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Kerr suffers wardrobe malfunction
Supermodel Miranda Kerr suffered a wardrobe malfunction at the Miami Beach while she was shooting an ad campaign. The 30-year-old was shooting a campaign for her KORA Organics make-up line when her top fell down accidentally, exposing her breasts, reports dailystar.co.uk. She laughed off the blunder after covering up her ...
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18-Foot 8-Inch Python Caught in South Florida
MIAMI | The longest Burmese python ever caught in the state -- 18 feet, 8 inches long and 128 pounds -- was found alongside a rural South Florida road, wildlife officials said ...
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South Florida Woman Charged With Visa Fraud
A South Florida woman has been charged with visa fraud after authorities say she falsely promised 143 Haitians and told the federal government there were jobs waiting for them in the ...
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Fallin Tornado search and rescue ongoing
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin says "hearts are broken" for parents wondering about the fate of their children after a tornado devastated suburban Oklahoma City and officials say the search ...
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Raw Walking in a Flattened Okla. Neighborhood
With nothing more than a smartphone, one man walks through a neighborhood in Moore, Okla. where homes have been reduced to rubble by a tornado. (May ...
Movie Review
Head-On (Gegen die Wand)
Fatih Akins blistering Head-On (Gegen die Wand) isnt your typical love story. It has plenty of passion and even a warped sense of the romantic divine, but Akins main goal seems to be turning the pretensions of movie-style love on their head. The film has the same basic concept as Pet ... ...
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Palm Beach County comptroller With economy improving it’s time to replenish reserves
With signs mounting that Palm Beach County's economy may finally be on the mend, Clerk and Comptroller Sharon Bock said Monday that county commissioners should focus on building up reserves and paying off debt.Bock, who serves as the accountant and financial manger over all county money, said that countywide revenues were up for the budget year that ended Sept. ...
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Lesbian 18 faces 15 years in prison for sex with classmate 14
Nearly 80,000 supporters since Friday have signed an Internet petition demanding felony sex charges be dropped against an 18-year-old lesbian who dated a 14-year-old high-school basketball teammate.Kaitlyn Hunt of Indian River County is charged with two felony counts of lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12 to 16 years old. If convicted, she would be given a sentence ranging from probation ...
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Broward School Board to vote on privatizing school construction
Just about everybody at the Broward school district agrees the Facilities & Construction Department is dysfunctional — even project manager David Herrmann, who’s worked there nearly a decade and is fighting hard to keep his job. “You know those commercials, where they say, ‘Are you tired of working with monkeys?’ ” Herrmann said. “Well, that’s ...
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After halting skid Redmond sticks with same lineup
Email MIAMI -- After using 43 lineups in the first 44 games, Marlins manager Mike Redmond decided to try some continuity. After defeating the D-backs and left-hander Wade Miley, 2-1, on Sunday to snap a season-long seven-game losing streak, Redmond batted the same first eight against Phillies southpaw Cole Hamels on Monday. "We won yesterday, but [today's starter] was another ...
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Below looking to make his mark with Marlins
Email MIAMI -- The Tigers designated Duane Below for assignment on April 24 to create a roster spot for closer Jose Valverde. One day later, the Marlins claimed the left-hander. "It just happened so fast that it really doesn't give you an opportunity to think too much about it," Below said. Now Below is on the other side, recalled late Friday from Triple-A New Orleans after ...
Quotable Quotes
Nothing will ever completely replace playing the game I love, however I feel like I'm starting a new adventure and I'm genuinely excited about what lies ahead. I'm fortunate to have been given many opportunities throughout my career and now I feel it's my time to give back.
David Beckham
The world's best known footballer was speaking after formally announcing his retirement.
Hotel Review
Sheraton Yankee Trader Hotel, Fort Lauderdale Beach
I had mixed feelings coming back to this old hotel. I had been staying there on-and-off for 20 years, and ...
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