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  • Orlando woman lied about military service to avoid paying mortgage feds say

    No lie was too small to tell for an Orlando woman who wanted a new home in Pensacola, but didn't want to pay the mortgage for her Orlando home, federal officials said. Chantal M. Lanton, 37, of Orlando is accused of falsely claiming to be an officer in ...

  • Accused cop killer Dontae Morris to face Orlando jury Nov. 4 for double slaying

    Orlando jury will decide this fall whether Dontae Morris shot to death two Tampa police officers who had pulled his girlfriend over for a minor traffic infraction. Morris faces two charges of capital murder. Circuit Judge William Fuente scheduled the trial for Nov. 4 in Orlando. It's being moved from Tampa because of heavy publicity from the killings, the massive manhunt that ensued and ...

  • Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade surprises fan at prom

    CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade made one high school senior's night when he showed up unexpectedly at her prom.Wade walked into a ballroom with roses and hugged Nicole Muxo on Friday night as her classmates from Archbishop Coleman Carroll High School cheered.Muxo posted a YouTube video in April asking Wade to the prom. She knew it was unlikely with the Heat heading to ...

  • Hey techies BarCamp Orlando is underway at Wall Street Plaza

    BarCamp Orlando, an annual technology event, is back in downtown Orlando today. BarCamp is a series of 20-minute talks mostly focused on technologies like Ruby, PHP, Java and C with additional presentations on graphic design, music, photography and other new media for nondevelopers in the audience. The daylong event at Wall Street Plaza is free and open to the public and "to bring people ...

  • Tampa police investigating mans death

    TAMPA — Police are investigating the death of a man discovered on N 30th Street Friday night.The man, who is possibly in his 30s, has not been identified. Detectives are trying to determine the cause of his death, Tampa police said. His body was found in the 4800 block of N 30th ...

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The King of Marvin Gardens [Blu-Ray]

The King of Marvin Gardens [Blu-Ray]

The King of Marvin Gardens was director Bob Rafelsons attempt to fully establish his artistic voice. His previous two films, the experimental Monkees trip Head (1968) and the alternately raucous and austere character study Five Easy Pieces (197 ... ...

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  • Deputies 86-year-old Fla. mom shoots kills son

    LAKELAND, Fla. -- Authorities say an 86-year-old central Florida mother has confessed to fatally shooting her son in self-defense.Polk County sheriff's officials said Nancy Pennypacker ran outside of her home, screaming for help Friday night. She told the deputy her 64-year-old son had been drinking and hit her in the face when the fight escalated into gunfire. William Pennypacker was ...

  • UM Hospital teams rescues NCIS agent in Panama

    MIAMI -- A team from the University of Miami Hospital is sharing their story after being summoned to Panama to rescue an NCIS federal agent.The U.S. ambassador to Panama asked the hospital for help after 42-year-old agent Noel Zuniga collapsed in March during his daily run. Hospital officials said he suffered a heart attack.Doctors performed an angioplasty but Zuniga remained critically ill and ...

  • Humid Saturday With Highs in Upper 80s for South Florida

    Temperatures are already in the low 80s, and will top out in the upper 80s Saturday afternoon. A spotty shower or storm is possible in the ...

  • Woman Tells Her Story of Sex Trafficking and Incest

    "I am a survivor of almost 14 years of incest, about three, almost four years, of sex trafficking and I’m also the daughter of a sex offender and my pimp was my dad," Rose ...

  • Heroes rescue disabled Fla. vet from pond

    LEALMAN, Fla. -- Two Good Samaritans are being praised after authorities say they rescued a disabled veteran whose wheelchair rolled into a southwest Florida pond.Lealman Police say 79-year-old Robert Lunay was sitting in his wheelchair overlooking a pond Friday night when his wheelchair slipped and he fell into the water. Lunay is a double-amputee.Robert Fields and Norman Steers happened to be ...

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