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    UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon voiced concern on Sunday over North Korea's launch of short-range missiles, urging Pyonyang to refrain from further launches and return to stalled nuclear talks with world ...

  • Fight between neighbors leads to shooting in Fla.

    LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. -- Authorities are investigating after they say a fight erupted between two neighbors over their dogs led to a shooting in South Florida.Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputies said the two fought over their dogs on Friday. They fought again on Saturday night and that's when authorities say one neighbor shot the other.The male victim was taken to the hospital and is ...

  • Jet-setter’s love of travel fueled by early Miami trip

    Carolyn Kremins has always loved to travel. Growing up in Long Island, she spent her childhood going on road trips to Niagara Falls and the Catskills.“I wanted so desperately to go on a plane,” she said in a recent phone interview. “I used my grandfather as an excuse.”Like many grandfathers in the late 1970s, Kremins’ spent winters in Miami Beach. For her first ever ...

  • Hands Across The Sand Miami 2013 Locals Protest Off-Shore Drilling Stand For Clean Energy

    On Saturday, weekend beach-goers and environmental activists joined hands along Miami Beach to take a stand against the U.S. dependence on oil and to promote clean energy resources. ...

  • Autistic boy 8 disappears while vacationing in Florida

    PERDIDO KEY, Fla. – Authorities are searching by land and sea for an 8-year-old Autistic boy who went missing while vacationing in the Florida Panhandle. Escambia County Sheriff's officials said Owen Elliot Black was on the beaches of Perdido Key with his mother and wandered off on his own and 4 p.m. Friday. He has brown hair and eyes and was last seen wearing a red and blue striped ...

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Summer of Sam [DVD]

Summer of Sam [DVD]

"Summer of Sam" finally lost me about two-thirds of the way through. As everyone probably knows, the "Sam" of the title refers to "Son of Sam" David Berkowitz, the serial killer who terrorized New York for more than a year in the late 1970s, stalking people and shooting them with a .44-caliber handgun because, as he claimed at the time, his neighbor's dog told him to. ...

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  • 8 yr-old Autistic boy goes missing on Fla vacation

    PERDIDO KEY, Fla. -- Authorities are searching by land and sea for an 8-year-old Autistic boy who went missing while vacationing in the Florida Panhandle.Escambia County Sheriff's officials said Owen Elliot Black was on the beaches of Perdido Key with his mother and wandered off on his own and 4 p.m. Friday. He has brown hair and eyes and was last seen wearing a red and blue striped shirt ...

  • Dwyane Wade Prom Miami Heat Star Surprises Teen After Turning Her Down

    Dwyane Wade showed up at a prom Friday night and surprised one lucky – and persistent – fan who has asked him multiple times to be her date since last Fall.The Miami Heat superstar pulled up to the Archbishop Coleman Carroll High School senior prom at the LaJolla Ballroom in Coral Gables, Fla., decked out in a sleek black suit, white shirt, no tie, and striking red loafers ensemble. ...

  • Florida man arrested for driving naked allegedly stealing motorcycle

    Police in Florida said they arrested a man twice within a 12-hour period, once for driving his car naked and a second time for allegedly stealing a motorcycle. Brian Blake Bienvenu, 24, of Delray Beach, Fla., began his alleged crime spree at 2:20 a.m. local time Thursday, when a security official at Highland Beach Club observed him parking his vehicle in the nude, police said. Bienvenu tried ...

  • FHP Orlando man struck killed by car in Hernando County

    Spring Hill just before 3:30 a.m. when he was struck by a 2001 Volkswagen Jetta driven by Robbie Leanus Robinson, 25, of New Port Richey. Davila died at the scene. Robinson and a passenger were not ...

  • Winning $600m Powerball lottery ticket sold in Florida

    Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials said Sunday.The single winner was sold at a supermarket in Zephyrhills, Florida, according to Florida Lottery executive Cindy O'Connell. She told the Associated Press by telephone that more details would be released later."This ...

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