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  • From Alaska to Florida Americans take to streets against Monsanto and GMOs

    USA Protesters across the US are joining the worldwide rally against biotech giant Monsanto and genetically engineered crops. The mass protest comes shortly after the Senate turned down a bill that would allow states to require the labeling of GM foods. Organizers of the major rally ...

  • Anti-Monsanto protesters pack downtown Orlando

    Protesters worried about genetically modified foods and plants took the streets in Orlando today as part of the global March Against Monsanto.About 800 people gathered with signs, pamphlets and speeches in front of Orlando City Hall this afternoon.Maryann Wilson of Clermont brought her daughter to the protest that started at 2 p.m. to "make sure they don't secure a monopoly on ...

  • Zoo Miami Animal Artists Paint for Charity

    Zoo Miami animals are creating paintings for "Savage," an art exhibit made by animals to benefit animals. The art will be auctioned off at the Bakehouse Art Complex on June 1. Proceeds will support species conservation and research both locally and ...

  • Woman charged in hit-run that hurt toddler

    police said Saturday.Lisa Gail Quiggins, 45, is charged with leaving the scene of an accident involving serious injury.The May 14 incident happened about 6 p.m. near Northeast ...

  • Miami Heat vs Indiana Pacers Live Stream Free Watch Online NBA Playoffs Eastern Conference Finals Game 2 Basketball

    Miami Heat rookie Norris Cole (left) celebrates with LeBron James (right). Miami Heat vs Indiana Pacers Game 2 takes place on Friday night in the NBA Playoffs Eastern Conference Finals, with the Pacers looking to push the Heat all the way again but hopefully this time end up on the right side of the result. The game is scheduled to tip off at 8.30 p.m. ET and can be watched online through free ...

Movie Review

U-571 [DVD]

U-571 [DVD]

In "U-571," Matthew McConaughey plays Lt. Andrew Tyler, a young, determined Naval officer who is upset that he has not been commissioned as a full captain to lead his own submarine. When he confronts Lt. Commander Mike Dahlgren (Bill Paxton), the commanding officer whose lack of recommendation impeded Tyler's ascension, Dahlgren informs him that he is simply not ready yet. In a later scene, Dahlg ... ...

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  • Woman Arrested for Hit-And-Run Involving 3-Year-Old Police

    Fort Lauderdale Police said Monday that they have found and seized the red Volkswagen Beetle involved in a recent hit-and-run crash with a young boy - and now need the public's help identifying the driver. Isaac Cruz's mother, Jenny Rivera, pleaded for the driver to turn himself or herself ...

  • Up to seven hurt in Sawgrass Expressway crash

    Coral Springs Saturday, including a child who was transported by air to Broward Health Medical Center, according to a Coral Springs Fire Department official.The crash occurred about 1 p.m. on the southbound lanes of the expressway at Atlantic Boulevard, according to ...

  • Miami Beach gets ready for Urban Beach Weekend

    Put 250,000 people ready to party and ignorant of local rules in a 20-block radius and you end up with one mess bigger than a teenage girl's car. Yet, this is the scenario that Miami Beach has to deal with one weekend a year since 2001 during the animated Urban Beach Weekend that takes place ...

  • Defying odds bicycle shops thrive in Orlando

    who help keep sales healthy. "Our area is a great area because it's gotten very bike-friendly," said Jessica Kinnee, co-owner of Retro City Cycles north of downtown Orlando. And, she said, "we can do this 365 days a year." One of the latest stores to open here is Performance Bicycle, a nationwide dealer that expanded into Florida this year. It has four Florida shops so ...

  • Two women accused of attacking robbing cab driver

    police said on Saturday. The women, Kimberly Amber Parker, 29 and Jessica Lee Dennis, 21, are both charged with carjacking, strong-arm robbery and battery. Both were being held at the North Broward Jail ...

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