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Man Arrested for Murder After Pocket-Dialing 9-1-1
A Pompano Beach man is being held without bond on homicide charges after he pocket-dialed 9-1-1 while talking to someone about his murder plans, police ...
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Miami Beach Police Ready for Urban Beach Weekend
This Urban Beach Weekend, partygoers on Miami Beach seem to be on their best behavior. They tell NBC 6 that this year's festivities seem safer with the additional police ...
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Alachua County home sales continue hot trend jumped 24 percent in April
Alachua County home sales have increased 20 percent in each of the first four months of the year over 2012, according to data from the Gainesville Multiple Listings ...
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WellCare names David Gallitano to top board post
David Gallitano The board of directors of WellCare Health Plans Inc. elected David Gallitano as chairman. Gallitano, a WellCare director since 2009, succeeds Charles Berg, who stepped down from the board at the end of todays annual shareholders meeting. Gallitano has been president of Tucker Advisors Inc., a private investment firm, since 2002. Gallitanos operational experience and financial ...
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Deputy crashes patrol car injures 2 others
MANATEE, Fla. -- A Tampa Bay area deputy totaled a patrol car and hospitalized two other drivers with minor injuries after authorities say she failed to stop for a red light.The Manatee County Sheriff's Office reports that the deputy had just looked up from her work-issued computer Tuesday afternoon when she rear-ended one vehicle and pushed it into another one. Both of the other vehicles ...
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Citizens sheds 60000 policies in special deal
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida's largest property insurer is shedding 60,000 policies - many of them in South Florida - under a questionable deal.The board of Citizens Property Insurance voted 3-2 on Wednesday to transfer policies to a St. Petersburg company called Heritage Property and Casualty Insurance.Heritage is less than a year old but it has already made large donations to the ...
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5 things to know in Florida for May 23
Your daily look at news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.MAN SHOT TO DEATH WHILE QUESTIONED IN BOSTON PROBEA Chechen immigrant who was being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was shot to death early Wednesday after officials say he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife. Ibragim Todashev, a 27-year-old mixed martial arts ...
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Zimmerman wants Trayvons pot use referenced
Audio experts gave differing opinions on whether screams for help captured on 911 calls were those of neighborhood watch leader George Zimmerman or the 17-year-old teen he fatally shot last ...
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Bloomin Brands gains other Tampa Bay companies slide Video
May 22 (Bloomberg) -- Bloombergs Trish Regan, Adam Johnson and Julie Hyman report on todays ten most important stocks including Hewlett-Packard, Saks and Toll Brothers. (Source: Bloomberg) Bloomin Brands was the only winner among the 10 largest public companies in Tampa Bay on Wall Street Wednesday. Bloomin Brands (NASDAQ: BLMN) posted a gain of 1.51 percent. TECO Energy (NYSE: TE) has the ...
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Miami Hurricanes Set to Improve NCAA Standing
The second season begins Thursday for the University of Miami baseball team. And judging by the national RPI rankings released by the NCAA, the Hurricanes would be hard-pressed to find a better tune-up for the NCAA tournament than the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. All eight of the teams that qualified for the ACC tourney are ranked in the top 20 in RPI -- the most from any ...
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Find out your risk of stroke
People interested in knowing their risk of stroke will have the opportunity Thursday morning at a stroke event at UF Health Shands Rehab ...
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Missing war veteran found dead
A Gainesville man with combat experience in Iraq who was reported missing last Friday was found dead Wednesday afternoon in a northwest Gainesville ...
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Bus rapid transit open house set for Thursday
The city will hold an open house Thursday evening to provide information and get public input on the ongoing study of a proposed bus rapid transit ...
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Bucs Give Crabtree Room to Grow
Tampa Bay believes TE Tom Crabtree has the potential to produce at a higher level, given the opportunity, and the former Packer is excited about the ...
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UPDATE 2-SEC charges South Miami with fraud over debt deals
Wed May 22, 2013 5:33pm EDT WASHINGTON May 22 (Reuters) - The city of South Miami, Florida, defrauded investors by not disclosing problems with the tax-exempt status of two bond deals, U.S. securities regulators said on Wednesday in their second municipal bond fraud enforcement action this month. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said the Florida city had agreed to settle the fraud ...
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2 Suspects Arrested in Attack on ATM Repairman Cops
A North Miami family is asking for help to find two attackers who police say tried to kill an ATM repair man outside his home. Police and the family of Juan Canales speak about the ...
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Man Linked to Boston Bombing Suspect Fatally Shot During Questioning
In this May 4, 2013 police mug provided by the Orange County Corrections Department in Orlando, Fla., shows Ibragim Todashev after his arrest for aggravated battery in Orlando. Todashev, who was being questioned in Orlando by authorities in the Boston bombing probe, was fatally shot Wednesday, May 22, 2013 when he initiated a violent confrontation, FBI officials said. (AP Photo/Orange County ...
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Tow truck driver accused of pepper-spraying baby and then offering deputy a bribe
A routine trip to tow an illegally parked car ended up with a baby being pepper-sprayed, a false report of shots fired and the tow truck driver arrested on bribery charges. It all began shortly before 7 p.m. Sunday, when Carmel Towing driver Ronald Tyler, showed up to a large party to tow away illegally parked vehicles inside the Olive Glenn Community complex in Pompano Beach. Witnesses told ...
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Oklahoma tornado unlikely to impact Florida property insurance market
Florida's troubled property insurance market shouldn't feel any ripple effects with higher rates because of the devastating Oklahoma tornado, insurance experts say. "This is a tornado that occurred in Oklahoma," said Bob Hartwig, an economist and president of the Insurance Information Institute. "This doesn't have any impact on the cost of homeowners insurance in ...
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Florida gets a “C” in job security
Florida scores a middling grade in a new report card on job security in the United States. Wider Opportunities for Women, an advocacy group in Washington, gave Florida a C, crediting the Sunshine State for having more favorable policies at it relates to income (B) but trailing the nation on workplace benefits (D-), and being average when it comes to home affordability, consumer debt and ...
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Gun owner charged after boy 11 dies in accidental shooting
Charges have been filed against a man who purchased a handgun off the street that later accidentally fired and killed a Lake City boy when children were playing with ...
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Swearing-in ceremony for Braddy and Wells is noon Thursday
The City Commission will also elect a mayor-commissioner pro-tem for the next year. The ceremony begins at noon at the Thelma Boltin Center, 516 NE 2nd Ave.- Christopher ...
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Health Care Clinic Director Sentenced in Miami to 111 Months for His Role in $63 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
WASHINGTON-A former health care clinic director and licensed therapist was sentenced in Miami to 111 months in prison today in connection with a health care fraud scheme involving defunct health provider Health Care Solutions Network Inc. (HCSN). Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern ...
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Court agrees to shield legislators from lawsuit
A divided state appeals court ruled that legislators and legislative staff don't have to answer questions related to one of three lawsuits challenging the districts adopted last ...
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Gun Malfunctions 3 Times as Man Tries to Shoot Estranged Wife Cops
A Tampa man was arrested for attempted murder after his gun failed three times when he allegedly tried to shoot his estranged wife, authorities ...
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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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