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Florida man stripped naked beaten and robbed at gunpoint during first date
A man in Florida has reported to the police that he was beaten, robbed, stripped naked and abandoned on the side of a road during a first date in Bunnell. Shaun Williams was spotted by the police on a state road in Bunnell, covered in blood, and was taken to a local hospital, the New York Daily News reported. According to FlaglerLive, Williams met a woman in a Daytona Beach convenience store ...
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Yankees Jeter takes batting practice in Tampa
Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter has taken on-field batting practice for the first time since being cleared to increase his rehabilitation program for a broken left ankle.Jeter took 21 swings on Wednesday at the Yankees' minor league complex in Tampa, Fla. He looked comfortable at the plate, hitting balls to all fields.The Yankees captain has also increased his movement by taking grounders and ...
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Tighter security coming for prescription database
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- State health officials are beefing up security of its statewide prescription drug database to protect patient information.Wednesday's announcement comes a week after the American Civil Liberties Union said the personal information of thousands of patients was leaked from the database. The information was part of criminal investigations, but the ACLU alleges some ...
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Correction Board of Education story
TAMPA, Fla. -- In a story June 18 about school district officials speaking to the state Board of Education, The Associated Press reported erroneously that a bill that school districts fear will cost them millions involves high school advanced placement courses. It involves high school students enrolling jointly in college classes.A corrected version of the story is below:More dual enrollment ...
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Miami Heat fans draw criticism for leaving Game 6 early
Many fans were denied re-entry after leaving in the final minute of regulation Tuesday night. The early exit revived questions about Heat fans’ ...
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George Zimmerman jurors asked about neighborhood watch
Attorneys quizzed a whittled-down group of prospective jurors Wednesday in the Trayvon Martin case, asking if any were neighborhood watch volunteers like the teen's shooter and reminding them the trial would be different from what they've seen on shows like ...
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Program offers students lessons in sustainability leadership
A fledgling program where high school students can learn about innovation and sustainability - while earning 100 hours of community service - begins next week and has ...
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Teachers get a hands-on lesson in Florida ecology
Teachers from various county schools, including Aaron Barnes, center, attend a weeklong Plant Camp to learn about Florida's unique plant situation for incorporation into their school ...
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More bobcats spotted at Brevard beachside condos
SATELLITE BEACH -- For the past couple of weeks, a beachside bobcat in County has residents of an oceanfront condo complex worried. Now they tell trappers they've spotted another one, along with a mysterious animal linked to missing cats. Residents report seeing the animal peering into sliding glass doors in and around the Silver Sands Condominiums on SR A1A south of the Pineda ...
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Deport Lady Liberty Immigration campaign growing
An online campaign is gaining notoriety for its unusual message -- Deport the Statue of Liberty? The group that wants to deport the Statue of Liberty claims Lady Liberty is an undocumented immigrant from France! Legals for the Preservation of American Culture is trying to drum up support for this unusual campaign. But we decided to see if it was for real or a hoax. The video starts with Lady ...
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Report Florida man finds 2001 love message in bottle along St. Johns River
A North Florida man recently found a couple's romantic message in a bottle along the St. Johns River - nearly 12 years after they tossed it into the surf off Tampa Bay, The Sun Chronicle of Attleboro, Mass. is reporting. Micheal Souvigny discovered the champagne bottle Michele Kimmell and then husband-to-be Karl cast into the ocean on Aug. 20, 2001 from a Tampa-area beach to celebrate his ...
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Former Teacher Arrested for Possession of Child Pornography
Theodore Nusbaum, 64, of North Bay Village, was charged with five counts of possession of a visual depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit content, according to a U.S. District Court ...
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Hollywood poised to approve fire contract
HOLLYWOOD— Firefighters and city leaders have reached a middle ground in negotiating a $4.6 million contract expected to be approved on July 3. "It does make us more competitive, but we have a little ways to go," Assistant City Manager Frank Fernandez said Wednesday before a crowd that included more than 50 of the city's 200 ...
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Fitch Affirms Orlando Utilities Commission Series 2011A Bonds at F1+
Money Market Funds Explore Callable Commercial Paper in Value Search Money market funds (MMFs) are slowly increasing exposure to a relatively new short-term instrument - callable commercial paper (CP), according to Fitch Ratings. MMFs are exploring callable CP as a way to add additional yield and diversification to portfolios, as well as in response to banks' reduced appetite for providing ...
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Fitch Affirms Collier County Florida Water Sewer District Revenues at AA+ Outlook Positive
Money Market Funds Explore Callable Commercial Paper in Value Search Money market funds (MMFs) are slowly increasing exposure to a relatively new short-term instrument - callable commercial paper (CP), according to Fitch Ratings. MMFs are exploring callable CP as a way to add additional yield and diversification to portfolios, as well as in response to banks' reduced appetite for providing ...
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2 Bodies found at Dreyfoos School of the Arts in Florida
Two bodies were discovered this morning at Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida. An employee at Dreyfoos found the bodies of a school custodian and another adult early Wednesday morning. "It's an open death investigation," West Palm Beach Police ...
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Man guilty of setting ex-girlfriend on fire
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A South Florida man faces a possible life sentence after being convicted of setting his ex-girlfriend on fire.A Palm Beach County jury found 53-year-old Roosevelt Mondesir guilty Tuesday of attempted first-degree murder and domestic aggravated battery. His sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 23.Authorities say Mondesir lured 34-year-old Naomie Breton to a Boynton Beach gas ...
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Ex-BP employees face new indictments over spill
Federal prosecutors have secured new indictments against a former BP engineer and a former BP executive charged separately with obstructing probes of the company's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of ...
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Tropical Storm Barry forms off Mexican coast
Forecasters say a tropical depression crossing Mexico's Bay of Campeche is getting better organized and is expected to become a tropical storm before making landfall along Mexico's Gulf ...
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Yankees Jeter Takes Batting Practice in Tampa
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Couple steals $1K of cigarettes from Silver Springs Circle K
SILVER SPRINGS -- County deputies are on the hunt for a man and woman, who they say stole nearly $1,000 worth of cigarettes from a store. The thefts happened Thursday, June 13 at the Circle K convenience store, located ...
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Crash shuts down eastbound I-4 in DeLand
Florida Dept. of Transportation camera shows I-4 shut down in the eastbound lanes at Mile Mark 120 in DeLand. That's east of New York ...
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SCAT offering free rides Thursday for Dump the Pump Day
BREVARD COUNTY -- County's public transit agency wants to give you a free ride. Space Coast Area Transit (SCAT) is offering free rides for Thursday, as part of an effort to get you on public transportation. National Dump the Pump Day aims to get more people to ride the bus or the train. Supporters said it's a way to save money, since gas prices in Florida are going ...
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Depression becomes Tropical Storm Barry
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the Atlantic season's second tropical storm is drenching areas in its path with up to 10 inches of rain in some places, raising the threat of flash ...
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Lawsuit Accused Aaron Hernandez Of Shooting Man In Florida
Aaron Hernandez is accused of shooting a man in Miami earlier this year, according to court documents obtained by WBZ-TV Wednesday. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Florida last Thursday, Hernandez is accused of shooting a man in the face after an altercation at a strip ...
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Florida's Exploration Park keeps state ahead
NASA’s new Space Life Sciences Lab and the adjacent Exploration Park, which is still under development, are testaments to Florida’s ongoing leadership in the exploration and understanding of space travel and the world beyond Earth’s stratosphere.
Florida has long been at the forefront of space travel internationally, it is here, at Cape Canaveral, that NASA’s shuttles take to the skies headed for the moon, or, more commonly, the International Space Station. Read more
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