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    MIAMI - A man known to the Boston Marathon bombers was shot and killed Wednesday by an Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent after he turned violent during questioning, the investigating agency said. The Orlando Sentinel newspaper identified the man as Ibragim Todashev, 27. He was killed in the early morning incident in Orlando, Florida. The FBI said the shooting occurred in Orlando, ...

  • Man found hanging at St. Petersburg theatre

    A workman who disappeared from St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre in December was found hanging in the theatre's attic, investigators said. The body of the 22-year-old man was found hanging from a rope. Investigators believe he hanged himself. The legendary Mariinsky Theatre opened a new $700-million stage earlier this month in a gala ceremony attended by President Vladimir Putin. --IANS/RIA ...

  • Miami-Dade public defender allowed to pull out of cases because of workload

    Describing what it called a "damning indictment" of representation for poor criminal defendants, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the Miami-Dade County public defender's office could withdraw from a large chunk of felony cases because of excessive workloads.The court divided 5-2 on the issue, with Justice Peggy Quince writing a majority opinion that said attorneys ...

  • Vernon Dolphins Youth Camper To Dolphins Draft Pick

    . Vernon, now 22, remembers his experience at the team's youth football camp in 2003 like it just happened. It was then that Vernon decided for himself that football and not soccer was going to be his passion and he planned his future. "Actually, during my first week of OTAs last year that was going through my head," said Vernon, a defensive end who was chosen in the third round ...

  • Felon ripped off Target stores in Central Florida deputies say

    Osceola County Sheriff's Office said they watched Angel Guillermo Diaz burglarize two Super Target stores in Osceola, including one at 4795 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway ...

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show [Blu-Ray]

The Rocky Horror Picture Show [Blu-Ray]

There had never been--and, since its release, never has been--a movie like The Rocky Horror Picture Show. In terms of both the successfully over-the-top mixture of horror, camp, rocknroll, science fiction, sexual transgression, and purposefully bad B-movie dialog ... ...

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    Theme Park Guide ) and tips, and offer suggestions for how to spend Memorial Day in Tampa Bay. Here are the quick details on those events, and for even more things to do, head ...

  • St. Petersburg City Council candidates dont live where they claim

    ST. PETERSBURG -- District 4 City Council candidates Darden Rice and David McKalip said they would move to run for council even as they criticized the redistricting process that drew their current homes out of the district. Both candidates said publicly they would make the sacrifice because they wanted to help improve the city. The problem: The Tampa Bay Times found that neither candidate ...

  • Florida Cops Plan to Harass Gun Show Attendees

    The Tampa Bay Times reports that the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office plans to "strictly enforce a county law mandating background checks for all customers at gun shows" and close down private firearms sales between individuals. Working closely with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office will conduct an undercover ...

  • Hurricane forecast Another busy Atlantic season

    COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Federal forecasters are predicting yet another busy hurricane season.Thursday's outlook calls for 13 to 20 named storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes.The prediction by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is more than what's considered an average Atlantic season. Last year was the third-busiest ...

  • Largest captured Fla. black bear is relocated

    PAISELEY, Fla. -- The largest Florida black bear ever captured has been relocated.Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokeswoman Joy Hill says the 620-pound bear was captured on Monday. It had been getting into trash in the Ocala National Forest, even into secured garbage in a shed by pulling the aluminum siding off to get his free meal.The bear was trapped in Lake County. ...

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