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  • Abortion Pill Case Links Tampa Oklahoma Women

    TAMPA | Five years ago, an Air Force airman grudgingly married his pregnant girlfriend but began lacing her food with ground up abortion pills. She miscarried in her second trimester, after consuming a deviled ...

  • Florida man who claimed self-defense found guilty of killing neighbor in dog dispute

    A 66-year-old Flagler Beach man was convicted Friday of second-degree murder after he shot neighbor Dana Mulhall five times in March 2012 because of his dogs, according to the State Attorney's Office.Paul Miller took issue over the 52-year-old's barking dogs, hid his handgun in his waistband and went outside to confront Mulhall.He shot him, later claiming self-defense, according to ...

  • Cyclists Report Being Shot by BB Guns on Rickenbacker Causeway

    Cyclists on the Rickenbacker Causeway now have a new worry to add to a growing list: BB guns and tacks. NBC 6's Steve Litz spoke with cyclist Nolan Farhy about getting shot by a BB gun during a morning ...

  • Man who killed longest python gets its snakeskin- Florida man finds gold instead of snakes during hunt

    Oct. 27, 2011: the South Florida Water Management District, workers are shown holding a nearly 16-foot long Burmese Python that was captured and killed in Everglades National Park, ...

  • Tampa motorcyclist dies in Bearss Avenue crash

    TAMPA -- A motorcyclist died Friday night after an accident on Bearss Avenue, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Just after 7 p.m., Geoffrey B. Dawson, 25, of Tampa, was driving a 2006 Honda CBR 1000 westbound on Bearss Avenue at a high rate of speed, weaving in and out of traffic, deputies said. At the same time, Catherine Nicholas, 27, of Brandon, was turning left at ...

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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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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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