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Photographer will reopen Everglades Wonder Gardens
BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. -- A photographer is planning to reopen former animal attraction in southwest Florida as a botanical garden.Everglades Wonder Gardens in Bonita Springs closed its doors last month after 77 years. Its remaining alligators, crocodiles, snakes, turtles, deer and bobcats were moved to Gatorland in central Florida.Wildlife photographer John Brady tells the Naples Daily News ( ...
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Lost Australian cruise ship passenger remembered
SYDNEY -- One of two Australians who plunged from a cruise ship in mysterious circumstances two weeks ago was remembered on Thursday as a hero who died attempting to rescue his girlfriend.Officials have been tight-lipped about why Paul Rossington, 30, and his 26-year-old girlfriend Kristen Schroder plummeted more than 20 meters (65 feet) from their cabin balcony of a Carnival Corp. ship off ...
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Man charged with selling African elephant tusks
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A New Mexico man is facing federal charges in the Florida Panhandle after authorities say he sold two African elephant tusks.The U.S. Department of Justice reports that a grand jury in Pensacola indicted Charles Kokesh Tuesday on three counts, including violating the Endangered Species Act and making a false statement.Officials say Kokesh legally imported a sport-hunted ...
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Orlando Fringe review 6 Guitars
May 23--Checking in on Chase Padgett's "6 Guitars," which debuted at the 2010 Orlando Fringe Festival, is like visiting old friends -- if your friends were comic and musical geniuses. There's Tyrone, the elderly bluesman; Rupert the good ol' boy; Michael, the young rocker wannbe. They (and three others) are all portrayed by Padgett, whose comic timing has only gotten ...
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LeBron James delivers winner as Miami Heat beat Pacers
Miami Heat's LeBron James (L) drives on Indiana Pacers' Lance Stephenson during Game 1 of their NBA Eastern Conference final basketball playoff in Miami, Florida May 22, ...
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LeBron layup at buzzer give Miami Heat 103-102 Game 1 overtime win
LeBron James . In the end he almost stole Game 1 of the Eastern conference final. Almost. "I grabbed him after the game and told him to quickly forget about the last play," Indiana coach Frank Vogel said of his conversation with George after the Pacers' 103-102 overtime loss at the buzzer to James and the defending champion Heat. "He's a third-year player and ...
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Teen Facing Charges for Relationship With Younger Girl Speaks
When she was 17 years old, Kaitlyn Hunt started a consensual sexual relationship with a fellow Sebastian River High School student, who was 14 at the ...
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Consumer Reports Best and Worst Airlines
The peak travel season has begun, bringing with it crowded planes and higher fares. Consumer Reports has just released its latest airline ratings. They’re based on input from more than 16,000 subscribers. The list of complaints is long. A full third of survey respondents complained about crowded flights. And a quarter complained about cramped ...
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FBI kills Florida friend of Boston Marathon bombers
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A friend of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev was shot and killed early on Wednesday by an FBI agent. He had confessed to a direct role in a 2011 triple homicide in Waltham, Mass., a federal law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the case ...
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Roof Worker Bitten by Police Dog in Late-Night Encounter
Davie Police said they are looking for an arsonist who set part of a trailer home on fire Sunday morning on the 500 block of Southwest 132nd Avenue. Homeowner Frank Torres spoke about the ...
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AL roundup Jose Bautista hits 2 HRs in Torontos 4-3 win over Tampa Bay
TORONTO - Jose Bautista homered twice and drove in the winning run with a 10th-inning single, leading the Toronto Blue Jays to a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday.Bautista went 4 for 4 with a walk and four RBIs. Three other players had one hit, but that was it for Toronto's offense.Facing Cesar Ramos (1-1), Colby Rasmus reached on an infield single to begin the 10th. Rasmus ...
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Chechen immigrant shot to death while questioned in Boston probe
ORLANDO, fla. - A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities early Wednesday after he turned violent while being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, officials said.Ibragim Todashev, 27, a mixed martial arts fighter, was gunned down at his Orlando townhouse during a meeting with an FBI agent and two Massachusetts state troopers, authorities said. The ...
