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  • After 12 Miranda Kerr feels good in husbands clothes

    Supermodel Miranda Kerr likes to wear her husband Orlando Bloom's clothes because it makes her feel closer to him. The 30-year-old steals items from her husband's wardrobe also because she likes his relaxed rock 'n' roll style. "Sometimes I wear my husband's jacket or T-shirt. It feels good because it's his and it's fun to mix it up," contactmusic.com quoted Kerr as saying. Kerr, who is known ...

  • FBI kills Florida man with suspected ties to Boston bomb suspect NBC

    An FBI agent shot and killed a Florida man with suspected links to the Boston Marathon bombings early on Wednesday, NBC News reported.NBC said the suspect was being questioned and was originally co-operative, but was fatally shot after attacking the agent.The Orlando Sentinel said a friend had identified the dead man as 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev of Orlando. The newspaper quoted the friend, ...

  • South Fla. Water Management District chief resigns

    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The executive director of the state agency overseeing water supply, flood control and Everglades restoration between Orlando and Key West has resigned.Melissa Meeker sent an email Tuesday to the secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection, the director of strategic planning in the governor's office and South Florida Water Management District staff ...

  • Fatal FBI shooting in Orlando linked to Boston bombing

    The fatal shooting happened just after midnight at 6022 Peregrine Avenue in the Windhover Apartments in Orlando. Friends identified the man who was shot and killed as 26-year-old Ibragim Todashev (pictured ...

  • Associate of Boston bomber shot by FBI agent in Orlando

    Something strange happened in Orlando, Florida last night, as an FBI agent who was ';conducting official duties'; encountered 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev, who had been questioned for three hours on Tuesday in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings, at the apartment complex where Todashev evidently lived, and shot him dead. Todashev was a mixed martial arts fighter who knew ...

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When we look back at 2009, it may very well be characterized at least in part as the year that bizarro animation went mainstream. The year opened with Henry Selicks magnificently creepy and evocative 3-D stop-motion gem Coraline, then we got the strange environmentalist sci-fi parable The Battle ... ...

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  • Forecast 50 chance of rain Wednesday afternoon

    The typical summer weather pattern of sunny mornings and late afternoon rain seems to have set in. Expect a 50 percent chance of rain this afternoon, according to the National Weather ...

  • FHP warns of smokefog dangers in Levy Gilchrist counties

    Smoke from fires in Levy and Gilchrist counties could create dangerous conditions on several roads this morning and drivers should be cautious, the Florida Highway Patrol ...

  • More Wet Weather Wednesday in South Florida

    After Tuesday’s break in the rain, we anticipate more wet weather Wednesday as morning showers will likely give way to afternoon ...

  • Tsarnaev Friend Killed In Orlando Shooting By FBI

    A man who was shot and killed early this morning in Orlando has reportedly been identified as Ibragim Todashev, who was one of the men questioned in connection to the Boston bombings. Khusn Taramiv, who was friends with Todashev, says the two of them were taken in for questioning at an apartment building and that he was released after three hours, but the FBI agents allegedly told him they ...

  • Melbourne Beach mayor steps down amid tension

    MELBOURNE BEACH, Fla. -- The mayor of Melbourne Beach says he's stepping down because he can no longer serve the best interests of residents and employees because of tension among city commissioners.Tom Davis turned in his resignation on Monday afternoon. Vice Mayor Rocco Maglio will serve as mayor through November, when a special election will be held. He will be sworn in on May ...

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