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Criteria Recording Studios founder Emerman dies
MIAMI (AP) -- Mack Emerman, the founder of Criteria Recording Studios where acts including Eric Clapton, James Brown and the Bee Gees made some of their most famous records, has died after a long illness, according to his daughter. He was ...
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Suspect in FAMU hazing death to be in court
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- 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 ...
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Rev. Terry Jones plans Quran burnings in Tampa on Sept. 11
TAMPA - The Rev. Terry Jones is planning to burn 2,998 Qurans on Sept. 11 in Tampa, though the exact location of the event has not been announced. But on Jones' Facebook ...
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19-Foot Python Found Killed in Miami
snakes can grow to a terrifying size. Now, one man in Miami has found a record-setting snake that’s longer than three human adults are tall. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), a man named Jason Leon has found the longest Burmese python ever recorded in the state ...
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Tampa tea party groups to protest at IRS office
TAMPA -- Members of Tampa 912 and other tea party activists plan to protest from noon to 1 p.m. today in front of the Tampa office of the Internal Revenue Service at 3848 W Columbus Drive. Karen Jaroch, who co-founded the Tampa chapter of Glenn Beck's 9-12 group, last week told the Tampa Bay Times that when the group applied for tax-exempt status in 2010, it not only had to complete a ...
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JPMorgans annual shareholder meeting set to begin in Tampa
TAMPA -- Security was heavy in the lead up to JPMorgan Chase's annual meeting at it's Highland Oaks campus in East Tampa on Tuesday morning. Drivers underwent two checks before being allowed to park. A couple dozen media members were cordoned off in a small tent outside the facility with national camera crews shooting morning updates. This is the second year in a row that the New ...
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At The Miami Herald tweeting’s about breaking news in the a.m. and conversation in the p.m.
Have you ever tried tweeting at a major news organization? How often have they responded or retweeted? Probably not often -- and that corresponds to the findings offered by ...
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Gov. Scott vetoes funds for South Florida projects
Florida Gov. Rick Scott. Gov. Rick Scott signed the states largest budget on Monday at $74.1 billion, even after breaking out his veto pen to strike $368 million worth of special projects. Many of those projects would have been in South Florida. One of the common themes was a refusal to pay for stormwater mitigation and drainage projects in municipalities. Some cultural, care for the elderly, ...
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Medical examiner 24 dead in Oklahoma twister
A resident surveys the damage after the tornado hit the area near 149th and Drexel on Monday, May 20, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Okla. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Chris ...
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Governor Kills Funding For Florida Snitch Program
Florida Governor Rick Scott has killed funding for a controversial ';violence prevention program'; in Florida which caused a public backlash after the Sheriff’s office in Palm Beach County encouraged people to report on their neighbors for anti-government ...
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Man 28 killed by falling tree during thunderstorm
Ocala police officers look over the tree that fell and killed a man while he waited in his car for a thunderstorm to pass at his Northeast 10th Court home in Ocala on ...
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Man accused of stealing bicycle during illegal drug deal
A Gainesville man was arrested Monday on allegations he tried to steal a purse and did steal a bicycle during an illegal drug deal, according to an arrest ...
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Forecast Warm muggy day ahead
A high temperature of 87 is forecast with light easterly winds and a 30 percent chance of afternoon rain. Tonight's low will be about 66 degrees.- Cindy SwirkoNational Weather Service 7-Day Forecast Today A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 87. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the ...
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Bomb threat evacuates Holly Hill School
HOLLY HILL -- The Holly Hill School has been evacuated after reports of a bomb threat in County . Volusia County deputies said a student overheard another talking about a pipe bomb. The sheriff's office has evacuated the school, which is located ...
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Work to disrupt water service for Flagler Beach residents
FLAGLER BEACH -- Some County residents will experience water service interruption and then be under a boil water advisory next week. The city of Flagler Beach said crews will be working on the main water line and water service will be shut off at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 28 for approximately four to six hours. The service will affect the following residents: Residents on Ocean Palm Drive with ...
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New jobs coming to Kennedy Space Center
United Paradyne Corporation, a California based rocket fuel supplier, is moving in to a former shuttle building. The building will be retrofitted to provide aerospace fuel for commercial space projects at KSC. ...
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Burglar Takes Time for Beer During Chase Police
Andrew Robert Fatzinger, 21, was arrested on charges of burglary, grand theft, criminal mischief and resisting an officer following the incident early Sunday, according to a Lighthouse Point Police ...
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Career Fair At Don Shula’s In Miami Lakes
SUNRISE (CBSMiami) - Area companies will be looking to fill more than 2,500 job positions at a career fair in Miami Lakes on Tuesday. The event will be held at the Don Shula Hotel on Main Street from 10 a.m. to 2 ...
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DCF Documents Reveal History With Family of Boy Left in Car
The Kendall mother charged with aggravated manslaughter in the death of her 11-month-old son had been diagnosed with postpartum depression soon after the baby was born, her attorneys revealed in court Monday. Lonnie Richardson, attorney for Catalina Bruno, and DCF regional director Esther Jacobo ...
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Nearly 19 feet Longest Burmese python captured in Florida
Florida has a long list of problematic invasive species, from the vervet monkey to the lionfish, but the Burmese python might be the state's public enemy No. 1 so much so that residents will hop out of their cars at night to catch one double the normal size. A Miami man wrangled and killed the ...
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Will Florida host 50th Super Bowl
Super Bowl derby may be to snag the consolation prize. The consensus is that the recent failure to obtain tax money to help fund an extensive overhaul ...
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Orlando-area hospitals keep top ratings in annual analysis | Video
Florida's hospitals, like those across the rest of the nation, have received their spring report cards and more than a third earned an A, according to a nonprofit organization that advocates for safer health-care delivery. In the Sunshine State, 37 percent of all hospitals scored an A, allowing Florida to retain its 10th-place ranking among states. Florida also ranked ...
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See a full list of Gov. Scotts $368M in vetoes - including $6M in Northeast Florida
Gov. Rick Scott Gov. Rick Scott spread the pain. As Scott signed a $74.1 billion state budget Monday, he used his line-item veto power to eliminate proposals that ranged from spending $14 million on a building project at Gulf Coast State College in the Panhandle to earmarking $20,000 for the Hialeah Junior Fire Academy in South Florida. "My filter was this,'' Scott said. "One, is ...
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Nassau County considering mobility fee to replace impact fees concurrency
A proposed mobility fee was presented in draft form to Nassau county officials Monday, which would steer the countys growth in a more efficient direction. County traffic consultants presented the idea to the county commission, which would replace transportation impact fees and concurrency, the Fernandina Beach News Leader reports. The proposed fee would target traffic needs east and west of ...
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Downtown Jacksonville homeless day center to open in July
Hemming Plaza is an unofficial gathering spot for the citys homeless population. The Jacksonville Day Resource Center at City Rescue Mission will open in July, the Financial News & Daily Record reports. Plans for the center were announced last November, which will include services such as showers, washing machines and other services to the homeless. A homeless day center was the center of ...
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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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