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'+''); // --> ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) _ The mother of a Walt Disney World monorail pilot killed last year accuses her son's former boss of leaving his post and creating a dangerous situation. In court papers filed this week,...
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'+''); // --> In the wake of Hurrican Earl, Volusia County beach officials warn vacationers about getting caught in the rip current. "It's definitely big and dangerous," said spokesman Scott Peterson. Compared to yesterday, it's a lot less windy...
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JUPITER ISLAND, Fla. (AP) _ Fresh off his divorce, Tiger Woods has taken out a $54.5 million mortgage on his Florida waterfront estate. Mortgage documents filed last month in Martin County show Woods will make payments to an entity...
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ Lawton "Bud'' Chiles is throwing his support to Democrat Alex Sink in the Florida governor's race. Chiles told WDBO, "While she and I may have some differences, I know she will wake up every morning...
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At a news conference organized by self-identified gang members Thursday morning, several speakers complained that Chicago police and city officials do not respect them, and that the only way to curb violence is to provide jobs and improve their community....
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'+''); // --> GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) - An offshore oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill....
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Republican gubernatorial nominee Rick Scott named Jacksonville state Rep. Jennifer Carroll as his running mate Thursday....
A new poll is out in the Governor's race, the first since independent Bud Chiles dropped out....
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'+''); // --> Hurricane Earl couldn't come at a better time for organizers of a Labor Day weekend surfing competition in Cocoa Beach....
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Authorities say Rapper T.I. and wife Tameka Cottle have been arrested on drug charges after police smelled alleged marijuana coming from their car....
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YEEHAW JUNCTION, Fla. (AP) - A woman and her 2-year-old son have died after a tractor-trailer crushed their pickup truck in central Florida....
The NFL is currently investigating a sex tape of New England Patriot rookie and former Gator star Brandon Spikes....
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HUTCHINSON ISLAND, Fla. -- An abandoned boat carrying about 1,100 pounds of marijuana drifted ashore on a Treasure Coast island....
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ Florida House Speaker Larry Cretul has ended speculation over a special legislative session on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill by declaring there's no need for one....
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Hurricane Earl continues to barrel toward the Eastern Seaboard as forecasters try to pinpoint exactly how close the strongest winds and heaviest surge will get to North Carolina's fragile chain of barrier islands....
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The state supreme court took three amendments off the November ballot, smacking down what some called an attempt by the state legislature to deceive voters. ...
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A man awaiting his murder trial was found dead, hanging from his bed sheet inside his jail cell Wednesday morning. Christopher Jodon was arrested last month after police accused him of stabbing his former girlfriend, Jackie Miller, to death....
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Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson says he won't debate Republican nominee Dan Webster unless lesser known candidates are allowed to attend. That includes the Florida TEA Party's Peg Dunmire....
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SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) _ Police say they have shot an armed man who took three people hostage in the Discovery Channel network's headquarters in suburban Washington. All of the hostages are safe. Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger says...
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ABC News is identifying the gunman holding hostage in the Discovery Channel headquarters as James Lee. It is also said that Lee created the website savetheplanetprotest.com, where he hosts his extreme environmental views on his blog titled, "My Demands."...
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MIAMI (AP) _ Democratic gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink outlined her education reform plan, calling for stronger pre-K programs, higher graduation rates and performance-based compensation for teachers. The CFO told a group of educators, students and officials at Miami Dade...
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A man dropping off ads for a pizza place is suspected of attacking a woman inside Daytona Beach hotel Wednesday. The attack happened inside of the Conch House on N. Atlantic Avenuen and guests said...
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SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) _ Police in a Washington, D.C., suburb say a gunman has taken at least one person hostage at the headquarters of Discovery Communications. Montgomery County fire department spokesman Capt. Oscar Garcia says three bomb technicians...
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After attempted to steal four vehicles, five Orlando men were taken into custody after a police chase on I-4 early Wednesday morning, according to Volusia County Police. Around 3 a.m. five males slipped into the secured parking lot of 1300...
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Lawyers for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund have filed an appeal to a ruling by a federal judge that ended a decades long desegregation lawsuit against Orange County Public Schools....
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Federal officials say Hurricane Earl's effect on the East Coast will depend on when it makes its expected turn to the northeast near North Carolina's Outer Banks....
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The French national railway is being scrutinized by Holocaust survivors for its involvement in transporting Jews and others to Nazi death camps during World War II....
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs wants to build two more national cemeteries in Florida....
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - A lawyer for the Army private charged with giving classified material to WikiLeaks says his client has mental health problems that could avert a court-martial....
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