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Florida Science Student Has Charges Dropped And Gets Surprise Gift Instead
. Remember the young lady, Kiera Wilmot, who had been the center of a controversy when she lit off a small chemical explosion at her school? The Florida student still has not learned her fate as far as her high school goes, though she ...
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Miami-Dade Police Investigating Double Homicide
Police said that two men were found dead inside a house at 10203 NW 12th Ave. after police received an anonymous call about a check on the welfare of the individuals inside the ...
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Camera Captures Miami Beach Police Saving Suicidal Man
MIAMI BEACH (CBSMiami) – Miami Beach Police officers are being credited with saving a suicidal man from jumping off a roof of a South Beach parking garage. The 50-minute ordeal happened Tuesday at the garage on 16th Street and Collins Ave., according to the police ...
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FBI seizes cellphones from lawyer Tampa cop in DUI scandal
TAMPA -- Grisham-like allegations that lawyers set up an opposing attorney for a DUI arrest mid trial heated up Thursday when federal agents seized the cellphones of a lawyer and a Tampa police sergeant. The scorching trial of shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge Clem versus his radio nemesis earlier this year took a back seat to the question that's been the buzz of the legal community ever ...
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Around the region for May 24 2013
Woman ejected from 1 car, hit by anotherA Gainesville woman was in critical condition Thursday after she was ejected from a car earlier in the day on Interstate 75 in Columbia County, according to a report.Oqueria Eloise Crumedy, 26, was a passenger in a 1997 Toyota Camry being driven north by Marion Jovan Mayes at around 10:32 a.m., according to the Florida Highway Patrol.Mayes was in the ...
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Reichert House life changing new grads say
Tracy Williams, 18, high fives fellow graduate Cory Smith, 12, at the Reichert House Youth Academy's Baccalaureate Ceremony at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church on Thursday in Gainesville. The keynote address was delivered by Jacob Atem, one of the original ';Lost Boys of ...
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Memorial Weekend Miami Classic 2013
Memorial Weekend , or as some still call it Urban Beach weekend. Parties, tourists, hip hop and strip clubs are always the defining factors of many good times and ...
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Zagunis HR in 9th leads Hokies past Seminoles
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Mark Zagunis homered with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Virginia Tech a 3-2 victory over Florida State in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament ...
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Orlando Fringe Festival Patrons Picks
Fringe Festival each year designates Patrons Picks shows - the production in each festival venue that sells the most tickets. Those productions then present one additional show at the end of the festival. The Fringe begins to announce the Patrons Picks as soon as it becomes mathematically impossible for other shows to top the front-runner. So far, five have been selected. Tickets are available ...
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Locally reaction to scouting decision is mixed
What some object to is that the Boy Scouts still will not allow openly gay people to be scout leaders.Gainesville's Ian Williamson, 24, who is openly gay, had been involved with the Boy Scouts for 12 years. Williamson said he is frustrated that Boy Scouts will not allow gay leaders."I'm a little bit disappointed that they're only voting on the part to allow gay youth and they ...
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FBI reviews death of Chechen man shot during Florida questioning
Ibragim Todashev is pictured in this undated booking photo courtesy of the Orange County Corrections Department. An FBI agent shot and killed a Florida man with suspected links to the Boston Marathon bombings early on May 22, 2013, NBC News reported. The Orlando Sentinel said a friend had identified the dead man as 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev of Orlando. REUTERS/Orange County Corrections ...
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Taxi Driver Recovering After He Says Passengers Attacked Him
Taxi driver Joseph Gutierrez de Pineres was attacked when he went to collect the fare from two female passengers while driving his cab. He fought them and jumped ...
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Animal activist is back in custody
Florida animal rights activist Camille Marino was back in state custody and awaiting extradition to Michigan Thursday on a charge she violated probation by committing wire fraud, authorities ...
