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Video Winning $590-million lottery ticket sold in Florida
It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket sold in a Florida grocery store has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials said ...
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Palmetto couples beloved barbecue sauce becomes a business
Palmetto couple Jan and Elmer Hiker were accustomed to getting compliments on their homemade barbecue sauce. A year ago, on the advice of friends, they began bottling and selling their ...
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NASA seeking launch pad proposals
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER -- NASA is offering companies some prime real estate at the Kennedy Space Center. The space agency is going to seek proposals for commercial use of Launch Pad 39A, which is the pad that sent astronauts to the moon aboard Apollo and the space station via space shuttles. NASA wants companies, such as United Launch Alliance and SpaceX, to use the historic pad. The agency ...
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Off-duty Polk deputy has purse snatched at Publix
Winter Haven police say this man robbed an off-duty Polk County sheriff's deputy Saturday evening as she was entering the Publix Supermarket at 884 Cypress Gardens ...
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Greatest gift for hotelier Harris Rosen is sharing with others
Orlando hotelier Harris Rosen learned early on that having much is a gift, but the greater gift is sharing what you have with ...
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Shooting leaves 1 man dead at Orange County subdivision
A shooting in the Hiawassee Meadows subdivision on Dandelion Drive left one man dead and another injured on Saturday, May 18, ...
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Meteors impact with moon creates brightest flash ever
A meteoroid struck the surface of the moon Friday, causing an explosion "10 times as bright as anything we've ever seen," NASA's Bill Cooke ...
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Veteran stuck in wheelchair saved from pond
Veteran Robert Lunay, 79, was saved by two by-standers in Lealman after his wheelchair slipped in a pond and he rolled into the water on Friday ...
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A history of Miami and Miami Beach
(CBS News) They're a sun-seekers paradise on the Florida coast . . . the cities of Miami and Miami Beach lure millions to their hedonistic attractions, not to mention their unique contributions to the world of design. A metropolis today, the City of Miami wasn't incorporated until 1896, with a population of a few hundred. Across Biscayne Bay, an island known simply as "the ...
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First 48 run with Miami police comes to close
The Miami Police Department said is ending its long-running relationship with the A&E cable channel true-crime series "The First 48." Police Chief Manuel Orosa said the city's contract with the show has expired and producers have not responded to a request they make a sizable donation to the Police Athletic League. "We're asking the show to donate monies to our ...
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Gov. Rick Scott speeds up warrants for Death Row inmates
UPCOMING EXECUTIONS Gov. Rick Scott has signed three active death warrants in recent weeks, the most any governor has signed in more than two decades. They are: • ELMER LEON CARROLL, convicted of the rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl in Apopka in 1990. Execution scheduled May 29. • WILLIAM VAN POYCK, convicted of the murder of a Florida correctional officer in Raiford in 1987. ...
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Man falls 16 floors from Jacksonville hotel balcony dies
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A man has died after authorities say he fell from a 16th floor balcony of a downtown Jacksonville hotel.Sheriff's officials said the man, who is in his 40s, checked into the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville around 7 p.m. Saturday night. Preliminary investigation points to suicide.The victim landed on top of an unoccupied car in the valet area. The Florida Times-Union ...
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Someone in Florida Is $590.5 Million Richer After Record Powerball Drawing
A single ticket matched all the numbers: 10, 13, 14, 22, 52,and a Powerball of 11. The name of the lucky person who bought the ticket at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, Fla. still hasn’t been released publicly but he or she is probably feeling mighty lucky this Sunday. The person (or people) who bought the ticket beat the around 1 in 175 million odds to win the highest Powerball ...
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Police Looking for Endangered Missing Child
Miami Police are asking for the public's help in locating a teen girl who went missing Monday. Evelyn Rivera, 17, was last seen at her home in the 200 block of Northwest 10th Street, Miami Police said Wednesday. Mother Wanda Gomez ...
