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Two cygnets later recovered by Orlando policeOnlookers watched in disbelief as a man batted away a mother and father swan at Lake Eola, grabbed their recently hatched babies and tossed them into a red cooler, according to witnesses and video of the incident. Frank Howard said he and his fiancé were at Lake Eola Park Sunday evening admiring the swan family with two babies, known as cygnets, when a man approached carrying a red cooler. The man, wearing athletic wear and sneakers, told Howard he worked for “Lake Eola Park” and was taking the cygnets to protect them from wildlife....

Praise the Lord, drop the bombs By Jeffrey C. BillmanPublished 2/27/03 Shannon Burke really wants me to think his "Rally for America" is about patriotism. "It's not pro-war," he says repeatedly the day before the rally. "It has nothing to do with war."But I'm skeptical. I've heard Burke's radio talk show -- 5:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. on 540-AM WFLA -- often enough to know that he's an unabashed supporter of President Bush, and the use of military force to depose Saddam Hussein. I also know that he announced the Rally for America Feb. 17, two days after 6...

I found out about the planned Saturday Orlando Pro America Rally during the week. A local Radio Station, W540 and local Radio Talk Host Shannon Burke organized and promoted the Rally. The Band Shell of Lake Eola Park in Downtown Orlando, Florida was the site of the Rally. I was baby sitting my Granddaughters Amanda (8) and Bridget (5), so they were excited to come along with their tiny American Flags, Red, White, and Blue Pompoms, and their Flag T-shirts. Just after we parked the truck and were crossing the street roughly a block from the Lake Eola Band Shell...