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Fla. teen texts dad calls 911 during break-in

OCALA, Fla. -- A teenager texted her father and called 911 when three men broke into her southern Marion County home while she was home alone.The 15-year-old girl was in her bedroom about 11 p.m. Tuesday when she heard the men rummaging around.The Ocala Star-Banner ( http://bit.ly/19kldIw) reports the teen told Marion County Sheriff's deputies the men barged into her bedroom, pushed her ...
Charges dropped in Miami stand your ground case

MIAMI -- Miami-Dade County officials say they won't charge a 19-year-old in the fatal shooting of an unarmed burglar.Wednesday's announcement came after prosecutors concluded they couldn't prove Jordan Beswick's guilt under Florida's stand your ground self-defense law.Beswick faced second-degree murder charges in the January death of 22-year-old Bryan Antonio ...
Cedar Keys clam farmers feel squeezed out

CEDAR KEY — When Anna Hodges began harvesting clams in 1994, she earned 9 cents a clam. Now she gets 7 cents, but over half of what she and her husband, Mike — owners of Hodges Seafood — produce goes unsold because they say the market is ...
Two Killed in Miami Beach Apartment Fire

Officials said when firefighters responded to the apartment building, they found heavy smoke and flames. The fire displaced residents of 15 apartments at the two-story building, and the Red Cross was at the scene early Thursday assisting the ...
Tropical Storm Barry bears down on Mexicos coast

VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) -- Tropical Storm Barry bore down on Mexico's Gulf Coast early Thursday as civil defense workers readied emergency shelters and forecasters warned of the possibility of deadly flash floods and ...

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An Ideal Husband [DVD]

"An Ideal Husband" is an amusing comedy of manners that takes a sharp look at love, marriage, honesty and public scandal. The film, adapted from the play by Oscar Wilde and directed by Oliver Parker (who also adapted and directed Shakespeare's "Othello" in 1995), successfully alternates between a light, witty touch, and a darker, more somber exploration of public humiliation and the price of ... ...

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FBI seeking Fla. lawyer on fraud charges

BOCA RATON, Fla. -- The FBI is looking for a suspended South Florida lawyer suspected of disappearing with more than $3 million from his law firm's client accounts.Federal agents filed a criminal complaint Wednesday against 55-year-old Timothy McCabe of Boca Raton. The complaint charges McCabe with wire fraud and bank fraud. Much of the missing money was from clients involved in real ...
Haiti PM files new complaint in defamation case

MIAMI -- Following a judge's order, Haiti's prime minister has filed a more detailed complaint in his defamation case against a Haitian-American journalist.Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and South Florida businessman Patrice Baker originally sued Leo Joseph in September over his reporting in the New York-based Haiti-Observateur. They allege that Joseph knew his reporting about the ...
Dolphin Tale sequel to hit theaters fall 2014

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Winter the dolphin is returning to the big screen.Warner Bros. confirmed Wednesday that "Dolphin Tale 2" is scheduled to hit theaters on Sept. 19, 2014.Winter drew international attention several years ago when she was fitted with a prosthetic tail at Clearwater Marine Aquarium. The first "Dolphin Tale" film - released in 2011 - was inspired by ...
Teen who killed officer to be re-sentenced in Fla.

LARGO, Fla. -- A St. Petersburg teen who was convicted of killing a police officer will have the chance to argue that he shouldn't spend life in prison.The Tampa Bay Times ( http://bit.ly/1bWnhGm) reports that a re-sentencing hearing will be held for Nicholas Lindsey in July.Lindsey was convicted in 2012 of first-degree murder for killing St. Petersburg Police officer David Crawford in ...
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Russia and the global economy The International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg has kicked off. More than 4,000 business leaders, policy makers, and economic experts from around the world have come together to brainstorm ways out of the global economic crisis. This year's theme is 'Finding Resolve to Build the New Global Economy'. 11:51 MST: Russian President Vladimir ...

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Florida man stripped naked, beaten and robbed at gunpoint during first date

A man in Florida has reported to the police that he was beaten, robbed, stripped naked and abandoned on the side of a road during a first date in Bunnell.

Shaun Williams was spotted by the police on a state road in Bunnell, covered in blood, and was taken to a local hospital, the New York Daily News reported.

According to FlaglerLive, Williams met a woman in a Daytona Beach convenience store about two weeks ago.

After some conversation, they exchanged phone numbers and decided to meet for their first date on Friday.

The woman agreed to pick Williams up from the convenience store where they first met, the report said.

The woman, whose real name has not been released, showed up in a dark blue sedan along with two other men, one she called her brother, and the other her brother's friend.

She told him that she needed to drop them before going on their date.

The girl drove for several minutes before the brother told her to turn into a side street, as he wanted to meet someone.

When Williams came out to take a bathroom break, a hard metal object hit him and he fell on the ground.

The attackers then allegedly pointed a gun and demanded for money and clothes.

The men forced him to hand over his prepaid cell phone, his Florida driver's license, 200 dollars in cash and all of the clothes he picked out for his first date, FlaglerLive stated. ...