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Cable Wireless to relocate from London to South Florida report says
Cable & Wireless Communications CEO Tony Rice. Cable & Wireless Communications will relocate its operational headquarters to South Florida from London, where it has been located for more than 140 years, the Financial Times reports. The move, which will be to Miami or Fort Lauderdale, comes as the telecommunications company looks to focus more on the Caribbean and Latin America ...
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TIA launches self-service technology for passengers
Tampa International Airport Tampa International Airport is launching two new customer-facing self-service technologies from FlightView. Flight-in-Sight shows travelers the exact location of the incoming aircraft that will be their outbound plane and Destination Weather Live tells passengers information about weather affecting flights, according to a statement. The content for both displays will ...
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Evergreen Eagle to lay off 44 at TIA
Evergreen International Aviation Inc. will lay off 44 workers at Tampa International Airport on Friday, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed with Florida regulators. The companys Eagle division provides baggage-handling services at TIA. Calls to the Oregon-based company were not immediately returned Wednesday. In March, Evergreen issued a statement about its $276.3 ...
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Video Florida FBI shooting and its Boston bombing links
Law enforcement officials say a man was fatally shot while he was being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case after he lunged at an FBI agent with a ...
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Justice Department finds issues at Panhandle jail
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- An investigation by the Department of Justice has found civil rights problems at a Panhandle Jail.In a letter detailing its findings on Wednesday, the department said the Escambia County jail had systematic deficiencies. The letter cited problems with the staffing shortages and inadequate mental health care. The letter also stated that, until recently, the jail had an ...
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FBI kills Florida man
An FBI agent Wednesday fatally shot a Florida man who allegedly had ties to one of the Boston bombings suspects, US media reported. Ibragim Todashev, 27, was shot in the city of Orlando, Florida, according to the Orlando Sentinel newspaper. Todashev became violent while being interviewed by the FBI, NBC News reported. ...
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Man charged in theft of $1856 worth of shaving cartridges
It was not a close shave for Heriberto Enriquez — Walmart loss prevention officers had been surveilling him well before he tried to leave the store without paying for $1,856 worth of shaving ...
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BAE lays ship keel plans to hire another 100
Jackson Offshore Operators President and CEO Lee Jackson performs a ceremonial weld as the keel is laid on the first of four ships being built by BAE Systems in Jacksonville. BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards Jacksonville LLC will conduct a job fair to attract the 100 additional workers it needs to fulfill its shipbuilding contracts. The company on Tuesday laid the keel for two new platform supply ...
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Man in Wheelchair Struck By Hit-and-Run Driver
The dean of Keiser University's business school was run over and killed by his own car when he tried to stop it from being towed, Lauderhill police said. NBC 6 reporter Christina Hernandez interviews the tow truck driver and family and friends of Elias Konwufine, who ...
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Tampa Bay home sales prices continue climb
Home sales in Tampa Bay and across the country continued to climb last month out of recession-era lows, selling quicker and healthier than they have in years. Nearly 3,200 local homes sold last month across Tampa Bay, a 23 percent gain over last April, My Florida Regional Multiple Listing Service data show. The typical home sold for about $149,728, 15 percent higher than last year. American ...
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Orlando home prices outperform Floridas
Orlando single-family home prices outperformed those in most other parts of the state during April, although the metro area's recovery still lags behind southwest Florida cities. Orlando single-family home prices outperformed those in most other parts of the state during April, although the metro area's recovery still lags behind southwest Florida cities. Prices for the four-county ...
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Orlando poverty rate 16th in nation report
Orlandos poor population more than doubled between 2000 and 2011. Orlando had the 16th-highest increase in poor population in the nation in 2011, according to a new book released by the Brookings Institution. Orlandos poor population more than doubled between 2000 and 2011 from 143,447 to 290,783, according to Confronting Suburban Poverty in America, authored by Elizabeth Kneebone and Alan ...
