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Chechen immigrant shot to death while questioned in Boston probe
ORLANDO, fla. - A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities early Wednesday after he turned violent while being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, officials said.Ibragim Todashev, 27, a mixed martial arts fighter, was gunned down at his Orlando townhouse during a meeting with an FBI agent and two Massachusetts state troopers, authorities said. The ...
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Leaky Ceiling Nothing New for Hallandale Beach Man
Ken Johnson says a big hole opened up in his kitchen ceiling after Monday's heavy rain. But it came as no surprise. He spoke about the problem, while Alex Berkovich from RE Investments International issued a ...
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Florida man arrested for murder after pocket dialing 911
Authorities in South Florida say a man is charged with murder because he was overheard discussing the killing when his cellphone pocket-dialed 911. The Broward Sheriff's Office says 24-year-old Scott Simon is charged with first-degree murder in the May 5 shooting of 33-year-old Nicholas Walker. Walker was shot while driving his car onto an Interstate 95 on-ramp. Authorities say Simon is ...
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2 New Charges for Willie Dumel
Willie Dumel, who police say killed four people in a violent wrong-way crash on I-95, made his first appearance in court Thursday where a judge set his bond at $100,000. Judge Dava Tunis and Dumel's attorney, Andrew Rier, spoke about the ...
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HEAT to Host White Hot HEAT Road Rallies Presented by American Express
- The Miami HEAT announced today that it will host a White Hot HEAT Road Rally presented by American Express at the AmericanAirlines Arena for Games 3 and 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals. The White Hot HEAT Road Rally is the official watch party for HEAT playoff road games. HEAT fans are encouraged to join the HEAT Dancers, Burnie, the Xtreme Team, PA Announcer, Michael B., in-Arena host ...
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Around the region for May 23 2013
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Ibragim Todashevs wife defends him
ORLANDO, Fla - Reniya Manukyan, although estranged from her husband, is standing by him and denies his involvement in a triple slaying and the Boston bombings. Ibragim Todashev, 27, was gunned down at his Orlando home during a meeting with FBI agents and two Massachusetts state troopers Tuesday night, authorities said. Todashev, according to his roommates, was questioned multiple times by the ...
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NC State tops Clemson 6-3 in ACC tournament
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Brett Austin drove in two runs during a four-run seventh inning to help North Carolina State beat Clemson 6-3 on Wednesday night in pool play at the Atlantic Coast Conference ...
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New Police Chief Appointed for Miami-Dade Schools
Miami Police Major Ian Moffett was appointed as the Miami-Dade Schools Police Department’s new chief at the Miami-Dade School Board meeting ...
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Intl Ecological Conference held in St. Petersburg
Around 2,000 delegates from 26 countries have descended on St. Petersburg's Tauride Palace for the 6th Nevsky International Ecological ...
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Gatorland welcomes son of legendary crocodile
Bonecrusher II arrived at Gatorland Thursday from South Florida. Bonecrusher is a direct descendant of the legendary Bonecrusher II, who was a main attraction at the park in the '50s and ...
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Orlando honors American Cancer Societys 100th birthday
ORLANDO -- In the City of Orlando, May 22, 2013 is now American Cancer Society Day. Mayor Buddy Dyer issued a proclamation, recognizing the American Cancer Society's 100th Birthday. Wednesday marks 100 years that the Cancer Society has raised money and support for cancer research. To celebrate, officials are encouraging people to join together, and take action to finish the fight ...
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Bartow teen accused of setting an explosion at school speaks out
BARTOW -- Bartow High School student Kiera Wilmot spoke out in a press conference saying the same thing she's said from day one, this was an honest mistake. "I made a mistake of performing my experiment outside of the classroom, however that is the only mistake I feel I've made," she said. After mixing house hold cleaners in a water bottle with aluminum foil, Wilmont found ...
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Korean boy spy meets veterans more than 60 years later
LEESBURG -- Eddie Ko grew up in North Korea, which might make him an unlikely candidate to be delivering peace medallions from the South Korean government to Florida's largest chapter of Korean War veterans in Leesburg. That is, unless you know his story. "I wasn't patriotic by any means, it was just revenge against what they did to my parents," Ko said. Ko's ...
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Miami receiver Harwell leaving for Kansas
Tim G. Zechar/Icon SMI LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -- Wide receiver Nick Harwell is transferring to Kansas after spending three seasons at Miami of Ohio, where he set the school record with 219 yards receiving in a game as a freshman. Kansas coach Charlie Weis announced his decision in a statement Wednesday. Harwell missed three games last season with a knee injury but still led ...
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Feds argue immigrant shouldnt get law license
The U.S. Department of Justice this week filed a legal brief arguing that the state should deny a law license to anyone who enters or remains in the country without legal ...
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Man inadvertently pocket-dials 911 as he plans slaying authorities say
Pompano Beach man mistakenly pocket-dialed 911 as he planned a killing earlier this month, enabling an emergency dispatch system to record his conversation and link him to the slaying, authorities said Wednesday.Scott Simon, 24, is heard talking with another person on a recorded 911 line May 5, saying he's going to follow Nicholas Romondo Walker, 33, ...
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Suspect in custody after police-involved shooting in Miami-Dade
According to investigators, officers were attempting a traffic stop on a vehicle on Wednesday in the area of 54th Street and Northwest 3rd Avenue when the alleged suspect in the vehicle fled on ...
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Pacers need to bring the heat at Miami
Miami Heat forward LeBron James, left, shoots over Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert during the second half of Game 6 of their NBA Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series in Indianapolis, Thursday, May 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael ...
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1 Suspect in Custody After Search Police
Two men are in custody after police say a group of suspects barged into a home, stole two vehicles and fled. Miami-Dade Police spokesman Det. Alvaro Zabaleta discusses the ...
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Woman coerced man to withdraw more than $35000 so she could steal it authorities say
A woman is accused of driving an elderly man to multiple banks and coercing him to withdraw more than $35,000, all so she could steal the funds, according to ...
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9-month-old Florida firm donates $140000 to Scott and state GOP gets $52 million state deal
Two months after contributing $110,000 to Gov. Rick Scott's re-election campaign, an upstart property insurance company is likely to reap a $52 million windfall, paid from the coffers of Citizens Property Insurance ...
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Boston bomb investigators kill Florida man
US media reported that Todashev had known Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the ethnic Chechen Boston bombings suspect killed in a shootout with police days after last month's deadly marathon ...
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SEC accuses South Miami of defrauding bond investors in downtown parking garage deal
A South Miami parking-garage controversy that has sparked political clashes, malpractice lawsuits and firings reached a climax Wednesday, when the Securities and Exchange Commission accused city officials of defrauding bond investors about the downtown facility’s tax-exempt status.In a civil action, the SEC charged the city with misleading those investors about the tax-exempt eligibility ...
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Senate president House speaker tout legislative accomplishments during tour
BROOKSVILLE, Fla. -- Maj. Gen. Emmett Titshaw didn’t get far into his tour of the Brooksville armory before he brought up some trouble on his mind.The Florida National Guard’s highest-ranking officer came to town Wednesday morning to show state Senate President Don Gaetz and House Speaker Will Weatherford how $2 million in the state’s budget would modernize the 21-year-old ...
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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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