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Rapper Big Boi Arrested For Drug Possession
KTLA NewsMIAMI, Fla. (KTLA) -- Customs officers arrested rapper Big Boi, of the group OutKast, today on suspicion of drug possession, according to the MIami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Deaprtment. Antwan "Big Boi" Patton, half of the Grammy winning...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Big Boi, CNN (tv network), Cee Lo Green, OutKast (music group)
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Judge Says Accused Cat Killer 'Poses No Threat'
Associated PressMIAMI - A teenager accused of killing more than a dozen cats in South Florida was released on more than $200,000 bond Wednesday after a judge ruled that he did not pose a danger to himself or the community. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge John Thornton...Tags: Judges, Justice System, Juvenile Delinquency, Lawyers, Teen-agers
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Caught On Tape: Robbers Attack Man In Wheelchair
South Florida Sun SentinelMIAMI -- Police are looking for two men who pulled a disabled man off his motorized wheelchair during a robbery, and this afternoon released a surveillance video of the incident. The victim, Celedono Carrera, 66, of Miami, was not seriously injured,...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Juvenile Delinquency, Crime, Law and Justice, Theft, Social Issues
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Synagogue withdraws invitation for Wasserman Schultz
Church and state — or at least politics and religion — clashed this week as a prominent synagogue withdrew a speaking invitation for U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, was to have spoken Friday at Temple Israel...Tags: Marco Rubio, Judaism, Religion and Belief, Mitt Romney, Israel
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Disturbance off Florida could become Tropical Storm Beryl
Sun SentinelThe tropical disturbance off Florida’s east coast likely will grow into a tropical depression or storm over the weekend and possibly as soon as Friday. As of 3 p.m. on Friday, the National Hurricane Center gave the broad area of low pressure an...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Theodore Roosevelt, Meteorological Disasters, Natural Disasters, Disasters and Accidents
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Police brace for SoBe party
A year after Urban Beach Week events on Miami Beach were brought to a shocking climax by a police-involved shooting that left a Boynton Beach man dead and four others injured, the next few days may determine if the hip-hop party will continue to draw...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Broward County, Human Interest, Public Officials, Music
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Three Spanish firms to bring 465 jobs to Miami
The Beacon Council, which is on a trade mission to Spain with Gov. Rick Scott, reports that three Spanish companies will be adding 465 jobs within three years in Miami-Dade County, according to the South Florida Business Journal. Read the full story...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Spain, Rick Scott
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NOAA: 4 to 8 hurricanes this season; disturbance bringing rain to South Florida
Sun SentinelGovernment forecasters are calling for an average or slightly below average storm season, with 9 to 15 named storms, including four to eight hurricanes. They project that one to three of the hurricanes will be major, with winds greater than 110 mph.The...Tags: Tropical Storms, National Hurricane Center, Weather, Tropical Weather, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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English-language learners and Florida’s accountability system: Worries and complaints State Board ignored recommendations
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelIn March, Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson appointed a task force to help the state deal with the tricky issue of how Florida's school accountability system should judge the progress of youngsters still learning English and those with disabilities.... -
Florida emergency officials practice for big hurricane
It's a nightmare scenario.
Tens of thousands of people throng Tampa for the Republican National Convention — politicians, journalists, tourists, protesters. And then, a massive hurricane roars up Tampa Bay.
For the next three days, until...Tags: Health, Government, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Orlando
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U.S. slashes visa wait times in Brazil
Polish up on your Portuguese: More high-spending Brazilians are visiting South Florida, now that it takes weeks instead of months to get their U.S. visa applications. The U.S. State Department has added staff at U.S. consulates across Brazil, cutting the...Tags: Palm Beach County, Brazil, Broward County, International Travel, Tourism and Leisure
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Mack announces his ‘conservative coalition’
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelU.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV has announced a seven-member “conservative coalition” that's backing his Republican U.S. Senate candidacy, a group of mostly fundamentalist Christian activists whose function will apparently be to assail rival George...
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