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Powerful tornadoes strike in four central U.S. states
(Reuters) - A massive storm front swept north through the central United States on Sunday, hammering the region with fist-sized hail, blinding rain and tornadoes, including a half-mile wide twister that struck near Oklahoma City. News reports said at least one person had ...
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LeBron knows Pacers will try to put me on the floor | Video
LeBron James has spent a career refining basketball in his mind. It's how he works. Before the fourth quarter, for instance, when he's typically moved onto the opposing team's top scorer, he sits on the bench mentally reviewing the player he'll defend. "I start just going through the notes that we planned on him, the [video] cut-ups I've watched of that ...
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Worker Rescued From Upper Deck of Ship at Port Everglades
For the first time since the event began, there will be no fleet at Fleet Week Port Everglades this year. Organizers Mary Anne Gray and Jean-Sebastien Gros of Broward Navy Days Inc. and Nicki Grossman of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau spoke about the ...
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UPDATE 1-Severe Kansas tornado prompts stark National Weather Service warning
Sun May 19, 2013 7:48pm EDT (Updates with additional reports of tornados) By Chris Francescani NEW YORK May 19 (Reuters) - A dangerous, half mile-wide hurricane struck near Oklahoma City Sunday afternoon, part of an extreme weather system moving through the central U.S. and stretching from north Texas to Minnesota. At 6:12 p.m. Central Standard time, the National Weather Service office in ...
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Miami police parts ways with popular First 48 cable show
For nearly a decade, The First 48, A&E’s wildly popular reality show, has chronicled homicide detectives investigating scores of Miami murders - ...
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Coral Springs seeks public input on future downtown
CORAL SPRINGS— There will be special meetings this week to discuss what the city commission — and the public — envisions for creating a downtown near University Drive and Sample Road.On Wednesday, city staff and members from the Urban Land Institute, a nonprofit land use group, will privately tour the city's downtown area. But then, the panel wants to hear from the ...
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Bus kills woman at Fort Lauderdale Airport | Video
A woman’s airport visit to meet her husband, who was arriving from a flight, turned deadly when she tripped in a roadway and a charter bus ran over her. It forced the normally hectic four-lane arrivals section ...
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Sunrise clinic renamed for Bill Kling veterans advocate
Mike Ryan, left, Mayor of Sunrise; Sylvia Gallen, second from left; U.S. Rep Ted Deutch, third from left; U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, fourth from left; and Dr. Gwen Findley, Assistant Director of the Veteran's Adminstration Miami Healthcare System, right, look up as the William "Bill," Kling Outpatient Clinic in Sunrise is ...
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Port Everglades workers struck by cargo container
Port Everglades worker was hospitalized after he was hit by a cargo container Sunday afternoon, Broward Sheriff's officials said. The 52-year-old man was transported to Broward Health Medical Center with injuries that were not life threatening, Mike Jachles, a spokesman for ...
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A license plate for every cause but how much is raised
TALLAHASSEE – Do you care about the survival of sea turtles? Dolphins? Do you ride horses, watch whales or fish for large-mouth bass? Did you serve as a paratrooper – or care for someone who did? If so, you can tell the world -- with your license tag. These are among the 120 organizations, causes and career paths commemorated by ...
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Official Female hostage died from police bullet in N.Y. standoff | Video
(Reuters) - A 21-year-old university student who was taken hostage in her apartment and then shot to death during a police standoff with an armed robber on New ...
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Woman killed in one-car crash on I-95
Boynton Beach Boulevard and struck a pole, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.Rose Manie Corvil was pronounced dead at the scene of the 5:44 a.m. crash, said ...
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Floridians press for Everglades and port money
Everglades tourNewly appointed Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell, left, listens to Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge senior wildlife biologist Rebekah Gibble explain the problems of invasive species in the refuge during an airboat tour Wednesday. Looking on is Shannon Estenoz, Director of Everglades Restoration for the office of the Secretary of the Interior (right) ...
