Fort Lauderdale
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Grown daughter finds long-lost dad in Williams Park...wondering what had become of him, whether he ever thought of her. Was he a doctor living down the street from her comfortable Fort Lauderdale home? A scholar living halfway around the world? She would get the answers she sought -... In this article: Fort Lauderdale, Florida Department of Corrections, Craigslist, Pinellas County, and Tampa Bay |
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Jaunted | 18 hours ago
Fort Lauderdale: Fort Lauderdale Airport Is The New Bunker Hill
Fort Lauderdale Airport Is The New Bunker Hill When the Colonials learned that British forces were planning to send troops out of the city to the surrounding unoccupied hills, they acted. The colonials set up shop at the top of Bunker &...
In this article: Virgin America, JetBlue, American Airlines, Virgin, Chicago, and Cambridge
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AP Online | 1 day ago
Former smoker to discuss $300 million Fla. verdict
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A former smoker in Fort Lauderdale is speaking out about her $300 million verdict against Philip Morris. A jury on Thursday ordered Philip Morris to pay 61-year-old Cindy Naugle what is believed to be the...
In this article: Florida, Tobacco, Philip Morris, Punitive damages, Philip Morris USA, and Altria Group Inc.
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Miami Herald | 1 day ago
A guide to Thanksgiving travel myths, and how to handle the system
...still out there for the Monday-through-Friday stretch: $169 from Miami to Washington, D.C.; $189 from Fort Lauderdale to New York; and $199 from Fort Lauderdale to Boston. ``Don't assume you're not going to get a good fair,'' said George...
In this article: Miami International Airport and The Miami Herald
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Centre Daily Times | 1 day ago
Fort Lauderdale Water Taxi Buys River Taxi LLC
Boston-based parent company grows fleet to eleven FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Fort Lauderdale Water Taxi announced today that River Taxi LLC has merged with its fleet, increasing passenger capacity by 29%. The increase in capacity is a...
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Virgin America expands to Florida
...and billionaire Richard Branson. Virgin took a cautious first step into Florida - just two daily nonstop flights apiece between Fort Lauderdale and both Los Angeles and San Francisco. The move could foreshadow even more head-to-head...
In this article: Virgin Group Ltd., Florida, Virgin America, Delta, JetBlue, California, Southwest Airlines Co., and New York
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L.A. Times - Daily Travel Deal Blog | 2 days ago
Timing's good, says Virgin America CEO as airline launches Fort Lauderdale service (with $99 sale fares)
...is very good. South Florida is a warm-weather destination that does very well in the first quarter," he said. "While we are excited about Fort Lauderdale as a destination, we are also pleased that it is giving our network a bit more seasonal...
In this article: Virgin America, San Francisco, Tax, Los Angeles, Florida, Chicago, and Champagne
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Consumer prices in Miami-Fort Lauderdale slip 0.6 percent
BY JIM WYSS Prices in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area fell 0.6 percent in October versus a year ago, amid steep declines in apparel, recreation and transportation costs, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. The...
In this article: Miami, Florida, The Miami Herald, and Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Film production to block downtown Fort Lauderdale traffic
...Seafood & Grille What: Pirate Republic Bar, Seafood & Grille. Where: 400 SW Third Ave., Fort Lauderdale. Hours: 11 a.m. to 4 a.m. daily. Fort Lauderdale and its chamber of commerce will spend $60,000 on a program launched Wednesday to...
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Description from Wikipedia:
Fort Lauderdale, known as the "Venice of America" due to its expansive and intricate canal system, is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. According to 2007 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the city had a population of 183,606. It is the county seat of Broward County, and a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which is home to over 5,413,212 people.
The city is a popular tourist destination, with 10.35 million visitors in 2006. The city is a major yachting center, with 42,000 resident yachts and 100 marinas and boatyards. Fort Lauderdale and its suburbs host over 4100 restaurants and 120 nightclubs.
Fort Lauderdale is named after a series of forts built by the United States during the Second Seminole War. However, development of the city did not begin until 50 years after the forts were abandoned at the end of the conflict. Three forts named "Fort Lauderdale" were constructed; the first was at the fork of the New River, the second at Tarpon Bend, in what is now known as the Sailboat Bend neighborhood, and the third near the site of the Bahia Mar Marina. The forts took their name from Major William Lauderdale, who was the commander of the detachment of soldiers who built the first fort.
- Name:
- City of Fort Lauderdale
- Also Known As:
- Venice of America
- Type:
- City
- Government type:
- Commission-Manager
- Founding Date:
- March 27, 1911
- Total Area (sq. mi):
- 36.0
- Total Area (km):
- 93.3
- Land Area (sq mi):
- 31.7
- Land Area (km):
- 82.2
- Water Area (sq mi):
- 4.3
- Water Area (km):
- 11.1
- Elevation (ft):
- 9
- Elevation (m):
- 2.75
- Time Zone:
- Eastern (EST)
- Website:
- http://info.ci.ftlaud.fl.us
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