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Big 12 Program to Take 4Hour 15Minute Flight on Saturday Morning For a 3:30PM Game in an Extremely Risky Move
College football teams are total creatures of habit, and almost nothing is more sacred than the Friday travel routine before a road game. Usually, players hop on a charter flight the day before, check into a quiet local hotel, grab a big team dinner, and get a solid night’s sleep close to the stadium. This weekend, however, the Arizona State Sun Devils are throwing that entire playbook straight out the window. According to SunDevilSource.com publisher Chris Karpman on X and ESPN’s Pete Thamel, ASU is planning to take a massive, cross-country flight on Saturday morning, just hours before their ...
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Apopka moves forward with firefighter pension changes
The Apopka City Commission advanced changes to firefighters' pension plans per the three-year collective bargaining agreement approved in September. Firefighters may retire after 20 years of service regardless of age or at age 45 with 10 years, with pension benefits set at 4%. The new agreement increases firefighter base pay...
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Joey Chestnut brings key lime pie eating contest to Orlando ahead of ASU-UCF game
Two worlds you wouldn’t expect to collide will this weekend, as world-famous competitive eater Joey Chestnut will share the same thunderdome with the Arizona State Sun Devils when they head to Orlando to take on UCF Saturday. Chestnut will host and compete in a key lime pie eating contest...
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Orlando weather: Cool weekend ahead as St. Johns River flooding persists
ORLANDO, Fla. - The brisk northwest breeze behind yesterday's cold front has locked in crystal-clear skies and wiped out the humidity, giving us our biggest taste of fall yet. Grab the sunglasses and enjoy a gorgeous, crisp weekend across the peninsula before a warmer, more unsettled pattern develops early next week.
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Simple Plan, Hoobastank, more bands perform midair amid FAA ground stop
While the Federal Aviation Administration's national ground stop left traveling Americans frustrated and concerned, some got an upgrade on in-flight entertainment. Several bands, including Hoobastank and Simple Plan, treated in-flight passengers and aircrew to impromptu live performances later shared on social media. Both bands were among those headed to Orlando for slated shows at the Vans Warped Tour before the FAA halted flights across the country, stranding travelers soon after 3:36 p.m. ET on Friday, Nov. 13. The rock festival posted a clip to its Instagram stories showing Hoobastank performing '00s hits like "The Reason" and "Crawling in the Dark." In the video, frontman Doug Robb sings while walking across the Southwest aircraft aisle as passengers record on their phones. Other footage captured Simple Plan vocalist Pierre Bouvier delivering an acoustic rendition of "Perfect" and "I'm Just a Kid." Meanwhile, singer LØLØ sang her 2024 song "hot girls in hell," and The Used performed their 2002 hit "The Taste of Ink." LØLØ explained in an Instagram Reel on Saturday, Nov. 14, that she was on board a special chartered plane for people going to the Vans Warped Tour. She wrote that the performances were played on the aircraft PA system