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The reef-buildingstaghorn andelkhorn corals,found in watersstretching fromPalm BeachCounty down tothe Florida Keys,have been indecline for 40years.

RICHARD E. DODGE, NSU OCEANOGRAPHIC CENTER/COURTESY

Here’s the estimated price for re-storing two declining coral speciesfound in SouthFlorida and theCarib-bean: About $250million.

How longwill it take? 400 years orso (assuming all goes smoothly).

Nooneexpected itwouldbeeasytorestore elkhorn and staghorn corals,

the once-abundant, reef-buildingspecies that since the 1970s have van-ished from almost all of their oldrange. A recovery plan just releasedby the National Marine FisheriesService says thebiggest current threatis climate change, a problem beyondits power to solve.

Assuming the oceans continue to

The cost of saving precious coral

New plan saysrestoring twospecies will take$250 million —and 400 years.

By David FleshlerStaff writer

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MIAMI-DADE —CarolinaOrtiz andher three teens survived a fire thatseverely burned her and destroyedtheir home.

Just sixmonths later, tragedy struckagain, this time fatally.

Ortiz, 39, andher three teenagechil-dren, Luis Arturo, Alejandro and Me-lissa Carolina Varona, were killed in ahorrific pileuponU.S. 27, about 6milessouth of South Bay in western PalmBeach County, near Belle Glade, the

FloridaHighwayPatrol said.On Wednesday, stunned neighbors

and friends mourned the family whostillwasrecovering fromlastyear’s fire.They couldn’t fathom how one familycould suffer suchmisfortune in so littletime.

The family temporarily relocated toClewiston in Hendry County after thefire, but Ortiz kept her children en-rolled in Miami-Dade schools andcommuted almost daily to South Flori-da onU.S. 27, neighbors said.

Carolina Ortiz, 39, and her three teenage childrenwere killed in a pileup on U.S. 27, near Belle Glade.

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Friends mourn four killed in US 27 crashBy Erika PesantesStaff writer

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Gov. Rick Scott has quit using emailfor state business.

“Thegovernornowonlyuses email tocommunicatewith family,” deputy com-munications director JohnTupps said.

TheOrlandoSentinel raised theques-tion as other top public officials — nota-bly Democratic presidential prospectHillary Clinton — faced criticism overtheir email practices.Clinton,whensec-retary of state, set up a private server forboth her government and personalemails.

Scott ran into controversy last fallwhen The Associated Press revealedthat, contrary to his previous state-ments, he was using a private email ac-count to conduct state business and hadfailed to include some of those emails inthe public record.

At that point, his office said hewouldstop using private email accounts forpublic business.

Now, Scott is not using any email forstate-related business, Tupps said,though hewas unsure exactly when thegovernor stopped.

SpokesmenforAttorneyGeneralPam

Scottopts outof stateemailBy Scott PowersStaff writer

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LeBron shaves $2Moff price of palace

FormerMiamiHeat starLeBron James has cut the priceof his CoconutGrovemansion by$2million to try tomove theproperty.He bought themega-house for $9million in 2010,listed it at $17million recently—andnow is asking $15million.

There have been offers, but nodeal so far.Story,1DCOURTESY

Florida Atlantic University hasclimbed fromthebottomto themiddle ofa state ranking system and now could beeligible formillions of extradollars.

FAU tied the University ofWest Flori-da as the sixth highest performing of 11public universities in factors such as howwell they retain and graduate students,how well minority and low-income stu-dents are being served and how manygraduates are finding jobs.TheStateUni-versity System is expected to approve therankings onThursday.

“Therewere some thingswehad to fixandnowwe’reata launchingplacewherewe can be a fast-improving university. It’snow full steam ahead,” said FAU Presi-dent John Kelly, who started a year ago.“I’mpleasedwith theprogress.”

Last year, the top eight performingschools shared $100 million in state per-

FAU jumps inrankings, mayget more cashBy Scott TravisStaff writer

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