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Kerr suffers wardrobe malfunction
Supermodel Miranda Kerr suffered a wardrobe malfunction at the Miami Beach while she was shooting an ad campaign. The 30-year-old was shooting a campaign for her KORA Organics make-up line when her top fell down accidentally, exposing her breasts, reports dailystar.co.uk. She laughed off the blunder after covering up her ...
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Customs seizes elephant meat dead primate in LA
LOS ANGELES -; U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Los Angeles have made some unusual seizures, including elephant meat, a dead primate and hundreds of handbags made from the skin of snakes, lizards and ...
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Raw Okla. Tornado Aftermath Like War Zone
A monstrous tornado as much as a mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods in Moore, Okla., setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (May ...
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Scott’s $368 million in budget vetoes hits PBSC campus Bradshaw program
Gov. Rick Scott signed into law a $74.1 billion state budget for the year beginning July 1, after vetoing $368 million Monday from the proposal approved by lawmakers earlier this month.Erased with the vetoes was $6.5 million sought by Palm Beach State College for a new campus in Loxahatchee Groves -- the third time such funding has been wiped out by a Florida governor. Another $325,000 in ...
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Palm Beach Gardens man sentenced to more than five years in prison for bank robberies
A 38-year-old Palm Beach Gardens man who pleaded guilty to robbing five banks has been sentenced to more than five years in prison, the U. S. Attorney's Office said today.U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra sentenced Crispian Carl Sprague, to 66 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release.Sprague was also ordered to pay $11,620 in restitution.He pleaded guilty to ...
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Palm Beach County gets drenched Monday starting a soggy stretch that could bring flooding
The rainy season has not yet officially started in South Florida, but Palm Beach County welcomed it a little early on Monday.With reports of up to eight inches of rain in western Boynton Beach and more than 5 inches in Boca Raton and Riviera Beach, much of the county was drenched by lunch time Monday. The wet weather also caused traffic snarls, troubles at school dismissals and even some flight ...
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Citizens board meets Wednesday to approve transfer of 60000 customers
The board of state-run insurer Citizens will meet Wednesday to approve the transfer of up 60,000 customers to Heritage Property and Casualty Insurance Co., removing $14 billion in exposure from Citizens personal lines and coastal accounts.Heritage, a St. Petersburg-based start-up licensed last August, already has about 54,000 customers, Citizens spokesman Michael Peltier said.The new additions ...
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AP Top Stories May 20 P
Here's the latest news for Monday, May 20: Another tornado in Oklahoma; Carney: Senior White House staff knew of IRS probe; Attacks kill more than 90 in Iraq; Big Yahoo ...
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Bank Shooting Rampage in Israel Kills 4
A gunman storms into a bank in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on Monday, killing four people and taking a hostage before killing himself, police said. (May ...
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West Palm Beach city commissioners criticize mayor say they’re being transparent in land deal
City commissioners on Monday struck back at Mayor Jeri Muoio for implying that they weren't being transparent in their process for selling valuable city-owned land at Okeechobee Boulevard and Dixie Highway. Commissioners last week said that rather than put the property for sale by open bidding, they wanted to first consider several companies that requested confidentiality and and to deal ...
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Fred Grimm On Robaina Miami-Dade voters got it right
Credit the wisdom of Miami-Dade voters. They saw through Julio Robaina.Two years ago, county mayoral candidate Robaina had twice as much money in his campaign account as rival Carlos Gimenez. Robaina had endorsements from Jeb Bush and from Mario and Lincoln Diaz-Balart and other powerbrokers in South Florida’s political establishment.And Robaina had a ready retort for his critics. When ...
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Jay I. Kislak honored by Spain
Jay I. Kislak, 90, a Miami philanthropist and real-estate kingpin, was awarded Spain’s Order of Civil Merit for his work in preserving the cultural heritage of Spain and the early Americas. “This well-deserved distinction is an official recognition on the part of Spain for the extraordinary work Jay Kislak has done to preserve our common heritage and to strengthen the ties between ...
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Parents Woman tricked into abortion struggling
TAMPA, Fla. -- The parents of a Tampa woman who says she was tricked by her boyfriend into taking a pill that led to a miscarriage spoke out Monday, saying no woman should ever have to endure such a "horrific act."James and Rosa Lee told a news conference their 26-year-old daughter Remee is struggling after losing her 6-week-old embryo, but is holding up. Remee Lee is not speaking to ...
