Manatees (family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large aquatic mammals sometimes known as sea cows. The Trichechidae differ from the Dugongidae in the shape of the skull and the shape of the tail. Manatees' tails are paddle-shaped, while the Dugong's are forked. They are herbivores, spending most of their time grazing in shallow waters, and can weigh anywhere from 1,000 to 2,000 pounds.

Manatees inhabit the shallow, marshy coastal areas of North, Central, and South America, and the Caribbean Sea.

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Can murder be proved without a body?
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Orange County investigators have suggested in recent weeks that missing 3-year-old Caylee Marie Anthony may be dead.
Powerful Hurricane Ike looms as trouble for Gulf
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:14:00 -0400
Ike rolled down an uncertain path Sunday that may lead to the U.S. Gulf Coast late this week.
Apopka man stabbed to death
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:55:00 -0400
A disturbance near a Checkers restaurant in Apopka on Saturday has left a 46-year-old man dead.

Miami Today News

Miami to cut 50 jobs, freeze 30 vacant positions in effort to erase $35 million deficit
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:00:00 -0000
Miami city officials plan to cut 50 jobs and freeze 30 more vacant positions to help erase $35 million in red ink in the city's proposed budget.
Miami-Dade Metrorail and Metrobus raise fares 50 cents, increase parking fee to help close looming transit deficit
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:00:00 -0000
Miami-Dade Metrorail and Metrobus fares are to rise by 50 cents Oct. 1 – county commissioners' first attempt at closing a looming transit deficit.
Statewide drop in taxable sales hits local municipalities, but city, county say they'll make do
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:00:00 -0000
As local governments tighten their belts to make up for money lost to property tax reform for the second year running, they face now another challenge: less revenue from consumer spending.

MiamiHerald.com: Florida

Chopper down off Marathon; passengers survive
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:49:00 -0400
Four passengers onboard a helicopter were rescued Sunday morning after the aircraft crashed in waters off Marathon, officials said.
Season's hurricanes pummel dunes, mangle coasts
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:55:00 -0400
The King Air climbed into the sky over the cypress and black gum trees in the Pearl River delta at the Mississippi-Louisiana border, and left behind a swampland thrashed and washed over by Hurricane Gustav's storm surge.
Jury convicts man of killing 4 people
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:25:00 -0400
A Clay County jury found a man guilty in the drug-related shooting deaths of four people.

Daytona Beach News-Journal Online

Officials: Upgrades or not, Fay's rains would tax any system
By DINAH VOYLES PULVER, Environment Writer Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500
DEBARY -- Normally, life in DeBary Golf and Country Club seems idyllic -- manicured lawns and high-value homes in a quiet town where folks often chat with neighbors at the country club and grocery store.
Cities still waiting on FEMA reimbursements from 2004
By EILEEN ZAFFIRO, Staff Writer Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500
Though some local governments are still trying to figure out how to pay for damage from the unrelenting rains of Tropical Storm Fay, that's only a fraction of their financial nightmare.
2 surfers suffer shark bites in Ponce Inlet
By KELLY CUCULIANSKY, Staff Writer Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500
Two surfers were almost simultaneously bitten by a shark today in Ponce Inlet, bringing the Volusia County bite count just one encounter short of its record 2001 "Year of the Shark."

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