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Stantons 100th homer puts him in rare company
Email PHOENIX -- Playing in only his 400th Major League game on Monday, Giancarlo Stanton hit his 99th and 100th career homers, lifting the 23-year-old into some rare air. Stanton joined Bob Horner and Eddie Mathews as the only players in MLB history to make their big league debuts before their 21st birthdays and then hit at least 100 homers in their first 400 games. Age distinction aside, the ...
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Jennings feeling at ease back in big leagues
Email PHOENIX -- Reliever Dan Jennings appeared in 22 games for the Marlins last season over several brief stints with the club. But even though he experienced plenty of success -- allowing four earned runs in 19 innings (a 1.89 ERA) -- he never really got comfortable in the Majors. He was always looking over his shoulder, afraid if he made any mistakes he'd be sent down again. So after ...
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Hechavarria doing work with the glove at short
Email PHOENIX -- Batting only .207 this season, Marlins shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria hasn't been a standout in the club's lineup in 2013. But that hasn't stopped him from making his impact felt in the field. Entering Tuesday's game with the D-backs, Hechavarria was tied for third in the Majors among shortstops (with the Cardinals' Pete Kozma) in fielding percentage at ...
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Commentary No sympathy for Van Poyck — or the death penalty
I feel no sympathy for William Van Poyck, a gifted writer and career criminal who was executed last week. Though I will miss his observations of prison life, his passionate, reasoned arguments for reforming the justice system, I cannot mourn a man who hurt so many.But I do feel awful for his sister, Lisa, who traveled from her home in Richmond, Va., to spend a few hours with her little brother ...
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Editorial Bondi should sue big banks if they keep mistreating Florida homeowners
On Wednesday, the monitor for the National Mortgage Settlement will release the first report on how well the five largest banks are complying with the $25 billion deal designed to hold them accountable for foreclosure fraud. Anticipating that report, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has blasted two of the five, Bank of America and Wells Fargo, for violating the agreement and needlessly putting ...
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Jupiter Council approves new medical office building at Admiral’s Crossing
An 8,000-square-foot building for medical offices was approved unanimously by the town council Tuesday night.Plans by Jupiter-based Turtle Beach Construction call for the one-story building to be at Admirals Crossing, a shopping center anchored by Winn-Dixie at the northeast corner of Frederick Small Road and Military ...
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Commission puts kibosh on old Boynton Beach high school project
The latest plan to redevelop the 1927 high school building appears dead.Commissioners voted at Tuesday night's meeting to reject the site plan for Lake Worth architect Juan Contin's ambitious $4.5 million conversion of the 1927 high school building to an events and destination ...
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Raw 1 Dead in Shooting at Mo. Apartment Complex
Police in St. Louis County say one person has died following a shootout that left three others wounded. The shootings happened in the parking lot of a Berkeley apartment complex. Police say two groups were arguing before shots were fired. ...
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Toll hike remains on State Road 836
An effort to roll back tolls on State Road 836 failed late Tuesday when the board of directors of the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX) voted 7-5 to keep in place a higher toll rate approved in March. Despite pleas from six elected officials and 17 community activists, the board voted against a motion to lower the toll rate to 60 cents from the 70 cents approved March 19. It goes into effect ...
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Cape Coral toddler dies under suspicious circumstances
Little Fernando Barahona was hospitalized last month after sustaining fractures to the back and side of his skull. His mother and her boyfriend said Fernando was knocked over by a dog. Doctors who examined the toddler on May 17 told state child welfare investigators the account of mother Elvia Enid Fernandez and her “paramour” was not consistent with the injuries, which they ...
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Amazon doesn’t need tax incentives but localities offer millions in tax breaks
TALLAHASSEE -- When Amazon expands, like it wants to in Florida, state and local governments practically line up to offer to pay the company to move.Virginia officials approved $4.4 million in taxpayer subsidies so Amazon could build two warehouses in the state. California reached a deal where the online company was free from sales taxes for a year, saving about $200 million. Texas officials ...
