{"id":449,"date":"2008-02-18T09:20:32","date_gmt":"2008-02-18T14:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=449"},"modified":"2008-08-06T10:03:42","modified_gmt":"2008-08-06T14:03:42","slug":"monday-news-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=449","title":{"rendered":"Monday news roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m going to be leaving soon for my road trip to Tallahassee. I plan on live-blogging the state board of education meeting starting bright and early in the morning with posts about the speaker sign up process, what the crowd is looking like and such.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, here is a news roundup:<\/p>\n

Orlando Sentinel: What you should know about Tuesday’s vote on evolution<\/a>. There is a poll there you might want to vote in.<\/p>\n

Ocala.com: Finish the debate about life’s start<\/a><\/p>\n

Lakeland Ledger: Teach Evolution As Science<\/a><\/p>\n

Florida Today:\u00c2\u00a0 No place for intelligent design in science class<\/a><\/p>\n

Miami Herald: Schools await board’s vote on evolution<\/a><\/p>\n

And don’t overlook the two news releases I posted earlier this morning. Just scroll on down to the next post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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