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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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Florida Cops Plan to Harass Gun Show Attendees
The Tampa Bay Times reports that the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office plans to "strictly enforce a county law mandating background checks for all customers at gun shows" and close down private firearms sales between individuals. Working closely with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office will conduct an undercover ...
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Hurricane forecast Another busy Atlantic season
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Federal forecasters are predicting yet another busy hurricane season.Thursday's outlook calls for 13 to 20 named storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes.The prediction by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is more than what's considered an average Atlantic season. Last year was the third-busiest ...
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Largest captured Fla. black bear is relocated
PAISELEY, Fla. -- The largest Florida black bear ever captured has been relocated.Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokeswoman Joy Hill says the 620-pound bear was captured on Monday. It had been getting into trash in the Ocala National Forest, even into secured garbage in a shed by pulling the aluminum siding off to get his free meal.The bear was trapped in Lake County. ...
Movie Review
There's Something About Mary
There are two possible responses to the Farrelly Brothers' new movie, "There's Something About Mary": either you will think it childish, stupid, juvenile, and sick, and walk out of the theater in the first half hour; or you will think it childish, stupid, juvenile, and sick, and walk out of the theater after the movie is over with tears in your eyes from laughing so hard. Since 1994's "Dumb and Du ... ...
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Bucs Banks Reach Contract Agreement
Tampa Bay is down to just one unsigned draftee after inking second-round pick Johnthan Banks, the award-winning cornerback out of Mississippi State, to a four-year deal on ...
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Florida Mayor Candidate Claims Jesus Endorsed Her Gets Only 56 Votes Loses To Gay Man
NBC News footage . Seven candidates ran for Mayor of North Miami, FL in Tuesday’s race. Who can blame them? North Miami’s a beautiful and fascinating place. One candidate in particular appeared to feel extremely confident about winning. Anne Pierre — a nurse, mom, radio DJ, and Haitian creole pop star with a Master’s degree in Public Health — claimed that she had ...
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George Zimmerman defense releases photos texts of Trayvon Martin
Martin last year during a confrontation at a gated community in Sanford. He is pleading not guilty, claiming self-defense. His trial starts next month. The photos show Martin blowing smoke and extending his middle finger to the camera. The photos also show a gun and what appears to be a potted marijuana plant. In the text messages, Martin tells a friend that his mother has told him he needs to ...
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Kerry Kennedy farmworker protest Wendys in NYC
Kennedy heads the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights, named for her late father. She led the crowd outside the stockholders' meeting in a chant of "What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? ...
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Men on Bicycles Robbed Slapped Woman Miami Police
Ducasse was followed by three men on bicycles when suddenly one of them pulled out a gun and demanded her purse, police said. Another suspect grabbed the purse and slapped her in the ...