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ORMOND BEACH, Fla. -- Maryam Ghyabi may be a big fish in a small pond in Central Florida with her Ormond Beach-based transportation planning and engineering firm, where she clearly has been the standard bearer over the years on major projects, but her company has merged with one of the country's engineering giants headquartered in Chicago -- Alfred Benesch & Company.

YouTube download / AP video / Police video shows Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Adolphus Washington being arrested in Ohio on Sunday on a weapons charge. (July 12)
 

YouTube download / AP video / Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is being treated for dehydration in Canada, where he's helping build houses for Habitat for Humanity. (July 13)

The Wisconsin National Guard has sent about 100 soldiers to Burlington to help the community recover from unprecedented flooding. Meanwhile, a suburban Chicago hospital was closed early Thursday due to flooding. (July 13)

New research finds that ravens can plan for the future. The birds were able to choose objects that let them get a tasty treat later on, even resisting the lure of a more immediate but lesser reward. (July 13)

YouTube download / AP video / A sinkhole that started out the size of a small swimming pool and continued to grow in Florida swallowed a boat, destroyed two homes and prompted officials to evacuate residents from nine other homes on Friday. (July 14)

TAMPA, Fla. --  A sinkhole that officials said earlier on this Friday started out the size of a small swimming pool soon mushroomed, swallowing  one home and a boat and then about 80 percent of another home, said Kevin Guthrie, Pasco County's assistant county administrator for public safety.

By mid-afternoon, the hole stretched up to 250 feet (76 meters) wide and 50 feet (15 meters) deep, and threatened to damage a third home, Guthrie said.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Retired Circuit Judge Hubert Grimes has been named the acting president of historically-African-American Bethune-Cookman Universiy, whose president has resigned amid controversy over millions in finances.

Illinois officials said Friday some 6,800 buildings have been affected north of Chicago, and the damage is expected to worsen this weekend as water flows down rivers into the state from Wisconsin. (July 14)
 

Tens of thousands joined a national unity march in Istanbul on Saturday, converging at the iconic July 15 Martyrs' Bridge to mark the anniversary of the failed military coup attempt that 250 people died resisting. (July 15)

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR has announced that Brent Dewar is being elevated to the position of President of NASCAR effective immediately.