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Deadly Restaurant Blast in China
A powerful blast ripped through a restaurant in northern China, killing three people and injuring 149 others, state media reported on Thursday (June 20). A fire was first reported at the restaurant, which occupied two stories in an office building in Shuozhou city of Shanxi province on Wednesday (June 19) night local ...
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Players of San Antonio Spurs attend practice session in Miami
Tim Duncan (L) of San Antonio Spurs attends a practice session in Miami, the United States, on June 19, 2013, a day before Game 7 of the NBA finals against Miami Heat. Photo: ...
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2 custodians found dead at Dreyfoos School in Florida
The bodies of two custodians were found Wednesday at the Dreyfoos School of the Arts, a public school in West Palm Beach, Fla., police said. Police Capt. David Bernhardt said investigators were trying to determine how Ted Orama and Christopher Marshall died, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported. The bodies were discovered by other employees at about 6 a.m. A SWAT team checked the school ...
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Today in History June 20
Highlights of this day in history: Lizzie Borden found innocent of a grisly double murder; Britain's Queen Victoria begins rule; Race-related rioting hits Detroit; Muhammad Ali convicted in Vietnam War-era draft case; 'Jaws' premieres. ...
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Guest book Post a tribute to Christopher Marshall
Please don't submit copyrighted work; original poems, songs or prayers welcomed. Legacy.com reviews all Guest Book entries to ensure appropriate content. Our staff does not correct grammar or ...
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Former UM student begins 3-year sentence in DUI death
Ivanna Villanueva failed an initial drug test when she turned herself in to begin a 3-year prison term for driving drunk and killing a 68-year-old woman. But a toxicology report Wednesday indicated Villanueva had only taken a prescribed ...
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Preview Athletics at Rangers
The Texas Rangers have emerged from the doldrums at a great time and have a chance to claim a series win against first-place Oakland when the teams meet Thursday afternoon. The Rangers had lost six straight and had seen their offense disappear before the Athletics came to town with a three-game lead over Texas, but the hosts have produced 19 runs in taking two of the first three games,The ...
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Caught on camera Subway restroom torched
Tulsa fire investigators want to identify the suspects seen on surveillance video at a Midtown Subway. Investigators say shortly after they left, a restroom was on ...
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South Sports Recreation Notes
team will compete for a national title at the 2013 eSynchro U.S. Age Group Synchronized Swimming Championships from Friday to June 29 in Riverside, Calif. Team members making the trip are: Jannel Diaz, MacKenzie Stoner, Anna Morera, Melissa Perez, Kaitlyn Kelly, Sara Moran, Anna Beckwith, Rebecca Rojas, Tylee Sylva , Emery Delgado, Shauna Abair, Lauren Atchison and Angel Myrthil. The meet is the ...
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Police Blotter Baby goat stolen from Palm Beach Gardens home
near the intersection of Northlake Boulevard and Military Trail after exceeding the speed limit. Upon approaching the driver, the officer noticed the strong smell of an alcoholic beverage. The driver, who appeared drowsy, kept telling the officer that he didn't know where he was. In addition to not knowing where he was, the glassy-eyed man also told police he was trying to get from ...
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POST TIME Tiny interesting Briny Breezes turns 50
Pound for pound, there's no town more interesting than Briny Breezes, which was incorporated as a municipality 50 years ago this week, on June 19, 1963.The little mobile home park east of Boynton Beach is one of Palm Beach County's smallest municipalities, but it's been in the news just a few ...
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Greenacres Blotter Officer not impressed by men’s fancy moves on the median
on a median in the area of Jog Road and Forest Hill Boulevard were asking for donations but were moving around in such a way that they distracted passing motorists. An officer determined that their movements could lead to sudden stoppages or the slowing of traffic and could even potentially lead to an accident. The men were issued notices to appear in ...
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Active senior wins honor for volunteer service
Evelyn Nelson, 95, was recently honored with the President's Volunteer Service Award. She's outside of Molly's House in Stuart, where she has volunteered since 1996. (Richard Graulich/The Palm Beach ...
