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Apple avoided $1m tax per hour
A Senate committee has accused Apple of using "a complex web of offshore entities" to avoid paying billions of dollars in US income ...
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Amateur video reveals rower of Oklahoma twister
A deadly tornado rushes toward the U.S.community of Oklahoma City. The two-mile wide wind tunnel ripped through the state capital on Monday. This amateur video uploaded to YouTube shows the tornado descending on the city's suburb of Moore. U.S. President Barack Obama declared a major disaster area in Oklahoma and ordered federal aid for victims. This is the deadliest tornado to hit the ...
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Obama Pledges Urgent Aid for Tornado Victims
President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Moore, Oklahoma in the wake of one of the most destructive storms in the nation's history. To the victims, he vowed though there is a long road ahead, they will not travel that path ...
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Oklahoma tornado captured from the ground and sky
The tornado that swept through Oklahoma caused massive damage in Moore Oklahoma and the surrounding area south of Oklahoma City. Watch raw footage from amateurs on the ground and news reports from the sky during and after this ...
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New Mexico sending medical crews to Moore
The University of New Mexico hospital is sending a 26-member team of medical, computer and security specialists to Moore, Okla., to help with the response to Monday's massive tornado ...
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Okla. AG warns about charity scams following storms
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt issued a warning for Oklahomans and donors around the country to beware of charity fraud and scams following the severe storms in ...
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TPD Dart team responding to Moore
The Oklahoma Incident Management Team requested the Tulsa Police Department's Disaster Area Response Team to assist after the devastating tornado ripped through ...
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Floridians get nearly $9 billion in mortgage aid from national settlement
A report released this morning from National Mortgage monitor Joseph Smith shows Florida homeowners have received $8.6 billion in mortgage relief from last year's settlement between the nation's five largest banks and its attorneys general.About 112,000 homeowners have benefitted from the settlement.The majority of aid has come in the form of deficiency amounts forgiven through short ...
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18 foot Burmese Python Captured
Jason Leon ,Veronica Larios and Blake Jordan with Burmese python measured 18 feet long and weighed 128 pounds, the largest recorded Burmese python caught in Florida history. (Courtesy of Jason ...
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Police cruiser city vehicle in morning collision in Riviera Beach 3 city workers to hospital
A Riviera Beach police cruiser, another city vehicle and a third car crashed this morning on Blue Heron Boulevard, sending three city employees to the hospital with minor injuries, city spokeswoman Rose Anne Brown reports.The crash happened just before 9 a.m. at Blue Heron Boulevard and Avenue L and is still under investigation. The officer in the cruiser was not injured, nor was anyone in the ...
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Twister slammed Oklahoma schools
Aerial views of the swath of destruction in Moore Viewing the devastation from the air, one can see how the giant twister overwhelmed Moore, Okla., a suburb of Oklahoma ...
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AP Top Stories May 21 A
Here's the latest news for Tuesday, May 21st: Dozens dead in Oklahoma tornado; Utah "missing mom" investigation closed; British auction of Ghandi's belongings triggers controversy; Red Wings top Black Hawks in NHL ...
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Fla. mom man accused of abuse in childs death
SARASOTA, Fla. -- A man and woman are being held without bond in a Sarasota jail in connection with death of the woman's 3-year-old daughter.Asia Rosier and Jumar Edwards were arrested Monday on felony child abuse charges following the April 11 death of Jewel Howard.The Sarasota Herald-Tribune (http://bit.ly/14NwP4m) reports the girl had received treatment for asthma on April 10 and ...
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Reshad Jones shows up to Miami Dolphins workout Randy Starks absent
Reshad Jones was back at work Tuesday. Defensive tackle Randy Starks was still nowhere to be seen.A day after sitting out the team’s first Organized Team Activities in protest of his contract, Jones was back in his familiar spot Tuesday: with the Miami Dolphins’ first-team defense.Jones, a safety in the final year of his rookie deal, declined to talk about his contract situation ...
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Tornado victim finds dog during TV interview
When the tornado hit, the stool was blown away from under her, she "rolled around a little bit" and, when it was over, she called for her dog but he didn't ...
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Watch Marlins pitcher caught spitting on baseball
Sanabia was caught on camera last night literally spitting on a fresh baseball immediately after surrendering a home run to the Phillies’ Domonic Brown. Video from Philadelphia’s CSN ...
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Teacher falls asleep in class gets two-day suspension | Poll
This time, it wasn't the students who were falling asleep in class, it was the teacher. Patrick Geller, a science teacher at Cypress Bay High in Weston, was suspended for two days without pay by the School Board Tuesday for allegedly falling asleep on the job. Geller, 42, claimed he dozed off because he had been up with his baby the night before, according to an administrative complaint ...
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Report Community rallies around teen charged in same-sex case | Video
An East Florida community is rallying around Kaitlyn Hunt, a high-school student who is facing felony charges in connection with her same-sex relationship with a younger student, according to WPTV.com. Kaitlyn Hunt, 18, is facing lewd and lascivious activity charges for what she and her supporters say was a consensual relationship between Hunt and another girl. The parents of the other girl, ...
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JetBlue Sale fares from Lauderdale from $89 one-way through Wednesday
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport which must be booked and purchased before 11:59 p.m. ET Wednesday. Sale destinations include Nassau, Bahamas; Austin, Texas; Providence, R.I.; San Francisco, Calif., and Medellin, Colombia. ...
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Golf Anchored putters banned as of 2016
England (Reuters) - Golf's governing bodies announced on Tuesday that they will ban the anchoring of putters from 2016 in a move which will please traditionalists but could lead to a split in the game among the professional ranks. The ban was first proposed by the Royal and Ancient (R&A) and the United States Golf Association (USGA) in November. Players and the golfing community were ...
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Mayo Will NFL go with history or hypocrisy for Super Bowl 50
Super Bowl 50 to South Florida later today. But if they want to deliver the latest proof that the sports world is ruled by hypocrisy and blinded by bling and the almighty dollar, they'll award it to the prohibitive favorite, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the shiny new sports palace being built in Santa Clara, Calif. Expect the ...
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Teen says she was locked in van forced into sex with bar patrons
An Orlando man is facing human trafficking charges after a teenage runaway told authorities he locked her inside his van and brought bar patrons to have sex with her for money. The 17-year-old girl, who was not publicly identified, told authorities she was staying with friends in Orlando and met a man, later identified as Rafael Rosario, near the J & J Sports Bar on Goldenrod Road in ...
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First South Florida Technology Summit to be held Wednesday
The first South Florida Technology Summit will offer attendees an opportunity to learn about the hottest gadgets and to prepare for future tech advancements with workshops, tutorials, presentations, keynotes and exhibits. The annual technology summit, which is presented by TigerDirect.com in collaboration with The LAB Miami and Refresh Miami, will take place from 1 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday at the ...
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Family of man shot 16 times by Beach Hialeah cops says he was ‘executed’
Framegrab of video showing police approaching car with guns drawn during Miami Beach's Urban Beach Week last Memorial Day wknd, 2011. Video was shot on a phone by Narces ...
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JPMorgans Dimon faces shareholder referendum
TAMPA, Fla. -- Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO JPMorgan Chase, told shareholders Tuesday that last year's $6 billion trading loss had been expensive and "extremely embarrassing," but he also asked shareholders not to fixate on the issue."It would have been a terrible shame if that one issue were allowed to damage the company from doing all the things it was supposed to ...
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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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