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FBI agent fatally shoots man in Orlando
ORLANDO - The friend of a suspect shot by an FBI agent in Orlando Wednesday morning says agents were questioning the suspect about the Boston Marathon bombings, something the FBI has not confirmed, WFTV ...
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Tampa Bay Water hires CEO from North Carolina
Jordan Tampa Bay Water has hired the CEO of the Cape Fear Utility Authority in North Carolina as its general manager. Matthew Jordans hiring must still be approved by the Tampa utilitys Board of Directors on June 17, but if approved, he will begin work on July 8, WHQR said. No salary details were provided in the report. Tampa Bay Water serves three counties and the cities of Tampa, St. ...
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SoFla Charities Helping Oklahoma Tornado Victims
Local organizations are pledging support for victims of the Oklahoma tornado. Captain Kelly Durant with the Salvation Army, Mary Ross Agosta, spokeswoman for the Archdiocese of Miami, and Greater Miami Jewish Federation President Jacob Solomon ...
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Report Saks up for sale
CNN: Is Saks for sale? Published reports that Saks Fifth Avenue could be for sale are driving up the retailers stock price. Shares of Saks rose by almost 20 percent after a report by the New York Post that the company had hired Goldman Sachs to examine the possibility of a sale, CNN said. The article said likely bidders on Saks are private equity firms like KKR and Leonard Green & ...
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Report Saks up for sale
CNN: Is Saks for sale? Published reports that Saks Fifth Avenue could be for sale are driving up the retailers stock price. Shares of Saks rose by almost 20 percent after a report by the New York Post that the company had hired Goldman Sachs to examine the possibility of a sale, CNN said. The article said likely bidders on Saks are private equity firms like KKR and Leonard Green & ...
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Two homes next to fatal Seffner sinkhole site being demolished
SEFFNER -- Two more homes in a sinkhole-plagued Seffner neighborhood will come down Wednesday morning. The homes at 238 and 242 Faithway Drive are being demolished following their April 1 condemnation. They sit next to 240 Faithway Drive, where a sinkhole opened up on the night of Feb. 28, killing Jeffrey Bush. Bush, 37, who was asleep in a bedroom when the house began collapsing. Authorities ...
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New report shows suburban poverty increase outside of South Florida
a new report published Monday by the Brookings Institute , poverty rates in American suburbs have significantly increased since 2000. The research coordinated by the Metropolitan Policy Program, a nonpartisan think-tank, found that the poor population in suburban populations have increased by as much as ...
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Scientists want reports of whale shark sightings
VENICE, Fla. -- Scientists at Mote Marine Laboratory are asking the public to keep their eyes peeled for the world's largest fish.A whale shark was spotted May 8 about 20 miles off the coast of Venice.The fish can be up to 42 feet long and nearly 24 tons. The Herald-Tribune ( http://bit.ly/10N5Khs) reports that Mote scientists are collecting reports of whale shark sightings to look for ...
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Fla. ranked 42nd in nation in per-pupil spending
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida's per-pupil spending is among the lowest in the nation according to data compiled by the U.S. Census.The Census on Tuesday released its annual report on per-pupil spending for public elementary and secondary schools in fiscal year 2011. Florida spent $8,887 per student, which is significantly below the national average of $10,560.That figure placed Florida 42nd ...
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Bay Bowl San Francisco to Host 50th Super Bowl
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Road rage leads to off-duty Florida police officer’s arrest www.privateofficer.com
An off-duty Lakeland police officer, enraged because another driver cut him off in traffic, followed the man, pushed him and punched him in the face Sunday before two bystanders broke up the fight, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said. Jerry Monroe, 41, was arrested Monday on a misdemeanor battery charge and placed on paid leave. Monroe and his 14-year-old son were eastbound on County ...
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Retired Orlando Sentinel columnist Charley Reese dies at 76
Charley Reese, a retired Orlando Sentinel columnist known for his conservative voice, has died, according to a Facebook post by his daughter.Reese, who was 76, died Tuesday after a long illness, according to the post. He was admitted to a hospital in February and later was transferred to a rehabilitation facility.Reese, who lived in Seminole County, worked for the newspaper from 1972 until his ...
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Womans Remains Identified Decades After Murder
Last year, some 28 years after the crime, he made a positive identification on Padilla's remains, some of them found in that green garbage bag described by ...
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Bloody Scene After Dog Attacks Hialeah Mans Cat
Luciano Molina says a stray dog’s attack on him and his cat all happened so fast. After he grabbed a machete-style knife, it ended with blood splattered ...
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Doctors say victim of face-chewing attack in Miami last year making progress playing guitar
EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - In this undated photo provided by Jackson Health System, Ronald Poppo, a homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year in Miami, plays the guitar in his room at Jackson Memorial Perdue Medical Center in Cutler Bay, Fla. The attack left Poppo blind, but doctors say he's been working with an occupational therapist to learn how to take ...
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Florida Lesbian Gets Support After Arrest for Sex With Teammate 14
MIAMI -- Kaitlyn Hunt's parents insist that their daughter, a Central Florida high school senior, is being prosecuted for sex crimes only because her lover was another girl. The state attorney says that gender makes no difference; the age of the two girls is at the crux of the ...
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Gay Florida teen charged with having underage girlfriend
Kaitlyn Hunt 18, was expelled from school for dating and having sex with her 14-year-old girlfriend, who was a fellow player on her basketball team. Her father, Steve Hunt, right, wants the two felony counts of lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12 to 16 years reduced to a misdemeanor. MIAMI-An 18-year-old Florida cheerleader is facing felony charges that she had sexual contact with her ...
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Floridas Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate Dies
The Tampa Bay Times reports that Gary Alvord died Sunday at the Union Correctional Institution in Raiford. A spokeswoman confirmed the death but could not provide details, including whether Alvord's body was claimed by relatives or whether he will be buried on state grounds. For almost 40 years, Alvord waited out a death sentence he received for the 1973 murders of three women in Tampa. The ...
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Orlando Man Pleads Guilty In Fatal Stabbing
A Jacksonville man has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a Chicago fan at a popular waterfront shopping area before a Bears/Jaguars football game last ...
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Gas line rapture leads to evacuation of two dozen homes
Roughly two dozen Ocala homeowners had to evacuate their residences Tuesday evening after a gas line was ruptured when a tall oak tree fell over, according to Ocala Fire Rescue and Ocala Police Department ...
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Sounders FC will travel to Florida for U.S. Open Cup third round
The game is set. Sounders FC will travel to face the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the second-tier North American Soccer League in the third round of the U.S. Open Cup. The May 29 game will kick off at 4:30 p.m. at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Rowdies eliminated VSI Tampa Bay of the third-tier USL ...
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Brevard school officials refuse to answer lawsuit questions
VIERA -- The fight to save three schools in Brevard County moves to the courtroom Wednesday afternoon. Two parents, backed by civil rights leaders, are suing and accusing the school board of racial discrimination when they decided which schools to close in February 2013. Their attorney, Shayan Elahi, admits that it is never easy to discuss accusations of racial discrimination. However, Elahi ...
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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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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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