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Fabiola Santiago: Boy Scouts didn’t go far enough
It was a historic decision and we can call it progress — the right thing to do for the children — but that’s all.
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Boxes of medical records missing from Jackson
Medical records containing the personal health information of more than 1,400 patients are missing from Jackson Health System.
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16 hurt in shuttle bus crash near Atlanta airport
Sixteen people were taken to the hospital Friday, at least two in serious condition, after they were hurt in a crash between a hotel shuttle bus and a tractor-trailer near Atlanta's airport, officials said.
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Feds look for temporary fix after I-5 collapse
Federal officials were searching the country for a possible temporary replacement for a bridge that collapsed along the crucial Interstate 5 corridor, but Washington Gov. Jay Inslee cautioned Friday that major disruptions will last for weeks, if not months.
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City National Bank of Florida to be sold to Chilean bank
City National Bank of Florida’s Spanish parent Bankia has agreed to sell the Miami bank to Chile’s Banco de Credito e Inversiones.
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ALL-BROWARD AWARDS
South Plantation football star Alex Collins among top winners at All-Broward awards
This year’s best Broward County high school athletes ruled the gridiron, the swimming pool, the basketball court and the track.
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Miami
Miami Mayor Regalado vetoes double-dipping pay plan for four top city posts
In a one-paragraph statement, Mayor Regalado said Thursday’s 3-2 commission vote was “flawed and unfair” to the city’s rank-and-file employees.
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Scandal draws questions about IRS role in enforcing Obamacare
The blossoming IRS scandal over the targeting of conservative groups is provoking new scrutiny and terse questions about the agency’s role in shaping and implementing the controversial new national health care law, with the biggest changes set to begin next year.
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FORT LAUDERDALE
Fort Lauderdale’s all-day beach bash is Saturday
From sand sculptures to classic cars and disco music to a Memorial Day tribute, Fort Lauderdale’s fourth annual Great American Beach Party promises to have a little bit of everything.
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DAVIE
Davie stuck with unwanted bridge; want to buy it?
Davie has found itself stuck with an unwanted bridge. Now the Town Council hopes to sell it.
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PROPERTY TAXES
Miami-Dade property assessments online next week
The Miami-Dade Property Appraiser will post 2013 assessed values early next week to give owners more time t...
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Miami-Dade
Hialeah, Miami Lakes mayors set date for brawl in octagon
The mayors of Hialeah and Miami Lakes have agreed on a date to settle their differences with real punches, ...
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Key Biscayne's Cape Florida makes Top 10 beaches list
This may be hard to believe in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, but an annual list of the best beaches in...
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Madrid's Catholic Church says it needs exorcists
The Catholic archdiocese in Madrid says it needs more exorcists to help some of its faithful cope with the ...
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Man found floating in water near Marathon
Monroe County Sheriff's officials say 70-year-old James Gogan was found floating in the water near a boat h...
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Florida Grand Opera delays Tristan and Isolde, replaces with Thaïs
Florida Grand Opera has postponed Wagners Tristan and Isolde for a season and will be performing Mass...
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Tigers lose on Fielder's single off Burton's glove
Ron Gardenhire has never made a secret of his admiration for Prince Fielder.
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KC's Santana fans 8, but gives up 4 HRs to Angels
Ervin Santana's mastery of the strike zone against his former teammates was incomplete.
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Encarnacion, Arencibia lead Blue Jays past Orioles
The Toronto Blue Jays are glad to see sluggers Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion hitting well at the same...
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Grizzlies, Memphis ready to 'believe' vs Spurs
The towels are showing up all around Memphis. They hang over neighborhood signs and even at a door to St. J...
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NYC lawsuit alleging Favre sent racy texts settled
A New York City lawyer for two massage therapists who sued retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre (farv) over ...
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Former Bears tackle Dick Evey dies at 72
Dick Evey (EE'-vee), a tackle who played most of his eight seasons in the NFL with the Chicago Bears, has d...
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Slovenia adopts debt cap to stave off crisis
Slovenia's parliament on Friday adopted a cap on public spending to try to convince foreign investors that ...
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Japan's PM Abe defends policies as markets settle
Japan's top leaders are defending the economic strategies championed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, though t...
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How the Dow Jones industrial average fared Friday
Major stock indexes closed out their first weekly loss in a month in quiet trading Friday.