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Yahoo looks to regain its cool with Tumblr deal
SAN FRANCISCO -- After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its shareholders. That goal led CEO Marissa Mayer to make a $1.1 billion bet on online blogging forum Tumblr in a risky acquisition that revolves around the vision and instincts of a 26-year-old entrepreneur who dropped out of high school to pursue his dream of ...
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Star witness in Rilya Wilson case walks free from prison
Robin Lunceford, the blunt and eccentric inmate who was the star witness in the trial of a woman accused of murdering Miami foster child Rilya Wilson, is free from prison.The convicted armed robber walked out of custody late last week after Miami-Dade prosecutors told a judge that Lunceford had served her 10-year sentence with credit for good behavior.“It was the right thing to do. She was ...
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Demolition reduces Coral Gables music landmark Spec’s to rubble
The Wrecking Crew was a famed Los Angeles collective of studio musicians who backed everyone from Simon & Garfunkel to the Beach Boys in the 1960s, and the Carpenters to the Captain & Tennille in the 1970s. Spec’s Records & Tapes, a fixture on U.S. 1 for six decades, certainly sold thousands of albums over the years featuring those players. But after closing its doors ...
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White House promises help after Oklahoma tornado
As Kansas Citians clean up after Sunday nights severe storms, another ominous front is taking aim at the metropolitan area. The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch through 10 p.m. on Monday for Kansas City and much of the surrounding area. Thunderstorms are expected to roll in early Monday ...
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Surveillance Video Shows Restaurant Burglary
Two boys, a 16-year-old and 17-year-old, are charged with burglary and grand theft of a home in Lighthouse Point, according to Police Chief Ross ...
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Losing North Miami Candidates Recount Votes
NORTH MIAMI (CBS4) – In a return to primitive election tabulation, North Miami candidates painstakingly hand counted almost 7,000 ballots Monday. Doctor Joseph Smith, who came in third place for the mayoral vote, paid almost $500 fee to see every vote. When CBS4's David Sutta commented to Smith about reverting to this old school way of counting votes, he responded, "Correct. ...
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Judge tosses ex-BP executives obstruction charge
NEW ORLEANS -; A federal judge on Monday dismissed one of the two counts in the indictment of a former BP executive who was charged with concealing information from Congress about the amount of oil that was leaking from the company's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico in ...
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Use of counterfeit green card would be criminal offense
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, one of the authors of the Senate immigration reform bill, Monday announced an amendment by a GOP senator that will make it a criminal offense to use a fraudulent immigration document.Many undocumented workers currently use counterfeit green cards in order to find work. The amendment by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, makes that a crime and also the use of any other fraudulent ...
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects Florida death penalty challenge
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Florida death penalty challenge The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a case that tested the constitutionality of part of Florida's system for imposing the death penalty. The 1991 case, Evans v. Crews, stemmed from a customary practice in Florida of judges holding hearings and making factual findings on aggravating and mitigating factors to help determine ...
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Comptroller With economy improving it’s time to replenish reserves
With signs mounting that Palm Beach County's economy may finally be on the mend, Clerk and Comptroller Sharon Bock said Monday that county commissioners should focus on building up reserves and paying off debt.Bock, who serves as the accountant and financial manger over all county money, said that countywide revenues were up for the budget year that ended Sept. ...
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Moore Oklahoma tornado disaster
This frame grab provided by KWTV shows a tornato in Oklahoma City Monday, May 20, 2013. Television footage shows flattened buildings and fires after a mile-wide tornado moved through the Oklahoma City ...
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Raw Aftermath of Massive Tornado in Oklahoma
A mile-wide tornado churned through the Oklahoma City suburbs, destroying homes for the second day in a row Monday, as part of a severe weather outbreak that was expected to spread to other parts of the Plains and Midwest. (May ...
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Miami's zoo gets new name and upgrade
Zoo Miami is the name of our city’s zoo for marketing purposes, this important public resource is officially 30 years old, but has a history that starts long before 1980. Miami News.net has chosen the zoo as its feature on Miami in this milestone year for the facility.
Zoo Miami is the new name of one of the most famous, most visited and most award-winning zoo’s in the United States. Consistently rated among the top ten zoos in the country, many Miami residents may not realize what an immense resource this facility is to the city. In 2010 the zoo turned 30, but its roots can be traced back much further, in this landmark year for Miami-Dade Zoological Park and Gardens (the official new name of the centre) Miami News.net pays homage to the only sub-tropical zoo in North America. Read more
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