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Focus on South Florida “Independence on the Runway-No Limits”
Tia Frost, Ms. Florida Plus America 2011 (Source: CBS4) The second annual event presented by the Center for Independent Living Broward supports the 20-year mission of the center: to empower and offer asistance to people with disabilities. We focus on how the unique fashion show changes lives. Click on above picture to watch entire ...
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Rain Bands Storms Sweep South Florida
MIAMI (CBS4) – The average start date for the rainy season is today, May 20th, and starting this afternoon through the middle of the week South Florida will see plenty of rain. Scattered showers have been sweeping in across the area since the morning hours and throughout the day the storm chance will remain high due to a surge of deep tropical moisture across the peninsula. A short wave ...
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Focus on South Florida Veterans PTSD
Janine Lutz, mother of veteran whose PTSD drove him to suicide (Source: CBS4) Janine Lutz has started up a nonprofit to help troubled veterans and their families, after her own son, who was suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, committed suicide. Click on above picture to watch entire ...
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Former Miami Dolphins receiver Chad Johnson arrested in Broward
Chad Johnson, the former Miami Dolphins wide receiver who went on the lam after failing to check in with his probation officer, was arrested and jailed in Broward County Monday morning.The Broward Sheriff’s Office and Broward state attorney’s office confirmed that Johnson appeared in court for his probation violations and was subsequently ordered to jail. He is expected to post bail ...
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MacDill medical ops member killed in car crash
MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Officials at MacDill Air Force base say a member of their medical operations squadron has died in a traffic accident.Staff Sgt. Cheryl Westbrook's car collided with another car on I-75 Saturday near Riverview. She lost control of the vehicle, hit a traffic sign and flipped over. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Florida Highway Patrol officials ...
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Small Florida city anxious to learn name of Powerball winner
Monday, May 20, 2013 | 8:38 a.m. ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. -- It could be an anxious wait of up to two months for people in a small Florida city to find out who won the highest Powerball jackpot in history: an estimated $590.5 million. The lucky ticket was bought sometime Saturday or earlier at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, a city of about 13,000 people best known around the state for its brand ...
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US awaits Florida Powerball winner
"It's a whole lot of money, a great opportunity for someone to realize their dream, and that's what Powerball is all about," said Cindy O'Connell, the secretary of the Florida ...
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Chad Johnson back in custody
Johnson received a year of probation last September after pleading no contest to a domestic violence charge involving his former wife, reality TV star Evelyn ...
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St. Petersburg Denies Zenit Arena in New Trouble
ST. PETERSBURG, May 20 (R-Sport) - St. Petersburg's vice governor responsible for construction on Monday denied claims by Russia's federal Audit Chamber that the city's 2018 World Cup football stadium might not be complete until 2017. Audit Chamber head Sergei Stepashin said earlier on Monday that the best-case scenario is for construction of the $1.1 billion arena to be finished ...
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Fla. Powerball winner hasnt come forward
Under Florida law, lottery winners in the state cannot remain anonymous; their names and city of residence must be made publicly available to anyone who asks, according to the state's lottery website. No one had come forward as of Monday ...
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Ex-Dolphin Chad Johnson jailed in Broward on probation violation
Chad Johnson was ordered back in jail on a token $1,000 bond Monday after he was accused of violating his probation on a domestic violence charge. Johnson, 35, pleaded no contest last year to a battery charge after his wife, reality TV ...
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American Strategic Insurance to open new St. Petersburg headquarters
Just in time for hurricane season, one of the fastest growing property insurers in the state is opening its new, three-story headquarters in St. Petersburg. American Strategic Insurance is planning a ribbon-cutting ceremony for 3 p.m. Tuesday for its 110,000-square foot headquarters at the newly named 1 ASI Way, located near the intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street N and Gandy ...