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Tequesta painter’s work featured in national magazine
When Augusta Pearl was 5 years old, she painted alongside famed artist Newell Convers Wyeth, who shared a summer studio with Pearl's uncle, Sidney Chase.Throughout her life, painting has formed Pearl's voice, views, and her unique perspective on life."One of the wonderful things about having an interest in art is that you can participate in so many ways," said Pearl, 67, ...
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Rising Pine School senior hopes to score college scholarship
Pine School student Reid Mortell recently completed his junior year, and was selected to The Palm Beach Post's Winter All-Area Team as a soccer midfielder for the second consecutive year.The 16-year-old Stuart resident also made the 2012 Spring All-Area Team in lacrosse as a sophomore attacker/defender. He didn't repeat that feat in 2013, but there's a logical explanation.He ...
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Program helps teen evolve into writer
Savanah Quinones struggled to find a voice after living around addiction and violence most of her life. Three years ago, the 14-year-old from West Palm Beach was one of the first kids to join Horses Healing Hearts (horseshealingheartsusa.org), a nonprofit riding program for children of addicts.Riding helped Quinones learn to trust and cope with her emotions. Rhonda Fritzshall, HHH's child ...
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South Blotter Man returns to home he burglarized confesses to crime
in the eye when he walked into the house in the 200 block of Southwest Sixth Street, continuing an argument he and another man were having about which diseases each had had in the past. The man who punched him was gone before police ...
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Library aims to stem summer slide
School is out for summer and officials at the Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach don't want kids and teenagers to suffer brain drain for more than two months.So the library is hosting a slew of events this summer for children of all ages that it hopes can be fun but also keep kids ...
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New faith-based group targets young people
Patsy Neal wants to change South Florida's youth. For now, she's doing it from her kitchen table.In March, the self-employed insurance agent started Boynton Beach Leaders of Tomorrow, a non-denominational, faith-based program of what her Web page calls "spiritual growth and personal development" for ages 7 through 24. Everything's ...
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Acreage to host Babe Ruth World Series
On Tuesday, 23 teams from throughout Palm Beach County will gather at The Acreage Community Park for the start of the 2013 Babe Ruth World Series.The teams, with age groups ranging from 9 to 15, will face off for the championship title and the opportunity to move on to the World Series ...
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Garden plants lifelong lessons for Boy Scouts
Twelve-year-old Blake Weger of Wellington can tell you the right soil to grow radishes, gauge the amount of water lettuce needs, and eye a tomato just ripe for the picking.He's one of 26 members of Boy Scout Troop 180 who get up with the sun on Saturdays - wearing headlamps -- to tend a quarter-acre community garden in Lake Park. The troop has boys from West Palm Beach, Lake Park, ...
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Editorial Ethics commission should stifle off-the-cuff commentary.
Palm Beach County's ethics commission is rarely going to please the people on whom it passes judgment. As a state senator's cynical efforts to intimidate it show, holding local government leaders and lobbyists to account for ethics code violations is a sure way to make political enemies. Such is the nature of the panel's important role.But the Commission on Ethics does itself no ...
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Letters What happens if the plans by Citizens Property Insurance don’t work
Having read the letter to the editor by Citizens Property Insurance Corp. CEO Barry Gilway ("Citizens 'tax' warning not a scare tactic,") I would ask him if the answer to assessments not creating a problem is moving or threatening customers to move to a carrier that has not been in business even one year. Paying that company to take policies off Citizens' hands, and then ...
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Child Sex Suspect Held in Mexico
Former U.S. university professor Walter Lee Williams was added to the FBI's most-wanted list on Monday. A day later, with a $100, 000 reward on his head and his face on the internet, he was arrested in a park in Mexico. Williams is wanted over alleged child sexual offences in the Philippines. The FBI says he travelled there and elsewhere in South-east Asia for sex with underage boys. The ...
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Local businesses prosper in wake of Miami Heats NBA Finals run
Artist Erica King makes collages of the Miami Heat among her other creative collages at her studio in Coconut Grove on Wednesday June 19, ...
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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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