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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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Have you ridden Antarctica at SeaWorld Orlando yet Video gives full overview
If you haven't had a chance to ride it yet, click the video toward the bottom of this article for a full overview. The video covers the outside of the ride and the queue line, as well as the pre-show, the ride itself, and the penguin habitat at the end. It will give you a little flavor of what to expect when you come out to experience it for yourself. Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin ...
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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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Single tip led to Osceola drug case with more than 400 suspects in 18 counties
oxycodone , and other pain killers. But the tipster who called Central Florida Crimeline claimed that somehow, 33-year-old Mathew Barry, and a couple of friends had a constant supply, according to court records. The information led to a statewide investigation crossing 18 counties that targeted a group using laptop computers and a special grade of watermarked paper to print prescriptions for ...
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H.S. student charged for relationship with underage teen to fight charges
A high school senior arrested on charges of having a sexual relationship with her underage female classmate said she will not accept a plea deal and will fight the charges. Kaitlyn Hunt, 18, could be labeled a sex offender for the rest of her life for a relationship the two girls said was consensual. Her parents' online petition on Change.org to keep their daughter out of jail has gained ...
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State wants Zimmermans stress test thrown out
Zimmerman's defense said he passed a computerized voice stress test he took hours after he allegedly shot and killed Trayvon Martin. In a new motion, prosecutors said such evidence is "unreliable and inadmissable." In a related development, the state is also asking for a gag order on the attorneys in the case. Those requests have been turned down twice ...
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2 car DeLand crash knocks down power pole
Officials said the crash happened at Euclid and Florida avenues. Police said two cars collided at the intersection, sending one car into the porch of a home. A power pole was also knocked over. They are now investigating what caused the ...
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Monsters University is great movie My reaction to screening at Disney World
Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, "Monsters University" had a special showing at the Downtown Disney AMC theater for those who signed up quickly enough for the Disney Parks Blog event and media who were covering Monstrous Summer. The movie official movie release date is still almost a month away, so I can't reveal any plot details, but I can share my general opinion. In a word, ...
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Orlando Catholic diocese to name four new priests
Bishop John Noonan of Orlando's Catholic diocese is set to ordain four men to the order of priesthood on Saturday, May 25, at 10 a.m. The men will be ordained at St. James Cathedral, 215 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando. The four men, who have each been preparing for the Sacrament of Holy Orders for nine years, are Deacons Ivan Olmo, Benjamin Lehnertz, Dominic Buckley and George Nursey, ...
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Shocking” New Fashion The Wearable Defibrillator
When a person experiences sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) while asleep, the chance of survival is minimal. The LifeVest is a personal defibrillator worn by the patient who is at risk for SCA. It monitors the heart constantly. So, if a patient goes into an arrhythmia, the LifeVest delivers a shock treatment to restore the patient's heart to normal. The two major components of the LifeVest ...
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Arias jury foreman Decision gut-wrenching
A day after a jury deadlocked on whether Jodi Arias should be sentenced to death for the murder of her ex-boyfriend, the jury foreman described the decision process as tense and ...
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SeaWorld unveils new Antarctica attraction
SeaWorld's Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin opened officially to guests Friday morning with the only appropriate greeting for Central Florida: 30-degree weather and ...
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Teaching kids the meaning of Memorial Day
President Richard Nixon declared Memorial Day a federal holiday on the last Monday in May. Cities all around the U.S. will hold their own celebrations to pay respect to the men and women who have died in wars or in the service of their country.Teaching the meaning of Memorial Day to your children can be a challenge. To many Americans, Memorial Day marks the beginning of summer and is an excuse ...
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Facebook threat prompts investigation at Tavares school
There's been yet another security scare at a central Florida school.A student's Facebook post, saying there was going to be a fight on campus Friday and that there would be a gun involved, brought deputies out to Tavares Middle School, authorities said.Deputies took no chances and were waiting for students when they arrived to school Friday morning.Half a dozen deputies were on campus ...
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Deputies Man took pictures of 10-year-old in public restroom
Marion County Sheriff's investigators said he took photos of a 10-year-old boy at a urinal in a department store.According to investigators, a witness told them that he saw Maximo Deherrera, 63, slide his cellphone camera down the side of a urinal divider and take a picture of the young boy who was using the urinal next to him.The witness told investigators that he saw the flash go off on ...
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Students statewide improve FCAT writing scores
The Florida Department of Education announced the results of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test 2.0 on Friday and said statewide, students made gains in writing scores.Students in grades four, eight and 10 were tested on writing skills.The department said, in a press release, that 58 percent of those students scored at 3.5 and higher, a jump of 4 percent from the 2012 ...
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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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