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Glitch in widely used polygraph can skew results
Several police departments across the country said they were not disturbed by the news of the LX4000 polygraph because they had not noticed inaccurate measurements. In South Florida, the use of the LX4000 is ...
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U.S. suburban poverty growing but trend mixed in Miami-Dade Broward
Across the country, the poverty rate is surging in the suburbs, where the number of poor people is growing much faster than in central cities — a largely unrecognized reversal that calls for a retooling of federal anti-poverty, economic development and transit funding, the Brookings Institution has found. In a book released Monday, researchers at the non-partisan think tank’s ...
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Police find missing 10-month-old girl from Miami Gardens
A Miami Gardens police officer was on patrol when police said he was approached by a citizen who gave the officer information that Arianna Willis and her 42-year-old father, Dexter Jones, were both seen in an establishment at Northwest 199th Street and Northwest 2nd ...
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Inside a Bangladesh garment factory
Set aside for a moment what you think you know about the garment factories in Bangladesh: grimy, sweaty, children sitting in dimly lit, sweltering rooms sewing shirts you buy at your box store for ...
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Talk is cheap and heaped as Pacers Heat prepare | Video
Erik Spoelstra at the time? "I could care less." From that semantical sparring, the Heat and Pacers essentially wrestled through a six-game matchup as physical as any series in the Heat's three seasons ...
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Powerful tornadoes strike in four central U.S. states
(Reuters) - A massive storm front swept north through the central United States on Sunday, hammering the region with fist-sized hail, blinding rain and tornadoes, including a half-mile wide twister that struck near Oklahoma City. News reports said at least one person had ...
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Congress keeps up pressure on IRS
There will be more hearings this week in the Congress on the IRS targeting of more conservative political groups, as Republicans try to zero in on who signed off on the effort as the GOP presses the Obama Administration for answers.These hearings come after Friday's first Congressional review of the IRS work on tax exempt applications by a series of Republican-leaning groups, which the IRS ...
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ERBA Diagnostics Rooted in Mumbai growing in Miami
Business : ERBA and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and sell diagnostic test kits, automated medical testing equipment and a range of reagents and other chemical products used in medical research and commercial laboratories, hospitals and doctors’ offices. ERBA products are employed in tests and analyses related to autoimmune and infectious diseases, diabetes and blood ...
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Crooks target S. Fla. restaurants for used cooking oil
"It's hard enough to earn business, and then you got people stealing waste vegetable oil. Who would ever think?" said Craig Goldstein, owner of Oil Recovery Interests (OIR) in Lauderdale ...
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Fallin declares state of emergency after tornadoes
Governor Mary Fallin declared a State of Emergency for 16 Oklahoma counties due to tornadoes, severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding that began ...
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Fire in Palm Springs home leaves six homeless
A home in Palm Springs has been damaged by a fire.Palm Beach County Fire Rescue arrived at the 2800 block of Dolphin Circle at 5:56 p.m. this evening after callers said their grandmother's house was on fire and two people inside were trapped.Firefighters "made an aggressive fire attack" according to a fire rescue spokesman, and were able to contain the fire to the bedroom where it ...
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Florida National Guard in transition phase
Sgt. Sean O'Donnell, center, 23, U.S. Army National Guard, barks out command to his platoon during a warrior leadership course at the Florida National Guard training facility Camp Blanding, where weekend warriors hone their ...
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Yahoo to buy blog-maker Tumblr for $1.1 billion report
New York: The board of Yahoo! has agreed to a deal to purchase the popular blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.Yahoo! did not immediately return AFP's calls for confirmation, but CEO Marissa Mayer has scheduled a news conference in New York Monday at which the company said it will unveil "something special."Reports last week said ...
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Florida Governor Rick Scott To Veto 3 College Tuition Hike
Florida Governor Rick Scott could sign or veto a texting while driving ban as soon as the weekend but so far, he has given no indication which way he is leaning. Attorney David Seltzer comments on the ...
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Motorcyclist hit by car in Lake Worth
A motorcyclist was taken to the hospital by Trauma Hawk this evening after being struck by a vehicle on the corner of Sixth Avenue South and Dixie Highway in Lake Worth.The accident occurred at 6:47 p.m. The rider was taken to the trauma unit at Delray Medical Center, according to Palm Beach County Fire Rescue.No other information was immediately ...
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Commentary The U.S. must get off the sidelines on Syria
Outrage. That's what we should feel over the Syrian government's slaughter of more than 70,000 of its own people and its use of chemical weapons. And outrage is what we should feel over the international community's impotence.Despite intelligence regarding Syrian use of chemical weapons, which the Obama administration acknowledges, the White House persists in setting a burden of ...
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Editorial Cities’ offer on the Office of Inspector General again contains a poison pill
From the beginning, 14 Palm Beach County cities have insisted that their refusal to finance the countywide inspector general's office has nothing to do with resistance to the watchdog agency itself. Their lawsuit and refusal to pay, they said, was simply due to concerns about the constitutionality of the agency's unconventional financing model.But the cities' actions tell a very ...
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CrossFit regional grows into convention center event
Burpees, dead lifts and box jumps have gone mainstream after more than 10,000 people flocked to the Palm Beach County Convention Center over the weekend to watch the Reebok CrossFit South East Regional.CrossFit, which combines aerobic and weight exercises with an intense combination of workouts that include sprinting, rope climbing, dead lifts and pull-ups, has exploded in popularity in the past ...
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Tornado levels homes in Oklahoma City trailer park
People survey damage from a tornado that hit Edmond, Okla., on Sunday, May 19, 2013. A powerful storm system rumbled through the Plains and upper Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes that damaged roofs and structures near Oklahoma City and kicked up debris in Wichita, ...
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LeBron knows Pacers will try to put me on the floor | Video
LeBron James has spent a career refining basketball in his mind. It's how he works. Before the fourth quarter, for instance, when he's typically moved onto the opposing team's top scorer, he sits on the bench mentally reviewing the player he'll defend. "I start just going through the notes that we planned on him, the [video] cut-ups I've watched of that ...
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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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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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