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Thunder star Kevin Durant pledges $1 million for tornado victims
Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant pledged $1 million to the American Red Cross disaster relief efforts in Oklahoma through his ...
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OKC Hospital Describes Treating Tornado Wounded
Doctors at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City say they treated 94 patients as a result of tornadoes Sunday and Monday. More than half of the wounded were children. (May ...
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Palm Beach County defense of Inspector General in towns’ lawsuit will continue
Palm Beach County commissioners on Tuesday agreed to continue to defend against a lawsuit filed by 14 cities and towns who have refused to pay for Inspector General Sheryl Steckler's oversight.The commission voted unanimously to continue with the suit, despite an offer by the cities to settle the ...
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Marine Sergeant reunited with yellow lab
Even in war-torn areas, inseparable bonds can be formed. A Marine Sergeant from Wisconsin was recently reunited with a female yellow lab. The pair met in Afghanistan where 25-year-old Ross Gundlach was working as a dog handler. After he left active duty, Gundlach began trying to adopt the 4-year-old pooch named ...
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Swan requires wing clipping due to helicopter obsession
Planes and birds don't go well together. A swan in Jersey, United Kingdom was forced to have its wings clipped for the second time due to its fascination with ...
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Boston bombing suspect’s nurses focused on job at hand
Several of the nurses assigned to the recovery of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev recently spoke about their conflicting feelings while administering his ...
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Fla. man suspected of faking death found in Wyo.
CODY, Wyo. -- A Florida man suspected of faking his own death has been arrested in Wyoming.Fifty-year-old David Leon Lashley was arrested Monday in the Clark area near the Montana border by U.S. Marshals and U.S. Coast Guard investigators.Park County Sheriff Scott A. Steward said Tuesday that Lashley had been living there under an assumed name, Wesley Byrd. Steward said Lashley is wanted by ...
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Man pleads guilty to fatally stabbing Bears fan
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Jacksonville man has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a Chicago fan at a popular waterfront shopping area before a Bears/Jaguars football game last fall.Matthew Reid Hinson pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder. He faces a possible life sentence.Authorities say the 28-year-old Hinson slashed 42-year-old William Pettry's neck with a pocket knife at Fionn ...
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Court rejects appeal of Fla. mass killer Ferguson
MIAMI -- A federal appeals court has rejected claims by convicted Florida killer John Errol Ferguson that he should not be executed because he is mentally incompetent.The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that although Ferguson suffers from mental illness, he has a rational understanding of what he did and why he is scheduled for execution. That was the same conclusion reached ...
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Miami charities accepting donations for Oklahoma tornado victims
South Florida charities are collecting donations to help victims of the massive tornado that struck Oklahoma.Organizations including the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami are taking donations online and through the mail. “The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami has been in touch with Catholic Charities in Oklahoma and we are ...
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Jodi Arias asks jurors to spare her life
Jodi Arias, the woman convicted of killing her ex-boyfriend, has asked an Arizona jury to spare her life, saying she could teach people to read in prison and make a positive impact on ...
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Highest-paid South Florida technology executives -- slideshow
Technology is a booming job market in South Florida and local companies have heaped millions of dollars upon local executives. The Business Journal examined Securities and Exchange Commission filings for the largest information and technology companies based in the region and found some lucrative awards were handed out. Most of the compensation was in the form of stock, as opposed to salary, so ...
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Developer plans new office building in Miami Township
CEA Properties LLC, which owns the building leased by Ameriprise Financial at 3045 Newmark Drive, plans to build a second building next door. A developer in Miami Township is moving forward with a second phase of a business park. CEA Properties LLC, which owns the building leased by Ameriprise Financial at 3045 Newmark Drive, plans to build a second building next door. Plans for the ...
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Ex-Davie cop in sex assault asks to be freed during appeal | Video
Stephen Olenchak, an ex-Davie cop convicted of molesting a family member while his wife and son slept in the same bed, has been sentenced to 10 years in state ...
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Former head of Federal Reserve Miami joins Ocean Bank board
Juan del Busto, Ocean Bank board member. Ocean Bank added Juan del Busto, the former head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlantas Miami branch, to its board of directors. The move should give the Miami-based bank a boost in its dealings with regulators. The bank has been under enforcement orders from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Florida Office of Financial Regulation since 2007, ...
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Police Riviera Beach man hit two vehicles with his car fled both scenes
A 52-year-old Riviera Beach man who allegedly fled the scene of two crashes was arrested on multiple charges Saturday.City police arrested Daniel Cherenfant on allegations of leaving the scene of a crash with injuries, reckless driving, driving with a suspended license and not registering his vehicle. He was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail on Saturday and given supervised release ...
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Fort Lauderdale woman dies after pulling over on I-95 troopers say
A Fort Lauderdale woman who stopped her car on Interstate 95 on Monday because of health issues died at a Boynton Beach hospital later in the day.Marjorie Kershaw Jones, 87, was pronounced dead at 2:40 p.m. at Bethesda Memorial Hospital, according to Florida Highway Patrol.At about 2 p.m., Jones was driving north on Interstate 95 toward the Boynton Beach Boulevard exit when she "suffered a ...
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Tulsa Community Foundation raising funds for tornado victim
Tulsa Community Foundation, the nation's largest community foundation, established the Moore & Shawnee Tornado Relief Fund for those who are interested in supporting our friends in the areas devastated ...
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Apple avoided $1m tax per hour
A Senate committee has accused Apple of using "a complex web of offshore entities" to avoid paying billions of dollars in US income ...
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Amateur video reveals rower of Oklahoma twister
A deadly tornado rushes toward the U.S.community of Oklahoma City. The two-mile wide wind tunnel ripped through the state capital on Monday. This amateur video uploaded to YouTube shows the tornado descending on the city's suburb of Moore. U.S. President Barack Obama declared a major disaster area in Oklahoma and ordered federal aid for victims. This is the deadliest tornado to hit the ...
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Obama Pledges Urgent Aid for Tornado Victims
President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Moore, Oklahoma in the wake of one of the most destructive storms in the nation's history. To the victims, he vowed though there is a long road ahead, they will not travel that path ...
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Oklahoma tornado captured from the ground and sky
The tornado that swept through Oklahoma caused massive damage in Moore Oklahoma and the surrounding area south of Oklahoma City. Watch raw footage from amateurs on the ground and news reports from the sky during and after this ...
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New Mexico sending medical crews to Moore
The University of New Mexico hospital is sending a 26-member team of medical, computer and security specialists to Moore, Okla., to help with the response to Monday's massive tornado ...
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Okla. AG warns about charity scams following storms
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt issued a warning for Oklahomans and donors around the country to beware of charity fraud and scams following the severe storms in ...
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TPD Dart team responding to Moore
The Oklahoma Incident Management Team requested the Tulsa Police Department's Disaster Area Response Team to assist after the devastating tornado ripped through ...
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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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