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HOLLYWOOD

Hollywood considers shrinking parking spaces

Hollywood’s parking spaces could be getting shorter. 1371595668
DAVIE

Davie council goes on summer break

Davie’s Town Council is taking a scheduled vacation break and will resume its regular meetings on July 17. 1371594828
Police call off search for missing Hallandale Beach woman

Although they didn’t find any signs of her body or property that may have belonged to her, Hallandale Beach police said they won’t give up. 1371585888
SOUTH FLORIDA

Police search Opa-locka area for body of Hallandale Beach missing woman

Witnesses who had been afraid of retaliation have come forward now that main suspect is behind bars for another crime.
- Police search Opa-locka area for body of Hallandale Beach missing woman
Broward “boiler room” sold $2 million in fake precious metals; two arrested

Two men have been arrested for operating a Hollywood boiler room operation that allegedly sold fake precious metals totaling more than $2 million to investors across the country, many of whom were senior citizens.
HOLLYWOOD

On Hollywood’s menu: Food truck or sit-down restaurant?

The weekly food truck event attracts 1,800 to Young Circle every Monday night. But city leaders want to make sure they’re not taking business away from restaurants and shops.
Bored no more: Here are ways to have fun this summer

School’s been out less than a week, and already it’s started:

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Viewing on Monday for 4-year-old who died during visit with mom
Motorcyclist killed in Broward identified

A Coconut Creek man who died Saturday after his motorcycle collided with a vehicle in Deerfield Beach has b...
Don’t believe your smartphone, it’s not that hot in Pompano Beach

Across South Florida, those checking the temperature on their smartphone and other automated weather sites ...
Broward

Broward’s boil water advisory lifted

Contaminated well will be cut off from county water supply until the Health Department figures out what cau...
Broward judge sharply questions state workers for allowing boy to return to troubled mom

Child welfare workers try to answer a Broward judge’s sharp questions about why a 4-year-old boy was...
FORT LAUDERDALE

Two men killed by Porsche identified

Fort Lauderdale Police on Friday identified the two men who were killed early Thursday when an out-of-contr...
BROWARD

Broward’s boil water warning extended through Saturday

The contaminated well has been isolated it from the rest of the county’s water treatment system to a...
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FLORIDA

Pilot in crash blamed for flying in bad weather

Three people died when a helicopter on its way to retrieve a heart for transplant crashed in North Florida.
POLITICS

Gov. Rick Scott gains ground in new statewide poll, but still trails former Gov. Charlie Crist
Elections

Poll: Absentee-ballot scandal makes Miami Congressman Joe Garcia vulnerable in potential matchup

A poll conducted for Republican Carlos Curbelo suggests Democratic Rep. Joe Garcia’s popularity has ...
Trayvon Martin

Zimmerman jury identities to remain secret, for a time

The decision came Monday as lawyers in the Trayvon Martin case moved a little closer to seating a jury.
Florida hits lowest rate ever for infant mortality

Florida's infant mortality rate is at an all-time low.
POLITICS

Rep. Alan Grayson 2.0: Less fire-breathing, more self-restraint

Rep. Alan Grayson, the self-styled ‘congressman with guts,’ has managed what seems like an im...
Fla. woman charged with throwing acid on victim

A southwest Florida woman has been arrested after police say she poured a bottle of muriatic acid onto a pe...
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In My Opinion

Fred Grimm: Rush to privatize is all about bucks

Our governor was deeply offended by a burst of unkind aspersions after an insurance company that didnȁ...
ELECTIONS

Online ballot fraud marks the ‘e-boletera era of Miami politics’

A rash of computer-related absentee-ballot request irregularities has touched four Miami-area campaigns, le...
MEDICAID

One month later, Florida lawmakers no closer to Medicaid deal

Medicaid expansion, or some alternative, remains a long shot in Florida.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Gov. Rick Scott signs bill to speed up executions in Florida
TROPICAL STORM

Florida officials use onset of storm season to blast Washington

Florida Republicans warned that federal budget cuts could harm the state’s ability to prepare for stor...
Health care

Gov. Scott signs abortion law

The law requires doctors performing an abortion to offer emergency care if a baby is somehow born alive.
Tallahassee

Gov. Scott signs mortgage-relief law

The law aims to protect homeowners from foreclosure abuses.
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More AP classes could cost districts millions

County school superintendents told the state Board of Education on Tuesday that a recent legislative bill a...
French company coming to Florida

A French company is expanding its operations in Florida.
US military deaths in Afghanistan at 2,103

As of Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at least 2,103 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a resu...
5 things to know in Florida for June 19

Your daily look at news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.
Firm seeks FAA OK for tall Vegas Strip thrill ride

A Florida-based thrill ride developer is seeking federal approval for air space to allow a 650-foot-tall ro...
Cuban dissident: Repression forced family to flee

One of several Cuban dissidents recently allowed to visit Europe and the U.S. after Cuba changed its travel...
Dead zone predictions much less spread than 2012

Scientists in Michigan and Louisiana are predicting a big summer "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico. In the ...
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