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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 ...

  • Miranda Kerr flashes bare boobs on Miami Beach

    Miranda Kerr bared her boobs while shooting an ad for her new make-up range 'Kora Organics' on Miami Beach, Florida. The Victoria's Secrets beauty, 30, was spotted giggling as she struck a pose, the Sun reported. However, an assistant covered the Aussie star, who is married to actor Orlando Bloom. ...

  • Suspect in FAMU hazing death files written plea

    ORLANDO, Fla. -; The attorney for the last of the suspects charged in the death of a Florida A&M University drum major during a hazing ritual says his client won't have to appear for an arraignment because he already entered a written not guilty ...

  • Scott signs bill to expand early voting days

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Gov. Scott signed a bill that will allow elections supervisors to expand early voting days and sites.Scott signed the bill Tuesday. It requires elections supervisors to hold eight days of early voting, but gives them the flexibility to hold up to 14 days. That includes the option of the Sunday before Election Day.Florida was criticized nationally for long lines and counting ...

  • Fla. man suspected of faking death found in Wyo.

    CODY, Wyo. -- A Florida man suspected of faking his own death has been arrested in Wyoming.Fifty-year-old David Leon Lashley was arrested Monday in the Clark area near the Montana border by U.S. Marshals and U.S. Coast Guard investigators.Park County Sheriff Scott A. Steward said Tuesday that Lashley had been living there under an assumed name, Wesley Byrd. Steward said Lashley is wanted by ...

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Frailty

Frailty is a thriller about the horrors involved in following the dire commandments of a vengeful god. Told in flashback through the mouth of an unreliable narrator, it spins a dark tale about a loving, widower father who believes that God is speaking to him in visions and commanding him and his two young sons to destroy demons who look like normal people. The crux of the story, then, is t ... ...

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  • Man pleads guilty to fatally stabbing Bears fan

    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Jacksonville man has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a Chicago fan at a popular waterfront shopping area before a Bears/Jaguars football game last fall.Matthew Reid Hinson pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder. He faces a possible life sentence.Authorities say the 28-year-old Hinson slashed 42-year-old William Pettry's neck with a pocket knife at Fionn ...

  • Court rejects appeal of Fla. mass killer Ferguson

    MIAMI -- A federal appeals court has rejected claims by convicted Florida killer John Errol Ferguson that he should not be executed because he is mentally incompetent.The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that although Ferguson suffers from mental illness, he has a rational understanding of what he did and why he is scheduled for execution. That was the same conclusion reached ...

  • Miami charities accepting donations for Oklahoma tornado victims

    South Florida charities are collecting donations to help victims of the massive tornado that struck Oklahoma.Organizations including the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami are taking donations online and through the mail. “The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami has been in touch with Catholic Charities in Oklahoma and we are ...

  • Alachua County Commission picks James Bourey as county manager

    In this May 16, 2013 file photo, Laurie Jennings meets candidate James Bourey during an Alachua County meet-and-greet in which the community meets the top candidates for county manager at the Alachua County-Gainesville Senior Recreation Center. The commission chose Bourey for the job on ...

  • Pedestrian killed on I-75 identified as Alachua man

    A man who was killed early Sunday morning when he ran into the path of a tractor-trailer on Interstate 75 has been identified as 27-year-old Benjamin Gilliland of the city of Alachua, according to a Florida Highway Patrol ...

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