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  • Winning Powerball ticket sold in Florida supermarket in Zephyrhills estimated jackpot $590 million

    Photo credit: Getty Images | A customer holds $140 worth of Powerball tickets that he just purchased in San Francisco, Calif. People all over the country are lining up to purchase $2 Powerball tickets as the multi-state jackpot hits $600 million. (May 17, ...

  • Gov. Rick Scott speeds up warrants for Death Row inmates

    UPCOMING EXECUTIONS Gov. Rick Scott has signed three active death warrants in recent weeks, the most any governor has signed in more than two decades. They are: • ELMER LEON CARROLL, convicted of the rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl in Apopka in 1990. Execution scheduled May 29. • WILLIAM VAN POYCK, convicted of the murder of a Florida correctional officer in Raiford in 1987. ...

  • Man falls 16 floors from Jacksonville hotel balcony dies

    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A man has died after authorities say he fell from a 16th floor balcony of a downtown Jacksonville hotel.Sheriff's officials said the man, who is in his 40s, checked into the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville around 7 p.m. Saturday night. Preliminary investigation points to suicide.The victim landed on top of an unoccupied car in the valet area. The Florida Times-Union ...

  • Someone in Florida Is $590.5 Million Richer After Record Powerball Drawing

    A single ticket matched all the numbers: 10, 13, 14, 22, 52,and a Powerball of 11. The name of the lucky person who bought the ticket at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, Fla. still hasn’t been released publicly but he or she is probably feeling mighty lucky this Sunday. The person (or people) who bought the ticket beat the around 1 in 175 million odds to win the highest Powerball ...

  • Police Looking for Endangered Missing Child

    Miami Police are asking for the public's help in locating a teen girl who went missing Monday. Evelyn Rivera, 17, was last seen at her home in the 200 block of Northwest 10th Street, Miami Police said Wednesday. Mother Wanda Gomez ...

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Summer of Sam [DVD]

Summer of Sam [DVD]

"Summer of Sam" finally lost me about two-thirds of the way through. As everyone probably knows, the "Sam" of the title refers to "Son of Sam" David Berkowitz, the serial killer who terrorized New York for more than a year in the late 1970s, stalking people and shooting them with a .44-caliber handgun because, as he claimed at the time, his neighbor's dog told him to. ...

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  • Police Search For Missing Miami Gardens Girl

    MIAMI GARDENS (CBSMiami) - Miami Gardens police have asked for the public's help in finding a missing child who may be with her father. An Endangered Missing Child Alert was issued Sunday for Arianna ...

  • World Record US lottery prize won in Florida

    UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon voiced concern on Sunday over North Korea's launch of short-range missiles, urging Pyonyang to refrain from further launches and return to stalled nuclear talks with world ...

  • Fight between neighbors leads to shooting in Fla.

    LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. -- Authorities are investigating after they say a fight erupted between two neighbors over their dogs led to a shooting in South Florida.Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputies said the two fought over their dogs on Friday. They fought again on Saturday night and that's when authorities say one neighbor shot the other.The male victim was taken to the hospital and is ...

  • Jet-setter’s love of travel fueled by early Miami trip

    Carolyn Kremins has always loved to travel. Growing up in Long Island, she spent her childhood going on road trips to Niagara Falls and the Catskills.“I wanted so desperately to go on a plane,” she said in a recent phone interview. “I used my grandfather as an excuse.”Like many grandfathers in the late 1970s, Kremins’ spent winters in Miami Beach. For her first ever ...

  • Hands Across The Sand Miami 2013 Locals Protest Off-Shore Drilling Stand For Clean Energy

    On Saturday, weekend beach-goers and environmental activists joined hands along Miami Beach to take a stand against the U.S. dependence on oil and to promote clean energy resources. ...

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