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Pompano Beach Boat overturns offshore
POMPANO BEACH— A 19-foot boat overturned about 30 yards offshore Sunday afternoon, authorities said.About five or six people were on board, all are safe, said Mike Jachles, a spokesman for ...
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Marlins Even Score With Diamondbacks
MIAMI (AP) – One day after losing to Arizona 1-o, Ricky Nolasco struck out 11 and the Marlins stopped a season-high seven-game losing streak by beating the Diamondbacks 2-1 Sunday. The Diamondbacks scored once in the ninth. Mike Dunn, the Marlins’ third pitcher of the inning, got pinch-hitter A.J. Pollock to ground out on a 3-2 pitch with the bases loaded to end it. Marcell Ozuna ...
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MLB Miami 2 Arizona 1
Marcell Ozuna delivered a two-run double Sunday and the Miami Marlins survived a late Arizona rally to edge the Diamondbacks 2-1. Ozuna doubled home Adeiny Hechavarria and Derek Dietrich with two out in the sixth inning, providing Miami's only ...
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Nolasco fans 11 D-backs Marlins end 7-game skid
Miami Marlins' Marcell Ozuna watches his ball as he hits a double, scoring Adeiny Hechavarria and Derek Dietrich, during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Sunday, May 19, 2013, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo ...
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Yahoo board approves $1.1-billion purchase of Tumblr report
The Yahoo Inc. board has approved the $1.1-billion (U.S.) acquisition of Tumblr, a New York-based blogging service, according to The Wall Street Journal.The purchase was a foregone conclusion, said the website AllThingsD.com, citing sources close to the tech giant's board.The deal is just the latest effort by Yahoo to cultivate a hipper image since the arrival of CEO Marissa Mayer last ...
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White House accuses Republicans of fishing expeditions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Sunday accused Republicans of conducting political "fishing expeditions," while Republican lawmakers showed no let up in attacking President Barack Obama's administration for a culture of what they called cover-up and ...
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Yahoo to buy popular blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion Report
If the acquisition takes place, it would be the biggest for Yahoo under Mayer and come in the wake of other pricey deals for startups, such as Facebook's acquisition of the photo app Instagram for stock worth $1 billion at the ...
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Gun range ATV course proposed for Palm Beach County parks
Forget slides, swings and soccer fields.A shooting range, off-road vehicle course and bicycle jumps are new nontraditional park attractions potentially coming ...
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Star Trek Into Darkness is No. 1 at box office but falls short of predictions
"Into Darkness" opened in 33 foreign markets as well this weekend, and the $40 million that the film brought in took some of the sting out of the domestic results. It has taken in more than $80 million from overseas, and $164.5 million worldwide. "The good news is, when you have a really good movie like this one, the word of mouth is going to bring the audience in over time," ...
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Sheriff’s Office ID’s Woman Killed At Ft. Lauderdale’s Airport
FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – The Broward Sheriff's Office has released the name of a Treasure Coast woman who was struck and killed by a bus Saturday afternoon on the lower level of Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport. Around 2:15 p.m., Cheryl A. Bazilius, of Ft. Pierce, got out of parked Ford SUV in the right traffic lane in Terminal 3 to meet her husband who just ...
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Marlins Hope For A Win Against Diamondbacks
MIAMI (AP) — Facing an offensively challenged Miami Marlins team that’s been particularly bad against left-handers lately, Wade Miley appears to be in a good spot to rebound from his worst outing of the season. Miley will try to keep the Miami bats quiet and lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to their fifth straight win in the finale of a three-game series at Marlins Park on Sunday. The ...
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Fight over dogs leaves Loxahatchee man critically wounded say police
LOXAHATCHEE— A 47-year-old man is charged with attempted first-degree murder with a firearm after police say he shot and wounded his neighbor during a squabble over their dogs. Richard Bohl, a resident of the 17000 block of 40th Run N in Loxahatchee, was booked into ...
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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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