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After 2,295 restaurant inspections across Central Florida in September, only 248 had no issues for the entire month, according to data from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

Brevard had the highest percentage of restaurants with zero violations during routine food inspections at 14.3%. Orange came in second with 13.4%, Osceola came third at 9.1% and Volusia was in fourth place with 8.6%.

Lake and Seminole ranked at the bottom with 6.9% and 5.4%, respectively.

Orange County had the most restaurants with no violations at 120 out of 896 inspected. Brevard followed with 45 out of 314, then Volusia with 35 out of 400, Osceola with 19 out of 209, Lake with 15 out of 218 and Seminole with 14 out of 258.

BREVARD

Aces, 74 N. Orlando Ave., Cocoa Beach
Alin’s Thai Street Food, 228 S.R. A1A, Satellite Beach
Asian Gourmet, 459 N. Harbor City Blvd., Melbourne
Azteca Two Mexican Restaurant, 1600 N. Atlantic Ave., Cocoa Beach
Best Western Ocean Beach Hotel and Suites, 5600 N. Atlantic Ave., Cocoa Beach
Botta Pizzeria & Bakery, 7500 Lake Andrew Dr., Unit 106, Melbourne
Cafe O Beach, 1616 S.R. A1A, Satellite Beach
Chick-Fil-A At Palm Bay Road FSR, 835 Palm Bay Road, West Melbourne
Chilly Spoons Frozen Yogurt, 4980 N. Wickham Road, Suite 106, Melbourne
Coasters Taphouse, 5675 N. Atlantic Ave., Suite 122, Cocoa Beach
Comfort Suites, 1175 Malabar Road NE, Palm Bay
Cuizine Restaurant & Lounge, 1790 S.R. A1A, 105-108, Satellite Beach
Da Kine Diego’s Insane Burritos, 1360 S.R. A1A, Satellite Beach
District Kitchen, 1462 S.R. A1A, Melbourne
Dolphins Waterfront Bar & Grill At Cape Crossing, 310 Lagoon Way, Merritt Island
Domino’s # 4906, 5325 N. Wickham Road, #103, Melbourne
Domino’s Pizza, 7670 N. Wickham Road, Melbourne
Doubletree Suites by Hilton Melbourne Beach Oceanfront, 1665 N. S.R.
A1A, Melbourne
Fish Bellies Food Truck, 1240 N. S.R. A1A, Vin 6186, Indialantic
Fishlips Waterfront Bar & Grill, 610 Glen Cheek Dr., Cape Canaveral
Gators Dockside, 683 Dave Nisbet Dr., Cape Canaveral
Hibachi Buffet, 735 N. Courtenay Parkway, Merritt Island
Hunker Down Lounge Hideaway/Category 5, 9 S. Atlantic Ave., Cocoa Beach
Indian River Colony Hall, 1600 Old Glory Blvd., Melbourne
Intracoastal Brewing Company, 652 W. Eau Gallie Blvd., Melbourne
JC Poke & Ramen, 103 Watson Dr., Indialantic
Joanne’s Beachside Cafe Inc., 6006 N. Atlantic Ave., Cape Canaveral
Juice N’ Java Cafe, 75 N. Orlando Ave., Cocoa Beach
Kings Duck Bar and Grill, 4155 N. Courtenay Parkway, Merritt Island
Koko Restaurant, 24 N. Orlando Ave., Suite A, Cocoa Beach
Long Doggers III, 1201 S. Patrick Dr., Satellite Beach
Marco’s Pizza, 3600 N. Wickham Road, Suite 107, Melbourne
No Ordinary Burritos, 660 Tucker Lane, Cocoa
Papa John’s Pizza #398, 209 S. Cocoa Blvd., Cocoa
Peace In the Garden Cafe, 397 Barton Blvd., Rockledge
Pita Pyramid, 2500 Parkway Dr., Melbourne
Pizzavola CB, 5240 N. Atlantic Ave. #150, Cocoa Beach
Pour House Lounge & Grill, 1301 S. Patrick Dr., Satellite Beach
River Road Coffee and Popsicles, 9 Rosa L Jones Dr., Cocoa
Rockledge Country Club, 1591 S. Fiske Blvd., Rockledge
Salty Surfer Scratch Kitchen, 1240 N. S.R. A1A, Indialantic
Siamorchid Cocoa Beach, 1275 N. Atlantic Ave., Cocoa Beach
Slice & Cones 55 A, 8225 N. Wickham Road, Melbourne
Sunshine Espresso, 2975 W. New Haven Ave., Melbourne
Tipico Latino Restaurante, 566 Barton Blvd. #1, Rockledge read more

By MATT O’BRIEN

OpenAI could now be the world’s most valuable startup, ahead of Elon Musk’s SpaceX and TikTok’s parent company ByteDance, after a secondary stock sale designed to retain employees at the ChatGPT maker.

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Current and former OpenAI employees sold $6.6 billion in shares to a group of investors, pushing the privately held artificial intelligence company’s valuation to $500 billion, according to a source with knowledge of the deal who was not authorized to discuss it publicly.

The investors buying the shares included Thrive Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group and T. Rowe Price, along with Japanese tech giant SoftBank and the United Arab Emirates’ MGX, the source said Thursday. read more

By MATTHEW DALY and MICHAEL PHILLIS, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is cancelling $7.6 billion in grants that supported hundreds of clean energy projects in 16 states, all of which voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in last year’s presidential election.

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The move comes as President Donald Trump threatens deep cuts in his fight with congressional Democrats over the government shutdown.

The Energy Department said in a statement Thursday that 223 projects were terminated after a review determined they did not adequately advance the nation’s energy needs or were not economically viable. Officials did not provide details about which projects are being cut, but said funding came from the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and other DOE bureaus. read more

By Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times

On Monday, YouTube became the latest media and tech company to settle one of President Donald Trump’s lawsuits.

The Google-owned streamer agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit Trump filed after his account was banned following the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Capitol. That brings Trump’s haul from media and tech companies to more than $90 million in the last year.

Some of these suits deal with conflicts the president has experienced with news networks such as ABC and CBS. Others confront the fallout from the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Some of the settlement money will pay for renovations to a presidential library Trump is building on 2.6 acres of waterfront property in Miami. Other funds will go to the nonprofit Trust for the National Mall, with the intention of building a Mar-a-Lago-style ballroom, which is expected to cost $200 million overall.

Here’s a rundown of the payouts:

YouTube: $24.5 million

After the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, YouTube suspended the president’s account on the platform because of Trump’s alleged role in the insurrection. At the time, the company had cited “concerns about the ongoing potential for violence” and violation of its “policies for inciting violence.” read more

By JOSH FUNK

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Berkshire Hathaway is buying Occidental Petroleum’s chemical division for $9.7 billion in what may be the last big acquisition involving the consummate dealmaker, Warren Buffett.

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Buffett wasn’t mentioned anywhere in materials released by Berkshire Hathaway discussing the deal Thursday, potentially signaling a passing of the torch to Vice Chair Greg Abel, to whom Buffett will hand the CEO title in January. But given the relationship that Buffett has with Occidental CEO Vicki Hollub, who he has praised ever since helping her with an acquisition back in 2019, and the fact that he likes to be involved anytime Berkshire spends more than $1 billion dollars, he certainly had a role. read more