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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. ...

  • Floridas Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate Dies

    The Tampa Bay Times reports that Gary Alvord died Sunday at the Union Correctional Institution in Raiford. A spokeswoman confirmed the death but could not provide details, including whether Alvord's body was claimed by relatives or whether he will be buried on state grounds. For almost 40 years, Alvord waited out a death sentence he received for the 1973 murders of three women in Tampa. The ...

  • Orlando Man Pleads Guilty In Fatal Stabbing

    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 ...

  • Gas line rapture leads to evacuation of two dozen homes

    Roughly two dozen Ocala homeowners had to evacuate their residences Tuesday evening after a gas line was ruptured when a tall oak tree fell over, according to Ocala Fire Rescue and Ocala Police Department ...

Movie Review

Bring It On [DVD]

Bring It On [DVD]

Bring It On is a funny, semi-satirical teen comedy about competing squads of high school cheerleaders. Because the central focus is cheerleading, a uniquely American activity that has had its share of derisive barbs thrown at it over the years, the movie is engaged in a constant balancing act. On the one hand, there is a certain amount of parody aimed at cheerleading as an activity and ... ...

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  • Sounders FC will travel to Florida for U.S. Open Cup third round

    The game is set. Sounders FC will travel to face the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the second-tier North American Soccer League in the third round of the U.S. Open Cup. The May 29 game will kick off at 4:30 p.m. at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Rowdies eliminated VSI Tampa Bay of the third-tier USL ...

  • Brevard school officials refuse to answer lawsuit questions

    VIERA -- The fight to save three schools in Brevard County moves to the courtroom Wednesday afternoon. Two parents, backed by civil rights leaders, are suing and accusing the school board of racial discrimination when they decided which schools to close in February 2013. Their attorney, Shayan Elahi, admits that it is never easy to discuss accusations of racial discrimination. However, Elahi ...

  • VIDEO Man jumps on manatee for stunt

    This amateur video shows a manatee and her calf coming up to a dock in a Cocoa Beach canal. Florida Fish and Wildlife officers say a man then jumped on the larger manatee's ...

  • Wreck closes I-275 S in Tampa

    TAMPA -- A wreck on Interstate 275 S left at least one person with serious injuries and temporarily closed the roadway Tuesday night, authorities said. The crash happened about 8:25 p.m., according to the Florida Highway Patrol. All lanes of I-275 S near the exit for Dale Mabry Highway were blocked until about 9:45 p.m., Tampa police said. The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. ...

  • Tony DeFillipo Beth Spiegel win North Miami Beach council seats in runoff election

    North Miami Beach voters elected Anthony "Tony" DeFillipo as the newest member of the city council and for Councilwoman Beth E. Spiegel to remain in her seat as a result of Tuesday’s runoff. DeFillipo beat out Hillel Hellinger for the Seat 2 position by taking 1,174 votes (69.5 percent of the vote). Hellinger received 516 votes (30.5 percent). "I am very happy," ...

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