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Powerball jackpot a record high
With the Powerball jackpot at $600 million, everybody has found a reason to play, said Miguel Chung, the owner of Jimmy's Courthouse Deli, located across the street from the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale. "Any excuse to buy more tickets....
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Fort Lauderdale, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lotteries, Services and Shopping
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Deerfield Beach running backs Powell, McNeal poised for big senior season
DEERFIELD BEACH – After Deerfield Beach's 2012 football season ended, running back Brandon "BP" Powell said, he started working with local trainer Tony Sands on his speed. Most mornings before school, they met at 4:30 a.m. at Fort Lauderdale's...
Tags: Deerfield Beach, Football, Sports
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Chan Lowe: PB County's "Snitch on your neighbor" program
One place where liberals and libertarians can find common ground is government intrusion into private lives, and Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw’s “Violence Prevention Program” has all the earmarks of authoritarian overreach. ...
Tags: Ric Bradshaw
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Dual enrollment change could cost schools millions
Broward and Palm Beach County schools could face a tough choice next year: pay millions of dollars or allow fewer students to take dual enrollment classes in local colleges. Broward schools may have to pay at least $4 million more next year, and Palm...
Tags: Florida State University, Valencia College, Students, Teaching and Learning, Laws
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Bars oppose later drinking hours for downtown competitors
Orlando's plan to extend last call at downtown bars to 3 a.m. isn't the first time the idea has been raised. When Mayor Buddy Dyer was first elected, his transition team recommended a 3 a.m. closing time — but it became so controversial the idea...
Tags: Business, Buddy Dyer, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Dining and Drinking, Tampa
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Courthouse blogger faces Bar scrutiny after criticizing judges
A Fort Lauderdale lawyer whose courthouse blog trades in news and gossip about South Florida's legal community is fighting off an investigation by the Florida Bar after publishing articles that criticized judges in Palm Beach and Broward counties. Bill...
Tags: Social Media, Crime, Law and Justice, Palm Beach County, Lawyers, Judges
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Mark Guandolo, Twan Russell among OBIEs honorees
Last December, Mark Guandolo helped Cypress Bay make history. The veteran football coach led the Lightning football team to its first state championship berth, and in the process became the first coach in Florida to lead three separate schools to a state...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Washington Redskins, Miami Gardens, Miami Dolphins, Booker T. Washington
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Join El Galeon crew on dive to historic wreck off Lauderdale-by-the-Sea on Sunday
Old World will meet New World on Sunday when the crew of El Galeón dives a historic wreck in shallow water off Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. South Florida adventurers can join the crew of the Spanish galleon and state archaeologists at 1 p.m. to explore the...
Tags: Diving, Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, Human Interest
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Accused wife killer sentenced in murder-for-hire plot
A Coral Springs man charged with murdering his wife in 2010 was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison for hiring a hit man to kill four witnesses in the case. Munawar Toha didn't know it at the time, but the assassin he contracted in a series of...
Tags: Witnesses, Prisons, Prosecution, Fort Lauderdale, Punishment
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Crime rates continue to fall, but murders are up in South Florida
Staff writerIn case you missed it, here's my colleague Wayne Roustan's report on state crime statistics issued yesterday. One troubling set of numbers are those for murders in Broward and Palm Beach counties, where incidents rose from 2011 to 2012. There were...Tags: Palm Beach County, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Murder
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Would-be robber accused in fatal Hollywood shooting
A month ago, friendly fire killed a 20-year-old man during a shootout with a would-be robber outside a Hollywood apartment, police say. Richard Biennestin was fatally wounded by his cousin, Mervin Nhomme, who shot him three times while fending off the...
Tags: Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Firearms, Miami Gardens, Shootings, Criminals
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