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Suspect Vehicle Seized in Hit-and-Run That Hurt Boy Cops
Miami Police said they have recovered the 2010 Mazda involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed Ana Mares, 52, in Brickell on March 22. Miami Police spokesman Sgt. Freddie Cruz said the car was turned over through the owner's attorney. Police said they are still investigating who was behind the wheel on the night of the crash. The victim's sister, Adriana Mares, spoke about the ...
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Tampa Police identify murder victim
TAMPA -- Tampa Police detectives have identified a man they say was murdered Friday. Patrick A. Richardson, 38, was found dead in the 4800 block of North 30th Street in Tampa at about 11:30 p.m. Friday. Richardson was a native of Jamaica, according to police. The investigation is still ongoing and anyone with information should call the Tampa Police Department at (813) ...
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Scared Publix customer sprays seeing-eye dog with bleach
SUNRISE — A seeing-eye dog had bleach squirted in its eyes at a Publix grocery store when a 67-year-old woman intentionally sprayed the animal in an unprovoked attack, a police report says.The 5-year-old yellow Labrador retriever appeared uninjured, the report said, but Patricia Lawler, of Sunrise, was cited for animal cruelty and given a notice to appear after the 4:15 p.m. Saturday ...
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Florida ramping up death penalty warrant signings
Rick Scott has ramped up execution orders of late, approving three death penalty warrants in less than a month, officials said. Scott signed off on only six death penalty warrants in the first three years of his term. Critics say the governor is trying to burnish his law-and-order credentials ahead of his re-election bid next year. Scott's office denied the charge, saying he'd done ...
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Plea bargain offer made to Florida teen arrested for lewd behavior
A female Florida high school student, accused of lewd behavior with an underage female, has been offered a plea deal, authorities said Monday. Kaitlyn Hunt, 18, was arrested in February and charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious behavior toward her unidentified girlfriend, 14, a fellow student at Sebastian River High School in Sebastian, Fla. A court affidavit referred to kissing and ...
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Victim of Miami ‘zombie’ attack makes strides in recovery doctors say
One year after surviving a savage, bizarre attack in Miami that left him blind, beaten and facially disfigured, Ronald Poppo is continuing his recovery at a long-term care facility in Cutler Bay. Poppo’s caregivers said he is in good spirits and plays guitar every day in his room at Jackson Memorial Perdue Medical Center, and he has put on about 50 pounds since the Memorial Day weekend ...
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Nan Rich Time for South Florida Dem to run for governor
SAFETY HARBOR, Fla. -- — For 10 years, political pros have taken it almost as gospel that the strongest statewide Democratic candidates are centrists from Florida’s top battleground region of Tampa Bay.2014 gubernatorial hopeful Nan Rich says that’s bunk.“We tried that three times, and we had three good candidates — we had Jim Davis, Alex Sink and Bill ...
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Study Most shipwrecks a minor US pollution threat
WASHINGTON -- A new government report details 87 shipwrecks - most sunk during World War II decades ago - that could pollute U.S. waters with tens of millions of gallons of oil.Even so, the potential for pollution is less than scientists had expected. The report released Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration concludes "the scope of the problem is much more ...
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Mans Miami Heat fandom painted on mural
"I just love to paint. Just like those boys love to play basketball, I just love to paint," said Serge Toussaint, who painted the mural on a wall along Northeast 29th Street between Miami Avenue and 1st Avenue. "I definitely think I am part of the Heat team. Only thing -- I don't have a ring ...
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UF President Machen will not seek tuition hike for next year
UF President Bernie Machen said Monday that because of the increased funding in the state budget, he would not seek a tuition hike for next ...
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Vine Bread Pasta opens new location Copper Monkey soon to follow
Vine Bread & Pasta opened last week in its new location at 627 N. Main St., offering organic sourdough bread, pastries, fresh pasta to go, coffee, tea and natural ...
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WellCare down Tech Data up on Wall Street Video
May 20 (Bloomberg) -- Bloombergs Trish Regan, Adam Johnson and Matt Miller report on todays ten most important stocks including Activis, Red Hat and Yahoo. (Source: Bloomberg) It was a day of nominal losses and gains on Wall Street Monday. Tech Data (NASDAQ: TECD) had the highest gain with 1.31 percent. WellCare Health Plans (NYSE: WCG) had the largest loss, 1.48 percent. This comes after the ...
