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Florida fishermen find $2.5 million bale of cocaine
View results Five fisherman on a commercial expedition off the Florida panhandle on Wednesday found a package containing 55 pounds of cocaine floating in the water, worth an estimated $2.5 million, before handing it over to police, FoxNews.com reported.Okaloosa County ...
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Baltimore police commander to head OC department
OCEAN CITY, Md. -- A Baltimore police commander has been named the chief of the Ocean City department.Lt. Col. Ross Buzzuro will assume his duties in the resort town on July 2, overseeing nearly 100 full-time officers and 100 seasonal officers.Buzzuro began his law-enforcement career in 1985 as a police cadet in Baltimore. He was named lieutenant colonel in 2007. Buzzuro has a bachelor's ...
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Alligator with mouth zip-tied found on Volusia County beach
Two weeks ago, volunteers with the local turtle patrol corralled another alligator into a pet carrier after watching it scramble up the handicap ramp of a beachside ...
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NFC South Roundup Offseason Break Edition
LB Jon Beason made it back onto the field before the end of the Panthers' workouts, but in New Orleans LB Victor Butler was likely lost for the season after a practice mishap...That news and more from around the Bucs' division as offseason programs wrap ...
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Florida prisoner escapes after getting fired from McDonalds in Daytona
Daytona Beach .The public is being asked to help find Marcus Lewis, 22, who is serving a 30-month sentence for a burglary and grand-theft conviction out of Putnam County.Lewis and another inmate were fired from their jobs at McDonald's after they showed up two hours late on ...
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Police Investigate Purse Snatching in Plantation
The suspect is described as a Latin male with a thin beard wearing a red and blue striped shirt and jeans. He was seen leaving in a gray car, police ...
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Dade Commission Approves No-Kill Shelter Plan
The Miami-Dade County commission has approved a plan that will stop the killing of adoptable dogs and cats from county shelters. But to stop the killings, the county will have to budget about $20 million. Taxes will increase, costing taxpayers about $20 a year per ...
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Florida boy recovers from Eastern Diamondbacks bite and gets hide as trophy
A Florida boy is back on his feet after spending two weeks in the hospital recovering from a snakebite, an he is now contemplating what to do with the serpent's skin. Eleven-year-old Benjamin Smith of Newberry received what doctors said may be a record 80 vials of antivenin at University of Florida Health Shands Hospital for a bite on his right leg from a five-foot long eastern diamondback ...
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Parkland man accused of trying to lure girl 13 into sex via text
An undercover detective intercepted text messages Richard Lee Marcelino II, 34, of Parkland, sent to a girl, 13, trying to lure her into sex, police ...
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Deputies arrest man in Tampa who slipped their grasp for 15 hours
Hillsborough Sheriff's deputies arrested a Riverview man Monday night after he allegedly battered a deputy who tried to serve him with felony warrants and ran free for more than 15 hours, the sheriff's office said. Kieron Jamla Lewis and James Beasley came to the door at 13312 Evening Sunset Lane in Riverview when deputies knocked at 1:30 a.m. Monday. Deputies asked for Beasley, whom ...
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Miami officials propose law changes to allow Uber service
If changes to the city's strict transportation laws are implemented, the San Francisco-based black car service gets to start sending out cars in ...
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Firm seeks FAA approval for 650-foot-tall Vegas Strip thrill ride
This artist rendering released by U.S. Thrill Rides LLC shows a tower called the Polercoaster at the Tropicana Las Vegas hotel-casino on the south end of the ...
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Florida man jumps off boat rides whale shark
Chris Kreis, 19, was fishing with his family off the coast of Captiva, Fla., when they saw a 30-foot, 50,000-pound whale shark swim past the boat. Since whale sharks are gentle creatures, Kreis decided to go for a swim. "I decided, you know what, maybe I should go try and swim with him. I might not be able to do it ever again," ...
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Vixen Workout gets heart pumping in South Florida
When Neyleen Calejo works out, she puts on makeup and heels. “I have two kids and I kind of lost my mojo,” Calejo said. “This is my club experience and me time.” Calejo, 24, is a regular at the Vixen Workout, a 60-minute cardio session where women dance to hip-hop in heels and mimic the performances of video vixens like Beyoncé. “It’s very ...
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Liebherr Opens Service Center in Miami
has opened a new sales and service center in Miami.The facility will be a major hub for the German equipment manufacturer's maritime cranes division and will strengthen business relations to Central America, South America and the Caribbean region, according to Liebherr. The center, situated on a total property area covering about 431,000 square feet, is located in Hialeah Gardens, Fla., ...
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Orlando Entrepreneur Center Hosts Free Seminars
education al seminars for small business owners. The center, which is home to 11 different business organizations and service providers, will mark the occasion with a private event in the morning followed by ...
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Restaurants Daily Green moving into old Louis Lunch site
Co-owner Adam Reinhard said the hope is to open in about five weeks.He described it as a California-style quick and healthy eatery with a Southern flavor.The menu will include vegan, vegetarian and meat selections, such as sandwiches in waffle cones, including a chicken pot pie in a cone and better-than-chicken salad, plus regular sandwiches. Other choices will include kale chips, green ...
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Tenn. agency traps hogs with text message system
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- How many wildlife agents does it take to catch a wild hog? Only one - under a new remote system used by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources ...
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Florida man curious about child porn charged with possessing illegal images
Osceola County Sheriff's Office .Elxio Rafael Colon, 40, "told detectives he downloaded the videos out of curiosity but he knew they were illegal," a report states.The videos were stored on multiple computers and storage files that were seized in February from Colon's home on Dartmouth Court, according to the sheriff's ...
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Man Wife and Mother Busted in $25M Prescription Drug Ring FDLE
A Miami Lakes man, his wife and his mother have all been arrested in a $25 million prescription drug trafficking scheme, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said ...
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Attorney Judge in gay sex trial should step down
VERO BEACH, Fla. -; The attorney for an 18-year-old Florida teen who was charged with a felony for having sexual contact with her 14-year-old girlfriend is asking the judge to remove himself from the ...
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Fla. couple sentenced for producing pornography
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A Florida married couple is going to prison for producing child pornography.The U.S. Attorney office said that 33-year-old Brandon Gillreath was sentenced Monday to 35 years in prison. His wife, 29-year-old Corine Motley, was sentenced to nearly 30 years.The investigation of the Mary Esther couple was triggered by police in Denmark who discovered a video showing an adult ...
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FedEx Ground to Relocate Florida Distribution Center
FedEx Ground Shipping Service will move its Jacksonville, Fla., distribution hub to a new facility it is planning to build at the Cecil Commerce ...
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Florida Enterprises Look to Costa Rica
Florida see Costa Rica as a safe place to do business, as it is a high-consumption market that is conveniently located less than three hours away by ...
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Police Three men arrested in scheme to enlist homeless in iPhone thefts
Three out-of-county residents have been arrested on allegations they are members of a large criminal ring and enlisted homeless men in Gainesville to try to fraudulently obtain iPhones from the Walmart Supercenter off Waldo ...
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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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