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Outlet center buildings rise on old Palm Beach Mall property
Construction for the new Palm Beach Outlets at the site of the former Palm Beach Mall on Friday. "These are tilt panel walls for retail space enclosures," said EMJ Construction safety manager Roger Fulmer. (Bruce R. Bennett/The Palm Beach ...
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Commentary Department of Justice acted correctly in seeking Associated Press reporters’ phone records
Following the disclosure that the Justice Department obtained telephone records of Associated Press journalists, the AP and other news organizations have criticized the action as unwarranted interference with the ability of journalists to report on government operations.As former Justice Department officials, we are worried that the criticism of the decision to subpoena telephone toll records of ...
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Editorial Abruzzo using Senate power to seek revenge
Why are the Florida Legislature's auditors going after Palm Beach County's new ethics commission? Because a state senator harbors too many grudges.That's the big takeaway from a Post investigation that exposed the convenient timing of efforts by Sen. Joseph Abruzzo, D-Wellington, to sic the Legislature's auditing department on the tiny Palm Beach County Commission on ...
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Gulf Stream billionaire sues town in federal court over right to paint characters on his home
Closeup view of the rear of Marty O'Boyle's Gulf Stream home Thursday. O'Boyle painted the back of his home to protest a town commission decision to reject his bid for a front entry tower. (Bill Ingram/The Palm Beach ...
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Miami-Dade Schools celebrates dedication of Brucie Ball Education Center
A rededication ceremony was held Friday, May 10, for the Brucie Ball Educational Center in Miami. Brucie Ball, who had been the assistant superintendent of the Office of Special Education and Psychological Services, passed away in 2008. The former Merrick Educational Center was renamed at a School Board meeting on March 13 in recognition of Ball’s efforts in special ...
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Mad rush Holiday traffic begins with dozens of crashes highway suicide
Southbound traffic on I-95 comes to a halt as police investigate a suicide on the highway. Traffic backed up for miles as lanes were shut down. This came at the start of the busy Memorial Day weekend on the ...
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Miami Gardens’ 5K for Foster Care draws dozens of runners
Dozens of people turned out to run in the fourth annual 5K for Foster Care at the Betty T. Ferguson Recreation Center in Miami Gardens on Saturday, May 18. The run benefited the Center for Family and Child Enrichment Services, a resource provider for foster parents, adoptive parents and children in need of ...
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Florida’s top two youth volunteers honored for service
Florida’s top two youth volunteers are Alexis Lehrman, 15, of Design and Architecture Senior High School in Miami and Joshua Williams, 12, of Ransom Everglades School in Coconut Grove.Prudential Financial Inc., in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals, sponsors The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards. The nationwide program honors two young people from ...
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Boxes of medical records missing from Jackson
Boxes of medical records for more than 1,400 patients of Jackson Health System have been missing since January, the hospital system reported Friday, after mailing letters to affected patients informing them of the privacy breach and offering free credit protection services — even though Jackson administrators say Social Security numbers, credit card numbers and financial statements were ...
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Fabiola Santiago Boy Scouts didn’t go far enough
It was a historic decision and we can call it progress — the right thing to do for the children — but that’s all.Voting via secret ballot, 61 percent of the approximately 1,400 local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America gathered in Texas wisely chose to open the organization’s ranks to openly gay boys.Hurray. The end of a loathsome discriminatory practice is always a ...
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Gun found after boy shot
Miami-Dade Schools police found a firearm used in a shooting that injured a middle school student. The shooting happened at Redland Middle School, located at 16001 SW 248th Street (pictured right), about 2:40 p.m. According to Miami-Dade Public Schools spokesman John Schuster, the injured boy was airlifted to Miami Children's Hospital by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue as a precaution after the ...
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Jurors reach verdict in gold chain robbery trial
. Barney was sentenced to life in prison right after the verdict was read. He was also found guilty of strong-armed robbery and was sentenced to 15 years in ...
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Police Daytona woman says pair hired her to defraud Boca stores
Loniee Hughes, 35, of South Daytona, is facing charges after she allegedly agreed to open up fraudulent lines of credit at stores in Boca Raton in exchange for cash, according to Boca Raton ...
