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About 2M Floridians traveling during holiday weekend
The anticipated dip in holiday travel is mainly due to a decline in air travel of eight percent, fee fatigue among travelers and a waffling economy, AAA ...
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$38.5M awarded in Broward medical negligence case
Left to right: Tina McGee, Carol Whyte, Dale Whyte and Shellyann Watson. Dale Whyte was left in a vegetative state after a botched medical procedure in Dec. ...
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19 area hospitals get A grade from health advocates
Palm Beach county hospitals, like those across the rest of the nation, have received their spring report cards as scored by a nonprofit organization that advocates for safer health-care delivery.Nineteen local hospitals earned A grades, ...
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Phillies KO Marlins 7-3
MIAMI, FL – MAY 21: Jose Fernandez #16 of the Miami Marlins looks on during a game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Marlins Park on May 21, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty ...
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Orlando man killed by FBI had links to Boston bombers friend says
The FBI says it was involved in a fatal shooting near Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla. CBS News senior correspondent John Miller tells "CTM" the victim was a friend of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the older brother suspected in the Boston Marathon ...
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Sexting scandalized Weiner running for NYC mayor
Former House Member Anthony Weiner announced his bid for Mayor of New York, in a video released on You Tube Tuesday night. Weiner is trying to make a political comeback, two years after he resigned after posting raunchy pictures on Twitter. (May ...
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Attorneys want jurors to hear about Trayvons pot use
George Zimmerman 's attorney, and used it at least once before he was killed.Two weeks ago, prosecutors filed paperwork asking Circuit Judge Debra S. Nelson to ban defense attorneys and witnesses from telling jurors that autopsy blood samples taken from Trayvon tested positive for marijuana use.Defense attorney Don West filed his written response Tuesday: That information is relevant, so ...
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Palm Beach County to sell Mecca Farms for $26M
Palm Beach County commissioners tentatively approved on Tuesday the sale of Mecca Farms to the South Florida Water Management District for $26 million. The Palm Beach Post reports that the 1,900-acre citrus grove was purchased for $60 million by the county with the hopes of luring The Scripps Research Institute, which eventually opened a facility to the east in Jupiter. The water management ...
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Cohen Everything Upbeat For Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace was dodging the raindrops. Yes, he's fast, as fast as this franchise has seen at receiver since perhaps all the way back to Mark Duper. But he isn't fast enough to stay dry in a downpour. At least, not this downpour. "I'm in good shape," Wallace proclaims, "but I obviously need to get in better shape." If there was one lasting impression for ...
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Partly sunny today with chance of more storms | Weather alerts
calls for partly sunny skies with afternoon highs in the upper 80s and evening readings in the low 70s. There is a 50 percent chance of rain. Thursday should be a couple degrees warmer and likely will feel hot. The rain chance eases to 30 ...
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Water district leader Melissa Meeker resigns
Melissa Meeker, shown here with Gov. Rick Scott touring flooded areas after Tropical Storm Isaac in 2012, resigned Monday as executive director of the South Florida Water Management ...
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Margaritaville contract with Hollywood tweaked
HOLLYWOOD— City Hall has a slightly new deal with the Margaritaville developer and will hold a meeting this week to clue in the public. Residents can ask questions about the proposed changes at 6 p.m. Thursday in the city commission chambers. "These are not dramatic changes," Hollywood spokeswoman Raelin Storey said. "The documents will reflect the addition of Starwood ...
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Palm Beach Gardens Man Sentenced for Committing Five Bank Robberies During 2012 Holiday Season www.privateofficer.com
Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announced today's sentencing of Crispian Carl Sprague, 38, formerly of Palm Beach Gardens. U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra sentenced Sprague to 66 months in prison, to be followed by three years of ...
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Fernandez gets another no-decision in Marlins loss
Miami Marlins starting pitcher Jose Fernandez throws in the first inning during a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Miami, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Lynne ...
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Young and Howard lift Phillies over Marlins
Philadelphia Phillies' Ryan Howard hits a single in the sixth inning during a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Miami, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Lynne ...
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Order in the Court as Broward Circuit Judge Matt Destry turns to Twitter
@DIV_FY Broward Circuit Court Division, Judge Destry's tweets present an innocuous preview of proceedings in his courtroom, along with photos of lawyers appearing before the ...
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Water district leader submits resignation letter
South Florida Water Management District resigned Monday, leaving after just two years and creating another leadership shakeup for the far-reaching agency charged with guarding against flooding and ...
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Scott signs bill extending early voting
Rick Scott has signed an elections bill that allows more early voting, in an attempt to reverse some of the restrictions the Republican-controlled Legislature put in place in 2011. The legislation is a response to the ridicule Florida received in the days after ...
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Man sought for shopping with questionable credit card
Hallandale Beach Police are circulating a vivid surveillance video with the hope it will lead them to a man suspected of shopping with a compromised credit card. Keys Federal Credit Union issued the card that the suspect spent over $800 with at Office Max ...
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Police seek purse snatcher and two shoppers
Hallandale Beach Police are searching for a purse snatcher and two women suspected of going Christmas shopping with credit cards from that stolen purse, police said. The strong arm robbery happened around 12:25 p.m. on Dec. 20 outside the Desjardins Bank at 1001 E. Hallandale Beach Blvd. A young man grabbed the purse and ran off but there was no bank surveillance camera in the north parking lot ...
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Broward Sheriff Wants A $94 Million Funding Increase
FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – Broward’s new sheriff, with his hat in hand, visited the County Commission on Tuesday. Scott Israel presented his budget during a meeting at the Governmental Center in Ft. Lauderdale. Israel is requesting $760.7 million dollars. It’s an increase of $93.7 million dollars from last year’s BSO ...
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West Delray man shoots through door at suspected intruders
Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office detectives and deputies stand outside a house on the 5000 block of Palm Ridge Boulevard after a man shot through his back door after thinking three men were trying to break in around 2 p.m. on ...
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Lauderdale Lakes man wins $38.5 million negligence judgment
Lauderdale Lakes man who was left in a vegetative state after undergoing a "manipulation under anesthesia" in 2008, and another $10 million to the man's two daughters.Dale Whyte, 37, never woke up after going into cardiac arrest while undergoing the controversial outpatient procedure at the Atlantic Surgical Center ...
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Fort Lauderdale offers new attorney $175000 salary
FORT LAUDERDALE— Mayor Jack Seiler started off contract negotiations with would-be city attorney Cynthia A. Everett on Monday by offering her a $175,000 salary.Everett, who is currently the village attorney ...
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Coconut Creek manager expected to resign this week
COCONUT CREEK— Two weeks after commissioners publicly criticized him and said he has anger management issues, City Manager Dave Rivera is poised to resign.The City Commission is scheduled to consider the resignation and retirement of Rivera, who has worked in the city since 1994 and has an annual salary of $216,921, on Thursday ...
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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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