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Forecast Hotter drier day ahead
The chance of rain drops to 10 percent, down from 50 percent the past few days. But it is expected to be a few degrees hotter, with a forecast high of 90 degrees.- Cindy SwirkoNational Weather Service 7-Day Forecast Today A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 8 mph in the ...
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Driver seriously injured in Bradford County crash
<p>A Hawthorne resident was hospitalized with serious injuries following a Wednesday afternoon accident in Bradford County.</p><p>Taken to Shands Hospital in Gainesville was Michele Rene Hoskins, 55, the Florida Highway Patrol reported in a press release.</p><p>The accident occurred on State Road 100 about 5:05 p.m. as Hoskins, driving a 1999 Chevrolet Venture, was ...
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Deputies Mom threatens kids with weapon
DELAND, Fla. - A woman is being held without bond after authorities say she broke into her ex-boyfriend's central Florida home and threatened to cut off the heads of their three small children. Volusia County Sheriff's deputies say 32-year-old Alisa Williams had moved out of the home two weeks ago. She returned Tuesday with a machete. Williams broke through the door and went after ...
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FBI shooting-review team in Orlando for Ibragim Todashev killing
FBI officials from Washington, D.C. is in Orlando today investigating the fatal shooting of Ibragim Todashev, the 27-year-old Kissimmee man killed Wednesday by an FBI agent. The officials were questioning Todashev at a condo off Peregrine Avenue in Orlando when he initiated a "violent confrontation," an FBI spokesman said. Todashev reportedly lunged at the agent with a knife, and the ...
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Weather Forecast Partly Cloudy Highs in the Upper 80s Thursday
After Wednesday afternoon’s break in the rain, we anticipate just one more chance of isolated thunderstorms Thursday afternoon. Expect partly cloudy conditions and highs around ...
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Bout With Burmese Python in Everglades Goes Global
NBC 6 was the first to bring you the story of Jason Leon's wrestling bout with a Burmese python in the Everglades, but now the 23 year old's larger than life catch has gone global. Leon and friend Veronica Larios ...
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Surgeons remove tigers basketball-sized 4-pound hairball
CLEARWATER, Fla. – It's not unusual for a cat to get a hairball, but a 400-pound tiger needed help from veterinary surgeons in Florida when he couldn't hack up a basketball-size hairball by himself. The 17-year-old tiger named Ty underwent the procedure Wednesday at a veterinary center in the Tampa Bay area community of Clearwater. Doctors said in a statement that they safely ...
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Machete-toting Fla. mom breaks into home threatens children
A woman is being held without bond after authorities say she broke into her ex-boyfriend's central Florida home and threatened to cut off the heads of their three small children.Volusia County Sheriff's deputies say 32-year-old Alisa Williams had moved out of the home two weeks ago. She returned Tuesday with a machete. Williams broke through the door and went after former boyfriend ...
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Republicans Scramble to Save Governor in Florida Battleground
Outgoing Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (left) shakes hands with new Gov. Rick Scott after his swearing in at the Capitol in Tallahassee on Tuesday, Jan. 4, ...
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Fla. Man killed in NJ crash
PLUMSTED TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- A Florida man died and his wife was critically injured after their vehicle was struck by a dump truck in New Jersey.Officials say 81-year-old Robert Sauer of Fort Myers, Fla., was trying to turn left when his vehicle was hit by a dump truck loaded with sand in Plumsted Township Wednesday.Officials say the truck, driven by 49-year-old Elijah Vandermark of Dingmans ...
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Bernanke Fed send markets tumbling + Nissan recalling 841000 + Tesla repays loan early + HP raises outlook
Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, listens to a question during a Joint Economic Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Bernanke said the U.S. economy remains hampered by high unemployment and government spending cuts, and tightening policy too soon would endanger the recovery. Hot and wet Thursday. High of 89. See more weather at Action News ...
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More charges for Marion County man in child sex abuse case
MARION COUNTY -- A 62-year old Marion County man who was arrested last week for trying to have sex with a 15-year-old boy is now facing more charges. Kenneth Devore is now charged with sexual battery and false imprisonment. He was arrested last week, after investigators say he admitted to sexually abusing at least three children. Investigators are urging any other victims to come forward by ...
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South Carolina fugitive captured in Brevard County
South Carolina police had been looking for Sachs since February, when a 19-year old said she was kidnapped and sexually assaulted. (PHOTO/Brevard County ...
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$2 billion in Oklahoma tornado damage means hard recovery
As many as 13,000 homes were damaged or destroyed Monday when the twister plowed through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore. About 33,000 people were affected, officials said, though the number left homeless was still ...
