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Florida teen becomes internet sensation by hitching ride on 30ft shark
A teenager from Florida has become the hot topic on the internet after he hitched a ride on the back of a 30ft shark. Chris Kreis, aged 19, grabbed the fin of a whale shark and was pulled through the water for 20 seconds before he let it go, The Mirror reported. Kreis was fishing in the Gulf of Mexico when the whale shark swam up alongside his boat. He then dived in and held on to the beast as ...
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Police visit home of Patriots TE Aaron Hernandez
FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2012 file photo, New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez (81) holds his helmet as he steps onto the field before an NFL football game between the New England Patriots and the Houston Texans in Foxborough, Mass. State and local police spent hours at the home of Hernandez on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 as another group of officers searched an industrial park about a mile ...
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George Zimmerman trial Juror says civil rights were violated
Jeff Counelis was dismissed from the jury pool in the George Zimmerman trial last Wednesday, reportedly because of a post he made on Facebook earlier this ...
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Ireland Nugents new legs get finishing touches
ORLANDO -- A lot of work went into making 2-year-old amputee Ireland Nugent's new legs. After days of fittings and measurements, prosthetists spend Tuesday put the finishing touches on the limbs, which are custom fit to size and style. What's a girl to do with so many fashion fabrics to choose from? Ireland didn't pick just one pattern, Minnie Mouse is on her right leg, Dora ...
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Chickens could come home to roost in Orange County
Chickens living in a backyard. Orange County is considering a new ordinance to make it happen in unincorporated parts of the ...
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Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues [DVD]
It's never a good sign when a movie has serious problems with its title. Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues, which has also been known as The Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek, Part II, is a sequel not to a movie called Boggy Creek or ... ...
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Police Sheriffs detective left gun in movie theater restroom
A 9-year-old boy found a loaded handgun inside an Ybor City movie theater bathroom on Sunday. Police say it belongs to a Hillsborough County Sheriff's detective, who was off-duty at the ...
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San Antonio Lead Miami by Six Points at Halftime in Game Six
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Suze Orman Gay couples in Florida face unfair tax penalties
Celebrity finance advisor Suze Orman says regardless of how the Supreme Court rules on gay marriage, same-sex couples in Florida need to keep fighting to secure the same protection for their assets as those enjoyed by married heterosexual couples. “We have to gather our forces in this state and do what has to be done to make sure marriage equality is accepted in the great state of ...
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12 school administrators get new assignments
Usually, the superintendent makes one or two administrative appointments over the summer. During Tuesday's meeting of the Alachua County School Board, Superintendent Dan Boyd made 12 appointments.All the positions will be filled by people within the county."I have not had to go outside the school district to fill vacancies, and I don't intend to do so," Boyd said.The district ...
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New one-stop resource center could help 1000 Orlando families a day
A long-awaited, one-stop service site for the working poor and struggling families will be announced this week by the Community Food & Outreach Center. Dubbed "Compassion Central," the project would expand the center's campus on West Michigan Street to 54,000 square feet. There, as many as 30 fellow nonprofits would join in providing food, clothing, medical care, counseling, ...