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Ocala man accused of holding wife captive in home
OCALA -- A County man is under arrest after holding his wife captive in their home. Deputies responded to a home in the 5300 block of SW 87th Place on Sunday, May 19 in reference to domestic violence. The victim told deputies from approximately 11 p.m. on May 18 to 6 a.m. on May 19, her husband, Donald Palko, physically abused her and held her captive in their home. She said Palko physically ...
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Yahoo buys Tumblr for $1.1B promises not to screw it up
Left: Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer. Right: Tumblr founder David Karp. Yahoo announced Monday, May 20, 2013 that it is acquiring Tumblr for $1.1 billion, adding it promises 'not to screw it up.' ...
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Brush fire prompts caution warning for drivers on SR 417
State Road 417 , east of Lake Nona. Traffic is not blocked, and visibility is reported as clear. The size of the brush fire is not yet available. This is a developing story. Refresh this page and watch News 13 for ...
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Clermont announces winners of Drop Saver Poster Contest
CLERMONT -- The winners are in for the annual Drop Saver Poster Contest in County . More than 1,300 students in second through fifth grades from Clermont Elementary, Cypress Ridge Elementary and Imagine South Lake Charter School participated for the chance to have their poster in a statewide contest. Entries from second and third graders were combined, along with fourth and fifth graders. ...
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Giant Burmese python sets Florida record
It's a new record for the longest Burmese python caught in the wild in Florida. The previous record was a 17-foot-7-inch python caught in August in Everglades National ...
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Florida mom alleges anti-gay bias after daughter expelled arrested
By Daniel Arkin, Staff Writer, NBC News A teenage girl in Florida faces criminal charges for an alleged sexual relationship with a 15-year-old female student in a case the defendant’s family says stems from anti-gay prejudice.Kaitlyn Hunt, 18, has been charged with two felony counts of "lewd and lascivious battery of a child 12 to 16 years old" related to conduct with a minor she ...
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Miramar woman killed in fiery Turnpike crash named
The impact caused the Hyundai to burst into flame, police said. Soto and another witness helped pull the driver, Jeffrey Steven Bryce Jr., 33, to safety but were unable to rescue Vazquez, said police. Bryce was in critical condition Sunday at Jackson Memorial Hospital's Burn Center in Miami, according to FHP. Hospital officials said Monday they did not have permission to update his ...
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Record-setting python killed by knife-wielding Miami man
Say you're riding along late at night in rural southeast Miami-Dade County and you see a big python coming out of the brush. You (a) scream, swerve and punch the gas or (b) stop the car, grab the snake and start pulling. Meet Jason Leon of Miami, who answered (b) and wound up with the longest Burmese python ever captured in Florida. It measured 18 feet, 8 inches. The python was a ...
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Tampa Bay area waits its turn to bid for its fifth Super Bowl
TAMPA -- The National Football League Tuesday picks its host cities for Super Bowls L and LI -- that's 50 and 51, for the Roman numeral-challenged -- and Tampa Bay is not in the conversation. No surprise there, because the NFL did not invite the bay area to submit a bid for either game. Instead, invitations for those two games went to San Francisco, South Florida and Houston. The league ...
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Use you phone to check beach conditions
The weather? Perfect. Rip currents? No. What about bacteria in the water? You can answer this one with a few taps of your smart phone, thanks to a new app that will allow you to find the closest beach and check its water quality. The Waterkeeper Alliance has launched a new app, available ...
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MLB Toronto 7 Tampa Bay 5
Tampa Bay Rays . Dickey (4-5) allowed four hits and walked four in eight innings. Tampa Bay managed three runs -- two earned -- in the first three innings but didn't score off Dickey again. He struck out five Toronto reached Rays' starter Jake Odorizzi for three runs in the first two innings and, ...
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Florida governor signs budget but vetoes college tuition hike
By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE | Mon May 20, 2013 4:24pm EDT TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) - Florida Governor Rick Scott signed the largest budget in his state's history on Monday while vetoing a college tuition increase and axing $368 million in projects he said did not meet his Republican criteria of job creation, education improvement and holding down the cost of government. Scott, who ...
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Florida ahead of the curve on driverless auto testingS
WASHINGTON — Cars that steer themselves through bumper-to-bumper traffic will hit the market by the end of this year, and self-parking vehicles aren’t far behind. Fully autonomous models that don’t need human drivers at all are less than a decade from dealerships. But laws lag behind the rise of the robo-car. Only three states — Nevada, California and Florida — have ...
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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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