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Governor Scott plans to veto tuition hike for college students
TALLAHASSEE (AP) -- Florida Gov. Rick Scott is going to veto a proposed three percent tuition hike for college and university students. The Republican-led Florida Legislature included the hike in a $74.5 billion budget passed earlier this month. Scott will sign the budget into law on Monday, but is expected to veto numerous spending items, including the proposed tuition hike. In a copy of ...
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Lifeguard pulls shark away from Cocoa Beach shore
COCOA BEACH -- A shark sighting in Cocoa Beach was too close for comfort Sunday. Ocean Rescue told News 13 a sharked washed in near the Cocoa Beach Pier and had to be pulled back into deeper waters by a lifeguard. Witnesses said the five-foot-long shark was near where some kids were playing. The lifeguard, Zach Cooney, grabbed the shark by its tail to move it away from a small crowd that ...
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Woman killed in one-car crash on I-95
Boynton Beach Boulevard and struck a pole, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.Rose Manie Corvil was pronounced dead at the scene of the 5:44 a.m. crash, said ...
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Pompano Beach Boat overturns offshore
POMPANO BEACH— A 19-foot boat overturned about 30 yards offshore Sunday afternoon, authorities said.About five or six people were on board, all are safe, said Mike Jachles, a spokesman for ...
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St. Petersburgs Night of Museums
This weekend, St. Petersburg will see two international events take place that happen only once a year: Restaurant Day, when anyone can don a toque and become a chef, will take place on May 18, right before the Night of Museums, which begins at 6 p.m. that evening and lasts till 6 a.m. the following ...
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MLB Miami 2 Arizona 1
Marcell Ozuna delivered a two-run double Sunday and the Miami Marlins survived a late Arizona rally to edge the Diamondbacks 2-1. Ozuna doubled home Adeiny Hechavarria and Derek Dietrich with two out in the sixth inning, providing Miami's only ...
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Bozzone bounces back to emphatic Florida win
Source: ONE Sport Former world champion Terenzo Bozzone bounced back with a big win at Iron Man 70.3 Florida in Haines City today. After having a car door opened on him while riding his bike two days before the Iron Man 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championship in Auckland in January, New Zealand'sBozzone struggled to get back to form. At that race he found himself well off course during the ...
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Search for Man Spotted in Water Off Lower Matecumbe Key
Miami-Dade Police on Monday identified Jeffrey Vincent, 39, as the diver who is being searched for after he went missing off of Key Biscayne Sunday. Miami-Dade Police spokesman Detective Alvaro Zabaleta and Miami Beach Coast Guard Lt. Commander Joe Abeyta discussed the ...
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Coast Guard rescues 13 from sinking boat in Fla.
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued 13 people after their boat sank in the waters off Clearwater.Luckily the family's boat sank close to the Coast Guard station at Sand Key on Saturday morning. Everyone onboard was also wearing a life jacket.Rescuers escorted the boaters safely to shore. The Tampa Bay Times (http://www.ittybittyurl.com/1jPF) reports the 20-foot boat was ...
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Weather updates Storms build over Central Florida
rain already drenched parts of Volusia and Marion counties and more is on the way for parts of Central Florida. Scattered showers and storms are expected as the east coast sea breeze and other outflows push inland. Those storms should push south and southeast at 10 to 15 mph bringing heavy rainfall. The heaviest amounts of rain are forecast near the coast, with additional showers in Volusia, ...
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Fla. girl who lost feet in lawnmower meets dolphin
TAMPA, Fla. -- A toddler whose feet were amputated after her father accidentally backed over her with a riding lawnmower had a special meeting with her hero.Ireland Nugent has often been seen clutching a stuffed animal of Winter, the dolphin with a prosthetic tail, in her wheelchair since the April 11 accident. She even carried the toy with her when she left the hospital nearly a month after ...
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Fla. gov. steps up pace on signing death warrants
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Gov. Rick Scott is signing death warrants at a pace rarely seen in Florida since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.Scott already has signed five death warrants this year, including three in a recent span of less than four weeks."I go through them and when people have exhausted their appeals and when they're finished with their clemency process, then I ...
