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Fmr. TWA Flight 800 Investigators Want New Probe
Former investigators are pushing to reopen the probe into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 off the coast of New York, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo jet. (June ...
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Hollywood eyeing $24.5 percent raises for firefighters
In a sign that Hollywood’s finances are looking healthier, commissioners on Wednesday began considering a package for firefighters that could include 24.5 percent raises and a nearly $14,000 jump in starting salaries.On Wednesday, the commission gave initial approval to the retirement portion of the new compensation package.The commission is set to approve the rest of the contract, which ...
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Miami firefighters rescue kitten trapped in storm drain
Firefighters with Miami Fire Rescue helped save a kitten who was trapped inside of a storm drain. MFR said a man who was walking along the sidewalk near North East 39th Street and Biscayne Boulevard heard the kitten cries and called 911. After 3 p.m. Wednesday, MFR's Technical Rescue Team arrived to find the kitten 10 feet below the street in the middle of the storm ...
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Report Sopranos actor James Gandolfini dead at 51
heart attack in Rome. He was 51. A spokeswoman for the cable network said that Gandolfini was on holiday in Italy. They were preparing a more complete statement. Gandolfini, a burly man with a booming voice, had recently filmed "Criminal Justice" for HBO, which had received a limited series order. Gandolfini won three Emmys for playing Tony Soprano, a beleaguered mob boss with mom ...
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Close Miami Heat game leads to battery riot charges
Miami Heat fan turned violent when the child's father stepped in and punched the other man in the face "until his thumbs were hurting," according to ...
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City approves contract with Pines teachers to keep schools open
City commissioners pledged $1,000 each in front of more than 300 Pines charter teachers, students and parents to keep the charter schools ...
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AP Top Stories June 19 A
Here's the latest news for Wednesday, June 19: Russians say arms reduction will have to involve more countries; FBI director urges caution on NSA program changes, HPV vaccine cut infection by half in teen girls and Heat wave in ...
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Delray Waste Management contract in question
Delray Beach commissioners began the process of untangling the city from its trash-handling contract this week, but not without harsh words.The contract with Waste Management was approved by the commission last August. Since then, Cary Glickstein replaced Mayor Tom Carney in the March election. Newly elected commissioner Shelly Petrolia made the Waste Management contract her key campaign example ...
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Raw Heat Spurs Back on Court Ahead of Game 7
LeBron James saved a championship reign, canceled a celebration with his Game 6 performance. James, along with the rest of the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs practiced Wednesday ahead of Thursday's Game 7. (June ...
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Protests in Egyptian Tourist City Over ‘Islamist’ Governor
Howls of protest in Egypt's Luxor over its new Governor. Residents in this vital tourist city are angry, because the man President Mursi just appointed to run the region belongs to an Islamist movement whose gunmen killed 58 foreign tourists here in 1997. One critic called it the "last nail in the coffin" of Egypt's tourism ...
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Bus Plunges Into River in Central Peru
A bus plunged into a river in central Peru, killing at least 30 people, Wednesday. Rescue teams searched the mangled steel heap for survivors and negotiated the ravine's steep incline to bring victims and survivors to the top. Authorities say 52 people were on board when the bus fell some 164 feet into the Tarma River. Nine passengers are still missing. The accident, which happened in the ...
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Rihanna Gets Physical Dolce Gabbana Sentenced to Prison
Rihanna got a little physical with a fan at a recent concert. Video has been circling online showing the singer hitting a fan with her microphone. Rihanna was performing in Birmingham, England when she left the stage to walk by a crowd of screaming fans, touching their hands as she passed. One fan apparently held on too long, and Rihanna can be seen swatting at them with the microphone. ...
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Lil Wayne says hell remove flag trampling from video
After receiving a tidal wave of backlash for stomping around on the American flag during a music video shoot, Lil Wayne says he is pulling the clip from the video and it will not appear in the final ...
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Critics skeptical of official moves to safeguard Florida prescription database
Officials say they're tightening security of the Florida prescription drug database, after the disclosure last week that names, prescription history and other personal information of 3,300 individuals were released to lawyers of six defendants in a prescription drug fraud sting.Wednesday's announcement by Department of Health officials regarding stricter security measures came the same ...
