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Gov. Scott Vetoes Almost $400 Million From Floridas New Budget
TALLAHASSEE | Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who had a tough time winning cooperation this past year from the Republican-led Legislature, struck back on Monday by vetoing nearly $400 million from the state's new ...
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Hamels gets 10 Ks but falls to 1-7 with Miami loss
Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Cole Hamels throws in the first inning during a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Miami, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Lynne ...
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Controversial MMA Fighter Fallon Fox In South Florida
MIAMI (CBSMiami) -Fallon Fox, a controversial mixed martial arts fighter, is in South Florida. Recently, Fox has made headlines as some critics argue she shouldn’t be able to fight other women. Professional mixed martial arts cage fighter Fallon Fox's biography is different from other female fighters in the MMA. Fox was actually born a man. "I am a post-operative transsexual ...
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VSI Tampa Bay FC Set to Battle The Rowdies
PLANT CITY | VSI Tampa Bay FC will take on the Tampa Bay Rowdies tonight at at Plant City Stadium after Tampa Bay FC edged Orlando City U23s this past Tuesday night in the first round of the US Open ...
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Longwood banks ask customers to take off hats hoods sunglasses
LONGWOOD -- A new dress code at some local banks hopes to curb the rising number of bank robberies. A sign posted at Fairwinds Credit Union in Longwood asks customers to removed sunglasses, hats and hoods. It's a move customers are adjusting to. "What's it to remove your sunglasses? You can't see. You don't need them inside anyway. So, I can see maybe the ...
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51 killed in Oklahoma tornado including at least 7 children
OKLAHOMA CITY -- [UPDATE 9 p.m.] Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin says "hearts are broken'' for parents who are wondering about the fate of their children after the tornado that devastated suburban Oklahoma City. Fallin says a communications center has been set up Monday at a church in Moore, where an afternoon tornado flattened entire neighborhoods and destroyed an elementary school ...
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Detectives committed to solving open Central Florida missing persons cases
ORLANDO -- Since the beginning of 2013, there have been 109 missing persons cases reported in Orlando. Of those cases, 103 have been solved. Monday, detectives with the Orlando Police Department hoped new attention brought to those unsolved cases will help those who are missing be found. Back in November ...
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1 killed after tree falls on car in Ocala
OCALA -- A man is dead after a tree fell on a car he was sitting in during severe weather in Marion County Monday afternoon. According to the Ocala Police Department, the man, later identified at 28-year-old Christopher Harris, was in his car near the driveway of a home on NE 10th Court in Ocala. Police said around 4:20 p.m., a tree from a neighbor's yard fell on his car and another ...
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Man accused of breaking into home attacking teen
PIERSON -- Deputies in Volusia County arrested an 18-year-old accused of breaking into a teenage girl's home to have sex with her. It happened early Monday morning in Pierson. Deputies said Eduardo Rodriguez broke into the girl's room just after 1 a.m. and touched her. The girl woke up and screamed for her mother, and according to the sheriff's office, they both fought ...
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Suspensions handed down in Orange County home confinement fallout
More jail employees have been disciplined for not properly reporting home confinement violations by Bessman Okafor. ...
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Python found by rural Florida road sets record for longest captured in state
This May 15, 2013 photo provided by the University of Florida shows unidentified staff next to a dead Burmese python on the campus in Gainesville, Fla. The python, the longest ever caught in the state, measured 18 feet, 8 inches and weighed 128 pounds. It was caught along a South Florida road on May 11, 2013. The University of Florida researchers performed a necropsy on the female snake and ...
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MLB Miami 5 Philadelphia 1
Justin Ruggiano knocked in a pair of runs Monday in the Miami Marlins' 5-1 win over Philadelphia. Sanabia (3-6) broke a five-start losing streak with his first victory since April 16. The right-hander limited the Phillies to one run on seven hits, walking one while fanning three. Ruggiano's RBI double in the sixth inning broke a 1-1 tie and he doubled the advantage with a run-scoring ...
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18-Foot 8-Inch Python Caught in South Florida
MIAMI | The longest Burmese python ever caught in the state -- 18 feet, 8 inches long and 128 pounds -- was found alongside a rural South Florida road, wildlife officials said ...
