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Man rescued by Coast Guard after falling overboard
A Miami Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a man who went overboard from a luxury cruise ship early Sunday.
Ronald Shulman, 62, went overboard the Silver Shadow cruise ship around 3 a.m. Sunday morning. He was found swimming 20 miles southeast of Government Cut around 7:45 a.m.-
Lauderhill man dead after shooting
A 20-year old man was killed after being shot multiple times upon arriving at his Lauderhill home early Sunday morning.
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Fla.'s private colleges beef up recruiting
In an economy where money is tight and everyone's looking for a bargain, Florida's most expensive universities are attracting more students than expected.
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Officer fired over free ice cream
A Delray Beach police officer was fired for reportedly taking free ice cream.
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Volkswagen program head in Homestead
The head of Volkswagen's motor sports program is at Homestead-Miami Speedway, fueling speculation that the automaker is interested in joining Toyota as the second foreign manufacturer in NASCAR.
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2 Fantasy 5 players share $231,159 top prize
Two winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $115,579.31 each, the Florida Lottery said Saturday.
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Next Mega Money jackpot an estimated $650,000
No tickets matched the four winning numbers plus the Mega Ball number, so the jackpot rolled over to an estimated $650,000 in the Mega Money game, the Florida Lottery said Saturday.
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Baby can wait as expectant dad finishes spacewalk
A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday.
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Wikipedia founder creates help site for homeless
The founder of the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia has created a new Web site that helps Tampa Bay area's homeless.
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Carter scores 24 as Magic beat Raptors 104-96
Vince Carter scored 24 points, Dwight Howard had 17 points and 12 rebounds and the Orlando Magic won their ...
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La Salle beats Tulane 61-59
Rodney Green was 4-for-4 from the foul line in the final 48 seconds, and La Salle held on to beat Tulane 61...
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Holcomb wins bobsled gold at Lake Placid
Steven Holcomb said the U.S. bobsled team was going to be a powerhouse this year. He sure seems like a prop...
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Bills RB Lynch leaves game with shoulder injury
Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch left Sunday's game at Jacksonville with a shoudler injury.
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Hendrick misses finale to be with niece
NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick is not at Homestead-Miami Speedway because he stayed in North Carolina to b...
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`New Moon' wolfs down $140.7M in opening weekend
The vampire romance "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" sucked up $140.7 million in its first three days and pull...
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Newspaper circulation may be worse than it looks
While U.S. newspapers are losing subscribers at a staggering rate, a few dailies stand out because their ci...
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Deutsche Bahn signs $26B Qatar railroad deal
An investment company owned by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund has signed a $26 billion (euro17 billion) join...
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Report: UK's Cadbury won't bite on Hershey offer
British candy company Cadbury PLC will reject an expected 10.3 billion pound ($17 billion) takeover bid fro...
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NY saves $3.1 million in energy efficiency program
Turning off lights, turning down the heat and buying with an eye toward energy efficiency is saving New Yor...
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Holidays will again test NYC air travel bottleneck
Fewer people are expected to fly this holiday season, but travelers shouldn't expect a full reprieve from t...
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Rising unemployment taxes could hinder hiring
As if small businesses needed another reason not to hire, consider their latest financial burden: The cost ...
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Cruise ship passenger rescued from ocean
A cruise ship passenger was rescued from the ocean about 20 miles southeast of Miami after he fell overboard.
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Pinellas deputy injured in crash
A Pinellas County deputy was injured in head-on collision with a vehicle traveling the wrong way down the s...
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Child injured by 2-story fall
A 6-year-old girl was injured when she fell out of a second-story window.
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Florida Lotto jackpot rises to $9 million
The jackpot in the Florida Lotto game has grown to $9 million after no one matched the six winning numbers ...
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4 Fantasy 5 players share $258,811 top prize
Four winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $64,702.89 each, the Florida Lottery said Sunday.
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Detective shoots suspect during drug buy
A Jacksonville detective reportedly shot a suspect during a a prearranged drug buy.
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Couple, 14-year-old boy killed in fiery crash
Authorities say a couple and a 14-year-old boy have been killed in a fiery freeway crash in Southern Califo...
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Arrest in 1981 tribal murders revives old mystery
In the days before Fred Alvarez was shot execution-style with two friends on his verandah, the strapping Ca...
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3.7 magnitude quake hits Big Bear Lake in Calif.
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake has rattled Southern California's Big Bear Lake area, followed by a sharp afters...
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Police identify gunman in deadly Saipan rampage
The gunman who killed four people and wounded nine in a shooting rampage on the Pacific island of Saipan wa...
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Iraqi refugees move to Mich. despite poor economy
The U.S. government resettled Mazen Alsaqa in Massachusetts in February. Within a month, the Iraqi refugee ...
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Va. Military Institute faces sexism accusations
Virginia Military Institute is defending itself against a lengthy investigation into accusations that the s...
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Honduras election sets return to business as usual
The coup last summer in this tiny, Central American country blew up into an international incident, with th...
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Egypt's media stoked soccer fan anger with Algeria
Angry soccer fans rampaged through a posh diplomatic neighborhood in Cairo over the weekend, smashing shop ...
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Scientist: Leak of climate e-mails appalling
A leading climate change scientist whose private e-mails are included in thousands of documents that were s...
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Venezuela to get 300 tanks, armored vehicles
President Hugo Chavez is hailing the forthcoming arrival of 300 Russian-made tanks and armored vehicles, an...
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UK checks safety of 1,800 bridges after storms
Police and army experts say they're urgently checking the safety of about 1,800 bridges in northern England...
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Palestinian nun takes step toward sainthood
A Palestinian nun who co-founded a charity dedicated to educating Arab girls on Sunday took an important st...
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Racette's Angelica a triumph at Met Opera
Patricia Racette had just sung her moving final notes in "Suor Angelica" and fallen to the stage.
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Jackson, Swift face off at American Music Awards
It's the country cutie versus the King of Pop at this year's American Music Awards.
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`New Moon' wolfs down $140.7M in opening weekend
The vampire romance "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" sucked up $140.7 million in its first three days and pull...
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Stars come out for CNN Heroes ceremony
Kate Hudson, Pierce Brosnan, Neil Patrick Harris and other stars who are used to getting applause were givi...
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