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Leaky Ceiling Nothing New for Hallandale Beach Man
Ken Johnson says a big hole opened up in his kitchen ceiling after Monday's heavy rain. But it came as no surprise. He spoke about the problem, while Alex Berkovich from RE Investments International issued a ...
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Florida man arrested for murder after pocket dialing 911
Authorities in South Florida say a man is charged with murder because he was overheard discussing the killing when his cellphone pocket-dialed 911. The Broward Sheriff's Office says 24-year-old Scott Simon is charged with first-degree murder in the May 5 shooting of 33-year-old Nicholas Walker. Walker was shot while driving his car onto an Interstate 95 on-ramp. Authorities say Simon is ...
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2 New Charges for Willie Dumel
Willie Dumel, who police say killed four people in a violent wrong-way crash on I-95, made his first appearance in court Thursday where a judge set his bond at $100,000. Judge Dava Tunis and Dumel's attorney, Andrew Rier, spoke about the ...
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HEAT to Host White Hot HEAT Road Rallies Presented by American Express
- The Miami HEAT announced today that it will host a White Hot HEAT Road Rally presented by American Express at the AmericanAirlines Arena for Games 3 and 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals. The White Hot HEAT Road Rally is the official watch party for HEAT playoff road games. HEAT fans are encouraged to join the HEAT Dancers, Burnie, the Xtreme Team, PA Announcer, Michael B., in-Arena host ...
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Around the region for May 23 2013
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Ibragim Todashevs wife defends him
ORLANDO, Fla - Reniya Manukyan, although estranged from her husband, is standing by him and denies his involvement in a triple slaying and the Boston bombings. Ibragim Todashev, 27, was gunned down at his Orlando home during a meeting with FBI agents and two Massachusetts state troopers Tuesday night, authorities said. Todashev, according to his roommates, was questioned multiple times by the ...
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NC State tops Clemson 6-3 in ACC tournament
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Brett Austin drove in two runs during a four-run seventh inning to help North Carolina State beat Clemson 6-3 on Wednesday night in pool play at the Atlantic Coast Conference ...
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New Police Chief Appointed for Miami-Dade Schools
Miami Police Major Ian Moffett was appointed as the Miami-Dade Schools Police Department’s new chief at the Miami-Dade School Board meeting ...
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Intl Ecological Conference held in St. Petersburg
Around 2,000 delegates from 26 countries have descended on St. Petersburg's Tauride Palace for the 6th Nevsky International Ecological ...
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Gatorland welcomes son of legendary crocodile
Bonecrusher II arrived at Gatorland Thursday from South Florida. Bonecrusher is a direct descendant of the legendary Bonecrusher II, who was a main attraction at the park in the '50s and ...
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Orlando honors American Cancer Societys 100th birthday
ORLANDO -- In the City of Orlando, May 22, 2013 is now American Cancer Society Day. Mayor Buddy Dyer issued a proclamation, recognizing the American Cancer Society's 100th Birthday. Wednesday marks 100 years that the Cancer Society has raised money and support for cancer research. To celebrate, officials are encouraging people to join together, and take action to finish the fight ...
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Bartow teen accused of setting an explosion at school speaks out
BARTOW -- Bartow High School student Kiera Wilmot spoke out in a press conference saying the same thing she's said from day one, this was an honest mistake. "I made a mistake of performing my experiment outside of the classroom, however that is the only mistake I feel I've made," she said. After mixing house hold cleaners in a water bottle with aluminum foil, Wilmont found ...
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Korean boy spy meets veterans more than 60 years later
LEESBURG -- Eddie Ko grew up in North Korea, which might make him an unlikely candidate to be delivering peace medallions from the South Korean government to Florida's largest chapter of Korean War veterans in Leesburg. That is, unless you know his story. "I wasn't patriotic by any means, it was just revenge against what they did to my parents," Ko said. Ko's ...
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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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