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      Coast Guard, family suspend search for missing boaters off Southwest Florida coast
      • Naples
        Coast Guard suspends search for missing boaters off Southwest Florida coast
        Mahmoud Bennett
        Weather
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        Trent Aric
        Bonita Springs
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        Victoria Quevedo
        Sarasota County
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        DeSoto County
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        Sanibel
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        Port Charlotte
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        Fort Myers Beach
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        Immokalee

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      • Wildfire-Florida-Panhandle

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      • Florida smoking ban proposal

        Naples

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        Bonita Springs

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        Bonita Springs celebrates second annual Pride Festival

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