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Gov. Scott vetoes 3% tuition hike, $368M in projects
TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Rick Scott vetoed $368 million in lawmaker pet projects Monday and blocked a 3 percent tuition hike for Florida colleges and universities. The tuition increase passed earlier this month was a small piece of the overall $74.1...
Tags: Land Resources, Pine Hills, Titusville, Justice System, Satellite Technology
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Sex offenders seek safe haven at mobile home park
LEALMAN - When a 75-year-old man was fatally stabbed at the Palace Mobile Home Park last month, residents were shocked. The slaying was out of character for this community of 80 mobile homes, spread out behind a liquor store and used merchandise shop in...
Tags: Dwayne Johnson, House Building, Tampa, Boca Raton, Prisons
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Robert Keller, editor
Robert Keller, The Evening Sun's first metropolitan editor and later executive director of the Greater Baltimore Committee, died May 12 of complications from Crohn's disease at Harbor Hospital. He was 71. The son of a banker and a bookkeeper, Robert...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Harbor Hospital, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Clearwater (Pinellas, Florida)
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Police blotter
The following items were taken from police reports: Oak Park •A woman told police she was on the 1000 block of Jackson Boulevard about 9:50 p.m. May 4 when a man approached her from the alley, grabbed her buttocks and fled. He was 25 to 35, about...Tags: Whole Foods Market, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Theft, Juvenile Delinquency, Crimes
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Florida human-trafficking ring busted, 16 young women enslaved, Bondi says
CLEARWATER -- State and local law enforcement officials announced Friday they have broken up a human trafficking and prostitution ring that operated throughout the Tampa Bay area. The two men accused of running the operation -- Peter Kitt, 41, and...
Tags: Abusive Behavior, Organized Crime, Clearwater (Pinellas, Florida), Prostitution, Laws
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Man running from deputies attacked by alligator
A Florida man fleeing a traffic stop was attacked by an alligator Thursday, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Deputies attempted to pull Bryan Zuniga, 20, over for not driving in a single lane around 2:47 a.m. near the 7100 block of...
Tags: Water Supply
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Charley closes in as nearly 1 million told to evacuate
Sentinel Staff WriterClose to 1 million Florida residents and tourists were told Thursday to evacuate, as Hurricane Charley strengthens and churns toward the state's Gulf Coast. Charley is expected to pass west of the Keys early today before hitting southwest Florida with...Tags: Weather Reports, Tampa, Emergency Planning, Hurricane Damage, Altamonte Springs
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Florida Beach Guide: St. Pete Beach
St. Pete Beach is a barrier island in Pinellas county with award-winning, beautiful beaches on the Gulf of Mexico. With miles of pristine white sand, St. Pete Beach offers visitors a variety of views, activities and Florida sun.
St. Pete Beach is nestled...Tags: Mexico, Museums, Gulf of Mexico, Lifestyle and Leisure, Arts and Culture
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Sun Sentinel Investigation: Tax lien sharks use shell companies to squeeze out locals
Tax lien auctions are a little-known but juicy Florida financial market worth up to $1 billion a year. And, the Sun Sentinel has found, banks, hedge funds and other financial powerhouses have hit upon a way to game the system, squeeze out the little guy...
Tags: Business Institutions, Auction Service, Fort Lauderdale, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Plantation
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Deputies: Bookkeeper embezzled money to pay monthly restitution
FloriDUHDetectives busted Kristina Elizabeth Melvin after she embezzled $105,040.01 from Seats and Chairs.com, her employer, while she was employed as the company's bookkeeper, according to a news release from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Melvin...Tags: Fraud, Theft, Corporate Crime
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Cops: Sex on the beach — for over an hour — gets couple arrested
South Florida Sun-SentinelAs the sun set Monday on Treasure Island, Erica Alexandra Huerta, 21 of Tallahassee and Steven Douglas Perry, 22 of Lutz were seen having sex on the beach by more than 50 people, including kids, at a nearby restaurant, reports WFTS ABC Action News in...Tags: Tallahassee (Leon, Florida)
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Deputy wrangled 10-foot gator outside of bank | Photo
FloriDUHHere's a novel approach for adding extra night-time secuity at a business -- just get a gator guard. Deputy Jeff Crandall arrived after a woman called Tuesday morning around 5:46 a.m. and reported a 10-foot gator was sitting outside of a Palm Harbor...Tags: Environmental Issues, Wildlife, Endangered Species, Conservation
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