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Four admit roles in timeshare fraud
Four people have pleaded guilty to their roles in a timeshare fraud that prosecutors said cost some 250 victims more than $1 million in losses, court records show.Doris A. Heliin, Joe F. Whiddon and Joseph R. Heinz, pleaded guilty to mail fraud conspiracy Monday in federal court in West Palm Beach. Keith B. Schilling pleaded guilty to the same charge last month.Starting in 2010, Heliin and ...
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Citing traffic Tampa neighbors take on SoHo apartment plan
TAMPA -- South Tampa neighborhoods are marshaling their residents against the proposed SoHo Flats apartments, with some organizers even looking into chartering a bus to take opponents to Thursday night's City Council hearing. As proposed, SoHo Flats includes 212 apartments, a 518-space garage and 15,000 square feet of restaurants, shops and offices. The project site covers a little less ...
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Man killed in police-involved shooting
MIAMI -- A South Florida man was killed during a police-involved shooting after authorities say he apparently stabbed three people.The Miami-Dade Police Department reports that officers responded to a domestic violence call at a Miami home Sunday and found that three females had been stabbed.Officials say 48-year-old Joe White III tried to flee but was confronted by officers. Shots were fire, ...
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Education officials head to Tampa to urge “mitigation” of school grading formula
Concerned that another round of changes to Florida’s testing and school grading formula will paint a dire picture of improving education systems, officials from Miami-Dade and elsewhere on Tuesday are headed to Tampa to urge the State Board of Education to reconsider the way schools are judged.This year, important letter grades will be based in part on new exams, higher proficiency cut ...
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Florida man beaten robbed stripped naked on first date
By Daniel Arkin, Staff Writer, NBC News A Florida man was beaten, robbed, forced to strip naked and abandoned on the side of a road Friday evening during a first date gone horribly wrong, according to police.Authorities found nude, bloodied Shaun Paul Williams, 34, walking on the shoulder of State Road 100 in Bunnell, Fla., late Friday near a cow pasture where Williams said he was assaulted and ...
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More possible Zimmerman jurors asked to return
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- Potential jurors' views on race were the focus of questioning Monday in second week of their selection for the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of black teenager Trayvon ...
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ATM skimming suspect arrested in California
A suspected ATM skimming ring that involved Romanians targeting bank machines across Florida has lead agents to another suspect, according to federal court documents.Nicu Calin, 43, was arrested in California on June 7, the same day he was scheduled to fly back to Romania, according to documents filed in the federal courthouse ...
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Pothole or sinkhole You decide
Pothole or sinkhole?It's too soon to tell, but it might as well have been the Grand Canyon for the fright Stephen Alphonse felt when his truck hit the hole."It scared the heck out of me," he said. Alphonse was driving to ...
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Orlando adopts fertilizer rules critics say are weak
Orlando City Council unanimously passed new fertilizer regulations Monday that critics said offer only minimal protection from pollution for the more than 100 lakes in the city's neighborhoods. But several members argued state law gave them no choice.And ...
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Obama tests political might in Boston Miami
President Barack Obama put his second-term appeal to the test Wednesday in Boston and Florida, seeking to boost Democratic candidates as a fundraiser and a political drawing card even while trailed by controversies over government ...
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Miami Heat fans to use every ritual at their disposal
Heat fans plan to do all they can – pray with a rosary in hand, eat chicken wings or sit in lucky chairs – to assure a win Tuesday night in Game 6 of the NBA ...
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Poll Absentee-ballot scandal makes Miami Congressman Joe Garcia vulnerable in potential matchup
A leading rival of U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia released a new poll Monday that shows the incumbent has a double-digit lead but a major vulnerability: the absentee-ballot fraud scandal haunting his campaign.The poll shows Garcia, a Miami Democrat, leading 46 percent to 34 percent in a potential 2014 matchup against Republican Carlos Curbelo, the Miami-Dade School Board member who commissioned the ...