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SunRail considering rental car program for downtown Orlando
SunRail officials are looking to implement a rental car program in downtown Orlando similar to one UCF already has in place. SunRail officials are looking to start a rental car program in downtown Orlando similar to one the University of Central Florida already has in place. UCF currently runs the Zipcar program, where students and staff can rent a car for the hour, day or weekend, CF News 13 ...
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Google others join Apple on hot seat over taxes
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG), based in Mountain View, Calif., is also drawing scrutiny for its tax practices. Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook may have been singled out on the hot seat this week over the tech giants tax practices, but Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) and other corporate heavy-hitters are skirting the system as well, Bloomberg reports. For example, Google funnels profits through ...
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Woman accused of coercing $35000 in bank withdrawals
A woman is accused of driving an elderly man to multiple banks and coercing him to withdraw more than $35,000, all so she could steal the funds, according to ...
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SBA creates $475M loan program for vets
The SBA Veteran Pledge Initiative is expected to boost lending nationwide by $475 million. The U.S. Small Business Administration expects to boost its small business lending by $475 million nationwide through the SBA Veteran Pledge Initiative. The agency expects to assist 2,000 veterans obtain loans to start or expand companies during the next five years. Of the $475 million, $249 million will ...
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EXCLUSIVE Sports commission develops event incubator
Rob Higgins The new Event Development Institute scheduled to launch June 1 in Tampa is a first-of-its-kind sports event incubator envisioned by the Tampa Bay Sports Commission and funded by private donations. There was no fertile ground in which these event ideas could come to fruition, said Sports Commission Executive Director Rob Higgins. His team created the EDI to give upstart sports event ...
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Culture geography led to J.W. Cole deal
John Carlson The deal that brought J.W. Cole Financial Inc. together with Financial Advisors of America LLC was more than a year in the making. The companies, each independent broker-dealers, were introduced at an industry conference about a year and a half ago, and have been talking since then. They found a good culture fit and a geographic match that led to J.W. Cole acquiring Financial ...
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WTSP morning anchor Gadsden announces departure
The morning and noon news anchor for local CBS affiliate WTSP-Ch. 10 plans to leave the station next month. Ginger Gadsden has been with the station since 2006, but said she grew exhausted from the morning shift, which required her to wake up at 2 a.m., the Tampa Bay Times said. She will leave her position on June 30 and said she does not have another job lined up yet. I dont think your body is ...
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Taubman plans high tech shopping at University Town Center
Taubman Centers Inc., co-developer of the $315 million Mall at the University Town Center, plans to use the project as a showcase and a testing ground for digital interactive tools. The firm plans to combat showrooming where shoppers use brick-and-mortar stores for experimentation before purchasing items online, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune said. Mall tenants will likely offer discounts through ...
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St. Petersburg insurer could get $52 million from Citizens
St. Petersburg-based Heritage Property and Casualty Company is set to receive up to $52 million from Citizens Property Insurance Corp. in a deal that is drawing criticism. Heritage Property and Casualty, which is in line to take over 60,000 policies from Citizens, donated $110,000 to Gov. Rick Scotts reelection campaign in March, the Tampa Bay Times said. Citizens, a state-backed insurer, is ...
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Man who caused fatal crash loses drivers license
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A man who caused a crash that killed four family members near Fort Lauderdale must give up his driver's license.A Broward County judge ruled Wednesday that 37-year-old Romial Romeus must pay a $4,000 fine and complete 120 hours of community service.Romeus was issued a careless driving citation after the Jan. 2 crash. The dead included 37-year-old Nadege ...
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Deputies find 40 animals abandoned in Pasco home
HOLIDAY, Fla. -- A strong odor coming from a nearby home prompted a neighbor to call authorities. It turned out someone had abandoned 40 animals inside the Pasco County home.Sheriff's deputies found dogs, cats, rabbits, a snake and a lizard inside the Holiday home on Wednesday evening. There were flies swarming around the windows.The Tampa Bay Times ( http://bit.ly/18k9jhi) reports the ...
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Tampa to be linked with rest of state via high-speed rail
Tampa may be connected to Orlando via a high-speed railway by 2015 if the project stays on schedule and if politics do not get in the way. But, the long-term future of the grander project may be in doubt, despite the US losing ground internationally.
High-speed rail is a fairly modern advancement on rail travel that has been widely adopted in the modern world as the best form of overland mass transit. Highly developed countries like Japan, the UK, France, Italy, Germany and Spain have adopted high-speed rail extensively. Read more
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