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  • Jet-set Miami developers entangled in legal drama over private jet

    For sale: a $12.6 million Bombardier Challenger jet presumably grounded at the Opa-locka Airport.At a price around $7.5 million, it comes stocked with china glasses, monogrammed hand towels and pillows, a mini-bar, and a lap top of navigational charts.It also carries some awful hefty baggage. The private aircraft is the source of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case and a long-running legal battle ...

  • Man charged with DUI said he doesnt recall accident

    A Gainesville man found with empty beer cans, gas cartridges and compressed air containers was arrested on a DUI charge after getting into an accident that he didn't remember, Gainesville police ...

  • Police search for missing Iraq war veteran

    Sought is Laurence "Larry" Vantassell, 52. His exact address is unknown but military records list his address as the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center on Archer Road.Vantassell called his parents, who live in another state, and indicated that he was suicidal, police said. Vantassell is a combat veteran from Iraq and reportedly suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and other ...

  • Man charged with robbery domestic battery

    A Gainesville man was charged with robbery early Saturday morning on allegations that he stole a purse from a woman, according to an arrest ...

  • Notoriety follows David Rivera pal in Nicaragua

    Ana Alliegro, the Miami woman at the center of the federal corruption investigation involving former congressman David Rivera, is living in a small town outside of ...

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Deep Rising

"Deep Rising" is a hybrid movie, a cross between "Aliens" and "The Posiedon Adventure." There's nothing particularly original about it -- in fact, it's really an assembly of parts from other movies, ranging from "It Came From Beneath the Sea" (1955) to "Predator" (1987). It's goofy science fiction junk food that can be swallowed in one easy gulp; it's not all that smooth going down, but its certai ... ...

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  • One killed two injured in crash on Florida’s Turnpike in Miramar

    One person was killed and two were injured in an early-morning car crash on the Homestead Extension of Florida’s Turnpike in Miramar.Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release that a 2004 Hyundai XG 350 was stopped in the westbound left lane of the Homestead Extension west of University Drive when a 2011 Nissan 370 struck it from behind at about 2:45 a.m.The Hyundai burst into ...

  • Miami Heats Dwyane Wade surprises high school senior at prom

    "I'm going to remember it forever. This was definitely the highlight of my senior year," said Muxo. She knew it was unlikely Wade would show with the Heat heading to the Eastern Conference finals, but she was persistent. "She continued to go for it no matter how many times I told her I'm going to be busy she continued asking if I'm going to come," Wade told ...

  • GHS senior achieves Top in the World

    When exams at the end of the year go well, some students say they feel "on top of the world." But one Gainesville High School student can claim he is "Top in the ...

  • Powerball Players Go for Monster Jackpot

    Move over, Powerball. Mega Millions is moving into Florida with tickets now on sale for the popular multi-state lottery. Players Filipe Placucci and Willy Puig talked about the ...

  • McCartney Kicks Off North American Tour In Orlando

    ORLANDO (CBSMiami/AP) -- Former Beatles star Paul McCartney’s North American tour kicks off Saturday night in Orlando, and if the elaborate production equipment involved is any indication, spectators are in for a quite the show. McCartney’s ';Out There'; tour requires31 trucks worth of equipment, including spectacular lasers and lighting, huge pyrotechnics, and ...

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