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Virginia Tech tops Georgia Tech 3-2 in ACC tourney
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Chad Pinder drove in the winning run on a sacrifice fly in the seventh to help Virginia Tech beat Georgia Tech 3-2 on Friday in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, clinching an appearance in Sunday's ...
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AMRs Unconventional CPR Lessons Keep People Alive
American Medical Response just broke a world record on teaching chest compression-only CPR to keep people alive. All with a little rhythm and some help from the BeeGees. NBC 6's David Jeannot ...
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Pricey pooch portraits to help homeless pets
He's the man behind the camera in the nationwide Rover to the Rescue Tour. And he wants to photograph your dog to help raise money for pet rescues and shelters. Andrew Grant will be at the Humane Society ...
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Tampa Bay area Boy Scouts talk about the decision to allow openly gay members
Sam Bryant earned the rank of Eagle Scout 21/2 years ago, piling up merit badges, holding leadership positions in Tampa Palms Troop 180 and -- for his big project -- putting on a dog adoption fair. "Scouting has made me a better person,'' the Freedom High School junior said Friday. "I gain knowledge of a bunch stuff I don't get anywhere else.'' As for recent ...
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Heres how to keep your pet safe this Memorial Day
Bringing your family pet to the backyard barbecue? You may want to check out these tips on keeping your pet safe this holiday weekend, compliments ...
Movie Review
Vanilla Sky [DVD]
Vanilla Sky, Cameron Crowe's faithful Hollywood remake of Alejandro Amenabar's (The Others) 1997 Spanish film Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes), is many things all at once. It is a romantic melodrama, a murder mystery, an existential thriller, and a perplexing dream-logic puzzlebox, not to mention a barely disguised cinematic meditation on the larger-than-life perfection ... ...
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Doctor demands federal agents return records seized in pain clinic raid
pain management clinic where he worked and seized his patient and business records.Two years later, Dr. John Bennett hasn't been charged with any crime — though federal prosecutors hinted he may be — but he has taken a very unusual and aggressive step to fight back.Bennett, 63, filed a civil action to try to force authorities to return his property and tip their hand about ...
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Atton Hotels opening property in Miami
South American hospitality company Atton Hotels will open a location in Miami two years from now.The expansion was announced Friday by Gov. Rick Scott, who recently returned from a trade trip to Santiago, Chile.Atton Hotels, founded in 2000, has three hotels in Chile and one in Peru. The Brickell Avenue property will have 270 rooms; an exact address was not available Friday. Scott’s ...
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Miami Diving hopes TV’s ‘Splash’ brings new interest in sport
Can a television competition show tell the story of diving?Briadam Herrera, 17, laughs at the question as he stands on the sun-baked pool deck at the University of Miami in Coral ...
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Business paid to close for Miami Gardens City Hall construction
Miami Gardens’ new city hall is expected to be completed sometime later this year, and with construction under way, the city ran into a minor hiccup in the building of a road near the construction site.Local business Tires On The Go uses Northwest 185th Terrace as an access point — that’s a road the city is reconstructing.According to Miami Gardens City Manager Danny Crew, the ...
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Student shot in leg at South Florida school
HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- A boy was shot in the leg at a South Florida middle school.A Miami-Dade Schools Police Department spokesman says the shooting occurred Friday afternoon at Redland Middle School in Homestead. Initial reports indicate that an 11-year-old boy brought a gun to school in his backpack, and the gun accidentally discharged inside the bag.The wounded boy was airlifted to Miami ...