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Zimmerman jury identities to remain secret for a time
SANFORD -- After an eventual verdict in the George Zimmerman case, the names of jurors will be kept secret — but for how long remains to be seen.Seminole Circuit Judge Debra S. Nelson said Monday the names of the six jurors will be kept anonymous “for some time,” but she won’t rule on the length of time until later in the trial, or possibly after.Zimmerman is charged ...
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Moody’s issues rating for Miami-Dade water and sewer bonds
A key agency has issued a strong credit rating for Miami-Dade’s upcoming bond sale to finance repairs to its antiquated water and sewer system. But Moody’s Investors Service also warned that if the county doesn’t hike user rates as planned, the rating could slip.Miami-Dade is preparing to issue nearly $445 million in bonds to help pay for pipe fixes required by a federal ...
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Snakebite victim out of hospital on road to full recovery
After 80 vials of antivenin and 15 days in the hospital spent recovering from a bite by a full-grown eastern diamondback rattlesnake, Ben Smith is back home and doing ...
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Life in prison for convicted armed burglar
A 28-year-old Gainesville man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for his role in an armed burglary of a home on July 7, 2012, authorities said ...
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Missing North Carolina girls may be in Orlando
ORLANDO -- Two girls missing from North Carolina may be in Orlando. The Hendersonville Police Dept. says Gretchen Sanford took daughters Hannah Shaw, 9, and Hailey Shaw, 7, from their elementary school on May 27 and left the state. Along for the ride is an unknown man. The North Carolina courts issued a temporary emergency custody order giving custody of the girls to their father. ...
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Shriners to bring convention to Daytona Beach
The Shriners are a philanthropic group that has existed since 1872. Among their biggest charitable projects is the Shriners Hospital for Children. (PHOTO/ Shriners ...
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Parramore residents rally against Orlando Creative Village
Residents of Orlando's historic Parramore neighborhood rally outside City Hall, claiming the city's plans for a new Creative Village will force them out of their homes - Monday, June 17, 2013. (VIDEO STILL/Bakari Savage, ...
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Unmanned boat goes in circles after boaters fall overboard
PINELLAS -- Two people have been rescued after falling off a boat in downtown St. Petersburg. The unmanned boat went in circles for at least 30 minutes. Crews let the boat run out of fuel before they attempted to stop it. The conditions of the two boaters have not been released. According to the Coast Guard, a Good Samaritan helped the boaters out of the water and took them to the St. ...
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Fewer buses bus sharing on Lake County school budget plan
The Lake County School District is looking at a plan to cut $3 million from the school budget by making high and middle school students ride the bus together, and also eliminating buses for students who live within two miles of the ...
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For young immigrants big changes since Obama order
In this Wednesday, June 12, 2013 photo, Jorge Tume is shown working on a computer at a concrete company in Miami. Tumes parents brought him and his younger brother to the U.S. from Peru on tourist visas when they were young and decided to stay, becoming unauthorized immigrants with no legal status. (AP Photo/Wilfredo ...
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Daughter Tracks Down Dads Accused Shooter
Joselyn Martinez was just nine years old when her father was gunned down outside their family's restaurant. Twenty-seven years later, she was able to use some Internet sleuthing to track down the man accused of killing her ...
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Prancercise Creator to Lead Contest at Casino
On Tuesday, South Florida residents who want try it out for themselves with Rohrback can. She will be at the Seminole Casino at Coconut Creek from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., leading a contest, where participants will do their own version of the ...
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Delray could void trash hauler contract consultants say
Delray Beach 's decision to renew a contract with its trash hauler last year without first putting it out to bid. The City Commission and City Manager Louie Chapman, Jr. received a legal analysis from ...
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The Pier in danger after decades of memories and pictures
Advocates for The Pier want it to be renovated and restored in its current form, kept as the tourist attraction it is, while city officials feel it would be more economical and feasible to tear it down and replace it with a new structure. The advocates for The Pier want us to decide.
The Pier, as it is called by St Petersburg residents, or the St Petersburg Pier, as it is known nationally and even internationally, is one of the major landmarks of the city and a seminal tourist attraction and has been visited by tens of millions of people during the course of its existence, but it may soon be demolished and replaced, which has courted the anger of many residents. Read more
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