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Boca-based pet rescue group heading to Oklahoma City to help animals
BOCA RATON— — Help is on the way for the shelter dogs of Oklahoma City. The Tri-County Humane Society is sending a team of six people to pick up dozens of dogs and bring them back to South Florida for adoption. The crew leaves Saturday and is expected back late Wednesday with as many as 100 dogs. "We will need homes for all these animals," said Amanda Chussler, assistant ...
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Estranged wife steps forward as Ibragim Todashevs next-of-kin
Boston Marathon bombing suspects, has stepped forward as his next-of-kin. Reniya Manukyan notified the Orange-Osceola Medical Examiner's Office that she is Todashev's closest relative. His body was released to a funeral home Friday afternoon. Todashev's friends told the Orlando Sentinel most of the 27-year-old's family lives in ...
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Should photos of Osama bin Laden’s body be released
An organization has been trying to require the CIA to release photos of Osama bin Laden's body, but a court dealt them a major defeat this ...
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Florida’s Murphy Ohio’s Joyce join to recommend bipartisan budget trims
Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Jupiter, and Rep. David Joyce, R-Ohio, called for more cooperation between Republicans and Democrats when the two appeared together Friday at a Forum Club of the Palm Beaches lunch to discuss a bipartisan bill to trim the deficit.Murphy and Joyce are members of a bipartisan group of House freshmen seeking to find common ground on deficit issues. They co-sponsored a bill ...
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Downtown site brings strong response for Boynton Beach farmers market settling in at new site
Dani Michaeli of West Palm Beach explains his wares at his Dan's Fun Food organic Mediterranean Gourmet booth at the farmer's market in downtown Boynton Beach. The market is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. ...
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American Held in Grisly Czech Murders
Kevin Dahlgren is ordered jailed until Czech authorities file formal charges. He's accused of killing his uncle, aunt and cousins while living with them in Brno, Czech Republic. (May ...
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West Palm roundtable on public speech coming to PBAU after resident ejected from meetings
Public speech has been a hot topic in West Palm Beach for years and it’s more relevant than ever after West Palm resident William McCray was removed from two recent commission meetings and resident Debbie Finney was nearly removed from a meeting for not abiding by the city’s ';civility code';. Residents are not allowed to address commissioners or the mayor by name, a ...
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Raw Jersey Shore Reopens for Summer
The Jersey shore is open again following Superstorm Sandy. Gov. Chris Christie has been racing up and down the shore opening boardwalks and talking up shore tourism all week as the summer kickoff approached. (May ...
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$2.5 million gift from Palm Beach man’s estate to benefit FAU scholarships research
A $2.5 million donation from the estate of the late Palm Beach philanthropist Thomas Chastain will support education, research and outreach programs at Florida Atlantic University.The money came from the sale of a home in Palm Beach and a 156-acre cattle ranch owned by Chastain in ...
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Discount grocer’s plan to open store at Toys ‘R’ Us site in Royal Palm Beach hits snag source says
The deal that discount grocer Aldi had to open a store in the old Toys "R" Us location on State Road 7 and Southern Boulevard has hit a snag, putting the move in jeopardy, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.For months, Aldi has been in negotiations with the property owner to move into the 44,000-square-foot site. Aldi was slated to occupy about half that space. The ...
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NC State beats Miami 7-1 in ACC tournament
DURHAM, N.C. -- Trea Turner and Bryan Adametz each drove in two runs to help North Carolina State beat Miami 7-1 on Friday in pool play at the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.Turner had a two-run single in a four-run second inning for the fourth-seeded Wolfpack (44-13), who improved to 2-0 in Pool A in Durham. N.C. State beat Clemson 6-3 on Thursday.Reliever Andrew Woeck (6-1) earned the ...
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Man faces life sentence for rape murder
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- A Tampa Bay area man will spend the rest of his life in prison for raping an elderly woman, who died a short time later.A Pinellas County jury found 49-year-old Virgil DeBose guilty Friday of felony murder, sexual battery and burglary. A life sentence was the judge's only option.Prosecutors say DeBose attacked 78-year-old Audrey Mulligan in her Paradise Shores condo in ...
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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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