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Victim of Miami face-chewing attack last year making progress doctors say
Doctor Urmen Desai, left, talks to reporters as Dr. Wrood M. Kassira, center, and Dr. Renaud Saint-Vil, right, look on during a news conference in Miami, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The doctors gave an an update on the progress of Ronald Poppo, a homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year in Miami. The attack left Poppo blind, but the doctors say he's been ...
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Venezuelan Banker and Miami Brokerage Workers Are Accused of Fraud
CARACAS, Venezuela ...
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Looking for Love Take the The Prague Metro
Bird-lovers, birdwatchers and birders everywhere will love these posters that combine striking watercolor bird paintings by renowned South Florida Plein Air painter Brennan ...
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Moore tornado leads schools to look at tornado plans
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Crews Race to Find Survivors of Okla. Twister
Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday for survivors of a massive tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least nine children. ...
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First Person Baby Falcons on a New York Bridge
Four peregrine falcon chicks that live in a box on the George Washington Bridge connecting Manhattan to New Jersey got identifying bands Tuesday and were pronounced healthy and parasite-free. (May ...
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Rubio and AFL-CIO clash over immigration bill amendments
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and the head of the AFL-CIO clashed Monday as the Senate Judiciary Committee adopted two amendments dealing with the importation of workers in high tech fields.Rubio applauded the amendments introduced by Se. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. saying they will "boost American job creation through improvements to the H-1B visa program.""The Senate Judiciary ...
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Past stories on Michael Brewer
The teen who three years ago was the victim of a vicious burn attack in Broward County is headed to drug court two months after state troopers say they caught him with a trove of drugs. Michael Brewer, now 18, was just 15 when three boys doused him with rubbing ...
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Oklahoma Images of Devastation Reunion
Residents of the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore sift through the remnants of their homes and parents embrace children outside a demolished elementary school after a top-of-the-scale EF-5 twister flattened the area. (May ...
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Floridians get nearly $9 billion in mortgage relief
More than $8.6 billion in mortgage relief has flowed to Florida homeowners under last year's National Mortgage Settlement, a heftier windfall than state officials expected and one that has been paid out two years before deadline.A progress report released Tuesday on the landmark deal between the nation's attorneys general and its five largest banks shows 111,913 Florida borrowers ...
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South Florida Red Cross seeks hurricane season volunteers
The local chapter of the American Red Cross needs volunteers for the hurricane season, which begins June 1. That day, a free, day-long training session will prepare volunteers on how to support hurricane relief as well as how to prepare their families and themselves.The session will be 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Red Cross service centers at 825 Fern St., West Palm Beach, and in Boca Raton, Belle ...
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GOP Gov. Scott signs Florida election reform prompted by 2012 voting problems
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed an elections bill that reverses some of the voting changes he and the GOP-controlled legislature imposed two years ago, including allowing more early voting days and hours.This year's changes came in response to another Florida election-related black eye highlighted by long lines at the polls. Some voters, including those in Palm Beach County, were still ...
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Gov. Rick Scott signs elections bill to fix long voter lines
TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Rick Scott has finished the fix of the flawed election law that relegated Florida to a late-night joke in 2012 by signing an elections clean-up bill passed on the final day of the legislative session.The measure, signed by Scott late Monday before he left for a trade mission to Chile, reverses several provisions implemented in 2011 by GOP lawmakers in anticipation of the ...
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Fabiola Santiago Damas de Blanco are true heroes
Las Damas de Blanco .Ten long years ago they came together after the government crackdown on dissidents and independent journalists known as Black Spring, when 74 men and one woman were thrown in prison and handed long sentences. The men were their husbands, fathers, sons and brothers. The Ladies in White became their voices on the outside.To this day, despite beatings and detentions, in ...
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Sweet deal for state taxpayers or startup insurance company
Timeline: Heritage and Citizens Property Aug. 2, 2012: Heritage Property and Casualty Insurance incorporated as a Florida corporation Aug. 8: Heritage deposits $17.7 million in cash from investors into a Bank of Tampa account Aug. 17: Heritage receives license from the Office of Insurance Regulation October 10: Heritage contributes $30,000 to the Republican Party of Florida Dec. 4: Heritage ...
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Man gets 10 years for fatal street fight
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Jacksonville man who said he was defending himself when he fatally shot another man during a street fight has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.A Duval County judge sentenced 20-year-old Quintavis Sermond Seay on Monday for manslaughter. The Florida Times-Union ( http://goo.gl/2SJ0H) reports that under a plea agreement, the judge could have given Seay anywhere from ...
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L.A.’s Redbury Hotel coming to South Beach
Another Los Angeles transplant is coming to South Beach.The Redbury Hotel South Beach, a sister to The Redbury on Hollywood and Vine in L.A., is set to open at 1776 Collins Ave. in early fall.Behind the 69-room property, which was announced Tuesday: Larry Levy, founder and chairman of Levy Restaurants, developer Bob Heyat and sbe, the Los Angeles-based hospitality and real estate development ...
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Broward sheriff wants $100M more in budget
Broward Sheriff Scott Israel submitted a request Tuesday asking for $100 million more in his budget, but that couldn't be done without raising taxes, and that doesn't appear to be something the county commissioners are ready to ...
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Deerfield Beach Man Hit Girl With iPad Cord Authorities
A Miami Beach father, 49-year-old Adolfo Guzman, is facing an aggravated child abuse charge after he tied his 12-year-old son to a pole and left him for hours while he went shopping, police said. The boy said that he didn't tell his father he was at a friend's house Sunday, and said his father is innocent. His sister and Miami Beach Police spokesman Sgt. Bobby Hernandez also spoke ...
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Israel Snipes warned to keep budgets lean
The budget outlook is brighter, but it's not time for a taxpayer-funded spending spree, county commissioners told the sheriff and other top county leaders Tuesday.Property tax money has started flowing back in, thanks to rising property values. But county commissioners said they still want to run the kind of lean government they pared down to during the Great Recession. And they said ...
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Lauderdale Lakes man wins $38.5 million negligence judgment
Lauderdale Lakes man who was left in a vegetative state after undergoing a "manipulation under anesthesia" in 2008, and another $10 million to the man's two daughters.Dale Whyte, 37, never woke up after going into cardiac arrest while undergoing the controversial outpatient procedure at the Atlantic Surgical Center ...
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Coconut Creek manager expected to resign this week
COCONUT CREEK— Two weeks after commissioners publicly criticized him and said he has anger management issues, City Manager Dave Rivera is poised to resign.The City Commission is scheduled to consider the resignation and retirement of Rivera, who has worked in the city since 1994 and has an annual salary of $216,921, on Thursday ...
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Developer tweaks Margaritaville contract with Hollywood
HOLLYWOOD— City Hall has a slightly new deal with the Margaritaville developer and will hold a meeting this week to clue in the public. Residents can ask questions about the proposed changes at 6 p.m. Thursday in the city commission ...
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Lawyer Feds investigating Susan Powell case
Chuck Cox, left, describes the search for his missing daughter as he stands with attorney Anne Bremner during a news conference Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Seattle. Bremner said Tuesday there's an ongoing federal investigation into Susan Powell's disappearance. She made the announcement at the Seattle news conference a day after local officials in Utah said they had closed their ...
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Citizens board meets to consider transfer of 60000 customers
The board of state-run insurer Citizens will meet Wednesday to approve the transfer of up to 60,000 customers to Heritage Property and Casualty Insurance Co., removing $14 billion in exposure from Citizens personal lines and coastal accounts.Heritage, a St. Petersburg-based start-up licensed last August, is already on track to take 54,299 Citizens customers from previous transfers, according to ...
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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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