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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 says Florida Man Fatally Shot During Boston Bombings Investigation

    An FBI statement said the shooting occurred early Wednesday in the city of Orlando as the FBI agent and other law enforcement officers were interviewing the man. A friend of the dead man identified him as Ibragim Todashev. He said Todashev had lived in the Boston area before moving to Florida several months ago and knew bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev because both were martial-arts ...

  • Video Florida FBI shooting and its Boston bombing links

    Law enforcement officials say a man was fatally shot while he was being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case after he lunged at an FBI agent with a ...

  • Justice Department finds issues at Panhandle jail

    PENSACOLA, Fla. -- An investigation by the Department of Justice has found civil rights problems at a Panhandle Jail.In a letter detailing its findings on Wednesday, the department said the Escambia County jail had systematic deficiencies. The letter cited problems with the staffing shortages and inadequate mental health care. The letter also stated that, until recently, the jail had an ...

  • FBI kills Florida man

    An FBI agent Wednesday fatally shot a Florida man who allegedly had ties to one of the Boston bombings suspects, US media reported. Ibragim Todashev, 27, was shot in the city of Orlando, Florida, according to the Orlando Sentinel newspaper. Todashev became violent while being interviewed by the FBI, NBC News reported. ...

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The House on Sorority Row [DVD]

The House on Sorority Row [DVD]

Mark Rosman's The House on Sorority Row is a mid-'80s slasher flick that has been largely forgotten, which is unfortunate because it's one of the better ones, an interesting and generally entertaining addition to a genre that is often characterized by a lack of creativity and mindless repetition. The House on Sorority Row actually has a story in addition to a lot of young people bei ... ...

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  • Man charged in theft of $1856 worth of shaving cartridges

    It was not a close shave for Heriberto Enriquez — Walmart loss prevention officers had been surveilling him well before he tried to leave the store without paying for $1,856 worth of shaving ...

  • Man in Wheelchair Struck By Hit-and-Run Driver

    The dean of Keiser University's business school was run over and killed by his own car when he tried to stop it from being towed, Lauderhill police said. NBC 6 reporter Christina Hernandez interviews the tow truck driver and family and friends of Elias Konwufine, who ...

  • Tampa Bay home sales prices continue climb

    Home sales in Tampa Bay and across the country continued to climb last month out of recession-era lows, selling quicker and healthier than they have in years. Nearly 3,200 local homes sold last month across Tampa Bay, a 23 percent gain over last April, My Florida Regional Multiple Listing Service data show. The typical home sold for about $149,728, 15 percent higher than last year. American ...

  • Orlando home prices outperform Floridas

    Orlando single-family home prices outperformed those in most other parts of the state during April, although the metro area's recovery still lags behind southwest Florida cities. Orlando single-family home prices outperformed those in most other parts of the state during April, although the metro area's recovery still lags behind southwest Florida cities. Prices for the four-county ...

  • Seven Seas Water names South American HQ president

    Claudio Baldovino has been named the new president for the South American headquarters of Seven Seas Water Corp. He previously was a partner and director of private equity for Buena Vista Capital, a private investment firm in Santiago, according to a statement. Baldovino has also worked for Rothschild Group in London, Buenos Aires, Lima and New York, the statement said. Adding Baldovino to the ...

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