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  • Kerr suffers wardrobe malfunction

    Supermodel Miranda Kerr suffered a wardrobe malfunction at the Miami Beach while she was shooting an ad campaign. The 30-year-old was shooting a campaign for her KORA Organics make-up line when her top fell down accidentally, exposing her breasts, reports dailystar.co.uk. She laughed off the blunder after covering up her ...

  • Florida Budget Gov. Rick Scott to Veto Hike In Tuition

    TALLAHASSEE | Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who has maintained a steadfast opposition in the past year to raising the cost of college for students, will veto a proposed 3 percent tuition ...

  • Small Fla. city anxious to learn jackpot winner

    ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. -- It could be an anxious wait of up to two months for people in a small Florida city to find out who won the highest Powerball jackpot in history: an estimated $590.5 million.The lucky ticket was bought sometime Saturday or earlier at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, a city of about 13,000 people best known around the state for its brand of spring water with the same ...

  • Baby found father charged in South Fla.

    MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- Police arrested a Miami Gardens man after asking for the public's help in finding his missing daughter.Miami Gardens police found the missing baby Sunday night after acting on a tip.Her father, 42-year-old Dexter Jones, is charged with removing a minor contrary to a court order. The Miami Herald ( http://hrld.us/189Ya2L) reports the 10-month old child was not ...

  • Inmate who escaped from Miss. captured in Florida

    OCALA, Fla. -- Florida Highway Patrol officials say they have arrested an inmate who escaped from a Mississippi state work camp. They also arrested the woman they say helped him flee.Trooper Shane Crawford stopped to help what he thought was a disabled vehicle in central Florida on Saturday. He ran a computer check on the car's tags and found the vehicle had been stolen from ...

Movie Review

American Pie 2

Alas, no pastries are violated in any way in American Pie 2, but the movie does feature its own share of new sexual misadventures and embarrassing situations in which to entrap its now-college-age protagonists. ...

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  • Caryn Kelley Trial continues in College Park slaying

    Caryn Kelley is facing 30-years in prison if she's convicted of manslaughter. The charge was downgraded from second-degree murder last ...

  • 20-year-old Fla. woman killed in scooter crash

    FORT MYERS, Fla. -- A 20-year-old woman has died after the scooter she was riding in was rear ended by a Hummer in southwest Florida.Lee County Sheriff's officials said Steven Mitchell was driving the scooter, along with his passenger Karen Cagle on Saturday night when they were struck by the SUV. The Hummer dragged the scooter for a bit until both vehicles stopped. Mitchell and Cagle were ...

  • Americans United Deplores Florida Courts Decision Allowing Deceptive Amendments On November Ballot

    Disappointing Court Decision Will Be Appealed, Says AU's Lynn FLORIDA - August 4 - Americans United for Separation of Church and State will appeal Leon Circuit Judge John ...

  • Cargo ship worker rescued after injury at Fla port

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A worker on a cargo ship docked in South Florida is recovering from injuries after officials say he was struck by a cargo container.Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue officials said the 52-year-old man was working on the upper deck of a ship at Port Everglades when he injured his leg in Sunday's accident. Officials had to stabilize him on the upper deck before carefully ...

  • 2 bodies found in Chassahowitzka Forest in Fla.

    BROOKSVILLE, Fla. -- Authorities are investigating after two people were found dead in the woods in southwest Florida.Hernando County Sheriff's detectives combed for evidence Sunday in a heavily wooded area of the Chassahowitzka Forest where the bodies were discovered.The victims were not identified and authorities did not say how they died. Deputies said preliminary evidence shows the ...

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