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Orlando-Sanford April traffic up 6.6
Allegiant Travel Co. is Orlando-Sanford International Airport's largest carrier. Orlando-Sanford International Airport experienced a jump in total traffic, but international traffic was down last month. The airports total April traffic of 176,588 was 6.6 percent higher than the same month a year ago, the Sanford Airport Authority reported. Domestic passenger traffic of 135,035 was 10.4 ...
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Civil rights suit filed in Miami Beach shooting
MIAMI (AP) -- The family of a 22-year-old man killed in a barrage of police gunfire during a hip-hop Urban Beach Week festival in 2011 filed a civil rights and negligence lawsuit Tuesday seeking damages for his death and hoping to figure out what ...
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Highest-paid South Florida technology executives -- slideshow
Technology is a booming job market in South Florida and local companies have heaped millions of dollars upon local executives. The Business Journal examined Securities and Exchange Commission filings for the largest information and technology companies based in the region and found some lucrative awards were handed out. Most of the compensation was in the form of stock, as opposed to salary, so ...
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Developer plans new office building in Miami Township
CEA Properties LLC, which owns the building leased by Ameriprise Financial at 3045 Newmark Drive, plans to build a second building next door. A developer in Miami Township is moving forward with a second phase of a business park. CEA Properties LLC, which owns the building leased by Ameriprise Financial at 3045 Newmark Drive, plans to build a second building next door. Plans for the ...
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Ex-Davie cop found guilty of sex assault makes case for his release pending appeal
Stephen Olenchak, an ex-Davie cop convicted of molesting a family member while his wife and son slept in the same bed, has been sentenced to 10 years in state ...
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Former head of Federal Reserve Miami joins Ocean Bank board
Juan del Busto, Ocean Bank board member. Ocean Bank added Juan del Busto, the former head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlantas Miami branch, to its board of directors. The move should give the Miami-based bank a boost in its dealings with regulators. The bank has been under enforcement orders from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Florida Office of Financial Regulation since 2007, ...
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JPMorgan board to shareholders were listening
As the meeting opened, current CEO and chair Jamie Dimon said he was delighted to be in Tampa at JPMorgans Highland Oaks campus, which he called a key operating center for the company. Shareholders of JPMorgan Chase & Co. meeting today in Tampa defeated a proposal to require the company have an independent director as board chairman. The proposal, backed by the AFSCME ...
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Sauer wins $6.5M NASA contract to renovate space rocket test stand
Sauer Inc. of Jacksonville has won a $6.5 million NASA task order to renovate the B-2 space rocket test stand at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Sauer expects to break ground in late spring and complete the project in 10 months, the company said in a news release. The B-2 Test Stand at Stennis was originally built to test Saturn rocket stages that propelled astronauts to the moon, NASA said ...
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Fla. mom man accused of abuse in childs death
SARASOTA, Fla. -- A man and woman are being held without bond in a Sarasota jail in connection with death of the woman's 3-year-old daughter.Asia Rosier and Jumar Edwards were arrested Monday on felony child abuse charges following the April 11 death of Jewel Howard.The Sarasota Herald-Tribune (http://bit.ly/14NwP4m) reports the girl had received treatment for asthma on April 10 and ...
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Fitch Affirms Florida Municipal Loan Councils Rev Bonds Series 2010A at A Outlook Negative
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fitch Ratings affirms the rating on the following Florida Municipal Loan Council's (FMLC) revenue bonds at 'A': --$7.4 million revenue bonds, series 2010A. In addition, Fitch affirms its 'A' rating on the city of Palatka, FL (the city) implied general obligation (GO) bonds. The Rating Outlook is Negative. ...
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Orlando foreclosure toll is $720 million report says
Orlando has lost an estimated $720 million in wealth, particularly among low-income families, as a result of the wave of foreclosures, according to a report released today by a national housing nonprofit. Sen. Geraldine Thompson, D-Orlando, was among those who are expected to present the "Wasted Wealth" report Tuesday morning. The findings by the Alliance for a Just Society were ...
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Victim of face-eating attack content and coping
MIAMI— Nearly one year after he was attacked by a crazed man who chewed off his face, Ronald Poppo is blind, has no nose and is struggling to cope with his new life. But Poppo, known around the world as the victim of the so-called Causeway Cannibal, was described Tuesday by doctors and therapists as a happy man. "He is more than content with how he is," said plastic surgeon ...
