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Raw Tornadoes Spotted in Kansas
Severe weather moved through the Plains states over the weekend, bringing high winds, heavy rains and tornadoes. Two twisters were spotted Saturday evening near Rozel, a sparsely populated area in central Kansas. (May ...
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Fla. girl who lost feet in lawnmower meets dolphin
TAMPA, Fla. -- A toddler whose feet were amputated after her father accidentally backed over her with a riding lawnmower had a special meeting with her hero.Ireland Nugent has often been seen clutching a stuffed animal of Winter, the dolphin with a prosthetic tail, in her wheelchair since the April 11 accident. She even carried the toy with her when she left the hospital nearly a month after ...
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Fla. gov. steps up pace on signing death warrants
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Gov. Rick Scott is signing death warrants at a pace rarely seen in Florida since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.Scott already has signed five death warrants this year, including three in a recent span of less than four weeks."I go through them and when people have exhausted their appeals and when they're finished with their clemency process, then I ...
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Yahoo to buy popular blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion Report
If the acquisition takes place, it would be the biggest for Yahoo under Mayer and come in the wake of other pricey deals for startups, such as Facebook's acquisition of the photo app Instagram for stock worth $1 billion at the ...
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Gun range ATV course proposed for Palm Beach County parks
Forget slides, swings and soccer fields.A shooting range, off-road vehicle course and bicycle jumps are new nontraditional park attractions potentially coming ...
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One person taken to hospital after early morning shooting in West Palm Beach
One person is is at St. Mary's Medical Center today after a shooting early today, a city police spokesman said.Officers were called to the 1000 block of 36th Street, east of Australian Avenue and south of 45th Street, around 3 a.m., said Capt. David Bernhardt., city police spokesman.One person, whose name and gender have not been released, was shot and taken to St. Mary's with injuries ...
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Dump trucks no longer rolling to Lake Worth’s Bryant Park for Snook Islands work
The new island and oyster reefs are under construction just north and east of the boardwalk that runs along the golf course north of the Lake Avenue Bridge in Lake ...
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New DC rule requires unidentified dog mixes be called Xoloitzcuintli
A new DC rule calls for unidentified dog mixes to be called Xoloitzcuintli. Not sure what kind of dog you have - other than, of course, loveable? If you live in Washington D.C., identifying your dog to the District's health department just got easier, sort of. A new list of dog registration rules requires that instead of describing your pet's breed as a "mix" you must now ...
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Woman arrested after putting child up for adoption on Craigslist
A woman is arrested for putting her child up for adoption on Craigslist. Recently, a woman in Texas was arrested after she allegedly put her little boy up for adoption on Craigslist. Stephanie Christine Redus is facing a charge of advertising the placement of a child. On May 1st, her post reportedly appeared on the site, stating "Hi. I'm trying to adopt out my 3yr old son. I'm not ...
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Jesus endorsed mayoral candidate comes in last place
A 'Jesus endorsed' mayoral contender comes in last place. A mayoral candidate in North Miami, Anna Pierre, opted for a religious endorsement - a strategy that didn't work out too well.She stated "Yes, Jesus endorsed me! I'm not nuts, if I'm a freak and nuts for Jesus, let it be! Let the world know that Jesus is it and when you have Jesus on your side you can go ...
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Why do we have pinky toes
Learn why we have pinky toes. We all need feet but why we do have pinky toes since they really don't seem to do anything?Well, way back when they actually did serve an important function. When humans were still in their primate stage, the feet were used to grab onto and hold things. The pinky toe was a big helper in that process.Since evolving from that function, the foot has become an ...
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1.5-billion-year old water discovered
1.5-billion-year old water is discovered. How old is the water in your neck of the woods?Well, water from a mine in Timmins, Ontario is reportedly the oldest ever found dating back to at least one and a half billion years ago. By drilling down about one and a half miles and taking a sample of ancient water trapped in rock, scientists have determined it contains xenon gas giving them an ...
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Human embryonic stem cells cloned
Human embryonic stem cells are cloned. Dolly, the cloned sheep was born on July 5th, 1996.17 years later, human skin cells and an unfertilized donor egg with its DNA removed have been successfully cloned into embryonic stem cells.Researchers from the Oregon Health and Science University have developed a human embryo clone that can be used for regenerative stem cell ...
