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  • Miami Heat 103-100 San Antonio Spurs OT - as it happened

    o Miami Heat force Game Seven in overtime thrillero Ray Allen ties game to force OT, ices game with free throwso NBA Finals will end in decisive Game Seven on ...

  • The Game 7 Winner is Less Important Than Why The Miami Heat Are Better For The NBA Than The Spurs.

    LeBron James of the Miami Heat looks to move against the Oklahoma City Thunder during Game 5 of the NBA Finals on June 21, 2012 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. The Miami Heat won the NBA Finals, defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder 121-106 to capture the best-of-seven championship series four games to one. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via ...

  • Heat doubters leave early miss OT finish

    Ultimately, a Finals fight to the epic finish But Tuesday night, South Florida sports fans may have hit a new low that probably won't help our reputation as fair-weather fans. With ...

  • Eovaldi does well in season debut for Marlins

    Florida Marlins pitcher Nathan Eovaldi delivers a pitch against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt ...

  • Heat win 103-100 in overtime to force a Game 7 | Video

    NBA Finals . The victory evened the best-of-7 series at 3, putting them in position to win their second straight title with a win in Game 7 Thursday at AmericanAirlines Arena. "Look if you said Sept. 29th when we started on our trip going to China if we could decide this season with a Game 7 in our building, every single one of us would take it," Heat ...

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The Evil Dead [DVD]

The Evil Dead [DVD]

In the spring of 1982, a low-budget horror film made by a bunch of college buddies from Michigan State University, shot in the fall of 1979 on 16mm for about $50,000, debuted to unexpectedly rave reviews at the Cannes Film Festival. After being hailed as a masterpiece by author Stephen King, the freshman work of a 23-year-old writer/director named Sam Raimi went on to theaters and has since becom ... ...

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  • Goldschmidt homers in 9th Arizona beats Marlins

    Arizona Diamondbacks' Paul Goldschmidt watches his walk off home run take flight against the Miami Marlins during the ninth inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in Phoenix. The Diamondbacks won 3-2. (AP Photo/Matt ...

  • Ultimately a Finals fight to the epic finish

    Pacers in the Eastern Conference finals? This team finds a way, just as LeBron found a way Tuesday. History paints this Heat team as the overwhelming favorite at moments like this, the home team 14-3 in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. But the Heat know better, because their own pattern has been one of inconsistency, 13 consecutive games now of alternating victories and losses. It is not enough to ...

  • Poll shows higher approval ratings for Rick Scott

    Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday found the Republican governor's job approval rating had climbed to 43 percent, with 44 percent viewing his job performance poorly. And though those numbers are still bad news for any politician seeking re-election, they're up from the school's previous poll in March, which showed Scott's job performance winning just 36 percent ...

  • Fort Lauderdale hires new city attorney

    FORT LAUDERDALE— Commissioners hired Cynthia Everett as the new city attorney on Tuesday, approving a contract with a starting salary of $193,000.Commissioner Dean Trantalis opposed the agreement because of Everett's July 1 start date, saying Everett will be gone a significant amount of time in July and August to wrap up previous commitments, all while being paid by the city. He ...

  • S. Fla. politicians want your Like and your vote

    The paperwork for her candidacy had barely been submitted to the Boca City Clerk when the Facebook page "Susan Haynie for Mayor" went live in April:"I want to take my experience to the mayor's office."The deputy mayor's upbeat vibe is also a constant for the "Twitterati" — now Haynie is closing in on her 2,000th tweet with promotions for local ...

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