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Tampa Port Authority rejects Channelside deal
The Tampa Port Authority’s governing board voted unanimously Tuesday morning to kill Liberty Channelside LLC’s attempt to take over Channelside Bay ...
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Beach Boys coming to Hard Rock in Tampa
Tampa's Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino has booked a big name for July 18: The Beach Boys. Before you get too excited, keep in mind that this is NOT the same Beach Boys that reunited in full last year. Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and David Marks are absent from this lineup; instead you'll get Mike Love, Bruce Johnston and some others. Still, the Hard Rock can be a surprisingly ...
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Fire breaks out at St. Petersburg home
ST. PETERSBURG -- No one was injured Tuesday morning when a fire broke out in a St. Petersburg home. Neighbor Asia Maxwell, 22, said she looked out her window about 10:50 a.m. and saw flames coming from the back of her neighbor's home at 1000 64th Ave. S. She immediately called the homeowner's cellphone, and found out they had just left the house on an errand. Maxwell said ...
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St. Petersburg lawmaker calls for study of Levy nuclear plant costs
A St. Petersburg lawmaker wants the Florida Public Service Commission to study the cost of the proposed Levy County nuclear plant compared to a natural gas facility. Rep. Dwight Dudley, D-St. Petersburg, said in a news release and letter to the commission this week that a Tampa Bay Times analysis that showed Levy would cost more than a natural gas facility over 60 years warrants a comprehensive ...
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Boca Raton sinkhole caused by water main break
Boca Raton street on Monday afternoon, police and city officials said. Just after a water main broke at about 4:30 p.m. Monday, a school bus with some children on board drove over the water-filled roadway on Burning Tree Lane north of Glades Road, causing the asphalt to collapse, ...
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Housing group Foreclosures cost Orlando $720M in wealth
Orlando has lost an estimated $720 million in wealth, particularly among low-income families, as a result of the wave of foreclosures, according to a report released today by a national housing nonprofit. Sen. Geraldine Thompson, D-Orlando, was among those who are expected to present the "Wasted Wealth" report Tuesday morning. The findings by the Alliance for a Just Society were ...
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Watch Florida Teen Arrested for Same-Sex Relationship
Freak hate it's -- slogan of the FaceBook page started by Caitlin hunt's parents. Desperate to help their eighteen year old daughter who is facing felony charges for having a sexual relationship ...
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Florida parents turn to Internet to help daughter charged with sex with girl minor
ORLANDO - Thousands of people have protested against the prosecution of an 18-year-old Florida high school senior after her parents launched an Internet petition claiming she was charged with sex crimes only because her lover, a then 14-year-old schoolmate, was another girl.By late Monday afternoon, almost 100,000 people had signed ...
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First South Florida Technology Summit to be held Wednesday
The first South Florida Technology Summit will offer attendees an opportunity to learn about the hottest gadgets and to prepare for future tech advancements with workshops, tutorials, presentations, keynotes and exhibits. The annual technology summit, which is presented by TigerDirect.com in collaboration with The LAB Miami and Refresh Miami, will take place from 1 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday at the ...
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JPMorgans Dimon faces shareholder referendum
TAMPA, Fla. -- Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO JPMorgan Chase, told shareholders Tuesday that last year's $6 billion trading loss had been expensive and "extremely embarrassing," but he also asked shareholders not to fixate on the issue."It would have been a terrible shame if that one issue were allowed to damage the company from doing all the things it was supposed to ...
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Guilty fraud plea in $5.6M Vegas embezzlement
LAS VEGAS -- A Las Vegas man has pleaded guilty to fraud charges in connection with the embezzlement of $5.6 million from the prominent builder of residential high-rises in the Vegas area over nearly five years.U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden says Rocco Lazazzaro pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud at the Florida-based Turnberry Associates.He says Lazazzaro personally was ...
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Fla. Supreme Court says execution can go forward
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida Supreme Court says the execution of a man who killed a prison guard in 1987 can go forward.The court denied an appeal Tuesday and said that William Van Poyck's June 12 execution will not be delayed.In June 1987, Van Poyck and co-defendant Frank Valdes ambushed two guards who were taking inmate James O'Brien in a prison van to a doctor's office in ...
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Wake Pouncey And Fields Win Team Awards
took home the Nat Moore Community Service Award, it was announced today. This was the first time that Wake has won Dan Marino Most Valuable Player Award which is voted on by the South Florida media. In 2012, he started all 16 games and finished the year with 53 tackles and 15 sacks. Wake ranked third in the AFC and fourth in the NFL in sacks and also tied for the sixth highest single season sack ...
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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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