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Locally reaction to scouting decision is mixed
What some object to is that the Boy Scouts still will not allow openly gay people to be scout leaders.Gainesville's Ian Williamson, 24, who is openly gay, had been involved with the Boy Scouts for 12 years. Williamson said he is frustrated that Boy Scouts will not allow gay leaders."I'm a little bit disappointed that they're only voting on the part to allow gay youth and they ...
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FBI reviews death of Chechen man shot during Florida questioning
Ibragim Todashev is pictured in this undated booking photo courtesy of the Orange County Corrections Department. An FBI agent shot and killed a Florida man with suspected links to the Boston Marathon bombings early on May 22, 2013, NBC News reported. The Orlando Sentinel said a friend had identified the dead man as 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev of Orlando. REUTERS/Orange County Corrections ...
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DCF investigator may have falsified report
MIAMI (AP) -- Authorities say a child abuse investigator may have falsified the substance abuse screening of a South Florida mother who later left her baby to die in a hot ...
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Taxi Driver Recovering After He Says Passengers Attacked Him
Taxi driver Joseph Gutierrez de Pineres was attacked when he went to collect the fare from two female passengers while driving his cab. He fought them and jumped ...
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FBI seizes cell phones from lawyer Tampa cop in DUI scandal
TAMPA - Grisham-like allegations that lawyers set up an opposing attorney for a DUI arrest mid-trial heated up Thursday when federal agents seized the cell phones of a lawyer and a Tampa police sergeant. The scorching trial of shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge Clem versus his radio nemesis earlier this year took a back seat to the question that's been the buzz of the legal community ever ...
Movie Review
Ice Age
Not surprisingly, the majority of Ice Age is not nearly as funny as its already-legendary opening, which depicts a tiny, long-nosed Scrata fictional prehistoric cross between a squirrel and a ratdesperately trying to bury his precious acorn in the solidly frozen ground only to cause a massive avalanche for his efforts. It's a beautifully extended bit of slapstick that plays out much like s ... ...
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Animal activist is back in custody
Florida animal rights activist Camille Marino was back in state custody and awaiting extradition to Michigan Thursday on a charge she violated probation by committing wire fraud, authorities ...
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Birdman an unlikely difference-maker for Miami in more ways than one
Greg Nelson/SI MIAMI -- The Mohawk had been lacquered and spiked while Chris "Birdman'' Andersen was making his large yet minimalist impact on Game 1 of the Eastern finals Wednesday night. On Thursday after practice he and his hair were more relaxed. The hair lay tousled along the top of his head like a strip of highway median. His tattooed skin was like cheerful pop-art ...
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Gay community in Orlando applauds Scouts decision
Boy Scouts of America 's decision to lift the ban on gay Scouts is a big step in the right direction, gay community leaders said Thursday. "It's the right thing to do. It shows the Boys Scouts are moving into the 21st century and away from archaic ways," said Randy Stephens, executive director of the GLBT Community Center of Central Florida in Orlando. Stephens, who was a ...
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Death of friend of Boston Marathon suspect shocks scares Orlando neighbors
KISSIMMEE -- Ibragim Todashev, the Chechen martial-arts fighter killed by an FBI agent in Orlando on Tuesday, was a bit of a mystery to his neighbors in a modest gated community here. They knew little about his lifestyle, his travels or his relationship with one of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. They did know him as the kind of guy who helped neighbors in the multi-ethnic Sun ...
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Hero prom kids say crash changed their lives and their driving
Western High students, from left; Frank Tucker, 17, Amanda Santos, 18, Ashley Wolf, 18, Brittany Carel, 18, and Krista Pulcini, 17, receive awards from the Weston Rotary Club for helping at a roadside crash while on their way to their high school ...