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  • Officials Orlando man shot by FBI was about to sign Boston murder confession

    A 27-year-old Orlando man who was shot and killed by an FBI agent was being questioned in a triple-murder that may have involved one of the Boston bombing suspects, Orlando TV station WFTV has learned.Ibragim Todashev, who was shot and killed at a condominium complex, was "about to sign a statement" admitting to a role, along with Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, in ...

  • Police Man 19 scouted homes to burglarize in his own Port St. Lucie neighborhood

    A Port St. Lucie man is in jail facing charges that he helped rob his neighbors, knocking on doors to see if they were home and then signaling accomplices who would break in when no one answered.For his trouble, Mauricia Huerta, 19, told police he got to pawn some of the goods stolen, including a Nikon camera and a $1,200 Movado watch that earned him $25 from a local pawn dealer. The one thing ...

  • Sectio of 10th Avenue North closed in Greenacres

    Tenth Avenue North is closed to traffic at Swain Boulevard while contractors extend a gravity sewer line west to Martin Avenue.That section of 10th Avenue North is expected to remain closed until 6 p.m. Friday, although the reopening time could change based on weather and the progress of ...

  • IRS official takes Fifth on political targeting

    Less than two weeks after leading IRS efforts to apologize for the targeting of conservative groups, IRS official Lois Lerner invoked her Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination, refusing to answer questions about what went on at the Internal Revenue Service."I have not done anything wrong; I have not broken any laws," Lerner said in a short statement to the House Oversight ...

  • Man gets 4 years in jail for stealing dog

    An 18-year-old male named Christopher Young was recently sentenced to four years in prison for stealing a dog. The incident occurred in January, but he pled guilty to the crime in March of ...


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The Invasion

The Invasion

The Invasion is the fourth cinematic incarnation of Jack Finney's 1954 novella The Body Snatchers, and its tortured production history (bad test screenings, sitting on the shelf for a year, secret reshoots by The Wachowski Brothers to punch up the action) is unfortunately muc ... ...

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  • Significant share of silk in China is fake

    An investigation into the authenticity of silk products from China has revealed that at least half of the silk products on sale in Beijing do not meet safety and quality ...

  • Japan debuts Hello Kitty melons

    You can count on the Japanese to come up with an unusual twist on twist on things, and this covers everything from robots to food. The country's newest iteration of oddly cultivated fruit is a cantaloupe with an imprint of Hello Kitty on the ...

  • North Blotter Underwear thief pilfers $1425 worth of lace thongs

    of lace thong panties were stolen from a store in the 3100 block of PGA Boulevard. The panties, worth a total of $1,425, were taken from a panty display table ...

  • Central Blotter Woman says estranged husband guilty of drunken dialing threats

    of South Flagler Drive said her estranged husband, who occasionally calls her when he is drunk, called her cellphone 18 times in one day. He threatened to "finish her off" and said he could get to her before the police arrived. She told police he does not have a car or driver license, and she suspects he stopped after 18 calls because he passed out. She requested a report be made in ...

  • Two charged in kidnapping beating and shooting of ATM repairman

    Two men accused of kidnapping, beating and shooting a North Miami ATM repairman have been arrested.According to North Miami police, Stanley Fleurant, 19, and Ricardo Eloi, 27, are responsible for the May 4 shooting that left Juan Carlos Canales in the hospital with limited mobility. It’s unclear whether Canales, 26, will ever walk again, his family said at a press conference last week.The ...

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