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NSA chief Spying stopped 50 terrorist ÂeventsÂ’
Top U.S. intelligence officials said Saturday that information gleaned from two controversial data-collection programs run by the National Security Agency thwarted potential terrorist plots in the U.S. and more than 20 other countries - and that gathered data is destroyed every five ...
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Pregnant To drink or not to drink
Don't drink while you're pregnant, not even in moderation. It's wisdom that major medical groups such as the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists have repeatedly emphasized. But researchers are still looking into the specific effects of different quantities of maternal drinking on ...
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Poll shows higher approval ratings for Rick Scott
Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday found the Republican governor's job approval rating had climbed to 43 percent, with 44 percent viewing his job performance poorly. And though those numbers are still bad news for any politician seeking re-election, they're up from the school's previous poll in March, which showed Scott's job performance winning just 36 percent ...
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Lake Worth approves 216-unit apartment complex
City commissioners Tuesday approved the 216-unit Village at Lake Worth apartment complex at the northwest corner of Lake Worth and Boutwell roads.The apartment complex was approved in a 4-1 vote. Commissioner Christopher McVoy opposed the complex, noting that the commission has long emphasized the need for more home ownership and fewer rentals in the ...
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Raw Huge Fire Near Yosemite National Park
Fire officials in California say an unattended campfire near a main route into Yosemite National Park has grown into a blaze that has led to the evacuations of 800 homes and 1,500 people. (June ...
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Sandy Victim Robbed During Recovery
Months after rebuilding his home from the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy, Ray Weiler will have to start over again. Thieves came into his home, stealing a large amount of building material and forcing Weiler to start all over ...
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With anti-corruption team short on cash Palm Beach County antes up $300000 more
Palm Beach County will dig into its pockets for $300,000 to cover a shortfall in the Inspector General's budget caused by 14 cities and towns refusing to pay for the corruption watchdog's services.The county commission voted unanimously Tuesday to set aside the money to keep Inspector General Sheryl Steckler's office running through Sept. 30, the end of the budget ...
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Dead zones predicted for Gulf Chesapeake Bay
NEW ORLEANS -- Scientists in Michigan and Louisiana are predicting a big summer "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico unless a tropical storm hits the area shortly before or during the annual measurement. In the Chesapeake Bay, scientists expect a smaller-than-average area where there's too little oxygen to support fish, shellfish and other aquatic life.The hypoxic zone in the Gulf ...
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Shout Out on 6 Do You Agree With Sen. Rubios Plan To Add an English Requirement to His Immigration Bill
Do you agree with Sen. Rubio's plan to add an English requirement to his immigration bill? To vote, call or text 305-600-5161 or vote on NBC 6 South ...
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S. Fla. politicians want your Like and your vote
The paperwork for her candidacy had barely been submitted to the Boca City Clerk when the Facebook page "Susan Haynie for Mayor" went live in April:"I want to take my experience to the mayor's office."The deputy mayor's upbeat vibe is also a constant for the "Twitterati" — now Haynie is closing in on her 2,000th tweet with promotions for local ...
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Pines charter school teachers reach deal
PEMBROKE PINES— More than 300 teachers won't be losing their jobs and parents and students don't have to fear that the day-to-day operations of the city's charter system will be privatized - at least for another two years. An emergency negotiating session that lasted for four hours between the Broward Teachers Union, which represents ...
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Man arrested in shooting that injured Riviera Beach girl 2
Riviera Beach police Tuesday arrested one of two men suspected of being involved in a shooting that left a 2-year-old girl in critical condition. U.S. Marshals arrested Richard Thomas Jr., 28, of West Palm Beach, after he surrendered at ...
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Video Raw Obama arrives in Berlin
President Barack Obama arrived in Germany Tuesday for a 24-hour visit, the culmination of which will be a speech on Wednesday at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg ...
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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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