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Climate change refugees Alaskan town will vanish
';America’s first climate refugees,'; on the plight of Newtok: The Ninglick River coils around Newtok on three sides before emptying into the Bering Sea. It has steadily been eating away at the land, carrying off 100 ft or more some years, in a process moving at unusual speed because of climate change. Eventually all of the villagers will have to leave, becoming ...
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Powerball winner faces a radically changed life analyst says
A woman prepares to choose her numbers on a lottery ticket Saturday, May 18, 2013, in the Chinatown district in Oakland, Calif. A record Powerball jackpot has climbed to $600 million, and lottery officials speculated the jackpot would continue to soar in the run-up to Saturday's drawing. (AP Photo/Ben ...
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Two children nearly drown in separate accidents in suburban Boca Raton
Two children nearly drowned in separate incidents in suburban Boca Raton today but both are alive and recovering at West Boca Medical Center, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue said.Fire rescue was called to the 22000 block of Calibre Court just before 1:30 p.m. after callers said a male infant had fallen into a pool, said Capt. Albert Borroto, Fire Rescue spokesman. By the time paramedics arrived, ...
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Man dies in motorcycle crash in north Miami-Dade
A motorcycle accident claimed a man’s life Sunday afternoon after he lost control of his bike. The man was driving on Northeast 10th Avenue and Ives Dairy Road at about 2 p.m. when he lost control as he attempted to change lanes. He slammed into a wall and then a light post, Florida Highway Patrol spokesman Joe Sanchez said.The man was thrown from his motorcycle and died on the ...
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3 held on drug charges following arrest at sea
Stacked along one edge of the Bahía Málaga naval base is what authorities call "the museum" -; a long row of impounded vehicles that chart the evolution of the drug trafficking industry. There are the lumbering fishing boats that used to run marijuana in the 1970s and 1980s, Miami Vice-era "go-fast" boats, and an entire fleet of manned and unmanned ...
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Spate of Palm Beach County school bus crashes worries officials
A rash of six school bus-related crashes since late February has Palm Beach County schools and law enforcement officials wondering what they can do to keep children onboard safe from drivers on the road."There are so many people out there on the road driving distracted and in a hurry," said school district Senior Transportation Coordinator Sue Gorby. "People are not being mindful ...
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AP CEO Records Seizure Unconstitutional
The president and CEO of The Associated Press says the government's seizure of AP phone records was 'unconstitutional' and has already had a chilling effect on newsgathering. (May ...
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Worker Rescued From Upper Deck of Ship at Port Everglades
For the first time since the event began, there will be no fleet at Fleet Week Port Everglades this year. Organizers Mary Anne Gray and Jean-Sebastien Gros of Broward Navy Days Inc. and Nicki Grossman of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau spoke about the ...
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UPDATE 1-Severe Kansas tornado prompts stark National Weather Service warning
Sun May 19, 2013 7:48pm EDT (Updates with additional reports of tornados) By Chris Francescani NEW YORK May 19 (Reuters) - A dangerous, half mile-wide hurricane struck near Oklahoma City Sunday afternoon, part of an extreme weather system moving through the central U.S. and stretching from north Texas to Minnesota. At 6:12 p.m. Central Standard time, the National Weather Service office in ...
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Man Killed In N Dade Motorcycle Crash
MIAMI (CBSMiami) - An accident in Miami has claimed the life of a man who was riding a motorcycle on Sunday. The Florida Highway Patrol said around 2:00 p.m. the man was riding on Ives Dairy Road and NE ...
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Tornado touched down in Oklahoma City area
A tornado kicked up debris in an Oklahoma City suburb and threatened a number of tourist attractions on historic Route 66 before growing into a larger storm that rolled ...
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Struggling starters Sanabia Hamels to meet in Miami
Something has to give at Marlins Park on Monday. Philadelphia is 1-8 when southpaw Cole Hamels toes the rubber. Hamels has already matched his loss total from last year, when he went 17-6 with a 3.05 ERA. Through nine starts this season, the 29-year-old has compiled a 1-6 record and 4.61 ERA. Hamels is averaging 3.8 walks per nine innings, up from 2.2 last year and 1.8 in 2011. He said a ...
