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Virginia Tech tops Florida State 3-2 in ACC baseball tourney
DURHAM, N.C. -- Mark Zagunis drilled a deep home run to left field to give Virginia Tech a 3-2 walk-off win over Florida State on Thursday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park on the second day of pool play at the Atlantic Coast Conference baseball ...
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Sea turtle returned to wild
MARATHON, Fla. -- A juvenile loggerhead sea turtle treated at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital has been returned to the wild.Charley was placed gently amid Sargassum seaweed some 25 miles off Marathon Friday morning. The reptile had been rescued 17 days earlier by a fisherman who saw it floating about 22 miles off the Middle Keys.Charley was nurtured from a hatchling as part of a sea ...
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Man Held for Taking Pictures of 10-Year-Old in Restroom
The witness, Peter Farley, noticed a flash go off and confronted Deherrera about taking the picture, so Deherrera began to delete the photos. Farley told staff about the incident and followed Deherrara out of the ...
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Man Solicited Naked Photos of Girl 14 for iPod Police
A Davie man is facing several child pornography charges after he solicited a 14-year-old girl to send him naked photographs of her in exchange for an Apple iPod, police said ...
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New technology makes parking easier in South Florida
In the near future, hunting around for a parking space will be so passe. Just a quick check of a smart phone application will tell you in real-time where there are available parking spaces, how much it costs to park there and what the time limits are. On top of that, a map can guide you back to your vehicle just in case you forgot where you parked. ...
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Veteran Broward detention deputy dies at 39
Boynton Beach , joined the agency in 2000 and worked as a detention deputy. Mrs. Ruback did not want to be remembered for succumbing to disease: "She told me, 'Don't let anyone say I lost my battle with cancer. Tell them I won my battle to be with the Lord,'" Lt. Col. Kim Spadaro said. Mrs. Ruback was diagnosed ...
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Fitch Affirms Miami Intermodal Center TIFIA Loan at A- Outlook Stable
U.S. prime money market funds (MMFs) increased their exposure to eurozone banks in April. However, even at 15.1%, asset allocations to these institutions remain well below 2011 levels, according to Fitch ...
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Gov. Scott To Sign Texting While Driving Bill In Miami
MIAMI (CBSMiami) - Florida's new texting while driving ban will become official on Tuesday at Gov. Rick Scott's bill signing ceremony in Miami. Gov. Scott will sign SB 52, legislation to ban texting while driving at Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High School in Miami on Monday ...
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Boom in boom repair reflects uptick in construction Video
Tyler Smith, business development vice president at Certified Boom Repair Services, talks about what his firm does and how busy it is. Florida politicians and economic development officials love to describe construction cranes as the state bird. Its nearly impossible to build structures of any size without one, so business activity in this heavy equipment sector tends to reflect the pace of ...
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Hialeah gas station sells takes on Orion brand
A Hialeah gas station has been rebranded as an Orion station after its $2.52 million purchase. NAI Miami negotiated the sale of the former Citgo gas station at 2390 W. 76th St. Javier A. Rodriguez represented the seller, Nelana Corp. The buyer was Orion Hialeah, which lists Miguel Shihadeh as a manager. The property includes a 7,389-square-foot convenience store and is situated on a ...
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Chase Bank plans four more South Florida branches BankUnited expands in New York
While JPMorgan Chase Bank is continuing its Florida branch building boom with four more local locations, BankUnited has its eyes set on a new New York City branch. Chase Bank (NYSE: JPB) filed plans with regulators for branches at 4501 Donald Ross Road in Palm Beach Gardens, Miller Drive and Southwest 93rd Court in Miami, Saddle Club Road and Indian Trace in Weston, and 7900 Griffin Road in ...
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FCAT math and reading scores static for third-graders
Results released Friday show less than two-thirds of Florida's third grade students are performing at a satisfactory level in math and reading on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. There was a 1 percent increase in reading scores and no improvement in ...
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Biographer regrets affair with former CIA director
The biographer whose extramarital affair with then-CIA director David Petraeus triggered his resignation says she regrets the relationship and the harm and grief it caused her ...
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New Florida Home Sales Stick to Upward Trend
Sales of new single-family homes nationwide rose 2.3 percent to 454,000 from March to April, a government report Thursday indicated, bolstering positive trends in a Florida Realtors study that showed more sales of existing homes and rising prices last ...
