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Around the world - Warsaw Poland
People admire and take pictures of a racing car parked in front of a hotel in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, May 23, 2013. The car is one of many participating in the international Gumball 3000 rally, an event in which unusual and high power cars drive some 3,000 miles (4,800 kilometers) through Europe. (AP Photo/Czarek ...
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Around the world - Sanaa Yemen
Yemeni potter Yousef Abdullah, 25, works on clay kilns used to make bread at a pottery workshop on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Hani ...
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Around the world - Memphis Tenn.
In this photo taken May 21, 2013, Bellevue Middle School 7th grader Nyla Swett, 13, and 8th grader Khalin Sargent, 14, are introduced as the king and queen of the school during a coronation ball in Memphis, Tenn. For the 21st straight year the students at the school won the Kids Kan food drive by collecting more food for the Mid-South Food Bank than any other school in the tri-state region. ...
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Around the world - Dhaka Bangladesh
A Bangladeshi woman walks on a waterlogged street with her children after heavy rainfall in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, May 23, 2013. (AP Photo/A.M. ...
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Around the world - Boston Mass.
U.S. Army Pfc. Corey Shelton, of Virginia Beach, Va., uses a wooden stick to drive flags into the grass on Boston Common in advance of the Memorial Day weekend in Boston, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles ...
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Around the world - Srinagar India
A Kashmiri Bakarwal girl plays on a swing as others wait their turn on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Bakarwals are nomadic herders in Jammu Kashmir state, who wander in search of good pastures for their cattle. (AP Photo/Mukhtar ...
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Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys
Photo credit: Getty Images | Members of Scouts for Equality hold a rally to call for equality and inclusion for gays in the Boy Scouts of America as part of the "Scouts for Equality Day of Action" in Washington, DC. (May 22, ...
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Murder suspect’s death accusations shock to Orlando neighbors
KISSIMMEE -- Ibragim Todashev, the Chechen martial-arts fighter killed by an FBI agent in Orlando on Tuesday, was a bit of a mystery to his neighbors in his modest gated community in Kissimmee.They knew little about his lifestyle, his travels or his relationship with one of the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing.They did know him as the kind of guy who helped neighbors in the ...
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Zimmerman attorney wants jury pool sequestered
ORLANDO, Fla. -- George Zimmerman's attorney says he is going to ask a judge to sequester not only the jury but the jury pool in the upcoming trial of the Florida neighborhood watch leader.Attorney Mark O'Mara said Thursday that may involve sequestering 500 potential jurors in order to find six people who can serve on the jury.O'Mara says he hasn't ever heard of 500 people ...
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Miami Beach developer neighbors settle dispute
The residents of Sunset Islands 3 and 4 have settled their differences with the developers of a mixed-used condo building at the foot of an historic bridge leading into the island community. The agreement, which was submitted to the city on May 13, marks an end to dozens of hours of hearings, rehearings, appeals and private meetings regarding the project, slated to take the place of what’s ...
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Broken elevator traps man in apartment
Electricians were working to fix the elevator on Thursday evening. An inspector didn't expect the elevator to be up and running by the end of the ...
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Detective breaks down while testifying in robbery trial
"The fact that the detective broke down and cried, you have to put it out of your mind," Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Jorge Rodrigez-Chomat told ...
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Police prepare for Urban Beach Weekend
The city estimates 200,000 people will make their way to South Beach through Memorial Day. Officers patrolled Ocean Drive ahead of road closures on ...
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Miami Heat Burns Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel told his players on Tuesday that they would win Game 1. He was wrong on that front, and many will say he also was wrong to remove his shot blocker and defensive enforcer, Roy Hibbert, on two late defensive sequences in which LeBron James drove undeterred for layups, including a basket just before time expired. Vogel said a strong case could have been made ...
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Oklahoma U. offers space for donations to tornado victims
It's a problem one would imagine is a good one to have -- so many donated items coming in to help tornado ravaged Moore and Oklahoma City they don't have any place to put it all.But actually, it's been a logistical nightmare, according to officials with the Red Cross and the Salvation Army, as well as government entities which truly appreciate the help, but don't know where ...
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Ohio kidnap case hero gets free McDonalds food
FILE - This May 6, 2013 file photo shows neighbor Charles Ramsey speaking to media near the home where missing women Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight were rescued in Cleveland. Ramsey, the man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for a decade in an Ohio house will never have to pay for another burger in his hometown. Ramsey has been promised free ...
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Dept. of Agriculture helping pet livestock victims in Moore
The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry is working with USDA-APHIS Veterinary Services to provide support for pet and livestock owners affected by the ...
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Two Suspects in Murder Known to London Police
The murder of a British soldier on the streets of London appears to be the work of Islamic radicals. Police arrest two more suspects. British Prime Minister says the attack will "bring us ...
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Commentary Pay-as-you-go financing for nuclear energy benefits Florida Power Light customers
In his column "Utilities go nuclear to protect their interests," Randy Schultz quotes state Rep. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, as saying, "We were lied to" when he supported 2006 legislation that allows cost reimbursements for nuclear plants to be sought on a period basis rather than waiting many years for such plants to start operating. I was there in 2006. There is ...
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Be Ready NOAA Warns of Busy Hurricane Season
Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe unusually wild, federal forecasters say. Their prediction calls for 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes. (May ...
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Boy Scouts Mom Supports Gay Inclusiveness
Carol Clayton of Takoma Park, Maryland is the mother of a 14-year-old Boy Scout. She says the Boys Scouts of America should allow gay scouts and leaders. (May ...
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Editorial A frustrating conclusion to the investigation at South Olive Elementary School
Jennifer Prior Brown is a thoughtful, effective member of the Palm Beach County School Board. Hank Smith is the long-serving principal at South Olive Elementary in West Palm Beach, one of the best schools in the state.They should be allies. Instead, they've carried on a grinding battle. A district investigation has not fully explained their high-profile fight over how he runs the school ...
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Residents pushing to open pool at Lake Worth Beach
A group of residents met at Benny's on the Beach Thursday to focus on a common goal: getting the city pool open this summer.Organized by resident Jennifer Gillen, the group of "merry pool pirates" is considering the formation of a nonprofit organization called Friends of the Lake Worth Pool that would hold fundraising events and take donations to help cover pool ...
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Groundbreaking for Aldi market distribution center delayed for several weeks
Aldi plans to open 60 stores like this one on Okeechobee Boulevard in West Palm Beach in a region extending from Miami-Dade to Indian River ...
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Greenacres pushes for earlier alcohol drink sales on Sundays
The city council is considering whether to allow stores to sell alcoholic beverages beginning at 7 a.m. on Sundays instead of waiting until noon as required by the city code.Councilman John Tharp said making Greenacres stores wait until noon to sell alcohol doesn't make sense because stores in unincorporated parts of Palm Beach County -- and in neighboring cities such as Palm Springs, ...
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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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