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Couple Steals Dog From Shelter
The couple stole 1-year-old Django, an intact Belgian Malinois male, from the Miami-Dade Animal Services Shelter on May 14. On Friday, authorities released images of the coupld stealing the ...
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Police search for West Park hit-and-run driver
Broward Sheriff’s deputies were searching for a driver who sped off after striking a pedestrian on State Road 7 in West Park early Friday, leaving the man lying injured in the street. BSO Fire Rescue personnel airlifted 52-year-old Walter James to Memorial Regional Hospital, where he was admitted in critical condition.His condition later stabilized. He had been walking west to east ...
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Father son rescued from swamped airboat in the Everglades
Lt. Fred North, Capt. Tammy Henghold, William and Will Cazanas and Driver/Engineer Richie Krill in the Everglades after William and Will Cazanas were ...
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Injuries forcing constant lineup shuffling
Email MIAMI -- Marlins manager Mike Redmond would rather keep things simple when it comes to his batting order. Ideally, he'd like to run out the same lineup on a daily basis. But injuries and inconsistency have prevented him from doing so. Because of all the adversity the team has faced, Redmond on Friday posted his 41st different lineup in 42 games. "The injuries have really set ...
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Stanton progressing in running program
Email MIAMI -- Pinpointing a target date for Giancarlo Stanton's return remains up in the air. The Marlins' slugger is hopeful to return before the All-Star break, but right now, everything is a guess. Stanton went on the disabled list on April 30 with a strained right hamstring. He has done some hitting in the cages and is playing catch. "I'm hitting and throwing," ...
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Redmond likes Hechavarria in two-hole
Email MIAMI -- In time, the Marlins envision Adeiny Hechavarria as a top-of-the-order-caliber hitter. That time is apparently now. With manager Mike Redmond experimenting with lineups in hopes of finding a combination that clicks, he is batting Hechavarria second. "I like him hitting second," Redmond said. Redmond talked about the 24-year-old shortstop hitting in the two-hole ...
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Ex-Miramar cop convicted for ordering teen to expose herself
A deputy handcuffs retired Miramar police Captain Juan De Los Rios Friday after a jury convicted him of lewd and lascivious conduct for ordering a girl, 15, to expose her ...
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The true story of Pain and Gain victims villains | Video
BOCA RATON— — Nearly two decades ago, rogue bodybuilders abducted Marc Schiller, tortured him for a month, drugged him and loaded him into an SUV. They put the vehicle in gear, slammed it into a concrete post, lit it on fire and then ran over Schiller twice with a Toyota Camry.He ...
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Death penalty system comes under fire as attorneys for condemned killer Van Poyck miss deadline to file appeal
A court-imposed deadline to launch the final round of appeals for condemned prison guard killer William Van Poyck came and went Friday without any papers being filed.Instead, attorneys who were appointed under protest Monday to represent the 58-year-old who is to be executed June 12 for the 1987 shooting death of Glades Correctional Institution guard Fred Griffis, sent an unusual -- if not ...
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Family of man shot by Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy calls for independent investigation
The family of a 36-year-old Royal Palm Beach man shot and wounded by an off-duty deputy last week is calling for an independent investigation of the shooting.Aldo Alvarez, who his family says is mentally handicapped, continues to recover at St. Mary's Medical Center after being shot May 8 outside the Nautica Lakes home of Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputy Joshua McGehee. ...
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Gov. Rick Scott asks university presidents to lobby for caps on tuition increases
Florida Governor Rick Scott greets people during a visit to PortMiami as part of the Building Up Manufacturing Victory Tour on May 14, 2013 in Miami, Florida. Gov. Scott is reaching out to an unlikely group — university presidents — to build a campaign against a 3-percent increase in ...
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The prom invite you won’t say ‘no’ to
Imagine you are sitting in a high school classroom and a poker-faced police officer pulls you into the hall. He’s got bad news: Someone has just smacked into your car in the parking lot.And then, when you go outside to the survey the damage, a guy pops out of a car trunk like bread out of a toaster and asks you to the prom.That’s what happened to Natalie Hoberman at Michael Krop ...
