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  • Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn enjoy relaxing day aboard yacht

    Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn were spotted soaking up the sun on the golfer's yacht in Florida on Tuesday. Woods, 37, was photographed shirtless as he fished off the back of the boat named Solitude in a baseball cap, shorts and sneakers, People Magazine reported. Woods' daughter Sam from his marriage to his ex-wife Elin Nordegren was also hanging out on the boat, People magazine reported. ...

  • Miranda Kerr dons skimpy swimsuit to promote new make-up range in US

    Miranda Kerr stripped for a risque photoshoot in Miami to promote her new range of make-up - part of her Kora Organics cosmetics brand - in the US. The 30-year-old model flaunted her incredible body in a plunging black swimsuit, the Sun reported. She recently walked away from her contract with lingerie brand Victoria's Secret in order to spend more time with her family. ...

  • Fox News Does What Florida Refused To Do Gives Allen West A Job

    Omigod, remember when I was talking about Allen West the other day and mentioned that he clearly needs a job, what with boredom obviously driving his conjured conspiracy theories and breathless attempts to create ‘scandal’ with nary a shred of logic or ...

  • Black bear once captured in Orlando captured again in Tampa

    Parramore neighborhood causing a mini-panic last year has once again been captured, only this time in a Tampa subdivision.The estimated 300-pound male wandered 125 miles from ...

  • Man Says He Caught Largest Burmese Python on Record

    Wrestling a Burmese python wasn't exactly what 23 year old Jason Leon planned when he visited the Everglades with his buddies last week. He was riding ATV's near Florida City when they saw a sight they'll never ...

Movie Review

Music of the Heart

It is both ironic and unfortunate that "Music of the Heart," a film about a woman who teaches children the value of beautiful music, begins with a pop song by Gloria Estefan and N'Sync that is so sugar-coated and shallow that it borders on nausea. It's the kind of simplistic, prefabricated opening title tune that makes you want to run from the theater before the movie even begins. With all the be ... ...

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  • Woman Says Thieves Spent $9000 on Her Credit Cards

    She says the store manager told her there was nothing they could do because the cashiers don't check identifications when somebody uses a credit ...

  • Discover Haiti Miami Donna Karan Showcases Haitian Artisans At Little Haiti Cultural Center

    Fashion designer Donna Karan walks through the art gallery during her visit to Little Haiti at the Discover Haiti Exhibition in Miami, Friday, May 17, 2013. Karan is among the designers and celebrities who have advocated for Haitian artisans since a catastrophic earthquake shook the Caribbean country in 2010. (AP Photo/Alan ...

  • Embattled Scott Trumpets Drop in Florida Jobless Rate

    TAMPA | Florida Gov. Rick Scott — who has made his handling of the state's economy the main thrust of his re-election campaign — got more to boast about ...

  • Fish Orlando App Maps Central Florida Lakes

    ORLANDO | A new smartphone application announced Thursday by state wildlife officials allows tourists and residents in Central Florida to see maps of major lakes in the area while catching up some fishing ...

  • Florida Higher Education Fix Financial Aid

    Those facts make it tempting to blast Gov. Rick Scott for considering a veto of the proposed 3 percent tuition increase in the state budget.It's unclear whether the governor even has the power to veto such an increase, so this could provide another example of Scott making a power grab in higher education.But Scott deserves credit for continuing to speak out about college affordability. ...

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