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FDIC wins legal malpractice case against Icard Merrill senior partner
The FDIC contended Robert Messick had a conflict of interest because he also represented the developer and another lender, according to court records. A Tampa federal jury decided prominent Sarasota law firm Icard Merrill and Robert Messick, shareholder and senior partner, committed professional malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty in a real estate deal involving failed First Priority ...
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Man Finds Safe Filled With Meth in Front Yard
The man said he found a black bag in front of his house on the 23000 block of Midway Boulevard Wednesday morning, said a Charlotte County Sheriff's Office news release. When he looked in the bag, he found a small Sentry safe containing two plastic bags with what appeared to be ...
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School Nurse Arrested for DUI in School Parking Lot
Police found Noreen Freeman, 57, in the parking lot of Baker Elementary School Tuesday after receiving a call about a reckless driver, according to a Charlotte County Sheriff's Office arrest ...
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Fighting cancer St. Petersburg senior is set to graduate
ST. PETERSBURG -- This morning Lyndsey Staub put on a little bit of makeup before she left for Dixie Hollins High School. Once there, she hugged-hello her teachers. She ate breakfast with the senior class. But Lyndsey had come on official business. She needed to pick up her cap and gown. Lyndsey, who has struggled to finish high school while fighting cancer, finished up her final credits this ...
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Fishing can continue at St. Petersburgs Pier for most of summer
ST. PETERSBURG -- Even as one of Florida's most famous icons closes Friday, some fish in Tampa Bay won't get a reprieve until later this summer. The city will continue to allow people to fish from the Pier approach until later this summer. "The access will be opened back up to fisherman probably within one or two weeks," said David Metz, St. Petersburg's downtown ...
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St. Petersburg District 4 candidate will not challenge residencies of opponents
ST. PETERSBURG -- Carolyn Fries, one of the three candidates seeking the District 4 City Council seat, said the Redistricting Commission should not be allowed to alter district boundaries in an election year. She declared that Friday after the Tampa Bay Times found Thursday that her two opponents, Dr. David McKalip and Darden Rice, don't currently live in the district. "I think the ...
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Sunrise man accused of raping child 6
A 25-year-old man is accused of raping a 6-year-old girl and covering up the assault by telling the child's mother that incriminating blood she saw on a bed and on her daughter's clothes came from an injured pet cat, according to a Sunrise police report. Luis Fernando Cardona Jr., of Sunrise, was arrested Thursday and charged with sexual battery on a victim under 12. He is being held ...
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Fur flies over cat dissections at South Florida schools
She started an online petition against the practice last school year when her son, then a freshman at Lake Worth High, refused to dissect a cat as part of the school's medical program. So far, more than 5,000 have joined her ...
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Developer buys 67 acres in Southwest Miami-Dade for $14.5M
A Miami-based home developer purchased 67 acres in Southwest Miami-Dade County for $14.51 million. Fortune Land Development, managed by Elvis Rodriguez in Miami, sold the property to Venetian by Luxcom, which is managed by Oscar Barbara. The property is on the west side of Southwest 157th Ave. (Newton Road) at Southwest 176th Street in the Richmond West area. It is within the Venetian Parc ...
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Palm Harbor pharmacist pleads guilty in health care fraud scheme
Pharmacist Samuel Wahba faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison. Pharmacist Samuel Wahba has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, lying to a federal agency, making false claims to a federal health care program and concealing his exclusion from all federal health care programs. In 2001, he was convicted of violating the state racketeering law, Medicaid fraud and ...
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Former Hialeah mayor Julio Robaina pleads not guilty to tax evasion
Former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina pleaded not guilty Friday in Miami federal court to charges that he defrauded the U.S. government by failing to report potentially millions of dollars in income on tax returns, including receiving cash payments on high-interest loans he made to a convicted Ponzi schemer.About 30 supporters of the former mayor showed up in court to lend their support, and ...
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Horticultural therapy for war veterans.
There are still Vietnam veterans living in poverty or on the street in the United States today, everyday many commit suicide from despair. Since the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, suicide rates among veterans have spiked again as sufferers of a range of mental and physical injuries fall through the net. Veteran Farms are one way in which these veterans can be helped.
Adam Burke is a man with a mission, to help war veterans returning to the United States after tours abroad, particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan, that have struggled to reintegrate with society. This may be due to PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorder), physical injuries, such as disability, or a sense of a loss of purpose after the harried action of a war zone. Read more
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