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Jackson Health board working to reverse financial crisis up for re-approval
Miami-Dade commissioners will vote Tuesday on the reappointment of the seven-member board that runs Jackson Health System: the Financial Recovery Board, charged since 2011 with reversing a financial crisis that threatened to sink the public safety-net hospital system.The board, which is due to revert to its old name, the Public Health Trust, on June 1, will include six members who formed the ...
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Teacher-training programs success under scrutiny
ORLANDO -- Lee-Anne Spaldings Elementary School Social Studies class at the University of Central Florida had spread out over the room in small groups. One group of sophomores huddled over a set of poetry books, picking out ones they liked. Others gathered around the white board as Spalding demonstrated how to embed sounds in presentations. Spalding had cut into strips a timeline of the civil ...
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Teen arrested after cops say she bit mans penis
BRADENTON, Fla. -- A 19-year-old high school student has been arrested after authorities say she bit her boyfriend's penis when he refused to have sex with her.Manatee Sheriff's Office said Krystle Harrison made several advances toward her boyfriend of three years and he rebuffed her. According to an arrest report, she grabbed him and bit his genitals.He left the house, but the arrest ...
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Florida Lotto jackpot rises to $12 million
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The jackpot in the Florida Lotto game has grown to $12 million after no one matched the six winning numbers in the latest drawing, lottery officials said Sunday. A total of 48 tickets matched five numbers to win $4,565.50 each; 2,674 tickets matched four numbers for $68 each; and 54,226 tickets matched three numbers for $5 each. The winning Florida Lotto numbers ...
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Koehler looking for consistent command
Email MIAMI -- What Tom Koehler's latest start revealed is that the right-hander has the pure stuff to be successful in the big leagues. The question that still needs to be addressed is whether the 26-year-old can consistently show command. When he does, he's impressive. Koehler had a career night on Saturday, even though he came out on the losing end of the Marlins' 1-0 ...
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Stanton received plasma injection on hamstring
Email MIAMI -- To help the recovery process, Giancarlo Stanton received a platelet-rich plasma injection shortly after he strained his right hamstring late last month. In recent years, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections have become more popular in all sports. Arizona outfielder Cody Ross, formerly with the Marlins, was on the ground floor of the PRP injections, receiving one during his days ...
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Dunn pitching well in any situation for Fish
Email MIAMI -- Left-hander Mike Dunn does not have a defined role in the Marlins' bullpen this season. Other than closer Steve Cishek, nobody does. But the uncertainty keeps Dunn and his teammates on their toes. "Everyone's just kind of ready to go whenever the phone rings," Dunn said. "We've got different guys going multiple innings. We've got guys pitching ...
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Oklahoma grocery store wine proposal being renewed
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Supporters of a plan to permit some grocery stores in Oklahoma's most populous counties sell wine plan to launch a new petition drive to put the proposal to a statewide ...
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Miamis Stadium Issues Cloud Its Bid to Host Super Bowl
Perhaps the most telling handicapping of the contest to host the 50th Super Bowl came in a grammatical Freudian slip from one of the bidders less than two weeks ago. When Rodney Barreto, the South Florida businessman who is leading that ...
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Vehicle found on fire in suburban Riviera Beach
Crews responding this morning to a reported building fire in an unincorporated pocket of Riviera Beach discovered a vehicle fire instead, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue said.The vehicle was near a building in the 3800 block of Prospect Avenue, an industrial area north of Blue Heron Boulevard and just east of Interstate 95.There were no reported injuries, said Capt. Albert Borroto, Fire Rescue ...
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Area GOP Democratic reps in Congress make hay from IRS scandal
's adage that "you never want a serious crisis to go to waste," area Republicans and Democrats in Congress scrambled quickly last week to capitalize on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of tea party groups and other conservative organizations who applied for tax-exempt status."The revelations of the last week have confirmed that it's time to reduce or ...
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Police looking for missing Miami Gardens girl
Miami Gardens police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing child who may be with her father.An Endangered Missing Child Alert was issued Sunday for Arianna Willis.Willis, who is 10 months old, was last seen at 2951 NW 211th St. in Miami Gardens wearing a red and white striped shirt and red shorts. Police believe she is with her father, 42-year old Dexter Jones.Jones is ...
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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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