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  • Miranda Kerr flashes bare boobs on Miami Beach

    Miranda Kerr bared her boobs while shooting an ad for her new make-up range 'Kora Organics' on Miami Beach, Florida. The Victoria's Secrets beauty, 30, was spotted giggling as she struck a pose, the Sun reported. However, an assistant covered the Aussie star, who is married to actor Orlando Bloom. ...

  • DCF Documents Reveal History With Family of Boy Left in Car

    The Kendall mother charged with aggravated manslaughter in the death of her 11-month-old son had been diagnosed with postpartum depression soon after the baby was born, her attorneys revealed in court Monday. Lonnie Richardson, attorney for Catalina Bruno, and DCF regional director Esther Jacobo ...

  • Nearly 19 feet Longest Burmese python captured in Florida

    Florida has a long list of problematic invasive species, from the vervet monkey to the lionfish, but the Burmese python might be the state's public enemy No. 1 so much so that residents will hop out of their cars at night to catch one double the normal size. A Miami man wrangled and killed the ...

  • Will Florida host 50th Super Bowl

    Super Bowl derby may be to snag the consolation prize. The consensus is that the recent failure to obtain tax money to help fund an extensive overhaul ...

  • Orlando-area hospitals keep top ratings in annual analysis | Video

    Florida's hospitals, like those across the rest of the nation, have received their spring report cards and more than a third earned an A, according to a nonprofit organization that advocates for safer health-care delivery. In the Sunshine State, 37 percent of all hospitals scored an A, allowing Florida to retain its 10th-place ranking among states. Florida also ranked ...

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Blow Out [Blu-Ray]

Blow Out [Blu-Ray]

Brian De Palmas engrossing political thriller Blow Out capped off the auteurs most consistently fertile artistic period, which arguably started with his first full dive into Hitchcockian horror with Sisters (1973). Between those two films, he made the campy rock musical Phantom ... ...

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  • See a full list of Gov. Scotts $368M in vetoes - including $6M in Northeast Florida

    Gov. Rick Scott Gov. Rick Scott spread the pain. As Scott signed a $74.1 billion state budget Monday, he used his line-item veto power to eliminate proposals that ranged from spending $14 million on a building project at Gulf Coast State College in the Panhandle to earmarking $20,000 for the Hialeah Junior Fire Academy in South Florida. "My filter was this,'' Scott said. "One, is ...

  • Nassau County considering mobility fee to replace impact fees concurrency

    A proposed mobility fee was presented in draft form to Nassau county officials Monday, which would steer the countys growth in a more efficient direction. County traffic consultants presented the idea to the county commission, which would replace transportation impact fees and concurrency, the Fernandina Beach News Leader reports. The proposed fee would target traffic needs east and west of ...

  • Downtown Jacksonville homeless day center to open in July

    Hemming Plaza is an unofficial gathering spot for the citys homeless population. The Jacksonville Day Resource Center at City Rescue Mission will open in July, the Financial News & Daily Record reports. Plans for the center were announced last November, which will include services such as showers, washing machines and other services to the homeless. A homeless day center was the center of ...

  • 2 Fantasy 5 players share $95813.71 top prize

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Two winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $95,813.71 each, the Florida Lottery said Tuesday.The winning tickets were bought in Fort Myers and Winter Park, lottery officials reported.The 256 tickets matching four numbers won $120.50 each. Another 8,625 tickets matching three numbers won $10 each, and 83,718 tickets won a Quick Pick ticket for picking two ...

  • Lawyer challenges impolitely blowing horn ticket

    DELAND, Fla. -- A central Florida attorney wants a DeLand police officer to show up in court to explain why he skipped a traffic hearing after pulling him over for "impolitely" honking his horn.It started in February when DeLand Detective Christopher Jusick stopped Michael Lambert and gave him a warning for honking his horn at him after the traffic light turned green. Lambert, a ...

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