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Student Shot In The Leg At Redland Middle School Near Miami
A teenage student was shot in the leg at a middle school south of Miami Friday afternoon, sending the campus into lockdown. Miami-Dade Police said investigators were questioning a classmate who allegedly brought the firearm inside a backpack to Redland Middle School in Homestead. Miami-Dade County Public Schools spokesman John Schuster told NBC6 ...
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Raw Tightrope Walk Between Cathedral Spires
An Austrian daredevil on Friday became the first man to walk a tightrope strung between the two towers of St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna's most famous landmark. (May ...
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Van Poyck attorneys hang latest flurry of appeals on testimony of Death Row widow
A 70-year-old Lake Worth woman who made state history in 1994 by becoming the first person to marry a death row inmate is now at the epicenter of efforts to save the life of condemned prison guard killer William Van Poyck.In one of a series of motions Van Poyck's attorneys filed Friday to block his scheduled June 12 execution, Wanda Valdes swears her late husband told her that he, not Van ...
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to tell us about a military veteran that you love. Send us a photo, his or her name and where they are from, and a short description of his or her service duty. Then tell us what this special veteran means to you. We'll run your post in a special photo gallery online that will run with selected stories about our proud veterans. Send your photos and information to ...
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Communications satellite launched into space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A new military communications satellite has been launched into space.An unmanned Delta IV rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday evening. The satellite was the fifth Wideband Global satcom spacecraft to be launched.The satellite, which is being sent into an orbit that follows the earth's rotation 22,000 miles above the equator, will serve ...
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Judge rejects request to exhume bodies at school
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A circuit judge is rejecting a request to exhume human remains on the site of a now-defunct Panhandle reform school.Judge William Wright, who is based in Jackson County, ruled Friday against the request made by Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi.Bondi's office filed the petition in March. There is believed to be unmarked graves on the school site. Wright in his ...
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Holiday weekend crowds way down from boom in Miami Beach
the place for Memorial Day weekend revelers, with hot acts, sold-out hotels and can’t-miss parties that cater to African-American crowds.Just two years ago, hotel occupancy averaged more than 85 percent over the weekend with daily rates about $260 — far higher than the month’s average of 74.4 percent occupancy at $195 a night and the holiday weekend’s highest numbers in ...
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Sunrise man accused of raping girl 6
A 25-year-old man is accused of raping a 6-year-old girl and covering up the assault by telling the child's mother that blood she saw on a bed and on her daughter's clothes came from an injured cat, according to a Sunrise police report.Luis Fernando Cardona Jr., of Sunrise, was arrested Thursday and charged with sexual battery on a victim under 12. He is being held without bond ...
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Bears in the air on the prowl this holiday weekend
FORT LAUDERDALE — It's a traffic enforcement technique that's a half-century old, but until you're nabbed by a "bear in the air," you may never know it ...
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Kenneth A. Falber Boynton Beach
Served in the European theater of operations. Served with the Third Army 90th Infantry Division 357 regiment. Received 3 purple hearts the Bronze Star conspicuous Service Cross Good Conduct Medal combat infantry badge. Battle of the Bulge Normandy one of the first Americans to liberate buchenwald. Rode with General George Patton. Served December 1942 until January 1946. This week marked 9years ...
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Essential air service still operating despite budget cuts
Bird-lovers, birdwatchers and birders everywhere will love these posters that combine striking watercolor bird paintings by renowned South Florida Plein Air painter Brennan ...
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Rubbing alcohol dirty water among things bars sold as alcohol
The sting was state wide and helped New Jersey workers catch 29 watering holes passing off some sort of low grade alcohol or worse as top shelf, high dollar drinks. One state official pointed out that several of the places had filled up premuim bottles of alcohol with cheap stuff. But he was stunned by the disregard others used telling ...
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New law would punish pretend war heros
Congress is once again seeking to punish pretend war heroes who aim to profit from false tales of glory.Both houses passed the Stolen Valor Act of 2013 just days before Memorial Day. Now it awaits President Barack Obama's signature.The U.S. Supreme Court last year struck down a 2005 law, in effect for six years, aimed at targeting those pedaling trumped up war stories on the grounds that it ...