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Son charged with assault false imprisonment of mother
Police went to a woman's home in the early morning hours Sunday after she told authorities that her son broke in and threatened to "cut her with a knife" if she called police, a complaint affidavit states.Christopher Daniel Ducharme, 27, was arrested at 3 a.m. on the 700 block of Ponce de Leon Drive and charged with false imprisonment and aggravated assault on a person 65 or ...
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More connections of the week Disneys Yellow Shoes Creative Group
Want to know about more events where readers can learn and connect? The Tampa Bay business community loves to network and there is not always enough space in the Tampa Bay Business Journal print edition to include a deeper offering of events coming up the next week. We will now begin sharing extra events for the upcoming week. In general, were interested in including events that are ...
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Gov. Scott vetoes hundreds of millions from state budget
Transportation $291.9 million to add managed lanes on State Road 826 (Dolphin) and I-75 in Miami-Dade County $154 million for Homestead Extension of the Florida Turnpike $236 million to add lanes on I-75 $143 million to add lanes and rehabilitate pavement in Pasco ...
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NC newspapers tout win over public notice bill
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The North Carolina Press Association is claiming victory in a battle to maintain government notices in newspapers, but the war isn't yet over.Two bills in the North Carolina House that would have chipped away at newspaper monopolies over notices of public meetings failed to meet a deadline for the two-year legislative session ending in 2014. But a Senate version of one ...
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Ex-NFL WR Johnson arrested in probation violation
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Former NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson has been arrested for a probation violation stemming from an altercation with his now ex-wife, TV reality star Evelyn Lozada.Broadcast reports say a Broward County judge ordered Johnson jailed until he posts a $1,000 bond. Another hearing was set for June 3. An arrest warrant was issued earlier this month when Johnson failed to meet ...
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Priority Health Bells Palsy
Bell's Palsy is an inflammation of the facial nerve (cranial nerve #7 - CNVII) that causes a sudden weakness in the muscles of the face. It can make half of the patient's face appear to droop. Smiles are one-sided or one eye might not close. Blinking, drooling and other movements on the face are also affected. Bell's palsy, also known as facial palsy, can occur at any age. ...
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Gas leak at Rollins College closes Fairbanks Ave.
WINTER PARK -- A gas leak at Rollins College has evacuated at least one building and closed a portion of Fairbanks Avenue. Winter Park Police said a construction crew hit the line at a construction site near the Archibald Greenville Bush Science Center. Eastbound Fairbanks Avenue around the college has been closed. School is currently not in session and no students are on campus. However, ...
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Patient shot at Florida Dialysis Center of Orlando
ORLANDO -- A man receiving treatment at the Florida Dialysis Center of Orlando has been rushed to a local hospital after police say a woman walked in during his treatment and shot him. Orlando Police said the shooting happened around 9:30 a.m. inside the dialysis center, located ...
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Anomaly delays Delta IV launch to Thursday
CAPE CANAVERAL -- The launch of a Delta IV rocket has been delayed one day after an anomaly was found during a test. United Launch Alliance said the rocket carrying the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS-5) satellite for the U.S. Air Force will now launch Thursday, May 23. The agency said during acceptance testing for another mission, an avionics box that controls the Delta booster RS-68 engine ...
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Town hall meeting for Daytona North set for Thursday
BUNNELL -- Residents in the Daytona North area of County are invited to a town hall meeting. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 23 at the Hidden Trails Community Center, which is located ...
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Fla. gov. vetoes nearly $400 million from budget
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who had a tough time winning cooperation this past year from the Republican-led Legislature, struck back on Monday by vetoing nearly $400 million from the state's new ...
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Shooting at Orlando dialysis center wounds one
Orlando police remove vehicle from scene of shooting Monday morning at the Florida Dialysis Center of Orlando near the corner of 34th Street and South Rio Grande ...
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Chad Johnson Ordered Back to Jail for Probation Violation
Johnson, 35, was ordered into Broward Sheriff's Office custody under $1,000 bond during a hearing Monday. Prosecutors had asked that he serve 60 days behind ...
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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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