation's chairman, Elmar Brok of Germany, said in written comments.

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Each Saturday, the Times-Union's pet blog, Cold Noses, is featuring pets available for adoption at area shelters. For more information and photos of all the animals featured, go to jacksonville.com/coldnoses.

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From Times-Union reporter Adam Kealoha Causey:

My moustache's days are numbered. Actually, it has only hours at this point.

The mo' is tickling my upper lip and holding the occasional piece of food to be enjoyed hours after lunch. It has distracted my coworkers and friends in conversation, and it's been fun.

Slideshow: Famous mustaches

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A St. Johns County Sheriff's deputy has been sent to a hospital after a collision Wednesday night, according to Times-Union news partner First Coast News.

A St. Augustine police spokesman told First Coast News a woman was making a left turn onto San Carlos Avenue from Ponce De Leon Boulevard and into the path of the deputy. The deputy tried to avoid the collision but T-boned her car.

Both were sent to Flagler Hospital for injuries that were described as moderate, according to First Coast News.

Neither driver was identified in the First Coast News report.