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Detectives committed to solving open Central Florida missing persons cases
ORLANDO -- Since the beginning of 2013, there have been 109 missing persons cases reported in Orlando. Of those cases, 103 have been solved. Monday, detectives with the Orlando Police Department hoped new attention brought to those unsolved cases will help those who are missing be found. Back in November ...
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1 killed after tree falls on car in Ocala
OCALA -- A man is dead after a tree fell on a car he was sitting in during severe weather in Marion County Monday afternoon. According to the Ocala Police Department, the man, later identified at 28-year-old Christopher Harris, was in his car near the driveway of a home on NE 10th Court in Ocala. Police said around 4:20 p.m., a tree from a neighbor's yard fell on his car and another ...
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Man accused of breaking into home attacking teen
PIERSON -- Deputies in Volusia County arrested an 18-year-old accused of breaking into a teenage girl's home to have sex with her. It happened early Monday morning in Pierson. Deputies said Eduardo Rodriguez broke into the girl's room just after 1 a.m. and touched her. The girl woke up and screamed for her mother, and according to the sheriff's office, they both fought ...
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Suspensions handed down in Orange County home confinement fallout
More jail employees have been disciplined for not properly reporting home confinement violations by Bessman Okafor. ...
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Python found by rural Florida road sets record for longest captured in state
This May 15, 2013 photo provided by the University of Florida shows unidentified staff next to a dead Burmese python on the campus in Gainesville, Fla. The python, the longest ever caught in the state, measured 18 feet, 8 inches and weighed 128 pounds. It was caught along a South Florida road on May 11, 2013. The University of Florida researchers performed a necropsy on the female snake and ...
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MLB Miami 5 Philadelphia 1
Justin Ruggiano knocked in a pair of runs Monday in the Miami Marlins' 5-1 win over Philadelphia. Sanabia (3-6) broke a five-start losing streak with his first victory since April 16. The right-hander limited the Phillies to one run on seven hits, walking one while fanning three. Ruggiano's RBI double in the sixth inning broke a 1-1 tie and he doubled the advantage with a run-scoring ...
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18-Foot 8-Inch Python Caught in South Florida
MIAMI | The longest Burmese python ever caught in the state -- 18 feet, 8 inches long and 128 pounds -- was found alongside a rural South Florida road, wildlife officials said ...
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Florida Youth Library Programs Are Ready for Summer
Youth librarians throughout the county are preparing for the annual Florida Youth Library Program Summer Reading promotion "Dig into Reading" for kids and "Beneath the Surface" for teens. The idea is to keep young people reading and learning through the summer break. This is a "home-grown" program; librarians around the state contribute ideas for the programs, ...
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MacDill Medical Ops Member Killed in Crash on I-75
Staff Sgt. Cheryl Westbrook was driving in the center lane on Interstate 75 near Riverview on Saturday when another car tried to change lanes and the two collided. Florida Highway Patrol officials said she lost control of the vehicle, hit a Florida Department of Transportation sign and flipped over. Westbook, 35, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver in the other car, Candelaria M. Perez, ...
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South Florida Woman Charged With Visa Fraud
A South Florida woman has been charged with visa fraud after authorities say she falsely promised 143 Haitians and told the federal government there were jobs waiting for them in the ...
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Price of Admission At Universal Orlando Increases by $3
The price of admission keeps rising at Universal Orlando. Both Universal theme parks — Universal Studios Florida and Universal's Islands of Adventure — announced a $3 increase for a single-day ticket to $92, plus tax. This move makes Universal tickets more expensive than its rival Walt Disney World, which hasn't announced a price increase. Universal Studios has seen a ...
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Lesbian 18 faces 15 years in prison for sex with classmate 14
Nearly 80,000 supporters since Friday have signed an Internet petition demanding felony sex charges be dropped against an 18-year-old lesbian who dated a 14-year-old high-school basketball teammate.Kaitlyn Hunt of Indian River County is charged with two felony counts of lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12 to 16 years old. If convicted, she would be given a sentence ranging from probation ...
