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With tuition rising slightly Gov. Rick Scott asks board to be tough on fees
Tuition rising for most next year All but two state universities -- Florida Atlantic University and Florida Gulf Coast University -- are raising tuition next year. The tuition listed below is for a Florida resident taking 30 credit hours. Tuition accounts for about 20-30 percent of the cost to attend college. 2012-13 2013-14 UF $4,425 $4,477 FSU $4,587 $4,640 FAU $4,304 $4,304 FIU $4,669 ...
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Murder case dropped against North Miami-Dade teen who fatally shot unarmed burglar
In what was another test of the state’s controversial Stand Your Ground self-defense law, Miami-Dade authorities announced Wednesday they won’t charge a teen who waited outside an apartment building and fatally shot an unarmed burglar as he tried to escape.Jordan Beswick, 19, had faced second-degree murder charges for the death of Bryan Antonio DeJesus, 22, in January. But ...
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First lawsuit filed against owner of Shuckers
A couple has filed a lawsuit in Miami-Dade Circuit Court against Shuckers Bar and Grill after the eatery’s deck collapsed into Biscayne Bay last week, injuring dozens.It is the first of several expected lawsuits against the North Bay Village waterfront restaurant and bar. The 14-page complaint, filed by Reynaldo Reyes and Flavia Guisella Ellemberger, claims Shuckers Bar and Grill and Inn ...
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Fans Go Inside the Huddle With Dolphins Players
Less than one week after the Miami Dolphins held their final mini-camp of the offseason, their fans got to interact with some of the players on an exclusive conference call tonight. Previously, these conference calls with players, owner Steve Ross, General Manager Jeff ...
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TMZ Sopranos Actor James Gandolfini Dead
The celebrity website TMZ reports that James Gandolfini, best known for his role as Tony Soprano on "The Sopranos", died earlier today in Italy.The website says Gandolfini is believed to have suffered a heart attack. He was 51 years old. Gandolfini was in Italy to attend the 59th Taormina Film Festival in Sicily and he was scheduled to participate in a festival event this weekend. ...
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Marlins bullpen spoils Fernandezs solid outing
MIA@ARI: Ruggiano launches solo homer to left-center PHOENIX -- Jose Fernandez was a strike throwing machine Wednesday afternoon, finding the plate 71 times out of 103 pitches as he carried a shutout through seven innings. In the eighth, however, the rookie right-hander lost his command and eventually the game. A pair of walks chased Fernandez from his impressive outing and Mike Dunn served ...
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Forget that classic Game 6 – Game 7 is here
Heat season. This was in a loose moment before a loose practice, not in the final seconds of Tuesday's Game 6. Allen dribbled the basketball. He eyed the basket. He put up the shot. "Will it go?" ...
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CDC HPV vaccine reduces infections by 56
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. That’s a drop of 56%, the study notes. The infection rates cover the four types of HPV that are targeted by the vaccines Gardasil and Cervarix. Human papillomaviruses are the most common cause of sexually transmitted infections, and more than half of people who are sexually active become ...
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MLB Arizona 3 Miami 1
Cody Ross slammed a pinch-hit three-run homer to back reliever Josh Collmenter's six shutout innings Wednesday in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 3-1 win over Miami. The game was scoreless until the eighth inning, when Miami starter Jose Fernandez issued a leadoff walk ...
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Video Paris Prince depositions used in Michael Jackson trial
Two children of the late singer Michael Jackson made their first appearance in the wrongful death trial against their father's concert ...
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Missing Boca Raton attorney now wanted by the FBI on fraud charges
A missing Boca Raton attorney alleged to have stolen from several homeowners in a foreclosure prevention scheme, is now wanted by the FBI on charges of wire fraud and fraud on a financial institution, according to a criminal complaint released Wednesday.Also according to the complaint, McCabe's law firm, Lake Worth-based McCabe & Samiljan, is accused of piling up escrow fund losses that ...
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Boynton commissioners mull future of 1927 high school building
With the latest effort to convert the 1927 high school building now seemingly dead, commissioners today said they won't wait years to decide what to do.At Tuesday's meeting, commissioners voted down a site plan for Lake Worth architect Juan Contin's ambitious $4.5 million conversion of the building to an events and destination ...
