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FBI kill Florida man known to Boston bombing suspects
MIAMI - A man known to the Boston Marathon bombers was shot and killed Wednesday by an Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent after he turned violent during questioning, the investigating agency said. The Orlando Sentinel newspaper identified the man as Ibragim Todashev, 27. He was killed in the early morning incident in Orlando, Florida. The FBI said the shooting occurred in Orlando, ...
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Man found hanging at St. Petersburg theatre
A workman who disappeared from St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre in December was found hanging in the theatre's attic, investigators said. The body of the 22-year-old man was found hanging from a rope. Investigators believe he hanged himself. The legendary Mariinsky Theatre opened a new $700-million stage earlier this month in a gala ceremony attended by President Vladimir Putin. --IANS/RIA ...
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Man who caused fatal crash loses drivers license
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A man who caused a crash that killed four family members near Fort Lauderdale must give up his driver's license.A Broward County judge ruled Wednesday that 37-year-old Romial Romeus must pay a $4,000 fine and complete 120 hours of community service.Romeus was issued a careless driving citation after the Jan. 2 crash. The dead included 37-year-old Nadege ...
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Deputies find 40 animals abandoned in Pasco home
HOLIDAY, Fla. -- A strong odor coming from a nearby home prompted a neighbor to call authorities. It turned out someone had abandoned 40 animals inside the Pasco County home.Sheriff's deputies found dogs, cats, rabbits, a snake and a lizard inside the Holiday home on Wednesday evening. There were flies swarming around the windows.The Tampa Bay Times ( http://bit.ly/18k9jhi) reports the ...
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Keller I Want To Show I Am The Right Guy For The Job
admitted he had underestimated the South Florida weather. "I felt great, I felt really good out there," Keller said. "The thing that was hurting the most was the wind (as in stamina). Have to get that right. I forgot about this Miami heat." Keller really isn't worried about adjusting to the elements, nor he is worried about learning the nuances of a new offense after ...
Movie Review
The Dukes of Hazzard
When I was in kindergarten, even though I didnt know what moonshine was and I was too young to appreciate Catherine Bach in her Daisy Dukes, The Dukes of Hazzard was my favorite television show. Thus, as I settled down a quarter-century later to wa ... ...
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Delta IV rocket ready for launch tonight
CAPE CANAVERAL -- A Delta IV rocket is scheduled to lift off tonight from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, after a technical issue that forced engineers to delay the launch a day. In October a Delta IV rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and a fuel leak caused a lower than expected thrust from the upper stage of the rocket. The rocket was still able to deliver the cargo, ...
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POLITIFACT Is Rick Scott still on track for 700000 jobs in 7 years
PolitiFact's Truth-O-Meter checks in to see if Governor Rick Scott is still on track with his campaign pledge of 700,000 jobs in 7 ...
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Manatee superintendent outlines schools budget priorities
MANATEE COUNTY -- Employees and parents of Manatee County will now know the financial vision of the new Manatee school superintendent. Superintendent Rick Mills released documents outlining the school district's budget priorities. These documents include cost saving and recovery measures that were discussed during a budget workshop held for the School Board this past Monday. Informing ...
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Boy Scout leaders voting on lifting gay ban
Leaders of Boy Scouts of America are voting on whether to lift the ban on gays in Scouts during their three-day meeting in Texas. A decision could be reached Thursday or ...
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Citizens drops 60k policies in odd deal
Florida's largest property insurer is shedding 60,000 policies -- many of them in South Florida -- under a questionable deal. The board of Citizens Property Insurance voted 3-2 on Wednesday to transfer policies to a St. Petersburg company called Heritage Property and Casualty Insurance. Heritage is less than a year old but it has already made large donations to the re-election campaign of ...