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Gov. Scott vetoes 3 tuition hike $368M in projects
Rick Scott vetoed $368 million in lawmaker pet projects Monday and blocked a 3 percent tuition hike for Florida colleges and universities.The tuition increase passed earlier this month was a small piece of the overall $74.1 billion budget, which includes restoring $300 million in cuts to universities from last year, $50 million in incentive awards for faculty and another $85 million in campus ...
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19-foot python killed Florida man captures kills record-setting Burmese python
A Florida man with experience handling snakes captured and killed a 128-pound Burmese python he discovered on the side of the road in Miami-Dade County, ...
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Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb kills 37
A child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along to rescuers Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary ...
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FHP identifies cyclist who died in crash as Miami man
Authorities have identified the man who died Sunday afternoon after he lost control of his motorbike.Florida Highways Patrol said Gardy Louissaint, 31, of Miami was driving an Honda 1000 on Ives Dairy Road east of Northeast 10th Avenue at 1.50 PM when he attempted to change lanes to overtake another vehicle and lost control.He slammed into a utility pole and was pronounced dead at the scene, ...
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6 months before boy’s death DCF said he was safe
Catalina Marista Bruno had been arrested three times on charges involving drugs or alcohol. She had been drinking last July when police arrested her husband for beating her in front of her children. And she was deemed to be drunk in November when she reportedly clipped several walls before passing out with her infant son untethered in the front seat with her.Still, state child welfare ...
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North Miami Beach runoff election may be in judge’s hands
North Miami Beach’s runoff election will be held Tuesday, but with one caveat: The city’s canvassing board cannot certify the official results until further order from the courts. Judge Darrin Gayles of the 11th Judicial Circuit Court made that decision Monday after a hearing in which Seat 4 candidate Yvenoline Dargenson’s residency came under question due to a lawsuit ...
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No bond for ex-RB Collins probation hearing Jul 1
BATON ROUGE, La. -- A Louisiana judge has ordered former Miami Dolphins running back Cecil Collins held without bond until a probation hearing July 1.The Advocate ( http://bit.ly/12pRZDO) reports that District Judge Mike Caldwell will decide whether Collins violated probation on Louisiana charges by committing a burglary in Florida in late 1999.Collins was released from a Florida prison May 1 ...
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Heroin Returns in Floridas War on Pill Mills
Kevin Foley stood before a judge in Broward County's drug court - fellow abusers sitting behind him in the benches - talking about the fitful life of a recovering addict, the random drug tests, the counseling and what he hoped was his next, clean chapter. Foley, 21, has been hooked on heroin for nearly two years. Before that, he was popping oxycodone and other prescription pills ...
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19-Foot Python Killed Man Kills Giant Snake After Encounter in Florida
A previously captured 13-foot Burmese python is held in the Everglades, Florida in this January 17, 2013 file photo. A 19-foot python has been killed in Florida this month, according to reports.A man from Miami-Dade County is reported to have killed the huge Burmese Python. The species is known to be quite an invasive species in the state, and it is common for people to go out of their way to ...
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Orlando hoping for some lottery Magic
Magic senior vice president Pat Williams is seen kissing the ping-pong ball after Orlando won the No. 1 overall pick in the 2004 draft and chose Dwight Howard. The NBA is hoping for the same Tuesday night to jump-start the rebuilding process. (Steve Freeman/NBAE via Getty ...
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New Tampa Bay Water manager hails from North Carolina
CLEARWATER — If the Tampa Bay Water board approves his contract, the new general manager of the wholesale utility serving Pinellas, Pasco and Hillsborough counties will be Matthew Jordan, an engineer from North Carolina. After negotiations with the utility's attorney, Jordan, currently the CEO of the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, has accepted the $180,000 a year job, according ...
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Loxahatchee man accused of killing neighbor after fight over dogs
Richard Bohl, 47, of Loxahatchee Groves, faces a homicide charge after shooting his neighbor, Gary Jorglewich twice in the face, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office arrest ...
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Beleaguered Goodman juror wants to disqualify prosecutors
Attorneys for Dennis DeMartin, the former John Goodman juror fighting a criminal contempt charge, on Monday filed their strongest attack yet against ...
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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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