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Birdman an unlikely difference-maker for Miami in more ways than one
Greg Nelson/SI MIAMI -- The Mohawk had been lacquered and spiked while Chris "Birdman'' Andersen was making his large yet minimalist impact on Game 1 of the Eastern finals Wednesday night. On Thursday after practice he and his hair were more relaxed. The hair lay tousled along the top of his head like a strip of highway median. His tattooed skin was like cheerful pop-art ...
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Gay community in Orlando applauds Scouts decision
Boy Scouts of America 's decision to lift the ban on gay Scouts is a big step in the right direction, gay community leaders said Thursday. "It's the right thing to do. It shows the Boys Scouts are moving into the 21st century and away from archaic ways," said Randy Stephens, executive director of the GLBT Community Center of Central Florida in Orlando. Stephens, who was a ...
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Death of friend of Boston Marathon suspect shocks scares Orlando neighbors
KISSIMMEE -- Ibragim Todashev, the Chechen martial-arts fighter killed by an FBI agent in Orlando on Tuesday, was a bit of a mystery to his neighbors in a modest gated community here. They knew little about his lifestyle, his travels or his relationship with one of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. They did know him as the kind of guy who helped neighbors in the multi-ethnic Sun ...
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Hero prom kids say crash changed their lives and their driving
Western High students, from left; Frank Tucker, 17, Amanda Santos, 18, Ashley Wolf, 18, Brittany Carel, 18, and Krista Pulcini, 17, receive awards from the Weston Rotary Club for helping at a roadside crash while on their way to their high school ...
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Cleared of charges after explosion Florida teen gets full scholarship to space academy
Kiera, 16-year-old junior, was arrested after the incident, which happened outside about 15 minutes before the school day began. No one was hurt, nor did she cause any damage. The school's resource officer arrested her on two possible felony charges, possessing a weapon on campus and discharging a destructive device. Kiera was suspended for 10 days, sent to an alternative school, which she ...
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Fla. using federal grant money to settle lawsuit
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida is dipping into a high-profile federal grant designed to improve the state's schools in order to end a bitter contract dispute.Education Commissioner Tony Bennett earlier this month agreed to settle a lawsuit filed against his department by a Tallahassee-based technology company.The Department of Education is paying $1.25 million to Infinity Software ...
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12 sentenced in South Florida grow house operation
MIAMI -- A dozen people have been sentenced in a South Florida grow house operation that ended after the murder of a man suspected of stealing their marijuana, federal prosecutors said Thursday.According to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami, Derrick Santiesteban, whose family ran the operation, was sentenced to life in prison for drug distribution, money laundering and kidnapping with ...
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Tar Heels beat Hurricanes 10-0 in ACC tournament
DURHAM, N.C. - Kent Emanuel threw eight scoreless innings, while Cody Stubbs and Brian Holberton each drove in three runs to help North Carolina beat Miami 10-0 on Thursday in pool play of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.Emanuel (10-3) allowed four hits for the top-seeded Tar Heels (49-8) in a game called in the eighth inning due to a 10-run mercy rule. UNC got a fast start with Colin ...
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Graham Center honors Nathaniel Reed 2 others
Nathaniel Reed was recognized as the inaugural recipient of the Bob Graham Center for Public Service's Citizen of the Year Thursday afternoon due to his role in protecting the Florida Everglades for ...
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Decision coming soon on controversial solar array near prairie
The Alachua County Commission will rule soon on a controversial request to put a solar array into a neighborhood near Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park — a project for which the Planning Commission and county staff have issued opposing ...
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United Ways 2013 campaign raises $17.6 million for Orlando-area residents
United Way celebrated the final tally for its yearly community fundraising campaign Thursday -$17.6 million. The donations will help about 360,000 residents of Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties who need health care, housing, education and programs that support financial literacy and safety. It is less than last year's $19.4 million total, which included a one-time donation of about $3 ...
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LeBron James Shattered Jordan Myth on Wednesday
LeBron James delivered a win in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals when he hit a layup at the buzzer in overtime. Miami prevailed 103-102, and James picked up his ninth career playoff triple double with 30 points, 10 points, and 10 ...
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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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