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Deltona man ejected in Flagler County crash
BUNNELL -- A 50-year-old Deltona man is dead after he was ejected from a car in County . Florida Highway Patrol troopers said Christina Laming, 41, was traveling northbound on U.S. 1 north of Otis Stone Hunter Road when she drifted onto the grassy median. Laming then over-corrected, crossed over both northbound lanes and overturned partially on the east shoulder. Joseph Drenner was ejected ...
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Funeral services set for Kissimmee firefighter killed in crash
The Kissimmee Fire Department has announced arrangements for a firefighter, who died May 16. (PHOTO/City of Kissimmee Fire ...
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POLITIFACT Texas Gov.s boast rated true
A former presidential contender, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, is doing a little bragging. "If we want to get American working again, we need Washington to get out of the way," he said. The day Obama swung through Austin earlier this month, Perry ran an ad in the local newspaper in which he referenced the "Texas model working much better than Washington's," saying that ...
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Teacher-training programs’ success under scrutiny
Teacher-training programs success under scrutiny Florida and several other states are creating accountability systems so education schools will develop quantitative ways to measure their programs ...
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Teen arrested after cops say she bit mans penis
BRADENTON, Fla. -- A 19-year-old high school student has been arrested after authorities say she bit her boyfriend's penis when he refused to have sex with her.Manatee Sheriff's Office said Krystle Harrison made several advances toward her boyfriend of three years and he rebuffed her. According to an arrest report, she grabbed him and bit his genitals.He left the house, but the arrest ...
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Powerball Winner May 18 Bought Ticket In Florida Supermarket
May 19, 2013 1:39 pm A Powerball winning ticket has been sold in Florida, meaning that one lucky person has claimed the biggest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million on May 18, 2013, lottery officials said ...
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Same-Sex High School Relationship Leads To Expulsion Arrest Of Florida Teen
@MSN High school is a time for humans to make lots of mistakes. It’s when we find out who we are. It’s when we develop our personalities, our attitudes, and we do it all by making lots, and lots, and lots of mistakes. There is study after study that shows that the biology of the teenage brain is such that it takes longer to calculate risks associated with their decisions and ...
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Florida Lotto jackpot rises to $12 million
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The jackpot in the Florida Lotto game has grown to $12 million after no one matched the six winning numbers in the latest drawing, lottery officials said Sunday. A total of 48 tickets matched five numbers to win $4,565.50 each; 2,674 tickets matched four numbers for $68 each; and 54,226 tickets matched three numbers for $5 each. The winning Florida Lotto numbers ...
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Miamis Stadium Issues Cloud Its Bid to Host Super Bowl
Perhaps the most telling handicapping of the contest to host the 50th Super Bowl came in a grammatical Freudian slip from one of the bidders less than two weeks ago. When Rodney Barreto, the South Florida businessman who is leading that ...
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One Ticket Hits Powerball Florida Lottery Rolls Over
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami) - Florida has a new multi-millionaire. Someone who bought a ticket in Zephyrhills, outside of Tampa, won the Powerball jackpot of $590 million. The winning numbers drawn Saturday night were 10-13-14-22-52; the Powerball number was ...
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Ironman Victory for Bozzone in Florida
New Zealander Terenzo Bozzone's returned from injury in the perfect fashion with victory in the Ironman 70.3 race in Florida. It was his first race back since Ironman New Zealand, where he was diagnosed with delayed concussion following an accident while riding his bike almost two months prior. Bozzone moved to the front after the 90km bike leg and proved too strong on the run, setting a new ...
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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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Some residents of Orlando unthrilled by new theme park plan
Tourism is essential to the economy of Orlando, to such an extent that The City Beautiful has become something of the capital city of amusement parks, not necessarily because of their number, but because of the calibre of amusement parks that are located within Orlando. A new theme park proposal for the city, however, has courted the ire of residents.
The three major amusement parks, or theme parks in Orlando are Walt Disney World Resort, SeaWorld Orlando and Universal Studios Orlando, all of which are massive in size and comprise of several different huge parks within themselves. Read more
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