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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 ...

  • IRS hits Miccosukee tribe with $170M tax bill

    MIAMI -- The Internal Revenue Service has hit the Miccosukee Indians with a $170 million bill for failing to report and withhold taxes from its distribution of gambling profits to tribal members.The Miami Herald ( http://hrld.us/11aX4mY) reported Tuesday that the IRS also sent bills totaling $58 million to hundreds of the South Florida tribe's members for failure to pay personal taxes on ...

  • Homes next to Florida sinkhole to be demolished

    A Florida man has been swallowed by a sinkhole that opened under his bedroom, according to CNN. The 36-year-old man vanished Thursday night under his home after his brother tried to rescue him from going under, the network reported. Authorities said the hole is about 100 feet wide and getting bigger. "When he got there, there was no bedroom left," Hillsborough County Fire ...

  • Cohen Everything Upbeat For Mike Wallace

    Mike Wallace was dodging the raindrops. Yes, he's fast, as fast as this franchise has seen at receiver since perhaps all the way back to Mark Duper. But he isn't fast enough to stay dry in a downpour. At least, not this downpour. "I'm in good shape," Wallace proclaims, "but I obviously need to get in better shape." If there was one lasting impression for ...

  • FBI agent fatally shoots man in Orlando

    ORLANDO - The friend of a suspect shot by an FBI agent in Orlando Wednesday morning says agents were questioning the suspect about the Boston Marathon bombings, something the FBI has not confirmed, WFTV ...

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Lake Placid

"Lake Placid" is a silly, jokey, utterly forgettable but not unwatchable creature feature about a 30-foot crocodile that has apparently swum all the way from Asia and taken up residence in a secluded lake in Maine. ...

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  • FBI agent involved in Orlando fatal shooting

    Federal Bureau of Investigation agent was involved in a fatal shooting Wednesday morning, officials said."The agent encountered the suspect while conducting official duties," said Dave Couvertier, FBI spokesman.The suspect is deceased, Couvertier ...

  • SoFla Charities Helping Oklahoma Tornado Victims

    Local organizations are pledging support for victims of the Oklahoma tornado. Captain Kelly Durant with the Salvation Army, Mary Ross Agosta, spokeswoman for the Archdiocese of Miami, and Greater Miami Jewish Federation President Jacob Solomon ...

  • Two homes next to fatal Seffner sinkhole site being demolished

    SEFFNER -- Two more homes in a sinkhole-plagued Seffner neighborhood will come down Wednesday morning. The homes at 238 and 242 Faithway Drive are being demolished following their April 1 condemnation. They sit next to 240 Faithway Drive, where a sinkhole opened up on the night of Feb. 28, killing Jeffrey Bush. Bush, 37, who was asleep in a bedroom when the house began collapsing. Authorities ...

  • New report shows suburban poverty increase outside of South Florida

    a new report published Monday by the Brookings Institute , poverty rates in American suburbs have significantly increased since 2000. The research coordinated by the Metropolitan Policy Program, a nonpartisan think-tank, found that the poor population in suburban populations have increased by as much as ...

  • Scientists want reports of whale shark sightings

    VENICE, Fla. -- Scientists at Mote Marine Laboratory are asking the public to keep their eyes peeled for the world's largest fish.A whale shark was spotted May 8 about 20 miles off the coast of Venice.The fish can be up to 42 feet long and nearly 24 tons. The Herald-Tribune ( http://bit.ly/10N5Khs) reports that Mote scientists are collecting reports of whale shark sightings to look for ...

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