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Founder Institute Not enough Tampa Bay entrepreneurs for boot camp
Ressi An institute created to support entrepreneurial projects, the Founder Institute, had announced it would be holding a boot camp in the Tampa Bay-area, but has now cancelled it due to a lack of qualified applicants, it said. The Institute was created by Adeo Ressi, a college dropout who has had started eight businesses including a New York guide program bought by AOL in 1997. Ressi came to ...
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Florida Hospital Waterman CEO swaps jobs with Flagler hospital exec
Florida Hospital Waterman CEO Ken Mattison (shown) will swap jobs with Florida Hospital Flagler CEO David Ottati. Florida Hospital Waterman CEO Ken Mattison and Florida Hospital Flagler CEO David Ottati are swapping jobs, Orlando Sentinel reports. Mattison announced in April he would be leaving the Lake County hospital for another position within the Adventist Health System. Now, Ottati will ...
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Southgate strikes back Mall making big changes to keep customers
After a series of headlines about major department store departures, Westfield Group created some buzz with plans to renovate Sarasotas Southgate Mall with an outdoor project including retail, restaurants and nightlife. The one-acre addition will add 46,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space to the existing mall building in a space that is currently being used as a parking lot, the ...
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Latest updates on Oklahoma City tornado... JPMorgan investors on edge over Dimon vote... Samsung passes Apple in survey... Bernanke Innovation grows economic rewards Video
May 20 (Bloomberg) -- In today's "Movers & Shakers," Bloomberg's Betty Liu highlights comments on the benefits of innovation from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's commencement speech at Bard College. She speaks on Bloomberg Television's "In The Loop." Wichita Business Journal employee Gary Nickel received this photo from his son, Justin Nickel, who was in ...
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IMG unveils $15 million dormitory
The internationally-famed athletics training school, the IMG Academy of Bradenton, opened its new $15 million residence hall on Monday. The academy is a private school for elite athletes from around the world with about 700 students from pre-kindergarten to post-graduate age-levels, the Bradenton Herald said. The state-of-the-art dorm is accessible only by security badges. It has more than ...
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Ocala man dies when storm topples tree on car
OCALA, Fla. -- Police say a 28-year-old Ocala man died when a large oak tree fell on his vehicle during a thunderstorm.Ocala police Maj. Dennis Yonce told the Ocala Star-Banner ( http://bit.ly/17XE7af) that Christopher Harris was sitting in his Mitsubishi in the driveway of his home while a storm passed about 4:30 p.m. Monday.The storm which brought torrential rain and strong gusts uprooted a ...
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Jacksonville Head Start center to open Wednesday
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jacksonville's 24 Head Start centers are set to reopen after being shuttered when the federal government stopped providing the Jacksonville Urban League funding because of safety issues.The Florida Times-Union ( http://bit.ly/118ntMg) reports officials with the Florida Department of Children and Families spend the weekend pleading with federal officials to reopen the ...
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DCF deemed boy safe before he was left in vehicle
MIAMI -- Six months before a baby boy died after being left strapped in his car seat, the Florida Department of Children and Families concluded there was no evidence his mother's drinking endangered his life.The Miami Herald ( http://hrld.us/118kLX9) reports the agency closed the case on Catalina Marista Bruno in November following two incidents. Eleven-month-old Bryan Miguel Osceola died ...
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Barreto We’re Excited About Our Chances
Each city will get to make a 20-minute presentation inside the Hyatt Harborside Hotel on Boston Harbor. Super Bowl Bid Committee Chairman Rodney Barreto and former Miami Dolphins wide ...
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Caryn Kelley Testimony continues in College Park slaying trial
Caryn Kelley is expected to take the stand in her own defense. She's faces up to 30 years in prison if she is found guilty of ...
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Lifeguard shark wrestler describes what happened
Zach Cooney, the lifeguard on duty Sunday, took action when a shark swam into shallow waters in Cocoa Beach Sunday, May 20, ...
