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How you can help cut down on mosquitoes
With the rains come the mosquitoes, and Alachua County is already prepping for an intense mosquito season, as heavy rainfalls break up the increasingly warm ...
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Eastside students touched by Rosewood
Blink and you'll miss it.But on Wednesday, 20 Eastside High School juniors stepped off the beaten path in Rosewood to get a living history lesson on the racial violence that destroyed the town in 1923.They were led by Marvin Dunn, a retired professor at Florida International University and a forefront historian on racial violence in Florida.He took the group of AP U.S. history students into ...
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Virginia Tech beats Virginia 10-1 in ACC tourney
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Chad Pinder hit two home runs - including a sixth-inning grand slam - and drove in six runs to help Virginia Tech beat Virginia 10-1 on Wednesday in pool play of the Atlantic Coast Conference ...
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Victim Of Miami Cannibal Attack What He Looks Like Now
tore the flesh from Poppo’s face with his teeth and then turned on officers, who shot him to death. The grisly attack was the beginning of a string of weird incidents around the country last year, which set off much speculation about the dangers of synthetic marijuana. But during the mediastorm, we barely heard a thing about the victim, who came away from the gruesome event disfigured but ...
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Traffic warnings issued for weekend beach bash in Fort Lauderdale
Memorial Day weekend beach bash, but getting and leaving from the sand may be a hassle.City officials are urging anyone attending the Great American Beach Party at the beach to avoid the Las Olas Boulevard bridge because of ongoing construction work.The construction and rehabilitation calls for shutting down both westbound lanes on the north side of the bridge and reducing traffic to one lane in ...
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Coming to Tampas riverfront — beach volleyball
TAMPA -- It's had ice-skating in the winter. Now, for the first time, Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park will offer beach volleyball this summer. The white-sand court is going in this week for Saturday's Tampa Bay Margarita Festival, but it's staying through July 31. "We thought it would be pretty cool, like an urban beach kind of thing," said Ferdian Jap of Big City Events, ...
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Man shot to death in Florida while being questioned in Boston bombing investigation
Debris is seen along Boylston Street after explosions went off at the 117th Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2013. Two explosions hit the Boston Marathon as runners crossed the finish line on Monday. (JESSICA ...
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Pocket-dialing 911 leads to Fla. murder charge
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -; Authorities in South Florida say a man is charged with murder because he was overheard discussing the killing when his cellphone pocket-dialed ...
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Miami Commission could allow high-paid city execs to collect salary pension
Miami city commissioners, who in recent years have cut severance pay and pensions to balance budgets, could vote Tuesday to allow four of the city’s highest earners to return from retirement and collect their pension on top of their hefty salary. The plan could mean millions of dollars of extra pay over the long haul for the city clerk, auditor, city attorney and the city manager. But it ...
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Fred Grimm Broward may be Koch brothers’ own “deal from hell”
As puns go, the caption was pretty vapid. “Sun Sentinel doesn’t need a Koch problem.” (Pronounced, by the way, “coke.”)The banner held by a small band of demonstrators also featured a caricature of those infamous (or famous, depending on one’s political leaning) brothers with money bags and vampire teeth.Plainly, the protesters were alarmed by unconfirmed news ...
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Feds tell Fla. court immigrant cant be lawyer
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The U.S. Department of Justice is arguing that Florida should deny a law license to anyone who enters or remains in the country without legal permission.Federal authorities were asked last month by the Florida Supreme Court to help it decide whether federal law precludes the court's admission of an undocumented immigrant to the Florida Bar.Attorneys for the Department ...
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Fla. legislative leaders barnstorming across state
TAMPA, Fla. -- Florida's two legislative leaders are traveling across the state to tout legislation passed during the recently concluded session.The tour, which began on Wednesday, is unusual and not something that has been done by previous top legislators. It could fuel speculation that House Speaker Will Weatherford is looking to raise his political profile.Weatherford and Senate ...
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New Miami-Dade Schools police chief named
The school board appointed Ian Moffett on Wednesday. He was most recently a law enforcement trainer at the Miami Police Academy and previously worked for the Miami-Dade Schools Police Department for 15 ...
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Tiger has surgery in Clearwater for giant hairball
CLEARWATER -- It's not a typical case of a cat with a hairball. The cat at BluePearl Veterinary animal hospital in Clearwater Wednesday weighs about 400 lbs - and its hairball had to be removed through surgery. A 18-year-old tiger named 'Ty' went under the knife Wednesday at BluePearl Veterinary Partners specialty and emergency hospital in Clearwater. The hairball they removed ...
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Watch beer go from grain to glass at Orlando Brewery
ORLANDO -- If you just so happen to have a frosty mug filled with your favorite beer next to you, you might dig this idea. At no charge, Orlando Brewing is offering 45 minute tours of its brewery, showing you how your next "cold one" is born. "When he runs out of beer, then the tour's over," joked Orlando Brewing President John Cheek, referring to the tour guide. ...
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Priority Health High Blood Pressure Education Month
May is High Blood Pressure Education Month. High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is a silent killer because 90 percent of patients have no ...
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Fort Bragg soldier from Osceola County declared dead
ST CLOUD -- The US Army has declared dead a Fort Bragg soldier from St. Cloud, after being missing for more than a year. Specialist Kelli Bordeaux, 23, was last seen headed to a bar near her apartment in North Carolina in April 2012. Witnesses report seeing her leave the bar with a homeless sex offender, who denied any role in her disappearance. Volunteers scoured secluded areas around the ...
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Mrs. Fixit Book Safes
Most of Mrs. Fixit's projects are items you proudly want to display. This latest endeavour, hidden book compartments, is something you might want to keep low ...
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Caryn Kelley Medical examiner explains why death was homicide
Caryn Kelley is expected to take the stand in her own defense. She's faces up to 30 years in prison if she is found guilty of ...
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Community prayer service held for Oklahoma tornado victims
The Daytona Beach Black Clergy Alliance held a community prayer service at Tubman King Community Church for the Oklahoma tornado victims -- Wednesday, May 22, ...
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Kaitlyn Hunt gay Fla. teen charged for underage girlfriend
Kaitlyn Hunt and her father, Steve, in Vero Beach on Monday, May 20, 2013 after Kaitlyn, 18, was arrested, expelled from school and charged with two felony counts of lewd and lascivious battery for dating and having sex with her 14-year-old girlfriend, who was a fellow player on her basketball team. (PHOTO/Hunt ...
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Mrs. Fixit Chalkboard Paint
Chalkboard paint has a million uses - on refrigerator doors, walls and now on canisters. All you need is a spray can of chalkboard paint and a few packages of nametags or adhesive labels from your office supply ...
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Clermont man arrested for threatening group of kids
Christopher Morales of Clermont was arrested after police said he pointed a weapon at a group of children and threatening to kill them. The 25-year-old told police it was a martial arts weapon, and not a gun. (PHOTO/Lake County ...
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NASCAR saluting U.S. Military
NASCAR fans, partners, drivers, teams and tracks can salute the military by sending messages of gratitude at www.NASCAR.com/Salutes and by using #NASCARSalutes on Instagram and ...
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Winter Garden man arrested for possession of child porn
FDLE said agents executed a search warrant at Andres David Hernandez's Avenue of the Groves apartment and found several hundred full length videos and images of child pornography on his ...
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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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