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Seven Seas Water names South American HQ president
Claudio Baldovino has been named the new president for the South American headquarters of Seven Seas Water Corp. He previously was a partner and director of private equity for Buena Vista Capital, a private investment firm in Santiago, according to a statement. Baldovino has also worked for Rothschild Group in London, Buenos Aires, Lima and New York, the statement said. Adding Baldovino to the ...
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Video of man jumping on manatee investigated
The video shows a man doing a cannonball on top of what appears to be a manatee and a young calf swimming near a dock in a residential area somewhere in Florida. A voice is heard saying, "Should I do it? Let's do it. Jump, jump, ...
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Florida exports down slightly in March
The latest international trade numbers show that $5.18 billion worth of goods left Florida for international markets in March. The latest international trade numbers show that $5.18 billion worth of goods left Florida for international markets in March, down 0.4 percent from Februarys $5.2 billion, according to Durham, N.H.-based e-forecasting.com. The March data is the most recent ...
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Appeals court agrees to shield legislators
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A Florida appeals court is ruling that state legislators and legislative staff don't have to answer questions in a contentious lawsuit.A divided 1st District Court of Appeals on Wednesday struck down an earlier decision connected to a challenge to Florida's new map for its 27 congressional districts.A coalition of groups sued last year and maintained legislators ...
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Pit bulls killed after attacking 3 in central Fla
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Two pit bulls involved in an attack on three people have been euthanized at the Halifax Humane Society in Daytona Beach.The dogs' owners decided to surrender them rather than going to a hearing following an attack Friday in Holly Hill, said Tyler Stover, a spokesman for the shelter.A similar fate may await three of five pit bulls involved in a May 5 attack on a woman ...
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Shout Out On 6 Airline Ratings
The peak travel season has begun and Consumer Reports has just released its latest airline ratings. On NBC 6 at 5:30 p.m., Trina Robinson will report who topped the list and who didn't. You can also get the results of today's Shout Out On 6 question. Tune in to ...
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Florida Gets A “C-” For How Much It Spends On Students
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) - When it comes to what Florida spends on its students the state doesn’t make the grade, according to data compiled by the U.S. Census. The Census has released its annual report on per-pupil spending for public elementary and secondary schools in fiscal year 2011. Florida spent $8,887 per student, which is significantly below the national average of ...
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HEAT Miami-Dade Broward County Public Schools Announce Wite Hot HEAT Day
by both Miami-Dade and Broward County Public Schools. All students, teachers, faculty and administrators are encouraged to wear white to support the HEAT as they take on the Indiana Pacers during the 2013 NBA Eastern Conference Finals. The franchise also encourages all South Florida HEAT fans to elevate their support of the team by wearing white throughout the day and into the night on Friday, ...
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Florida Catastrophe Fund Financially Stronger on Eve of Hurricane Season
Florida is heading into a new storm season with some good news for once. The state-created fund that backs up private insurers in Florida is in the best financial shape it has been in years -- maybe the best since it was created in 1993. And new estimates drawn by financial consultants and Wall Street firms suggest that the fund should be able to borrow enough money to cover its obligations ...
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Florida has a chance to get mandatory youth sentencing right — next time
The Florida Legislature should not spend its time trying to craftily dodge a Supreme Court ruling. It should tackle this difficult issue directly and fairly. Next year, Florida has the chance to get it ...
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South Florida Water Management Head Resigns
WEST PALM BEACH | The executive director of the state agency overseeing water supply, flood control and Everglades restoration between Orlando and Key West has ...
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Sauer to build $8M chiller plant for University of Virginia
Sauer Inc. of Jacksonville has won an $8 million chiller plant project at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. The company will demolish about 2,200 tons of existing chillers and auxiliaries and build a plant to house a new chilled water system to serve the current load, a near-term expansion, and provide space for longer-range future load capacity, Sauer said in a news release. By ...
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Noted financial adviser Suze Orman to speak at vet school commencement
Orman will give the keynote address at the ceremony, which is scheduled for 2 p.m. at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, according to Sarah Carey, director of public relations for the vet school.An estimated 100 students are scheduled to graduate, including Orman’s niece, Carey said.Orman has been a popular television personality for years as she shares financial advice with ...
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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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