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Delta ups the ante in battle for NY travel market
Delta's formula for winning over New York travelers is simple: floor-to-ceiling windows, abundant power out...
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Futures slide; markets appear headed for down week
Stock futures are sinking and it appears major U.S. indexes are heading for a down week roiled by corporate...
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Recalls this week: Children's beds, shades
A line of children's beds with defective mattress support rails and motorized shades with overheating batte...
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China gives US regulators access to audit records
China has agreed to give U.S. regulators access to audit records for Chinese companies whose shares trade o...
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Southern Co. team weighing changes from renewables
The Southern Co. is brainstorming ways it could more widely incorporate renewable energy, particularly sola...
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FDA warns of infections tied to Tennessee pharmacy
Government health officials are investigating cases involving patients who suffered complications after bei...
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NC State beats Miami 7-1 in ACC tournament
Trea Turner and Bryan Adametz each drove in two runs to help North Carolina State beat Miami 7-1 on Friday ...
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Man faces life sentence for rape, murder
A Tampa Bay area man will spend the rest of his life in prison for raping an elderly woman, who died a shor...
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Gov. warns schools he will fight tuition hikes
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is strongly warning universities that he will fight against any tuition hikes this ...
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Sea turtle returned to wild
A juvenile loggerhead sea turtle treated at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital has been returned to the...
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Third-grade FCAT math and reading scores static
Third-grade math and reading scores on Florida's standardized test remained static this school year, with f...
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LA sanitation ends plans for dump near Joshua Tree
A regional garbage collection agency has tossed out plans to build a mega-landfill for Los Angeles' trash l...
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No bail for Pa. parents in faith-healing death
After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing advocates Herbert and Catheri...
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Woman feared Iowa kidnapping suspect's release
The ex-girlfriend of a man suspected of kidnapping two Iowa girls this week worried that he would harm her ...
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Principal recounts storm hitting Okla. school
The principal of the Oklahoma elementary school where seven children died in a tornado says her teachers di...
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Arias foreman: Sentencing decision unfair to jury
The jury foreman in Jodi Arias' trial says the panel just couldn't decide whether the killing of her boyfri...
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AP PHOTOS: Storm survivor looks for silver lining
Sabrina Mitchell is used to looking for silver linings.
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DA: Tenn. victims shot after drugs handed over
A former police officer, accused of killing two people during a robbery at an east Tennessee pharmacy, gunn...
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Puerto Rico approves anti-discrimination bill
Legislators in Puerto Rico on Friday approved a heavily debated bill that outlaws employment discrimination...
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Mexico: far fewer disappeared than feared
Mexico's top security official says far fewer people have disappeared during Mexico's drug war than were fe...
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UK court: Lawmaker's wife's tweet was libelous
A tweet posted by the wife of Britain's parliamentary speaker about a politician wrongly linked to child se...
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IMF chief named key witness in French payoff case
After two days of intense questioning from French magistrates, International Monetary Fund chief Christine ...
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Hezbollah: EU making big mistake
Hezbollah's deputy chief says the European Union would be making a "big mistake" to label the Lebanese Shii...
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Syrian regime OKs peace talks amid skepticism
Syria's government has agreed to attend a U.S.-Russian-brokered peace conference, according to Moscow. Whil...
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Israel, in reassessment, thinks Syria’s Bashar Assad will last awhile
Israel has reversed its assessment about the staying power of Syrian President Bashar Assad and now thinks ...
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Fox reality chief Mike Darnell exiting the network
Fox reality chief Mike Darnell says he's leaving the network after an 18-year stay.
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Cannes: Dern a leading man again in 'Nebraska'
For the aging, gruff patriarch of his father-son road trip "Nebraska," Alexander Payne tried to lure Gene H...
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First lady to students: 'I have failed at things'
Failure is OK, but continuing to work hard is more important, Michelle Obama said Friday.
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Man charged with stalking Jennifer Lawrence's kin
A Canadian man is facing charges that he stalked the brother of Jennifer Lawrence after authorities say he ...
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Snooki: NJ Gov Christie 'just doesn't like us'
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was never a fan of MTV's "Jersey Shore," saying it unfairly cast the state i...
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Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert at country fest
Some of country music's big names, including Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Darius Rucker and Zac Brown ...
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Latest 'Bachelorette' won't say if she's engaged
ABC's newest "Bachelorette," Desiree Hartsock, says it's not hard to keep the details of her experience on ...
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