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  • Ex-Hialeah mayor pleads not guilty to tax evasion

    MIAMI -- Hialeah's former mayor has pleaded not guilty to federal tax evasion charges.Julio Robaina and his wife are charged with conspiring to defraud the U.S., filing a false tax return and making false statements to investigators.Raiza Villacis Robaina did not enter a plea with her husband on Friday because it is not yet clear whether his attorney can represent her, too. The Robainas ...

  • G-OneThe new voice in urban music comes to Miami

    G-One, also known as Ghetto One, is composed of four Puerto Rican singers and dancers: Jos A. Santiago "J. Ane", LeBron "Reyson" Reginald, Edgardo Cotto "Ezzy Rose", and former basketball player Jonathan Romero "Neythen", that targeted the urban genre with one goal: take their music ...

  • Man who killed longest python gets its snakeskin

    PALMETTO BAY, Fla. -- The South Florida man who caught and killed the longest Burmese python ever found in Florida gets to keep the snakeskin.Jason Leon of Palmetto Bay saw a few feet of the snake sticking out of some bushes alongside a rural Miami-Dade County road on May 11. When Leon pulled the snake out into the open, it turned out to be 18 feet 8 inches long.Leon killed the snake with a ...

  • 3 Fantasy 5 players win $76438.04 top prize

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Three winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $76,438.04 each, the Florida Lottery said Saturday.The winning tickets were bought in Lutz, Dundee and Cape Coral, lottery officials reported.The 333 tickets matching four numbers won $111 each. Another 10,539 tickets matching three numbers won $9.50 each, and 102,651 tickets won a Quick Pick ticket for picking ...

  • 2 Tampa Bay deputies shoot suspect several times

    LARGO, Fla. -- A man is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being shot in a confrontation with two sheriff's deputies in the Tampa Bay area.According to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, deputies Steven Smith and Mark Douglas responded to a call about an armed man in Largo on Friday night.The sheriff's office says the deputies attempted to stop the ...

Movie Review

U-571 [DVD]

U-571 [DVD]

In "U-571," Matthew McConaughey plays Lt. Andrew Tyler, a young, determined Naval officer who is upset that he has not been commissioned as a full captain to lead his own submarine. When he confronts Lt. Commander Mike Dahlgren (Bill Paxton), the commanding officer whose lack of recommendation impeded Tyler's ascension, Dahlgren informs him that he is simply not ready yet. In a later scene, Dahlg ... ...

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  • No ticket wins Mega Money game next jackpot $1M

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- No tickets matched all four numbers plus the Mega Ball in the Mega Money game so the jackpot rolled over to $1 million, the Florida Lottery said Saturday.Four tickets won $1,646 for picking 4-of-4; 28 tickets won $515.50 each for picking 3-of-4 plus the Mega Ball number; 1,040 tickets won $41 each for picking 3-of-4; 1,291 tickets won $23 each for picking 2-of-4 plus the ...

  • Suspicious bag investigated at Tallahassee airport

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Parts of the Tallahassee Regional Airport are now restricted as authorities investigate a suspicious bag discovered in one of the terminals.The airport's assistant superintendent of airport operations tells WCTV in Tallahassee ( http://bit.ly/13SX1Z7) that no flights have been impacted as the investigation continues.Tallahassee police officials say a robot was sent ...

  • Police Investigating Fatal Crash in Davie

    Davie Police say the Silver Pontiac was traveling north on University Drive just after 1 a.m. when it lost control, crossing over the median and into the southbound lanes. It then struck a tree on the west side of University ...

  • Driver killed in early morning Davie crash

    The driver of a silver Pontiac was pronounced dead early Saturday at the scene of a one-car crash, according to Davie police.The incident was reported shortly after 1 a.m. along University Drive near Southwest ...

  • Tourists Aplenty in Miami Beach for Urban Beach Weekend

    Tens of thousands of visitors are expected in town for Urban Beach Weekend from near and far. Two tourists who qualify for the "far" category, Linda and Sonia Saada, spoke about why they're here. Miami Beach Police spokesman Bobby Hernandez, Mayor Matti Bower and two tourists from Hartford, Madelyn Ruiz and Shenica Randolph, also talked about the ...

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