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Convicted felon sought after cutting GPS officials say
Electronic Resource Associates LLC GPS Orlando, a private company, was selected to fit Cruz with an ankle monitor. They confirm that there was a violation of his GPS ...
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Over 40 starving cows seized near DeLand
Lake County Animal Services said it rescued 41 malnourished cows from a rancher near DeLand.Officials said their ribs and hipbones were poking through their hide, and some of the calves couldn't get milk from their mothers.Officials said they've been eating constantly since they arrived at an animal shelter in Astatula. The director of the shelter said they'd been working with the ...
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Body of Ibragim Todashev will be flown to Russia for burial
The FBI has cleared a crime scene Friday night where they shot and killed Ibragim Todashev. The shooting happened at the Windover Apartments on Wednesday when agents questioned him about a Boston-area triple homicide. Agents claimed he lunged at them with a knife. Neighbors told WFTV's Ryan Hughes Todashev was friendly. On the front door of the apartment where Todashev was shot and killed ...
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Teen arrested over same-sex relationship refuses plea deal
A Florida teenager has one day to decide whether she will accept a plea deal after she was arrested and charged with unlawful sex with a minor because of a relationship with her 15-year-old ...
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Donations for Oklahoma top $20 million
The Red Cross has received more than $15 million in donations and pledges so far for the town of Moore, which was struck by a tornado Monday that killed 24, injured more than 300 and destroyed thousands of ...
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Weather Blog NOAA Hurricane forecast released
Storm surge, depression forming, sea surface temperatures. These are all terms I've not missed saying, and yet after nearly 6 months of an 'off season' they are terms that once more will be rolling off the lips of us weather dorks. Hurricane Season 2013 is upon ...
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Theme park wars bring big dollars to Orlando
The organization has been tracking the influx in the number of tourist flocking to the region, as the theme parks keep rolling out new expansions and renovations, to bring more people to the ...
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Images Rocket launches from Cape Canaveral
A rocket carrying a payload that will revolutionize military communication, according to NASA, launched successfully into space from Cape Canaveral on Friday ...
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Delta rocket launch from Cape a success
A rocket carrying a payload that will revolutionize military communication, according to NASA, launched successfully into space from Cape Canaveral on Friday ...
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Thief targets another Family Dollar store
Investigators believe the same man who broke into the store on Nova Road and International Speedway Thursday night also broke into a Ridegwood Avenue location on Wednesday ...
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Caryn Kelley wont testify at manslaughter trial
Kelley's decision comes after five days of delays. The trial came to a standstill Friday when a defense witness, pathologist Dr. William Anderson, testified about a test that he was not permitted to ...
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How safe is that bridge youre driving over
Like millions of other Americans, Dan and Sally Sligh packed up their vehicle and headed out for a Memorial Day weekend trip. As they crossed the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River outside Seattle, Washington, the bridge gave way and their pickup truck plunged into the frigid ...
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Orlando nonprofit seeks volunteers for Oklahoma relief
Orlando nonprofit Clean the World is working to lend a helping hand to Oklahomans hit by a massive tornado, and they'll need help of their own to do ...
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As crowds flock to the beach ocean officials advise safety
Volusia County Ocean Rescue said it's ready for the start of the busy beach season. Although the full crowd hasn't arrived, lifeguards said they've already had to rescue three people and expect more. Officials said there will be 80 to ...
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Delta 4 set to launch Friday night
A Delta 4 rocket is scheduled for launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Friday evening.The launch was postponed Thursday night because of last-minute technical issues.The rocket, carrying a military satellite, is set to lift off at 8:27 p.m.You can watch the launch live on WFTV Channel 9 and on ...
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Casselberry leaders hope to rehabilitate local neighborhoods
After years of focusing improvement efforts on the look of U.S. Route 17-92, Casselberry leaders are now shifting their focus to include residential neighborhoods. Channel 9 learned that there are dozens of empty lots and homes that the city is looking at rehabilitating. Casselberry resident Allen Wingate spent Friday afternoon cleaning up a lawn that he doesn't own. "I don't want ...
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Red-light camera bill could change challenge process
A new bill awaiting the governor's signature could give drivers two months to challenge a red-light camera ticket, but carry a heavy price tag. Channel 9's Racquel Asa discovered that although the 230-page bill gives drivers 60 days to challenge a ticket, the fine jumps to $408 if they lose. Jerleen Franklin-Brown has less money to spend on gas these days after she said she shelled out ...
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Brevard County man arrested after calling 911 multiple times to have car towed
Brevard County said he misused 911. Deputies said Bruno Jankowicz called 911 five times because he wanted a car towed away from his apartment. Deputies think Jankowicz may have been drinking, but he was warned repeatedly to stop calling 911. "Where is your emergency, sir?" the dispatcher asked during the first call. "My emergency is there's a BMW sitting out in front of my ...
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Top five reasons to stay at the WIlderness Lodge at Walt Disney World
Click slideshow for scenes from the Wilderness Lodge So what, exactly, is so special about the Wilderness Lodge? Here are my top five reasons to stay ...
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Defense counters medical examiners testimony in College Park manslaughter trial
Caryn Kelley's manslaughter trial went into its fifth day of testimony Friday.Kelley is accused of shooting her boyfriend Phillip Peatross to death during a drunken argument inside her College Park home in 2011.Her defense has maintained that Peatross grabbed the gun and shot himself."How much disagreement can there be between reasonable medical examiners when it comes to ...
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Driver pulls up to ER in Bentley drops off gunshot victim
Channel 9 is working to learn more details after a man was dropped off at Doctor Phillips Hospital early Thursday morning by an unknown man driving a blue Bentley.Reporter Myrt Price found deputies have tracked down the owner of the car and that he is cooperating in the investigation, but officials have not released the victim nor the driver's names.Authorities said they talked to both the ...
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Woman 89 attacked by dog ‘Worst thing ever’
A Seminole County woman is recovering Friday after dog already deemed dangerous by officials attacked her, leaving the 89-year-old with bite wounds all over her ...
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Owner of Bentley cooperative in shooting investigation
The owner and the person who was driving the vehicle said they were shot at on the corner of Kirkman Road and Old Winter Garden Road by someone in a dark-colored ...
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Funeral held for 8-year-old tornado victim
Some 300 mourners crowded inside Eagle Heights Baptist Church here Friday to pay their respects to an elementary school student killed when a tornado churned through nearby Moore, ...
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Fla. Gov. Rick Scott to sign texting bill into law
Gov. Rick Scott said he will sign Senate Bill 52, which prohibits drivers from manually typing or entering letters, numbers, symbols or other characters into mobile communication ...
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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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