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Wildside: Trap shooting is a popular pastime

Wildside: Trap shooting is a popular pastime

It takes skill, patience and a good aim. Trap shooting is a popular sport here in Florida. Every day hundreds of people line up at the Silver Dollar Shooting Club in Odessa to try their hand at trap and skeet shooting. Wildside guy Randy Rauch shows us how.

Seen any manatees lately?

Seen any manatees lately?

The people who keep tabs on tagged manatees need your help in tracking them.

Experts: Whale stranded in Keys died of heart failure

Experts: Whale stranded in Keys died of heart failure

Marine mammal experts say preliminary results of a necropsy show a stranded pygmy sperm whale died of heart failure.

Wildside: Ice skating show at Busch Gardens

Wildside: Ice skating show at Busch Gardens

Busch Gardens will celebrate the holiday season with a brand new ice skating show. The theme park has turned a theatre into a ice skating wonderland.

Wildside: Skateboard park in Dunedin

Wildside: Skateboard park in Dunedin

The half million dollar facility can best be described as a series of empty swimming pools. Skaters and city leaders give the facility the thumbs up. Wildside Guy Randy Rauch takes you for a ride.

Wildside: Amateur archaeologist says he's made a 6,500-year-old find

Wildside: Amateur archaeologist says he's made a 6,500-year-old find

John Saxer says large, unusual rocks scattered around Florida's west coast are actually ancient boat anchors. Saxer believes the Tampa Bay coastline was the seaport of Atlantis. See the rocks and judge for yourself...

Two million pounds of ice lands in Florida!

Two million pounds of ice lands in Florida!

The attraction is known as "Ice". Each year the Gaylord Plams resorts creates a winter wonderland right here in the sunshine state. And its open to the public. Put on a jacket and see for yourself!

Wildside: A Thanksgiving treat for some big cats

Wildside: A Thanksgiving treat for some big cats

Every year the Big Cat Rescue in Tampa gives their animals a special Thanksgiving meal. Many of the cats are given a raw turkey to gobble down. And it's interesting to watch them get fed.

Wildside: Experience driving a real race car!

Wildside: Experience driving a real race car!

The Richard Petty Driving Experience in Florida will have you behind the wheel of a NASCAR. They will have you driving the car yourself at speeds over 100 mph. You will actually feel what the pros feel.

Wildside: Millions and millions of butterflies!

Wildside: Millions and millions of butterflies!

There is a place north of Tampa Bay that is a rain forest full of butterflies. Anyone can come and visit. It is also home to some six million specimens.

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National News

Transportation Dept almost out of highway funds

Transportation Dept almost out of highway funds

Transportation Secretary Mary Peters says the federal highway trust fund will run out of money this month due to the high price of gas.

State News

Crist declares state of emergency as Ike eyes Florida

Crist declares state of emergency as Ike eyes Florida

The storm is still at least four days away and the path is still very uncertain, but Governor Crist has signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency.

Health News

"Conclusive" vaccination study?

A local pediatrician, who treats many patients with autism, is speaking out against a new government study on childhood MMR vaccinations.


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