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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 ...

  • Former Miami Dolphins receiver Chad Johnson arrested in Broward

    Chad Johnson, the former Miami Dolphins wide receiver who went on the lam after failing to check in with his probation officer, was arrested and jailed in Broward County Monday morning.The Broward Sheriff’s Office and Broward state attorney’s office confirmed that Johnson appeared in court for his probation violations and was subsequently ordered to jail. He is expected to post bail ...

  • MacDill medical ops member killed in car crash

    MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Officials at MacDill Air Force base say a member of their medical operations squadron has died in a traffic accident.Staff Sgt. Cheryl Westbrook's car collided with another car on I-75 Saturday near Riverview. She lost control of the vehicle, hit a traffic sign and flipped over. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Florida Highway Patrol officials ...

  • Small Florida city anxious to learn name of Powerball winner

    Monday, May 20, 2013 | 8:38 a.m. 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 ...

  • US awaits Florida Powerball winner

    "It's a whole lot of money, a great opportunity for someone to realize their dream, and that's what Powerball is all about," said Cindy O'Connell, the secretary of the Florida ...

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End of Watch

David Ayers End of Watch is a potentially powerful story about the lethal daily grind of patrolling South Central Los Angeles that is wrecked by misguided aesthetics. Ayer, who grew up in South Central and is best known as the screenwriter of The Fast and the Furious (2001) ... ...

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  • Chad Johnson back in custody

    Johnson received a year of probation last September after pleading no contest to a domestic violence charge involving his former wife, reality TV star Evelyn ...

  • St. Petersburg Denies Zenit Arena in New Trouble

    ST. PETERSBURG, May 20 (R-Sport) - St. Petersburg's vice governor responsible for construction on Monday denied claims by Russia's federal Audit Chamber that the city's 2018 World Cup football stadium might not be complete until 2017. Audit Chamber head Sergei Stepashin said earlier on Monday that the best-case scenario is for construction of the $1.1 billion arena to be finished ...

  • Fla. Powerball winner hasnt come forward

    Under Florida law, lottery winners in the state cannot remain anonymous; their names and city of residence must be made publicly available to anyone who asks, according to the state's lottery website. No one had come forward as of Monday ...

  • Ex-Dolphin Chad Johnson jailed in Broward on probation violation

    Chad Johnson was ordered back in jail on a token $1,000 bond Monday after he was accused of violating his probation on a domestic violence charge. Johnson, 35, pleaded no contest last year to a battery charge after his wife, reality TV ...

  • American Strategic Insurance to open new St. Petersburg headquarters

    Just in time for hurricane season, one of the fastest growing property insurers in the state is opening its new, three-story headquarters in St. Petersburg. American Strategic Insurance is planning a ribbon-cutting ceremony for 3 p.m. Tuesday for its 110,000-square foot headquarters at the newly named 1 ASI Way, located near the intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street N and Gandy ...

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