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Gov. Scott will veto 3 percent college tuition hike
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is going to veto a proposed three percent tuition hike for college and university students.The Republican-led Florida Legislature included the hike in a $74.5 billion budget passed earlier this month.Scott will sign the budget into law on Monday, but is expected to veto numerous spending items, including the proposed tuition hike.In a copy of his veto message first ...
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Diamondbacks rally in 9th falls short at Miami
Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, left, is robbed of a foul ball by a fan in the stands during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, May 19, 2013 in Miami. The Marlins defeated the Diamondbacks 2-1. (AP Photo/Wilfredo ...
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Marc Caputo IRS does bad job with bad laws
Congress vs. IRS: The do-littles vs. the do-wrongs. With 79 percent of Americans disapproving of its performance, Congress finally found a government group that’s probably more disliked than the politicians: the tax bureaucrats. The U.S. House's tax-agency inquests that began Thursday and run through this week are bad American government on display. At the least, the hearings make ...
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Nolascos 11 Ks end Marlins six-game slide
ARI@MIA: Nolasco strikes out 11 over eight innings MIAMI -- Before Sunday's game, the Marlins got the magic touch from Hall of Famer Tony Perez. They also received a helping hand from Ricky Nolasco, the franchise leader in victories. To assist a struggling offense, Perez took time pregame to touch all the bats. It paid off, as Marcell Ozuna delivered a two-run double. That was all the ...
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Trailer Home Fire Being Investigated as Arson Davie Police
Tossie Crowder is trying to figure out what started the fire that destroyed the Allapattah home where she lives with her 17-year-old nephew. She and Miami Fire-Rescue spokesman Lt. Ignatius Carroll spoke about the fire, which is being investigated as a possible ...
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Sunrise clinic renamed for Bill Kling veterans advocate
Mike Ryan, left, Mayor of Sunrise; Sylvia Gallen, second from left; U.S. Rep Ted Deutch, third from left; U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, fourth from left; and Dr. Gwen Findley, Assistant Director of the Veteran's Adminstration Miami Healthcare System, right, look up as the William "Bill," Kling Outpatient Clinic in Sunrise is ...
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Taxpayers foot the bill for bank foreclosure costs in $1 billion homeowner help plan
Banks are getting tens of millions of taxpayer dollars through Florida's key foreclosure prevention program to pay down borrower debt, but are also using the money to pay off their own attorney's fees and other costs associated with taking back people's homes.The more than $1 billion Hardest Hit program has been operating statewide for two years, awarding struggling borrowers 12 ...
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Obama to new grads No time for excuses
Past, present and future came together on a thunderstorm-filled Sunday, as President Barack Obama received an honorary doctorate and gave the commencement speech at historically black, all-male Morehouse College, where the Rev. Martin Luther King and many other prominent African-Americans spent their formative ...
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A license plate for every cause but how much is raised
TALLAHASSEE – Do you care about the survival of sea turtles? Dolphins? Do you ride horses, watch whales or fish for large-mouth bass? Did you serve as a paratrooper – or care for someone who did? If so, you can tell the world -- with your license tag. These are among the 120 organizations, causes and career paths commemorated by ...
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Official Female hostage died from police bullet in N.Y. standoff | Video
(Reuters) - A 21-year-old university student who was taken hostage in her apartment and then shot to death during a police standoff with an armed robber on New ...
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Floridians press for Everglades and port money
Everglades tourNewly appointed Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell, left, listens to Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge senior wildlife biologist Rebekah Gibble explain the problems of invasive species in the refuge during an airboat tour Wednesday. Looking on is Shannon Estenoz, Director of Everglades Restoration for the office of the Secretary of the Interior (right) ...
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Marlins Even Score With Diamondbacks
MIAMI (AP) – One day after losing to Arizona 1-o, Ricky Nolasco struck out 11 and the Marlins stopped a season-high seven-game losing streak by beating the Diamondbacks 2-1 Sunday. The Diamondbacks scored once in the ninth. Mike Dunn, the Marlins’ third pitcher of the inning, got pinch-hitter A.J. Pollock to ground out on a 3-2 pitch with the bases loaded to end it. Marcell Ozuna ...
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MLB Miami 2 Arizona 1
Marcell Ozuna delivered a two-run double Sunday and the Miami Marlins survived a late Arizona rally to edge the Diamondbacks 2-1. Ozuna doubled home Adeiny Hechavarria and Derek Dietrich with two out in the sixth inning, providing Miami's only ...
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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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