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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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US military deaths in Afghanistan at 2103
As of Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at least 2,103 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press ...
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Miami-Dade unions call for health-insurance account audit
The heads of three county labor unions fired up their troops outside County Hall on Tuesday afternoon, castigating Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s administration for carrying a $42 million surplus in the county’s health-insurance account while asking employees to contribute more toward healthcare costs. Police Benevolent Association President John Rivera, Service Employees International Union ...
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French company coming to Florida
MELBOURNE, Fla. -- A French company is expanding its operations in Florida.Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who is on a week-long trade mission in Paris, announced on Tuesday that Vision Systems would create its first U.S. subsidiary in Melbourne.Scott said that the company will eventually hire 40 people over the next three years. The company based in Lyon, France, is a supplier for the aeronautics, ...
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Florida attorney general sues Nationwide Pools
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday announced a lawsuit against Nationwide Pools and Keith Stuart, who owns the pool-construction company accused of ripping off its customers and leaving their pools ...
Movie Review
Guess Who
While the title and the basic scenario suggest a race-reversed comedic riff on Stanley Kramer's sincere 1967 dramedy Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Guess Who's lineage is more directly traced to the nerve-wracked comedy of Meet the Parents (2001). Both center on decent, earn ... ...
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Gainesville City Commission to consider reworked University Corners plan
Vacant property at the intersection of West University Avenue and 13th Street, the proposed site of University Corners, is shown in this April 30, 2013 file ...
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Noted funeral director Thomas blended grief work whimsy
He could also be silly as MT Noggin the clown, entertaining at children’s birthday parties and nursing homes.In a life spanning 74 years, he also served as a state legislator, consulted funeral businesses throughout the U.S. and Canada and helped community organizations wherever he lived.Thomas died June 12 after being diagnosed in January with acute myeloid leukemia, said his wife, ...
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Mi Boudoir celebrates First Annual 2013 Miami Style Fusion Charity Event
'First Annual 2013 Miami Style Fusion Charity Event' on June 22, 2013. The event that will be hosted by Mi Boudoir will take place at Nina Torres Fine Art Gallery located at 1800 N Bayshore Drive Suite CP1 in Miami; from 7:00 PM to 3:00 ...
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Miami to have its own Little Santo Domingo” before year end EFE
MIAMI. - Adding to Miami neighborhoods such as "Little Havana" or "Little Haiti" that already draw tourists to southern Florida's multicultural city, will be its own "Little Santo Domingo" before year end," EFE reports. "Right now I'm working on a concept to create a "Little Santo Domingo" in District 1 of Miami," the commissioner ...
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40 jurors reached in Zimmerman trial
George Zimmerman arrives in Seminole circuit court on the sixth day of his murder trial on June 17, 2013 in Sanford, Florida. (Photo by Joe Burbank-Pool/Getty ...