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West Palm Beach mulls privatizing redevelopment some residents question the how and why
The city's plan to privatize its Community Redevelopment Agency went public on Wednesday with CRA director Kim Briesemeister portraying the move as an efficiency measure for the city, not a boon for her private company.Briesemeister, speaking at a Northwood/Pleasant City CRA advisory board meeting, acknowledged that she came up with the idea to privatize the agency, which has a $25 million ...
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Miami-Dade County street-light supervisor charged with taking bribes
A Miami-Dade County public works supervisor who oversaw the installation of more than 45,000 street lights is behind bars, after being accused of accepting thousands of dollars’ worth of household merchandise as bribes from a lighting-product vendor, authorities said Wednesday.George Brown, 50, of Hollywood, had his first appearance in Fort Lauderdale federal court Wednesday on charges of ...
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Celebrated University of Miami architecture dean champion of traditional design to step down
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, the prominent planner and architect under whose leadership the University of Miami’s fledgling architecture school gained a national reputation as an iconoclastically un-voguish center for traditional design and community engagement, is stepping down as dean after an unusually long tenure of 18 years.UM President Donna Shalala, in a statement Wednesday, called ...
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Business coalitions warn Florida’s failure to expand Medicaid will hurt them
TALLAHASSEE -- Two business-backed health insurance coalitions sent a warning signal Wednesday to Florida’s employers about the effects of rejecting Medicaid expansion for the uninsured.In a nutshell: brace yourselves, this is bad for business.They argue that if lawmakers continue to turn away an estimated $51 billion in federal money to pay for expanding Medicaid coverage, companies will ...
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Miami turns to Jorge Perez Stephen Ross to carry out long-stalled Watson Island redevelopment
Can superstar developers Jorge Perez and Stephen Ross reignite long-stalled plans to build a luxury hotel complex, shopping center and mega marina on Watson Island?The Miami City Commission is willing to bet on it.Last week, the commission voted to give the project’s original developer, Flagstone Island Gardens, a lease extension that grants additional time to start construction. The move ...
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With tuition rising slightly Gov. Rick Scott asks board to be tough on fees
Tuition rising for most next year All but two state universities -- Florida Atlantic University and Florida Gulf Coast University -- are raising tuition next year. The tuition listed below is for a Florida resident taking 30 credit hours. Tuition accounts for about 20-30 percent of the cost to attend college. 2012-13 2013-14 UF $4,425 $4,477 FSU $4,587 $4,640 FAU $4,304 $4,304 FIU $4,669 ...
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Murder case dropped against North Miami-Dade teen who fatally shot unarmed burglar
In what was another test of the state’s controversial Stand Your Ground self-defense law, Miami-Dade authorities announced Wednesday they won’t charge a teen who waited outside an apartment building and fatally shot an unarmed burglar as he tried to escape.Jordan Beswick, 19, had faced second-degree murder charges for the death of Bryan Antonio DeJesus, 22, in January. But ...
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First lawsuit filed against owner of Shuckers
A couple has filed a lawsuit in Miami-Dade Circuit Court against Shuckers Bar and Grill after the eatery’s deck collapsed into Biscayne Bay last week, injuring dozens.It is the first of several expected lawsuits against the North Bay Village waterfront restaurant and bar. The 14-page complaint, filed by Reynaldo Reyes and Flavia Guisella Ellemberger, claims Shuckers Bar and Grill and Inn ...
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Fans Go Inside the Huddle With Dolphins Players
Less than one week after the Miami Dolphins held their final mini-camp of the offseason, their fans got to interact with some of the players on an exclusive conference call tonight. Previously, these conference calls with players, owner Steve Ross, General Manager Jeff ...
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TMZ Sopranos Actor James Gandolfini Dead
The celebrity website TMZ reports that James Gandolfini, best known for his role as Tony Soprano on "The Sopranos", died earlier today in Italy.The website says Gandolfini is believed to have suffered a heart attack. He was 51 years old. Gandolfini was in Italy to attend the 59th Taormina Film Festival in Sicily and he was scheduled to participate in a festival event this weekend. ...
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Marlins bullpen spoils Fernandezs solid outing
MIA@ARI: Ruggiano launches solo homer to left-center PHOENIX -- Jose Fernandez was a strike throwing machine Wednesday afternoon, finding the plate 71 times out of 103 pitches as he carried a shutout through seven innings. In the eighth, however, the rookie right-hander lost his command and eventually the game. A pair of walks chased Fernandez from his impressive outing and Mike Dunn served ...
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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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