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Officials: FBI agents shoot, kill suspect at Orlando apartment complex
The FBI has taken over a fatal shooting investigation in Orlando Wednesday. Gunshots rang out just before midnight at the Windhover condominium complex near Kirkland Avenue and Vineland Road.
DCF: Orlando woman left 2-year-old locked up, went clubbing
The Department of Children and families is investigating an Orlando woman accused Saturday of locking her 2-year old daughter in her bedroom so she could go to work and to nightclubs.
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Rep. Corrine Brown requests DOJ investigate Torey Breedlove shooting
A central Florida congresswoman is asking the Department of Justice to investigate the deadly deputy-involved shooting of a suspected car thief in Orange County.
Fire chief says search almost complete in Oklahoma
Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives, including those of nine children.
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Man jumps onto manatee; charges could be filed
Three Cocoa Beach men could be charged with harming or molesting a manatee after a YouTube video surfaced showing a man jumping onto a manatee.
Local church heads to Okla. to help with disaster relief
A local church is responding to the need of those impacted by the storm in Oklahoma. Northland Church in Longwood is sending a disaster response team to Moore, Okla.
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Anthony Weiner launches bid to become NYC mayor
Anthony Weiner's run for a renaissance is officially on. The ex-congressman whose career imploded in a rash of raunchy tweets two years ago said in a YouTube video announcement late Tuesday that he's in the New York City mayoral race.
Arias speaks out about case in jailhouse interview
In a surprise jailhouse interview just hours after a jury began deliberating her fate, Jodi Arias spoke out Tuesday about her murder trial, her many fights with her legal team and her belief that she "deserves a second chance at freedom someday.
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Goat on the lam snarls NJ's Pulaski Skyway traffic
A goat believed to have escaped en route to a slaughterhouse snarled the morning commute along one of the busiest roadways in northern New Jersey on Tuesday, leading police on a nearly two-hour chase.
Thailand urged to explore edible insect market
Researchers say Thailand is showing the world how to respond to the global food crisis: by raising bugs for eating.
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Germany celebrates composer Wagner's 200th
Germany on Wednesday celebrated the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner, the 19th-century composer whose music has been hailed as sublime art at the height of Western culture even as he remains tainted by his visceral anti-Semitic views, which later found favor with the Nazis.
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Miami loses votes for 2 Super Bowl bids
BOSTON (AP) -- The NFL conducted its own referendum on the Miami Dolphins stadium on Tuesday, shutting South Florida out when it handed out the 2016 and '17 Super Bowl hosts.
Bucs have high hopes for rookie DE Steven Means
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- The telephone rang on the second day of the NFL draft a little bit earlier than Steven Means anticipated.