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Updates from openers for NCAA FCS and FBS teams:

Florida Highway Patrol turned up the heat on speeding drivers along the I-75 corridor known as Alligator Alley for the holiday weekend.

To report a crime or any suspicious activity in your neighborhood, call the Collier County Sheriff’s Office at (239) 774-4434 or you can remain anonymous and call Crime Stoppers at (239) 332-5555 or 1-800-780-TIPS.

California man arrested at Taser point after causing a ruckus at two Marco Island resorts.

Like the oil sheen from the Deepwater Horizon well itself, talk of a special session to address issues related to the historic oil spill appear to have vanished as legislative leaders and political hopefuls turn their attention toward upcoming elections and other matters.

Last Sunday’s article and photos brought forward many stories. Some of the calls to me from readers told of heartfelt experiences; one told of sorrow and pain.

An East Naples man reported being hit in the face with a pistol and robbed of his pay check after cashing it at a store in East Naples.

When a Collier County Sheriff’s deputy went to assist what appeared to be a disabled vehicle on Friday night at 2500 Golden Gate Parkway, Golden Gate, it ended with a spit in the face for the officer, reports state.

A man drowned off Sanibel Island this afternoon, confirmed a dispatcher for the Sanibel Fire Rescue District.

Despite the tenth of a percent increase in the unemployment rate last month to 9.6, there was actually some good news in the latest U.S. Department of Labor figures.

Americans are an industrious people. They like to work. And they are unhappy when they can’t — as shown with the unrest over the current 9 percent-plus unemployment, a rate many countries would take in a second.

Here are letters to the editor from recent editions of the Daily News.

It’s no small task for a man without a law degree to take a federal agency to court and claim victory. However, that’s just what computer science professor Mario Sanchez did. Sanchez spent years seeking information regarding the handling of toxic substances in Marco Island.

Showers and storms continue to develop offshore this morning, mainly west of Monroe County.

A house fire in Golden Gate city on Saturday night fanned concerns among fire investigators and residents due to a string of suspicious fires in the area since early August.

After a fairly rain free day, conditions will begin changing Sunday with deeper moisture expected to surge into Southwest Florida.

To report a crime or any suspicious activity in your neighborhood, call the Collier County Sheriff’s Office at (239) 774-4434 or you can remain anonymous and call Crime Stoppers at (239) 332-5555 or 1-800-780-TIPS.

Two Chokoloskee men face charges of felony gillnetting in the Gulf of Mexico Saturday.