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  • After 12 Miranda Kerr feels good in husbands clothes

    Supermodel Miranda Kerr likes to wear her husband Orlando Bloom's clothes because it makes her feel closer to him. The 30-year-old steals items from her husband's wardrobe also because she likes his relaxed rock 'n' roll style. "Sometimes I wear my husband's jacket or T-shirt. It feels good because it's his and it's fun to mix it up," contactmusic.com quoted Kerr as saying. Kerr, who is known ...

  • Video of man jumping on manatee investigated

    The video shows a man doing a cannonball on top of what appears to be a manatee and a young calf swimming near a dock in a residential area somewhere in Florida. A voice is heard saying, "Should I do it? Let's do it. Jump, jump, ...

  • FBI agent shoots kills Orlando man questioned in Boston bombing probe

    An FBI agent in Orlando shot dead a man questioned in the Boston bombing investigation whom the agency says turned violent during an interview early Wednesday. The suspect was identified by the FBI as Ibragim Todashev, 27, of Orlando. FBI spokesman Paul Bresson said the agent involved in the shooting on Peregrine Avenue near Kirkman and Vineland roads, near Universal Orlando, acted on an ...

  • Appeals court agrees to shield legislators

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A Florida appeals court is ruling that state legislators and legislative staff don't have to answer questions in a contentious lawsuit.A divided 1st District Court of Appeals on Wednesday struck down an earlier decision connected to a challenge to Florida's new map for its 27 congressional districts.A coalition of groups sued last year and maintained legislators ...

  • Pit bulls killed after attacking 3 in central Fla

    DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Two pit bulls involved in an attack on three people have been euthanized at the Halifax Humane Society in Daytona Beach.The dogs' owners decided to surrender them rather than going to a hearing following an attack Friday in Holly Hill, said Tyler Stover, a spokesman for the shelter.A similar fate may await three of five pit bulls involved in a May 5 attack on a woman ...

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When we look back at 2009, it may very well be characterized at least in part as the year that bizarro animation went mainstream. The year opened with Henry Selicks magnificently creepy and evocative 3-D stop-motion gem Coraline, then we got the strange environmentalist sci-fi parable The Battle ... ...

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  • Shout Out On 6 Airline Ratings

    The peak travel season has begun and Consumer Reports has just released its latest airline ratings. On NBC 6 at 5:30 p.m., Trina Robinson will report who topped the list and who didn't. You can also get the results of today's Shout Out On 6 question. Tune in to ...

  • Watch FBI Fatally Shoots Florida Man in Boston Bombing Probe

    This is a special report from ABC news. Hello I'm when I'm Tanya Rivero -- New York with an ABC news digital special report. Investigators are trying to find out what exactly caused an FBI agent ...

  • Florida Gets A “C-” For How Much It Spends On Students

    TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) - When it comes to what Florida spends on its students the state doesn’t make the grade, according to data compiled by the U.S. Census. The Census has released its annual report on per-pupil spending for public elementary and secondary schools in fiscal year 2011. Florida spent $8,887 per student, which is significantly below the national average of ...

  • HEAT Miami-Dade Broward County Public Schools Announce Wite Hot HEAT Day

    by both Miami-Dade and Broward County Public Schools. All students, teachers, faculty and administrators are encouraged to wear white to support the HEAT as they take on the Indiana Pacers during the 2013 NBA Eastern Conference Finals. The franchise also encourages all South Florida HEAT fans to elevate their support of the team by wearing white throughout the day and into the night on Friday, ...

  • Florida Catastrophe Fund Financially Stronger on Eve of Hurricane Season

    Florida is heading into a new storm season with some good news for once. The state-created fund that backs up private insurers in Florida is in the best financial shape it has been in years -- maybe the best since it was created in 1993. And new estimates drawn by financial consultants and Wall Street firms suggest that the fund should be able to borrow enough money to cover its obligations ...

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