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Wells Fargo halts home foreclosure of man who paid mortgage early

Etienne Syldor, the hardworking father and Walt Disney World bus driver who found himself in foreclosure received good news Wednesday.

Complaint filed against UCF professor accused of supporting Muslim hate group

A professor is facing a formal complaint for how he teaches students at the University of Central Florida Wednesday.

Transformers 3-D opens at Universal Orlando

Thursday is the grand opening of the highly anticipated Transformers 3-D ride at Universal Studios. The theme park has been hyping the ride for months.

Zimmerman jurors reveal personal details

Proceedings will continue Thursday in Sanford on day 9 of George Zimmerman's trial. One potential juror at Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial belongs to the National Rifle Association.

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.

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.

Developer: Kan. caverns could preserve human race

After most of the world's population is wiped off the map by a wayward meteorite or hail of nuclear missiles, the survival of the human race might just depend on a few thousand people huddled in recreational vehicles deep in the bowels of an eastern Kansas mine.

4 shot, 3 dead in Ky. condominium complex shooting

A domestic situation apparently prompted the midweek shooting at a condominium complex in an upscale Louisville neighborhood that claimed three lives and left a fourth person badly wounded, police said.

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Fire blazes at Dutch firelighting block factory

Authorities in the Dutch city of Oisterwijk say a fire has broken out at a factory that makes firelighting blocks for barbecues and campfires.

NJ cease and desist order brings scathing rebuttal

Rare is the legal rebuttal that calls a cease and desist order a "literary gag gift" and uses the phrase "big meanie.

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Actor James Gandolfini, 51, dies of cardiac arrest

James Gandolfini's lumbering, brutish mob boss with the tortured psyche will endure as one of TV's indelible characters.

W.Va. ready to get 150th birthday party started

West Virginia is ready to get its 150th birthday party started. The state kicks off a four-day sesquicentennial celebration on Thursday with festivals and speeches marking the day West Virginia entered the Union on June 20, 1863.

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