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Florida suspects dial 911 while allegedly stealing cars
2:01 PM on 02/25/2010
VIDEO - Police say two Florida teenagers are facing charges after 911 dispatchers heard them talking about breaking into cars when one teen's cell phone...
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TheGrio's 100: James Stewart, the current king of motocross
5:00 AM on 02/10/2010
TheGrio's 100 - To marvel at James "Bubba" Stewart in action is to behold a man totally in his element. As the first African-American to ascend to superstar status in his sport...
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Body found during search for missing lotto winner
12:17 PM on 01/29/2010
VIDEO - Human remains have been found near a home where investigators were searching for the body of a missing man who won millions of dollars in the lottery nearly four years ago...
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Obama urges nervous Dems to fight for his agenda
4:29 PM on 01/28/2010
TAMPA, Florida (AP) -- President Barack Obama voiced determination Thursday to change the tone of Washington politics and urged Republicans to get "off the sidelines"...
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Rep. Steve King proposes deporting Haitians to be relief workers
12:04 PM on 01/20/2010
Is Iowa Rep. Steve King aiming to be the most hated congressman from a flyover state since Tom "Miami is a Third-World Country" Tancredo?
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Hope for Haiti pilot prepares to deliver relief
9:14 AM on 01/14/2010
VIDEO - He's been there before, but this time it will be different. These are a few of the thousands of Haitian children who rely on the Naples based non-profit Hope for Haiti...
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Haitian-Americans worry about devastated homeland
4:52 PM on 01/13/2010
VIDEO -- "Everyone is in shock right now. No one can get through."
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Florida sheriff fears missing lottery winner killed
12:35 PM on 01/06/2010
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) -- In 2006, Abraham Shakespeare -- a truck driver's assistant who lived with his mother -- won $30 million in the Florida lottery. His good fortune may have cost him his life.
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Caught on tape: Man run over by car
5:01 PM on 12/22/2009
VIDEO - A Florida man is recovering after being run over during a dispute over a parking space.The brutal incident was caught on tape...
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Man exonerated after 35 years in prison
6:04 AM on 12/18/2009
VIDEO - A man who spent 35 years in prison has been freed after DNA evidence exonerated him of raping a child.
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Four ways Tiger trapped himself
8:08 AM on 12/11/2009
OPINION - Tiger Woods is by no means the first athlete to sleep around with women, and he certainly won't be the last. How is it that Woods managed to get caught so red-handed, while others in the same situation do not?
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Transgender teen denied job interview at McDonald's
1:17 PM on 12/09/2009
VIDEO - A Florida teenager claims an Orlando McDonald's refused to give her a job interview because she is a male living as a female, then followed up the rejection by harassing her over the phone...
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911 call from Woods' home: 'Oh my God! Hurry up'
8:55 AM on 12/09/2009
OCOEE, Fla. (AP) -- A panicking woman calls 911 from Tiger Woods' Orlando-area mansion, telling the dispatcher that her mother had collapsed...
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Christmas gifts get repossessed from Florida mother
12:10 PM on 12/04/2009
VIDEO - A Daytona Beach, Florida mother who had finished her Christmas shopping early lost the gifts she bought when the car she was driving was repossessed.
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Woods speaks up, says crash is 'private matter'
8:47 AM on 11/30/2009
WINDERMERE, Fla. (AP) -- Despite presenting his side of the car-crash story and asking that it remain "a private matter," Tiger Woods may still not be in the clear...
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A year after cardiac arrest, boy now has heart full of thanks
6:30 AM on 11/26/2009
VIDEO - A Florida teenager has much to be thankful for this week. Fourteen-year-old Joseph Saintelus is going home from the hospital after surviving a cardiac arrest...
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Caught on tape: Teenage girls brawl at laundromat
9:42 AM on 11/24/2009
A central Florida teenage girl is recovering after being viciously attacked by another group of teens...and its caught on tape.
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Caught on tape: Police tasering almost leads to riot
3:08 PM on 11/13/2009
VIDEO - Police in Lake Wales, Florida are investigating a weekend traffic stop that nearly ended in a riot...
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Supreme Court looks at life sentences for juveniles
5:45 PM on 11/09/2009
VIDEO - In the United States Supreme Court, arguments about the constitutionality of jailing juveniles for life without parole for crimes like rape and robbery...
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Caught on tape: Inmates save prison deputy from attack
9:07 AM on 11/05/2009
VIDEO - It happened at the jail in Hillsborough County, Florida. The detention deputy was sitting at his desk when the inmate attacked. The deputy is 64 years old; the inmate is 40 years his junior...
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'All black people' asked to leave Wal-Mart
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (AP) - On Sunday evening at the store, a male voice calmly announced: "Attention Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave the store now."...
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