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Richard Novotny Hobe Sound
My husband, Richard Novotny, and I have been married nearly 23 years! Dick went to Syracuse University on a full gymnastic scholarship, went through ROTC there, and eventually became a Captain in the US Army. During his ten years in the service he did two tours of Vietnam, 1963 - 1964, when he lived in downtown Saigon and was in an Advisory position; and 1969 - 1970. During the latter, he was in ...
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ROBERT J. WEBB Johnstown Penn.
My name is Greta Moncayo and I am writing in to tell you about my grandfather, Robert J. Webb who was a WWII Army Vet. He was from Johnstown, Pennsylvania. My grandfather passed away a little over 2 years ago but I continue to keep him alive in my life through remembering our conversations and knowing that his spirit is still with me. I love him very much as he was my father figure growing up. ...
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Andrew J. Orloski New York
We just recently celebrated his life 11/21/19 - 3/23/13, 93 years old. He was born in Burnham, PA and resided in Fairless Hills, PA. Andrew was an U.S. Army veteran who served in North Africa, Italy, Germany, and France during World War II. Andrew was a Purple Heart recipient as well as the recipient of the Good Conduct Medal and European African Middle Eastern Service Medal. He was a family ...
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Mother of Greenacres girl missing since 1984 ‘Please stop my suffering and find my little girl’
Jennie Johnson (center) is supported by Nancy McBride, the director of the Center for Missing & Exploited Children, as they listen to Sheriff Ric Bradshaw comment during at press conference at the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office headquarters in West Palm Beach todayJohnson and the sheriff's office once again made a plea to the community to help find her daughter Christy Luna, ...
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Boy shot at Redland Middle with gun classmate brought to school
NEWS FROM: Cutler Ridge, Florida City, Goulds, Homestead, Keys Gate, Leisure City, Naranja, Perrine, Princeton, Redland, Richmond Heights, South Dade, South Miami Heights, West ...
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Eastbound lanes of I-595 west of Floridas Turnpike reopens after crash
A two-car rollover crash that shut down traffic in the eastbound lanes of I-595 west of Florida's Turnpike was cleared by 6:30, officials said.Two victims were taken to Plantation General Hospital. Florida Highway Patrol spokesman Mark Wysocky said their injuries were not ...
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Shifta Fras to perform at Best of the Best
Earlier in May, Shifta performed at SunFest in West Palm Beach, opening up for hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar. Two singles on Plan B topped the college Billboard ...
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AMRs Unconventional CPR Lessons Keep People Alive
American Medical Response just broke a world record on teaching chest compression-only CPR to keep people alive. All with a little rhythm and some help from the BeeGees. NBC 6's David Jeannot ...
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Cop accused of public masturbation resigns
CORAL SPRINGS— A police officer accused of masturbating in front of a woman at a gas station resigned days after the allegation surfaced last year.Still, the department's Internal Affairs office carried out an investigation and found Remington Longstreth's alleged "unbecoming" conduct was sustained, according to agency documents released ...
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Doctor demands federal agents return records seized in pain clinic raid
pain management clinic where he worked and seized his patient and business records.Two years later, Dr. John Bennett hasn't been charged with any crime — though federal prosecutors hinted he may be — but he has taken a very unusual and aggressive step to fight back.Bennett, 63, filed a civil action to try to force authorities to return his property and tip their hand about ...
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Bridge near Seattle collapses | Video
Nobody dies as people and vehicles are plunged into the Skagit River. Witnesses say an oversize load on a truck hit the bridge before a large section ...
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Memorial Day weekend looking bright for local tourism
The number of Floridians traveling more than 50 miles from home this Memorial Day weekend is expected to decrease slightly from last year.The real dip is in air travel, with 121,065 Floridians projected to board a plane, down more than 9 percent from a year ago. Car trips are holding steady, AAA projects, and that could help local ...
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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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