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Activist Lorraine Margeson files to challenge St. Petersburg council member Jim Kennedy
ST. PETERSBURG -- City activist Lorraine Margeson wants to run against Jim Kennedy for his District 2 council seat. However, city officials appear to be trying to stop her. Margeson said city official warned her Monday that she could face a criminal perjury charge if she signs a campaign affidavit required to run against ...
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Tampa seeks to bring free Wi-Fi to downtown parks
TAMPA -- City Hall is seeking a private vendor to provide free Wi-Fi access in Tampa's downtown parks. As outlined in a new request for proposals, the provider would make free, outdoor wireless Internet access available along the Riverwalk, as well as in Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Water Works Park, Cotanchobee Park and Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park. And what's in it for the ...
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Attorney For Teen Lesbian Wants Judge To Step Down
VERO BEACH (CBSMiami/AP) -- The attorney for Kaitlyn Hunt, the 18-year-old charged with a felony for herrelationship with a 14-year-old basketball teammate, is asking for the judge to remove himself from the case. Kaitlyn Hunt was a high school cheerleader and star basketball player in Indian River County before her relationship with another girl came to light. Hunt was charged with two felony ...
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Republican Hill Insurance Agent Wins Florida House Seat
Republican Mike Hill has defeated Democrat Jeremy Lau for the vacant state House District 2 seat. The Miami Herald reported that Hill carried about 58 percent of the vote in the Northwest Florida district, which includes Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. The 55-year old Hill is a State Farm insurance agent in Pensacola and a tea party favorite. He will fill the seat left by the death of Rep. ...
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Alligator found in water on Volusia County beach
Early this month, a 1 1/2-foot gator was found on the beach in Daytona Beach Shores. Its footprints were found in the sand walking away from the water. Alligators are freshwater animals and don't tolerate salt water ...
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Attorney for gay Fla teen wants judge to step down
VERO BEACH, Fla. -- The attorney for an 18-year-old Florida girl who was charged with a felony for having sexual contact with her underage, 14-year-old girlfriend, is asking the judge to remove himself from the case.Kaitlyn Hunt was charged with lewd and lascivious battery on a child in February. Her family says police and the younger girl's parents secretly recorded a phone conversation ...
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At Boca Museum.s ‘All Florida’ show the art of strangeness
If you go The 62nd Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition is on display through July 14 at the Boca Museum of Art, 501 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. The museum is open Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, noon-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors, $5 for students, free for children under 12. The museum is open 10 a.m.-8 p.m. July 3 with free ...
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2013 4th of July Celebrations and Fireworks Displays from Key West to Palm Beach
where to celebrate and watch fireworks from Palm Beach to Key West this 4th of July . Have fun, party safe and Happy 4th of July! Check out our ...
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Slow Burn Theatre The Wedding Singer has Florida dancin for tickets
put them on the Florida map for best new production company to watch. This theatre company has embraced local talent, made tickets affordable, created some of the best production values that includes sets, sound, costumes, choreography, best choice of musicals and wonderful direction. Florida is the "fun in the sun arts destination". Slow Burn Theatre ...
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Winter Springs rescinds boil water alert
Crews work to fix a water main break at Sheoah Boulevard and Macduff Lane in Winter Springs -- Sunday, June 16, 2013. (PHOTO/Bakari Savage, ...
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Orlando Magic launch online summer cooking series
ORLANDO -- The Orlando Magic has partnered with Fresh for Florida Kids to create an online summer cooking series as part of the team's focus on health and wellness. The Summer Cooking Series features nutritional recipes for kids using local fresh fruits and vegetables. Five instructional videos were produced at the Amway Center and feature Magic Team Nutritionist Tara Gidus, Amway ...
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Analyst Why question Zimmerman jurors with formed opinions
Legal analyst Vanessa Braeley with NeJame Law explains the strategy behind the lengthy questioning of a potential juror in the George Zimmerman trial who will most likely not make it to the next round of ...
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Man gets beaten stripped naked while on first date
Deputies say 34-year-old Shaun Williams was beaten, robbed, and even stripped naked during his first date with a woman he met at a convenience ...
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Multimillion dollar renovation for Daytona International Speedway
DAYTONA BEACH -- A multimillion dollar renovation project at Daytona International Speedway has been approved and we're getting a first look at what it will all look like. The project will include a redevelopment of the front stretch of Daytona International Speedway. Designers say the vision for the redevelopment places an emphasis on enhancing the complete fan experience, beginning ...
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Autobots arrive at Universal Orlando
The famed Autobot duo rolled through Universal Studios Florida Monday looking for recruits to join them in the battle to save Planet Earth from the Decepticons. (PHOTO/Universal ...
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Accused PlayStation predator now faces federal charge too
Tony McLeod of Tampa already faced a slew of Florida and California state charges, including child abduction and meeting with a minor to commit a sex offense. He now also faces the federal charge of enticement of a ...
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Money pressure contributed to 2011 crash
MIAMI - Financial pressures contributed to a helicopter pilot's decision to continue flying through deteriorating weather before crashing in north Florida, killing a Mayo Clinic heart surgeon and technician on their way to retrieve a heart for transplant, according to the National Transportation Safety ...
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Firefighters Battle Grass Fire in Southwest Miami-Dade
Firefighters quickly set backfires to prevent the fire from spreading and responded to nearby Robert Morgan Educational Center to protect the school in case the fire changed direction, officials ...
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Man charged with tossing wife off cruise ship
SANTA ANA, Calif. -; A California grand jury has indicted a Florida man on charges he strangled his ex-wife and tossed her off a cruise ship in ...
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Twins minor league team involved in Fla. crash
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A bus carrying a minor league team affiliated with the Minnesota Twins was involved in a wrong-way interstate crash in Florida that killed the driver of the other car.Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Dylan Bryan says no one on the Fort Myers Twins bus was injured in the crash that occurred about 4:25 a.m. Tuesday near Jacksonville. A second bus picked up the team and went on to ...
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Man 21 accused of striking woman holding baby
The woman's mother was also present during the alleged beating.David Kornmann, 21, became angry with the victim while in their home on 4000 block of Archer Road on Monday afternoon just before 3 p.m., according to police. Kornmann is accused of striking the woman twice in the legs and punching her at least once in the stomach as she was holding the baby.Kornmann is also a caregiver of the ...
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participates in St. Petersburg International Economic Forum
Manama, June 18th (BNA) -Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) participates in the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which is held under the title "Global Economic Prospects: The time for a decisive action" during the period from June 20 to 22, 2013 under the patronage of the Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the participation of more than 5,400 ...
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NTSB Rules In 2011 Mayo Clinic Helicopter Crash
MIAMI (AP) -- Federal officials investigating a helicopter crash that a killed Mayo Clinic heart surgeon and technician say financial pressures contributed to the pilot’s decision to continue flying through deteriorating ...
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Court puts paid to Gazprom’s new $226 million HQ in St Petersburg
Scandal Gazprom's plans to construct a new $226 million headquarters in St Petersburg have been scuppered by a local court. The Kommersant daily says a judge has upheld local objections the site had cultural significance and could not be built on. The 400 metre high Okhta Center was to be the crown jewel of Gazprom close to the city center. Activists objected after the city planning ...
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Florida man impaled by branch dies in Tampa Bay
A Tampa Bay man was killed Monday when a tree he was trying to pull down fell on him.Dan Paul Butts, 63, of Palm Harbor was impaled by a branch in his back yard sometime before 3:15 p.m.The death appears to be an accident, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office ...
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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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