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Teacher-training programs’ success under scrutiny
Teacher-training programsÂ’ success under scrutiny Florida and several other states are creating accountability systems so education schools will develop quantitative ways to measure their programsÂ’ ...
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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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NASA seeking launch pad proposals
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER -- NASA is offering companies some prime real estate at the Kennedy Space Center. The space agency is going to seek proposals for commercial use of Launch Pad 39A, which is the pad that sent astronauts to the moon aboard Apollo and the space station via space shuttles. NASA wants companies, such as United Launch Alliance and SpaceX, to use the historic pad. The agency ...
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Off-duty Polk deputy has purse snatched at Publix
Winter Haven police say this man robbed an off-duty Polk County sheriff's deputy Saturday evening as she was entering the Publix Supermarket at 884 Cypress Gardens ...
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Greatest gift for hotelier Harris Rosen is sharing with others
Orlando hotelier Harris Rosen learned early on that having much is a gift, but the greater gift is sharing what you have with ...
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Shooting leaves 1 man dead at Orange County subdivision
A shooting in the Hiawassee Meadows subdivision on Dandelion Drive left one man dead and another injured on Saturday, May 18, ...
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Meteors impact with moon creates brightest flash ever
A meteoroid struck the surface of the moon Friday, causing an explosion "10 times as bright as anything we've ever seen," NASA's Bill Cooke ...
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Veteran stuck in wheelchair saved from pond
Veteran Robert Lunay, 79, was saved by two by-standers in Lealman after his wheelchair slipped in a pond and he rolled into the water on Friday ...
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A history of Miami and Miami Beach
(CBS News) They're a sun-seekers paradise on the Florida coast . . . the cities of Miami and Miami Beach lure millions to their hedonistic attractions, not to mention their unique contributions to the world of design. A metropolis today, the City of Miami wasn't incorporated until 1896, with a population of a few hundred. Across Biscayne Bay, an island known simply as "the ...
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First 48 run with Miami police comes to close
The Miami Police Department said is ending its long-running relationship with the A&E cable channel true-crime series "The First 48." Police Chief Manuel Orosa said the city's contract with the show has expired and producers have not responded to a request they make a sizable donation to the Police Athletic League. "We're asking the show to donate monies to our ...
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Gov. Rick Scott speeds up warrants for Death Row inmates
UPCOMING EXECUTIONS Gov. Rick Scott has signed three active death warrants in recent weeks, the most any governor has signed in more than two decades. They are: • ELMER LEON CARROLL, convicted of the rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl in Apopka in 1990. Execution scheduled May 29. • WILLIAM VAN POYCK, convicted of the murder of a Florida correctional officer in Raiford in 1987. ...
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Man falls 16 floors from Jacksonville hotel balcony dies
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A man has died after authorities say he fell from a 16th floor balcony of a downtown Jacksonville hotel.Sheriff's officials said the man, who is in his 40s, checked into the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville around 7 p.m. Saturday night. Preliminary investigation points to suicide.The victim landed on top of an unoccupied car in the valet area. The Florida Times-Union ...
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Someone in Florida Is $590.5 Million Richer After Record Powerball Drawing
A single ticket matched all the numbers: 10, 13, 14, 22, 52,and a Powerball of 11. The name of the lucky person who bought the ticket at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, Fla. still hasn’t been released publicly but he or she is probably feeling mighty lucky this Sunday. The person (or people) who bought the ticket beat the around 1 in 175 million odds to win the highest Powerball ...
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Police Looking for Endangered Missing Child
Miami Police are asking for the public's help in locating a teen girl who went missing Monday. Evelyn Rivera, 17, was last seen at her home in the 200 block of Northwest 10th Street, Miami Police said Wednesday. Mother Wanda Gomez ...
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Official 1 winning ticket sold in Florida in historic $590.5 million Powerball drawing
Kelly Branscom, of Zionsville, buys 2 Powerball lottery tickets, one for her and one for her cat Token, from a walk up window at a Hess gas station on the corner of Brodhead Avenue and Broadway, Saturday, May 18, 2013 in Bethlehem, Pa.. At left, is Alex Lopez, of Bethlehem, with Powerball tickets in hand. (AP Photo/The Express-Times, Stephen ...
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Police Search For Missing Miami Gardens Girl
MIAMI GARDENS (CBSMiami) - Miami Gardens police have asked for the public's help in finding a missing child who may be with her father. An Endangered Missing Child Alert was issued Sunday for Arianna ...
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World Record US lottery prize won in Florida
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon voiced concern on Sunday over North Korea's launch of short-range missiles, urging Pyonyang to refrain from further launches and return to stalled nuclear talks with world ...
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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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