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Orlando police seize two crime guns over weekend
Orlando Police Department 's on-going efforts to confiscate illegal firearms that has removed more than 150 this year, records show.Shortly after 6 p.m., a gun reported stolen from Orange County was taken from a passenger in a car that initially failed to stop after being spotted speeding by police.The loaded 9 mm. pistol and a small amount of marijuana were seized from Fridland Mondesir, ...
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Flood Watch in Broward Miami-Dade Until 10 p.m.
A flood watch was in effect for parts of Miami-Dade and Broward through 10 p.m. Tuesday after heavy rains swept through the area overnight and more downpours were expected throughout the ...
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Biggest Burmese Python Ever Caught In Florida
A Burmese python measuring nearly 19ft has been captured in South Florida. About 3ft of the 18ft 8in (569cm) snake was spotted sticking out of some roadside brush on May 11 by Jason Leon and some friends, as they drove late at night through a rural area of southeast Miami-Dade County. The 23-year-old got out of his car, grabbed the snake behind its head and dragged it into the open. ...
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Last of FAMU suspects in court
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The last of the suspects to be charged with the death of a Florida A & M University drum major during a hazing ritual has a date in court.Darryl Cearnel has an arraignment Tuesday in state court in Orlando.Cearnel was charged with manslaughter and felony hazing last March, almost a year and a half after drum major Robert Champion died. Most of the other dozen or so other ...
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Fla. Gov. visit to Chile marks 8th overseas trip
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida Gov. Rick Scott is leaving the country for his eighth overseas trade-related trip in the last two-and-half years.The governor left late Monday for a trip to Chile in South America. He has previously visited far-flung places such as Brazil, Spain, Israel, and England. He heads to Paris next month.Scott has already taken more trips than former Gov. Charlie Crist. ...
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Miami-Dade schools settle sex harass lawsuits
MIAMI -- Two female police officers with the Miami-Dade County school system have settled lawsuits accusing the former police chief of sexually harassing them.Cmdr. Deanna Fox-Williams and Officer Yewande Gibson claimed in the lawsuits that former chief Charles Hurley asked them for dates and then retaliated against them when they refused his advances over several years.Hurley denied the claims ...
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Fla. foster youth head to DC to shadow lawmakers
MIAMI -- Several Florida former foster youth are joining dozens of foster youth from around the country on Capitol Hill to shadow U.S. lawmakers.Members of Congress will be paired with the youth, who are 18-22 years old, on Tuesdays morning. The former foster youth will attend hearings, meetings and witness floor votes.They will also sit down with members of the Obama Administration at the ...
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Face-chewing victim continues recovery in Miami
A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year in Miami has learned to play guitar as he continues treatment for his ...
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FHP Looks for Speeding Drivers From High Above
As NBC 6’s cameras followed FHP troopers at ground level, Telemundo 51 flew with a FHP pilot 2,000 feet above Florida’s Turnpike – high enough where drivers had no idea the agency had an eye in the ...
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Consumer Reports Oversold Testosterone Treatments
Consumer Reports' medical experts say starting testosterone is a big deal. It should only be done after a long and careful conversation between doctor and ...
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Gov. Scott Vetoes Almost $400 Million From Floridas New Budget
TALLAHASSEE | Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who had a tough time winning cooperation this past year from the Republican-led Legislature, struck back on Monday by vetoing nearly $400 million from the state's new ...
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Hamels gets 10 Ks but falls to 1-7 with Miami loss
Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Cole Hamels throws in the first inning during a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Miami, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Lynne ...
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Controversial MMA Fighter Fallon Fox In South Florida
MIAMI (CBSMiami) -Fallon Fox, a controversial mixed martial arts fighter, is in South Florida. Recently, Fox has made headlines as some critics argue she shouldn’t be able to fight other women. Professional mixed martial arts cage fighter Fallon Fox's biography is different from other female fighters in the MMA. Fox was actually born a man. "I am a post-operative transsexual ...
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VSI Tampa Bay FC Set to Battle The Rowdies
PLANT CITY | VSI Tampa Bay FC will take on the Tampa Bay Rowdies tonight at at Plant City Stadium after Tampa Bay FC edged Orlando City U23s this past Tuesday night in the first round of the US Open ...
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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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