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Cops: Man had sex with girl he claimed was niece
A Seminole County man accused of having a sexual relationship with a young girl for a year and a half.
Cops: Father fatally shot son who allegedly threatened suicide
A father shot and killed his son inside their mobile home in Volusia County Tuesday night, and deputies said the shooting may have been justified.
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Opening statements could begin Monday in Zimmerman trial
Prosecutors and defense attorneys spent Wednesday trying to narrow their pool of 40 prospective jurors to the final six, plus four alternates in George Zimmerman’s murder trial.
2 women kidnapped from Aflac insurance office at gunpoint
Brevard county deputies are still searching for a robber who kidnapped two women at an insurance office.
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Crash snarls traffic on I-4 in DeLand
Interstate 4 eastbound is back open following a crash in DeLand Wednesday afternoon. One lane was closed and vehicles were forced to squeeze by as crews cleared the wreckage.
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New Colo. wildfire prompts evacuations of homes
A new wildfire in the foothills southwest of Denver forced the evacuation of dozens of homes Wednesday as hot and windy conditions in much of Colorado and elsewhere in the West made it easy for fires to start and spread.
Men's Wearhouse ousts founder, pitchman Zimmer
Men's Wearhouse doesn't like the way its founder looks anymore. The men's clothier said Wednesday that it fired executive chairman and face of the company George Zimmer, 64, who has appeared in many of its TV commercials with the slogan "You're going to like the way you look.
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Cat nurses orphaned pit bull puppy in Ohio
A cat caring for four newborn kittens is nursing an orphaned week-old pit bull puppy in Cleveland. Sharon Harvey of the Cleveland Animal Protective League said Wednesday that Lurlene the cat welcomed Noland the puppy to her "unusual little family.
Fluffy cows: Old beauty practice gains attention
Grooming cows so they look like unusually large poodles is a well-known beautification practice in the show cattle industry.
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Thompson, Fantagraphics co-publisher, dies at 56
Kim Thompson — co-publisher of the influential Seattle-based publisher Fantagraphics Books known for celebrated alternative comics, graphic novels and comic strip anthologies — has died.
Deen says she used slur but doesn't tolerate hate
Celebrity cook Paula Deen said while being questioned in a discrimination lawsuit that she has used racial slurs in the past but insisted she and her family do not tolerate prejudice.
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Police visit home of Patriots TE Aaron Hernandez
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- State and local police spent hours at the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez on Tuesday night as another group of officers searched an industrial park about a mile away where a body was discovered the day before.