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Atton Hotels opening property in Miami
South American hospitality company Atton Hotels will open a location in Miami two years from now.The expansion was announced Friday by Gov. Rick Scott, who recently returned from a trade trip to Santiago, Chile.Atton Hotels, founded in 2000, has three hotels in Chile and one in Peru. The Brickell Avenue property will have 270 rooms; an exact address was not available Friday. Scott’s ...
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Miami Diving hopes TV’s ‘Splash’ brings new interest in sport
Can a television competition show tell the story of diving?Briadam Herrera, 17, laughs at the question as he stands on the sun-baked pool deck at the University of Miami in Coral ...
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Business paid to close for Miami Gardens City Hall construction
Miami Gardens’ new city hall is expected to be completed sometime later this year, and with construction under way, the city ran into a minor hiccup in the building of a road near the construction site.Local business Tires On The Go uses Northwest 185th Terrace as an access point — that’s a road the city is reconstructing.According to Miami Gardens City Manager Danny Crew, the ...
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Student shot in leg at South Florida school
HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- A boy was shot in the leg at a South Florida middle school.A Miami-Dade Schools Police Department spokesman says the shooting occurred Friday afternoon at Redland Middle School in Homestead. Initial reports indicate that an 11-year-old boy brought a gun to school in his backpack, and the gun accidentally discharged inside the bag.The wounded boy was airlifted to Miami ...
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Termites season swarms Tampa Bay area
TAMPA, Fla. - It started with wings, lots of broken off wings. After awhile, Michael Haddock broke down and called an exterminator. That's when he learned, inside the floor of his newly-rented south Tampa home, there are termites. "It was a nice little Saturday morning surprise that we had," Haddock said. Haddock will soon have to get his home tented, which is a sight pest control ...
Movie Review
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Made in 1985 for a budget of only $100,000, "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" sat on a shelf until 1989 when it was finally shown at a series of film festivals, then made its rounds on the midnight theater circuit. Many critics lavished it for being brutally honest about its subject matter, which in some ways, it is. Unfortunately, like so many small budget movies, the lack of money shows throu ... ...
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Suspect Shot During Miramar Home Invasion
One suspect was shot and two others were in custody following a home invasion in Miramar early Friday, police said. NBC 6's Sharon Lawson ...
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MYSTERY MEDALLIONFlorida Man Finds Amulet During Python Hunt
nnA Florida man who participated in a recent python hunt in the Everglades wound up taking home the gold when he discovered an antique, gem-studded amulet which, is estimated to be from sometime between the 17th to 19th ...
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Man accused of pointing cane yelling Boom at deputy
Mark David Molinksi faces charges after he held up a metal cane and pointed it like a gun, saying "Boom!" to a deputy and a Riviera Beach police officer, according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Department arrest ...
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Video Tampa school volunteer wins $10000 award
A school volunteer at Just Elementary became $10,000 richer Friday, thanks to a simple mantra: Just Love. Lynnette Henry is the 2013 winner of We Deliver, a reward for her extra efforts to help students, colleagues and the community. She was the counselor at Just Elementary Elementary when she started a program called Just Love, which is a partnership with Idlewild Baptist Church. The school ...
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Judge sentences drunk driver who fled fatal Tampa crash
TAMPA -- Hank Tippins could barely get the words out between sobs that racked his body so hard he hunched over and gasped for air. "I'm so sorry for what I did to your mom and your family," he said haltingly. "I'm so sorry. I should have never been drinking that night. I should have never gotten in the car to drive." Tippins, a 29-year-old engineer with a wife and ...