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The Game 7 Winner is Less Important Than Why The Miami Heat Are Better For The NBA Than The Spurs.
LeBron James of the Miami Heat looks to move against the Oklahoma City Thunder during Game 5 of the NBA Finals on June 21, 2012 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. The Miami Heat won the NBA Finals, defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder 121-106 to capture the best-of-seven championship series four games to one. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via ...
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Heat doubters leave early miss OT finish
Ultimately, a Finals fight to the epic finish But Tuesday night, South Florida sports fans may have hit a new low that probably won't help our reputation as fair-weather fans. With ...
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Eovaldi does well in season debut for Marlins
Florida Marlins pitcher Nathan Eovaldi delivers a pitch against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt ...
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Heat win 103-100 in overtime to force a Game 7 | Video
NBA Finals . The victory evened the best-of-7 series at 3, putting them in position to win their second straight title with a win in Game 7 Thursday at AmericanAirlines Arena. "Look if you said Sept. 29th when we started on our trip going to China if we could decide this season with a Game 7 in our building, every single one of us would take it," Heat ...
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Goldschmidt homers in 9th Arizona beats Marlins
Arizona Diamondbacks' Paul Goldschmidt watches his walk off home run take flight against the Miami Marlins during the ninth inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in Phoenix. The Diamondbacks won 3-2. (AP Photo/Matt ...
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NBA Miami Heat level Finals series with overtime win against San Antonio Spurs
United States The Heat have forced the NBA Finals series into a deciding Game Seven following a 103-100 overtime win against San Antonio Spurs in Miami.The home side forced Game Six into overtime when Ray Allen made a three-pointer with five seconds left to play.With Miami needing a three-pointer to stay alive, Allen made the shot from the corner to tie the scores at 95-95 after LeBron James ...
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Ultimately a Finals fight to the epic finish
Pacers in the Eastern Conference finals? This team finds a way, just as LeBron found a way Tuesday. History paints this Heat team as the overwhelming favorite at moments like this, the home team 14-3 in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. But the Heat know better, because their own pattern has been one of inconsistency, 13 consecutive games now of alternating victories and losses. It is not enough to ...
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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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Fort Lauderdale hires new city attorney
FORT LAUDERDALE— Commissioners hired Cynthia Everett as the new city attorney on Tuesday, approving a contract with a starting salary of $193,000.Commissioner Dean Trantalis opposed the agreement because of Everett's July 1 start date, saying Everett will be gone a significant amount of time in July and August to wrap up previous commitments, all while being paid by the city. He ...
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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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Telenovela takes over Fort Lauderdales historic River House
FORT LAUDERDALE— Stars will be out at the former River House restaurant on the city's New River for the next five months. Their faces will be very familiar to telenovela fans. Gaby Espino, Aaron Diaz and Carlos Ponce will be filming the new series "Santa Diabla" - "Holy Devil" – at the historic site. The Spanish-language series, being produced ...
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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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Investigators find SUV that killed Loxahatchee mom in hit-and-run
Investigators have found a damaged SUV they say was involved in a hit-and-run that killed a Loxahatchee mom on Sunday. The crash happened around 7 p.m. as Katherine A. Rigby, 40, rode her bike west near the shoulder of Tangerine Boulevard just before 120th Avenue N ...
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Lake Worth man accused of chasing man woman and child
Isaias Perez-Lopez, 24, of Lake Worth, is accused of punching a man and then chasing the man, another woman and a child with a machete on ...
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Dania Beach commission maps out plan for replacing Pat Flury
DANIA BEACH — Longtime Commissioner Pat Flury's abrupt resignation has left the city in search of a qualified resident to fill her seat.Under the charter, commissioners have until Aug. 10 to appoint a ...
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Woman charged with child neglect after going on photo shoot
Gwendolyne Nanette Vazquez might photograph models, but deputies are accusing her of not being a model mom.The 26-year-old substitute teacher and aspiring photographer is charged with leaving her 5-year-old son home alone in ...
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Everyone into the pool Campers go for swim-lesson record | Video
Summer campers at the Lore and Eric F. Ross JCC west of Boynton Beach took part Tuesday in The World's Largest Swimming Lesson in an attempt to break a Guinness World ...
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Fate of missing Lauderdale millionaire Aguiar still a mystery one year later
Port Everglades inlet a year ago Wednesday - the day he vanished, leaving behind an overwhelming tangle of business and personal lawsuits, a family in turmoil and questions about his survival. Since then, many of his legal troubles have been resolved, but the people closest to Aguiar - who would be 36 if he's still alive - continue to wrangle over his wealth, estimated last year to be ...
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NBA Finals Game 6 Tonight 9 p.m. TV ABC Heats Chris Andersen expected back in rotation in Game 6
AmericanAirlines Arena when Andersen likely to returns to his role as "energy" player off the bench. All signs are pointing toward the "Birdman" resuming his spot in the rotation with the Heat facing elimination. They trail 3-2 in the best-of-seven series, needing a victory to force a Game 7 Thursday. "It's cliche to say `stay ready,' but I think Bird will ...
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BSO threatens up to 200 layoffs
Israel is threatening to lay off employees if county commissioners don't provide enough funds for his budget this fall. At a county budget workshop Tuesday, Commissioner Barbara Sharief said the sheriff told her 200 employees could be laid off if his budget needs aren't met. At the same time, she said, he is asking for funds to hire about 100 more people. In a text message to the ...
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Broward sheriff threatens layoffs if budget increase isnt met
Israel says he might be forced to lay off 200 to 300 employees if county commissioners don't provide enough money for his budget this fall.The newly elected sheriff's warm relations with county commissioners have grown cool in recent weeks as he seeks an increase in spending ...
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New lawsuit against Archdiocese alleges more abuse at Coral Springs school
Coral Springs K-12 school of looking the other way while a young boy complained he was being molested by a music teacher.Miguel Cala, 40, is already serving a 23-year prison term after pleading no contest to lewd and lascivious molestation charges last year. But the lawsuit filed Monday by Miami attorney Jeffrey Herman outlines new allegations against the convicted pedophile."We are ...
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Can I have a like
Twitter feed, Boca's only announced mayoral candidate is coming at them via snail mail with a message that would miss only the stone-coldhearted: Happy Birthday! Andrea O'Rourke, and her husband George, who have argued publicly against Haynie's votes for a downtown development, both received Haynie's birthday greeting. "I thought it was funny," Andrea ...
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Campers participate in worldwide swimming lesson
Summer campers at the Lore and Eric F. Ross JCC west of Boynton Beach took part Tuesday in The World's Largest Swimming Lesson in an attempt to break a Guinness World ...
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New federal law will affect thousands of Fort Lauderdale homes
New federal law expected to increase prices and add time to renovations of homes across the country built before 1978, what impact will it have on Fort Lauderdale?
Renovations of any kind to most buildings in Fort Lauderdale are expected to go up in the wake of a new federal law, the Renovation, Repair and Painting law, which is intended to protect children from the damaging effects of toxic lead. Read more
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