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  • Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn enjoy relaxing day aboard yacht

    Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn were spotted soaking up the sun on the golfer's yacht in Florida on Tuesday. Woods, 37, was photographed shirtless as he fished off the back of the boat named Solitude in a baseball cap, shorts and sneakers, People Magazine reported. Woods' daughter Sam from his marriage to his ex-wife Elin Nordegren was also hanging out on the boat, People magazine reported. ...

  • Miranda Kerr dons skimpy swimsuit to promote new make-up range in US

    Miranda Kerr stripped for a risque photoshoot in Miami to promote her new range of make-up - part of her Kora Organics cosmetics brand - in the US. The 30-year-old model flaunted her incredible body in a plunging black swimsuit, the Sun reported. She recently walked away from her contract with lingerie brand Victoria's Secret in order to spend more time with her family. ...

  • Embattled Scott Trumpets Drop in Florida Jobless Rate

    TAMPA | Florida Gov. Rick Scott — who has made his handling of the state's economy the main thrust of his re-election campaign — got more to boast about ...

  • Fish Orlando App Maps Central Florida Lakes

    ORLANDO | A new smartphone application announced Thursday by state wildlife officials allows tourists and residents in Central Florida to see maps of major lakes in the area while catching up some fishing ...

  • Florida Higher Education Fix Financial Aid

    Those facts make it tempting to blast Gov. Rick Scott for considering a veto of the proposed 3 percent tuition increase in the state budget.It's unclear whether the governor even has the power to veto such an increase, so this could provide another example of Scott making a power grab in higher education.But Scott deserves credit for continuing to speak out about college affordability. ...

Movie Review

Music of the Heart

It is both ironic and unfortunate that "Music of the Heart," a film about a woman who teaches children the value of beautiful music, begins with a pop song by Gloria Estefan and N'Sync that is so sugar-coated and shallow that it borders on nausea. It's the kind of simplistic, prefabricated opening title tune that makes you want to run from the theater before the movie even begins. With all the be ... ...

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  • Kosher prison food lawsuit goes forward

    Bruce Rich didn’t fare so well in the Florida justice system in 1999, when a Miami-Dade County jury found him guilty of murdering his parents and a judge sentenced him to life in prison. But he scored a victory last week when an Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruling put him one step closer to receiving kosher meals at Union Correctional Institution in North Florida — and hundreds ...

  • Florida Key West Pride June 5-9

    Key West Pride will be celebrated June 5-9 honoring diversity, openness and freedom on the subtropical island internationally known as a top gay and lesbian vacation spot. Festival events include pool and dance parties, comedy and film, a street fair, contests, a pride parade and more — and visitors will get a chance to meet Gilbert Baker, who in 1978 created the original rainbow flag that ...

  • Meet 2 doctors who broke barriers in Miami

    Dr. Dazelle Simpson became Miami's first black female pediatrician in 1953 after graduating from the top of her class from Meharry Medical College. The Miami Herald captured the event, its headline reading, "First Negro Woman ...

  • Florida business leaders praise Governor Rick Scott

    Florida business leaders are pleased that Governor Rick Scott signed legislation that will eliminate sales tax on equipment purchased by manufacturers to use in the manufacturing of ...

  • Wade Shows Up At Girls Prom

    Nicole Muxo said she asked out Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade to her senior prom because he s her favorite basketball player and she thinks he's a positive role model for a lot of people. She said she first asked Wade to come to ...

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