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Whoops the $2.3 billion hole in the state budget is actually a $2.4 billion hole. Eh, what's an extra $100,000,000? [Herald]Meanwhile, Floridians bought 1.5 million Powerball tickets on the first dat they could. [NBC6]My parents used to always get the free beer at Busch Gardens, and one day, I thought,...

By Kyle Munzenrieder

January 6, 2009

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Whoops the $2.3 billion hole in the state budget is actually a $2.4 billion hole. Eh, what's an extra $100,000,000? [Herald]
Meanwhile, Floridians bought 1.5 million Powerball tickets on the first dat they could. [NBC6]
My parents used to always get the free beer at Busch Gardens, and one day, I thought, when I grew up, I would too. But now I can't, because the free beer samples at Busch Gardens are no more. [Herald]
Former Heat player Antoine Walker was charged in Miami Beach for drunk driving. [AP]
Shaq's Star Island mansion is back on the market for $25 million. [IHT]

--Kyle Munzenrieder

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