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VIDEO Man jumps on manatee for stunt
This amateur video shows a manatee and her calf coming up to a dock in a Cocoa Beach canal. Florida Fish and Wildlife officers say a man then jumped on the larger manatee's ...
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Wreck closes I-275 S in Tampa
TAMPA -- A wreck on Interstate 275 S left at least one person with serious injuries and temporarily closed the roadway Tuesday night, authorities said. The crash happened about 8:25 p.m., according to the Florida Highway Patrol. All lanes of I-275 S near the exit for Dale Mabry Highway were blocked until about 9:45 p.m., Tampa police said. The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. ...
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Tony DeFillipo Beth Spiegel win North Miami Beach council seats in runoff election
North Miami Beach voters elected Anthony "Tony" DeFillipo as the newest member of the city council and for Councilwoman Beth E. Spiegel to remain in her seat as a result of Tuesday’s runoff. DeFillipo beat out Hillel Hellinger for the Seat 2 position by taking 1,174 votes (69.5 percent of the vote). Hellinger received 516 votes (30.5 percent). "I am very happy," ...
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Teachers others to get raise 2 bonus
The Alachua County School Board on Tuesday approved both a 2 percent bonus and the integration of an extra $2 million into the base pay for instructional staff -- which includes teachers, guidance counselors and media specialists.The one-time bonus came from $2 million in local funds allocated by the School Board.Bonuses have been applied a number of ways over the years, but, "We felt that ...
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HCSO41 identities stolen by Tampa teen
TAMPA, Fla. - His name is DevonteCourtney Jackson. From old pictures posted on his Facebook page, you can tell he likes money and lots of it. But that ArmwoodHigh School student is now behind bars. On Monday, deputies say they found the 18-year-old in possession of a bag of fraudulently obtained credit cards and a list of victims at his Tampa townhome. "He purchased the cards, or got these ...
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Orlando area group packs thousands of meals for Oklahoma tornado victims
Aylah Shujaat, 5, (left, on the table), and Kiana Woodman, 14 (right), pack meals Tuesday, May 21, 2013, helping over 100 Bank of America volunteers including their family members assemble food packages at the Feeding Children Everywhere facility in Longwood. They are planning to package 15,000 meals that will be sent to Okalhoma to help feed ...
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Lawsuit Filed Over Urban Beach Weekend Shooting
Just days before the "Urban Beach Weekend" festivities begin, the City of Miami Beach was hit with a civil lawsuit for an incident that happened during the same event two years ...
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Fallon Fox Im Just Another Woman
Transgender mixed martial arts fighter Fallon Fox is about to put her perfect record on the line in South Florida. And the battle isn't just in the ring. "I'm just another woman, just like any of them. I just come from a different background," she said in an interview with NBC 6's Willard Shepard. Former professional fighter Mickey Demos and Amateur boxer Syeda Fahmin ...
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FIRST ON ORLANDOSENTINEL.COM Orlando Philharmonic to buy Plaza Live Theatre
The Orlando Philharmonic will announce today that it is buying the iconic Plaza Live Theatre on Bumby Avenue, where the orchestra will update the 1,000-seat music hall to accommodate chamber music concerts while also keeping a schedule of rock, jazz, comedy and contemporary music shows. "As we move into our third decade, The Plaza provides a unique opportunity for us to have our own ...
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Boater Missing Off The Coast Of Key West
KEY WEST (CBSMiami/AP) – An Alaska man, along with his sailboat, has gone missing in the Keys. Jay Wesley Rydberg, 40, has been living on a sailboat for the past year in Key West's Garrison Bight Marina, according to reports from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office. According to Rydberg's sister, Jill Lesseig, he had sailed from Key West to Fort Myers and was on his way ...
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Man goes missing while on Keys boating trip
KEY WEST, Fla. -- Authorities in the Florida Keys are searching for a man who went missing during a boating trip.The Monroe County Sheriff's Office reports that the U.S. Coast Guard detected 40-year-old Jay Wesley Rydberg's emergency beacon May 14 at 4:13 a.m. During a 78-hour search, Rydberg's beacon was found 33 miles north of Key West, but there were no signs Rydberg or his ...