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Teen Goes From Child Hero To Murder Suspect
Hard to imagine that Daniel Marsh - who at age 12 was hailed as a hero - would be charged as an adult four years later, suspected in the brutal stabbing death of an elderly couple. "All of a sudden, he passed out and sort of flew back into his seat. I grabbed onto the steering wheel, directed it off to the side of the road," Daniel told FOX40 over four years ago. The Red Cross ...
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Warning Over Work Programme Costs
Providers of the government's flagship Work Programme have warned ministers that the costs of helping sick and disabled jobseekers to find jobs can't be met under the ...
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New York private equity firm heading south to Boca Raton
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors of Armonk, N.Y., is moving its real estate private equity group to Boca Raton, a sign that the trend of financial firms fleeing the Northeast to save taxes continues to boost Palm Beach County's business fortunes."It falls in line with our big push tailored around this industry," said Kelly Smallridge, president of the Business Development Board of ...
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Fred Grimm Vigilante justice It’s OK now
If justice were based on a homicide victim’s virtue, it would be inarguable — Bryan Antonio DeJesus deserved no justice.But there was a time, before Florida legalized vigilante retribution, when even a low-down thief like DeJesus, unarmed and fleeing the scene, could not be ambushed, gunned down, killed like a dog. (A poor analogy, really. Shooting a stray dog in Florida would entail ...
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Justin Lamar Sternad says he was duped by campaign manager
Justin Lamar Sternad, who is to be sentenced Monday in Miami federal court for campaign-finance crimes, said in an interview Wednesday night on America TeVe that he believes former Congressman David Rivera was part of the conspiracy. Sternad, however, said he had no direct knowledge of Rivera’s role and suggested that the former congressman’s gal pal, Ana Alliegro, had far more to do ...
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Feds Prison for Ohio woman who buried mom in yard
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Authorities say an Ohio woman who buried her mother in her yard and cashed the dead woman's Social Security checks for 14 years has been sentenced to 30 days in prison.Federal authorities say 66-year-old Marietta resident Patricia Hodges also was sentenced Wednesday in Columbus to six months of home confinement and ordered to repay more than $141,000. Hodges had pleaded ...
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Man gets 35 years for killing former landlady
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. -- A Tampa Bay area man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for strangling his former landlady and setting fire to her house.A Pasco County judge sentenced 49-year-old Charles Edward Dear on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, first-degree arson and other charges.Authorities say 46-year-old Theresa Jones' body was found buried in a shallow ...
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LeBron James excited for decisive Game 7
So much is at stake. Legacies, for so many players, James included. The NBA championship. Whether the season was a success or a bust. How he will be portrayed over the next few months. How history will judge a Miami Heat team that won 27 straight games in one stretch, 66 games in the regular season and now 81 games ...
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Shuckers deck may have never been inspected
Local 10 has learned that no government entity ensured the old deck at Shuckers Bar & Grill was inspected, even during the only building inspection done in the hotel restaurant's 40-year history, completed a year ago ...
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Scott Israel Budget may mean massive layoffs
Broward Sheriff Scott Israel says a multi-million dollar budget shortfall will force him to institute massive layoffs, as many as 300 by some reports, at his agency if it doesn't get more tax money from the ...
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D-backs hold off Marlins after Cahill leaves early
Paul Goldschmidt 's walkoff home run, ending a season-high tying four-game slide as well as the Marlins' three-game win streak. Goldschmidt's homer was his 17th of the season and the second game-ending home run of his career. Goldschmidt had been 2 for 13 during the skid, though he homered in Monday's 3-2 defeat to Miami (22-48). Arizona, which hasn't won ...
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Holtz Childrens Hospital Hosts Game 6 Viewing Party
Heat fans are everywhere, including here at Holtz Children's Hospital, and about a dozen kids like 12-year-old Raymond Jimenez were feeling White Hot on Wednesday afternoon's NBA finals watch ...
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Driver in Fiery 2005 Crash Back in Court for Resentencing
Flavio Santisteban is back in court after his original 36-year sentence for vehicular manslaughter was overturned when a Broward judge cited jewish tradition in his sentencing. NBC 6's Hank Tester ...
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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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