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Official 1 winning ticket sold in Florida in historic $590.5 million Powerball drawing
Kelly Branscom, of Zionsville, buys 2 Powerball lottery tickets, one for her and one for her cat Token, from a walk up window at a Hess gas station on the corner of Brodhead Avenue and Broadway, Saturday, May 18, 2013 in Bethlehem, Pa.. At left, is Alex Lopez, of Bethlehem, with Powerball tickets in hand. (AP Photo/The Express-Times, Stephen ...
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Police Search For Missing Miami Gardens Girl
MIAMI GARDENS (CBSMiami) - Miami Gardens police have asked for the public's help in finding a missing child who may be with her father. An Endangered Missing Child Alert was issued Sunday for Arianna ...
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World Record US lottery prize won in Florida
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon voiced concern on Sunday over North Korea's launch of short-range missiles, urging Pyonyang to refrain from further launches and return to stalled nuclear talks with world ...
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Fight between neighbors leads to shooting in Fla.
LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. -- Authorities are investigating after they say a fight erupted between two neighbors over their dogs led to a shooting in South Florida.Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputies said the two fought over their dogs on Friday. They fought again on Saturday night and that's when authorities say one neighbor shot the other.The male victim was taken to the hospital and is ...
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Jet-setter’s love of travel fueled by early Miami trip
Carolyn Kremins has always loved to travel. Growing up in Long Island, she spent her childhood going on road trips to Niagara Falls and the Catskills.“I wanted so desperately to go on a plane,” she said in a recent phone interview. “I used my grandfather as an excuse.”Like many grandfathers in the late 1970s, Kremins’ spent winters in Miami Beach. For her first ever ...
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Hands Across The Sand Miami 2013 Locals Protest Off-Shore Drilling Stand For Clean Energy
On Saturday, weekend beach-goers and environmental activists joined hands along Miami Beach to take a stand against the U.S. dependence on oil and to promote clean energy resources. ...
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Autistic boy 8 disappears while vacationing in Florida
PERDIDO KEY, Fla. – Authorities are searching by land and sea for an 8-year-old Autistic boy who went missing while vacationing in the Florida Panhandle. Escambia County Sheriff's officials said Owen Elliot Black was on the beaches of Perdido Key with his mother and wandered off on his own and 4 p.m. Friday. He has brown hair and eyes and was last seen wearing a red and blue striped ...
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8 yr-old Autistic boy goes missing on Fla vacation
PERDIDO KEY, Fla. -- Authorities are searching by land and sea for an 8-year-old Autistic boy who went missing while vacationing in the Florida Panhandle.Escambia County Sheriff's officials said Owen Elliot Black was on the beaches of Perdido Key with his mother and wandered off on his own and 4 p.m. Friday. He has brown hair and eyes and was last seen wearing a red and blue striped shirt ...
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Dwyane Wade Prom Miami Heat Star Surprises Teen After Turning Her Down
Dwyane Wade showed up at a prom Friday night and surprised one lucky – and persistent – fan who has asked him multiple times to be her date since last Fall.The Miami Heat superstar pulled up to the Archbishop Coleman Carroll High School senior prom at the LaJolla Ballroom in Coral Gables, Fla., decked out in a sleek black suit, white shirt, no tie, and striking red loafers ensemble. ...
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Florida man arrested for driving naked allegedly stealing motorcycle
Police in Florida said they arrested a man twice within a 12-hour period, once for driving his car naked and a second time for allegedly stealing a motorcycle. Brian Blake Bienvenu, 24, of Delray Beach, Fla., began his alleged crime spree at 2:20 a.m. local time Thursday, when a security official at Highland Beach Club observed him parking his vehicle in the nude, police said. Bienvenu tried ...
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FHP Orlando man struck killed by car in Hernando County
Spring Hill just before 3:30 a.m. when he was struck by a 2001 Volkswagen Jetta driven by Robbie Leanus Robinson, 25, of New Port Richey. Davila died at the scene. Robinson and a passenger were not ...
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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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