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Body of missing fishman found in Osceola County
OSCEOLA COUNTY -- Sheriff's deputies discovered the body of a missing commercial fisherman from St. Cloud. According to officials with the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, the body of William Louis Platt was found Tuesday afternoon floating in Lake Marian near Kenansville. He'd been missing since Monday night when he was supposed to be setting lines to catch ...
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Seminole schools look to plug budget hole
LAKE MARY -- As the school year winds down, Seminole County school officials are keeping their eyes on the next year - and how much it's going to cost them and the residents of Seminole County for 2013-2014 and the next four years. A budget work session was held at the School Board offices on Tuesday afternoon. District leaders are facing a deficit of at least $4.1 million a year despite ...
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Fla. juvenile arrests down thanks to MAGIC anti-drug program
An Orange County deputy speaks at a 'graduation' ceremony for fifth-graders completing the MAGIC program, designed to teach kids about the dangers of drugs and violent crimes. (PHOTO/Natalie Tolomeo, ...
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98-year-old DeLand man ready for charity skydive
Don Sugg says there's no time for pity parties as he prepares for his latest skydive this Saturday, this time to raise money for the Neighborhood Center of West ...
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Some 70 animals coming to Gatorland from South Florida
The giant gator mouth is the iconic emblem of Gatorland, a more than 60 year old park billed the Alligator Capital of the World. Gatorland is also a wildlife preserve, and will soon be taking in dozens of animals from a similar park in South ...
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Priority Health Colon Cancer
Colon cancer claims thousands of lives each year. The cancer affects the large intestine in the lower part of your digestive system. Rectal cancer is cancer of the last several inches of the colon. Most cases of colon cancer start as small, noncancerous clumps called polyps. Polyps rarely produce symptoms, which makes regular screening very important. Once cancer has developed, certain ...
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New bricks installed at Veterans Memorial Park in Bushnell
BUSHNELL -- The latest group of bricks has been installed at Veterans Memorial Park in County . The park, which is located on the west side of the historic courthouse, serves as a tribute to the men and women who served our country. If you are interested in ordering a brick for a living or deceased veteran, call the Sumter County Veterans Services at (352) 569-1520. Each brick costs $50 and ...
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Drug rehabilitation center opens in Umatilla
The Recovery Village held a grand opening of their 67,000-square-foot lodge-style treatment center. It includes a large exercise facility, meditation rooms, indoor and outdoor pools, a theater, and much more. A typical stay at the center will be around $32,500. The center renovated the former Umatilla Academy for Girls, which shut down in 2006 after reports the girls were mistreated and ...
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Election reform law expands early voting days
Last November people all over Florida waited for hours to vote during the early voting period and on Election Day, like the people waiting at this polling place in Orlando's Dr. Phillips neighborhood. A new election law promises to prevent ...
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SeaWorld Orlando launches reusable cup program
SeaWorld says each refill with a reusable cup prevents the emission of approximately 27 grams of CO2. (PHOTO/SeaWorld ...
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Powerball rumors swirl in Zephyrhills
The city of Zephyrhills is still waiting for its big Powerball winner to come forward. The winning ticket, with a grand prize worth $590.5 million, was purchased at the Gall Boulevard ...
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St. Cloud police arrest 16 in drug sweep
ST. CLOUD -- In Osceola County, police are in the middle of Operation Summer Sweep to to combat illegal drug activity. St. Cloud Police said they arrested 16 people during the first day of the operation. Two search warrants were served on Friday and police said that more than 240-grams of marijuana were seized along with about$ 1,928.00 in cash. All sixteen people arrested were taken to ...
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Florida volunteers head to Oklahoma to help tornado victims
LONGWOOD -- Central Floridians are stepping up to help in a disaster elsewhere in the country, as a team of 10 people from Longwood prepare to help survivors of a ...
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Melbourne Beach Mayor Tom Davis resigns
This 2011 file photo shows Tom Davis during his campaign to become mayor of West Melbourne. Davis, who was elected in November 2011, announced his resignation Monday, May 20, 2013. (FILE/Tom Davis, via ...
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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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