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By TIMES WIRES
Published August 10, 2006

On the grocery list:11,000 gallons of drink

Here's a bit of refreshing news. The city of St. Petersburg is looking to purchase 49,649 bottles of Powerade for city programs and employees, according to the city's purchasing department. That's 11,000 gallons - enough to fill most backyard swimming pools or the gas tank of a 747 jetliner.

Family survives fire, but was house insured?

A family safely escaped a house fire in Citrus County early Wednesday morning that broke out less than two hours after their insurance policy expired. Mark Muscott said the $256,000, three-bedroom lakeside home that his wife inherited from her grandfather was a total loss. They moved in only a month ago. Fire officials said it appeared faulty wiring in the attic caused the fire. It wasn't clear whether Allstate would help cover the damage, but Muscott said an adjuster was coming Friday. "We're hopeful," said Muscott, a Progress Energy maintenance mechanic.

Golden Knights' home will be ready in 2007

A little more news about the University of Central Florida's new football stadium, the first at a Florida public university with a corporate name. The $60-million Bright House Networks Stadium will open in time for the 2007 football season. Already, the 25 suites and 800 club seats are sold out. Bright House's money accounts for more than half of the $29-million in private donations raised so far for the stadium and surrounding athletics complex. The team name, however, will remain the Golden Knights.

Medical examiner's autopsies in question

The Florida Medical Examiners Commission has discussed whether Dr. Charles Siebert mishandled several autopsies. Siebert is the Panhandle medical examiner who ruled that a teenager at a boot camp died from natural causes and not from injuries suffered after he was pummeled by guards.

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