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  • Kerr suffers wardrobe malfunction

    Supermodel Miranda Kerr suffered a wardrobe malfunction at the Miami Beach while she was shooting an ad campaign. The 30-year-old was shooting a campaign for her KORA Organics make-up line when her top fell down accidentally, exposing her breasts, reports dailystar.co.uk. She laughed off the blunder after covering up her ...

  • A weeks worth of South Florida summer fun

    MIAMI - Summer is when the stream of tourists to South Florida slows, deterred by hot, wet weather and the threat of hurricanes. It's when rates at beachfront hotels plummet, spas and restaurants offer special deals, traffic eases and locals can enjoy discount staycations. But how can we spend those leisure days when we've logged out of the office email and need an alternate source of ...

  • Truck hauling pool chemicals crashes on CR 419 in Seminole County

    A truck carrying pool chemicals was involved in a crash in Seminole County that injured three people. It happened around 8 a.m. on CR 419 and Lake Mills ...

  • Jury selection today in stabbing death of Orlando bouncer

    Craig Sandhaus is charged with second degree murder in the May 7, 2011 stabbing death of Milton Torres at a downtown Orlando bar. (PHOTO/Orange County ...

  • Gas prices jump 11 cents in past 2 weeks

    The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped 11 cents over the past two weeks. The Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday, May 19, 2013 says the price of a gallon of regular is ...

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End of Watch

David Ayers End of Watch is a potentially powerful story about the lethal daily grind of patrolling South Central Los Angeles that is wrecked by misguided aesthetics. Ayer, who grew up in South Central and is best known as the screenwriter of The Fast and the Furious (2001) ... ...

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  • Tornadoes slam Plains Midwest One person killed in Oklahoma

    Several tornadoes struck parts of the nation's midsection Sunday, concentrating damage in central Oklahoma and Wichita, Kan. One person was killed near Shawnee, Okla., and 21 injuries were reported throughout the ...

  • Weather Forecast Muggy Monday With Afternoon Storms in South Florida

    Mostly cloudy skies will rule each afternoon as scattered storms may yield a few strong to severe storms late in the afternoon. Heavy rainfall and gusty winds are the primary threat for Monday with any of the storms that do get ...

  • Government budget cuts begin to impact Orlando convention business

    Cutbacks in government travel are beginning to have an impact on Orlandos convention business. Cutbacks in government travel are beginning to have an impact on Orlandos convention business, Orlando Sentinel reports. The most recent example was the cancellation of the General Services Administrations training forum, which would have brought a $13 million boost to the local economy, the Sentinel ...

  • 2 Fantasy 5 players share $85758.86 top prize

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Two winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $85,758.86 each, the Florida Lottery said Monday.The winning tickets were bought in Navarre and Kissimmee, lottery officials reported.The 232 tickets matching four numbers won $119 each. Another 7,176 tickets matching three numbers won $10.50 each, and 73,594 tickets won a Quick Pick ticket for picking two ...

  • Mans body found after North Florida home explodes

    YULEE, Fla. -- The body of a man was found following an explosion inside a north Florida mobile home.Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper told the Florida Times-Union ( http://bit.ly/19UinZj) a neighbor called 911 about 1:20 a.m. Sunday after hearing an explosion.Leeper says there were multiple propane tanks around the house. Some of them exploded. The sheriff's office and the state fire ...

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