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AA flight bound for Miami gets diverted to Aruba
ORANJESTAD, Aruba -- An American Airlines flight that was headed to Miami from Brazil has made an emergency landing in Aruba because of a mechanical problem.Spokeswoman Dori Alvarez said Friday that maintenance crews checked the plane once it landed and fixed the problem. She said the plane would depart Friday night for Miami. Flight 234 was carrying 218 passengers and 14 crew members.Alvarez ...
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University of Miami Hospital sends team to Panama to save NCIS agent’s life
Avid runner Noel Zuniga had just finished his daily run, when he began experiencing chest pains.It was 6:30 p.m. on March 17, and Zuniga an NCIS agent in charge for the U. S. Embassy in Panama, had returned days earlier from a snorkeling trip. He had a healthy, active lifestyle. But that wouldn’t matter when the chest spasms started. What he thought was a muscle spasm would change his life ...
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Boat sinks strands 2 in Florida Everglades
Will Cazanas and his 13-year-old son William of Palm Beach County were out air boating about 12 miles west of the Loxahatchee Boat Ramp and three miles east of U. S. Highway 27 when their boat got stuck and ...
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Miami-Dade Animal Services seeks stolen dog
The Miami-Dade County Animal Services Department is asking for the public's help in finding the couple responsible for the theft of Django, a 1-year-old intact male Belgian ...
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Courthouse blogger faces Bar scrutiny after criticizing judges
Fort Lauderdale attorney Bill Gelin, widely known as the main writer of JAABlog, is being investigated by the Florida Bar for posting articles critical of two South Florida ...
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Fort Lauderdale pill mill doctor will go to prison
pill mill – his salary went up 400 percent, the "chaotic" waiting room overflowed with patients from out of town and he was told to give everyone the maximum number of pain pills.But instead of calling the police or leaving the practice his cousin recruited him to join, Dr. Stephen G. Anthony, 64, of Davie, continued to work there and eventually bought the business, court records ...
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Hollywood assistant police chief retires two months after being relieved of duty
HOLLYWOOD — Assistant Police Chief Jimmy Jones, the subject of an active Internal Affairs investigation into alleged misconduct, will retire this month. Jones, 50, sent a resignation letter to Chief Vincent Affanato this week saying his retirement would take effect May ...
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Unemployment continues to fall as consumer confidence rebounds
A surging stock market and rebounding housing prices are translating into a robust job market in South Florida. South Florida's unemployment continued its decline in April, dropping a notch to 6.8 percent ...
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Miami-Dade Animal Services Looking For Dog Stolen From Shelter
MIAMI (CBS4 ) – Miami-Dade Animal Services is looking for a man and woman thought to have stolen a dog from its enclosure at the ...
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Former S. Miami Mayor “I’m Not THAT Julio Robaina”
Fmr. Florida State Rep. Julio Robaina (L) and Fmr. Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina (R). The two, although both politicians, are not related. (Source: ...
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Fmr. IRS Head Insists No Politics in Targeting
Appearing next to the inspector general whose report blamed ineffective IRS management for allowing conservative groups to be targeted, Steven Miller, just ousted as head of the agency, apologized but insisted politics wasn't a factor. ...
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District probe Principal board member feud brought divisive hostile climate to A-rated WPB elementary school
A Palm Beach County School District investigation into allegations of problems at South Olive Elementary depicts a school torn apart because of a principal's very public fight with a school board member.But while the report states that the actions of Principal Hank Smith "damaged the environment of the school," district police found little other evidence to support allegations ...
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$600 million Palm Beach County residents dream of life-changing Powerball win
For Carla Pride and Nancy White, winning the $600 million Powerball jackpot on Saturday would be mean big changes in their lives.White, a 42-year-old mother of seven and grandmother of eight, said she would use her winnings to put the younger children through college while helping her older ones settle ...
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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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