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Florida Youth Library Programs Are Ready for Summer
Youth librarians throughout the county are preparing for the annual Florida Youth Library Program Summer Reading promotion "Dig into Reading" for kids and "Beneath the Surface" for teens. The idea is to keep young people reading and learning through the summer break. This is a "home-grown" program; librarians around the state contribute ideas for the programs, ...
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MacDill Medical Ops Member Killed in Crash on I-75
Staff Sgt. Cheryl Westbrook was driving in the center lane on Interstate 75 near Riverview on Saturday when another car tried to change lanes and the two collided. Florida Highway Patrol officials said she lost control of the vehicle, hit a Florida Department of Transportation sign and flipped over. Westbook, 35, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver in the other car, Candelaria M. Perez, ...
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South Florida Woman Charged With Visa Fraud
A South Florida woman has been charged with visa fraud after authorities say she falsely promised 143 Haitians and told the federal government there were jobs waiting for them in the ...
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Price of Admission At Universal Orlando Increases by $3
The price of admission keeps rising at Universal Orlando. Both Universal theme parks — Universal Studios Florida and Universal's Islands of Adventure — announced a $3 increase for a single-day ticket to $92, plus tax. This move makes Universal tickets more expensive than its rival Walt Disney World, which hasn't announced a price increase. Universal Studios has seen a ...
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Lesbian 18 faces 15 years in prison for sex with classmate 14
Nearly 80,000 supporters since Friday have signed an Internet petition demanding felony sex charges be dropped against an 18-year-old lesbian who dated a 14-year-old high-school basketball teammate.Kaitlyn Hunt of Indian River County is charged with two felony counts of lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12 to 16 years old. If convicted, she would be given a sentence ranging from probation ...
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Gov. Scott vetoes 3 tuition hike $368M in projects
Rick Scott vetoed $368 million in lawmaker pet projects Monday and blocked a 3 percent tuition hike for Florida colleges and universities.The tuition increase passed earlier this month was a small piece of the overall $74.1 billion budget, which includes restoring $300 million in cuts to universities from last year, $50 million in incentive awards for faculty and another $85 million in campus ...
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19-foot python killed Florida man captures kills record-setting Burmese python
A Florida man with experience handling snakes captured and killed a 128-pound Burmese python he discovered on the side of the road in Miami-Dade County, ...
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Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb kills 37
A child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along to rescuers Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary ...
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FHP identifies cyclist who died in crash as Miami man
Authorities have identified the man who died Sunday afternoon after he lost control of his motorbike.Florida Highways Patrol said Gardy Louissaint, 31, of Miami was driving an Honda 1000 on Ives Dairy Road east of Northeast 10th Avenue at 1.50 PM when he attempted to change lanes to overtake another vehicle and lost control.He slammed into a utility pole and was pronounced dead at the scene, ...
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6 months before boy’s death DCF said he was safe
Catalina Marista Bruno had been arrested three times on charges involving drugs or alcohol. She had been drinking last July when police arrested her husband for beating her in front of her children. And she was deemed to be drunk in November when she reportedly clipped several walls before passing out with her infant son untethered in the front seat with her.Still, state child welfare ...
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North Miami Beach runoff election may be in judge’s hands
North Miami Beach’s runoff election will be held Tuesday, but with one caveat: The city’s canvassing board cannot certify the official results until further order from the courts. Judge Darrin Gayles of the 11th Judicial Circuit Court made that decision Monday after a hearing in which Seat 4 candidate Yvenoline Dargenson’s residency came under question due to a lawsuit ...
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No bond for ex-RB Collins probation hearing Jul 1
BATON ROUGE, La. -- A Louisiana judge has ordered former Miami Dolphins running back Cecil Collins held without bond until a probation hearing July 1.The Advocate ( http://bit.ly/12pRZDO) reports that District Judge Mike Caldwell will decide whether Collins violated probation on Louisiana charges by committing a burglary in Florida in late 1999.Collins was released from a Florida prison May 1 ...
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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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