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  • Lightning sparks fire that destroys home in The Villages

    THE VILLAGES -- A house was destroyed after lightning struck the County home and ignited a fire. Marion County Fire Rescue said they responded to a structure fire on SE Northridge Court just after 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Flames were visible through the roof when firefighters arrived. Crews said the initially attacked the fire from the inside. However, it quickly become too dangerous, so ...

  • Record winning Powerball ticket of $590M sold in Zephyrhills

    A woman prepares to choose her numbers on a lottery ticket in California. The winning ticket, worth an estimated $590.5 million, was sold at a Zephyrhills Publix. (AP ...

  • Orlando native heading to Haiti to make a difference

    As senior vice president of convention sales and services at Visit Orlando, Tammi Runzler would seem to have it all. But she's leaving it all behind to head to ...

  • Mother accused of leaving child home alone locked in bedroom

    ORLANDO -- Orlando police arrested a woman for child neglect after they say she left her child locked in a bedroom for hours at a time. Jamesha Williams, 21, was arrested Friday after police received a tip that the child was being left alone and responded to her apartment. According to the arrest report, police could hear a small child yelling from a bedroom in the apartment. Williams ...

  • Record $590.5 million Powerball jackpot won by single Florida ticket

    One ticket has won the largest Powerball jackpot in history -- $590.5 million -- bought at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, Fla., a lottery official said. The ticket had the winning numbers of 22, 10, 13, 14, 52 and Powerball number 11, said David Bishop, deputy secretary of Florida Lottery. Saturday's jackpot was the largest in Powerball history, surpassing a $587.6 million jackpot ...

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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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  • Florida supermarket sells winning Powerball ticket

    A Florida supermarket sold the only winning ticket in last night’s estimated $590.5 million Powerball drawing, lottery officials in the Sunshine State announced.The winning numbers were 10, 13, 14, 22, and 52, and the Powerball was 11.The winning ticket was sold at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, Fla., about 29 miles northeast of Tampa, the Florida Lottery announced on ...

  • Powerball numbers Winning lottery ticket sold in Florida

    The Powerball jackpot is estimated to be more than $550 million for Saturday's drawing. So how do you spend that much money? Orlando Sentinel reporter Jon Busdeker shows off how he'll burn through his millions when he ...

  • In bid to combat prostitution human trafficking lawmakers vote to limit massage hours

    Florida Legislature is also flexing its muscle in the fight against the growth of adult-oriented massage establishments, places whose marketing and signage skews closer to adult entertainment than therapeutic well-being. In South Florida, they're known for their blacked-out windows, neon signs, late-night hours, and sexually suggestive postings in online classified ads. Many are listed on ...

  • Happy to be in Alachua Krishnas looking to grow

    ALACHUA — The Hare Krishnas founded their community in Alachua in 1977. More than 35 years later, they say it is the largest Hare Krishna community in North ...

  • Fla couples charged after pipe bomb weapons found

    COCOA, Fla. -- A Cocoa couple has been charged after police said they found pipe bombs and a cache of weapons inside their central Florida home.The Brevard County Sheriff's Office Bomb Squad evacuated neighbors from a dozen nearby homes as they searched the couple's two-story apartment Friday. Authorities found two pipe bombs along with rifles, handguns and shotguns. Two elementary ...

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