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Fort Lauderdale, Florida is located in Broward County. Zip codes in Fort Lauderdale, FL include 33312, 33311, and 33304. More Fort Lauderdale information.

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Local news for Fort Lauderdale, FL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

6 hrs ago | News Press

One Fantasy 5 player wins $165,627 top prize

One lucky player matched all five winning numbers in the Thursday, November 26, Fantasy 5 drawing and will win a $165,627.11 top prize.

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16 hrs ago | Scene in the Tropics

Virgin America lands at the W Fort Lauderdale

It's ok, Richard Branson . We have no hard feelings that you decided to fly your fancy new jets into Fort Lauderdale instead of Miami.

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Thu Nov 26, 2009

WPLG

National Guard Armory in Fort Lauderdale

In many areas of the U.S., there is a shortage of the H1N1 vaccine, but Canadian citizens were pulling into a Fort Lauderdale vaccination clinic Wednesday by the carload to get immunized, Local 10's Jeff Weinsier reported.

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Examiner.com

Twilight is coming to Fort Lauderdale

" New Moon " is currently the hottest ticket in town, but a hotter one is right around the corner as the fantasy Twi-Life tour is coming to Fort Lauderdale! This event contains everything a Twilight fan can desire; meeting stars of the films, getting autographs from them, chatting with them too and a dealer's room containing everything Twilight.

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Wed Nov 25, 2009

WSVN-TV Miami Beach

Fla. lawyer suspected in fraud is disbarred

A Florida lawyer suspected of running a $1 billion fraud scheme has been permanently disbarred by the state Supreme Court.

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WSVN-TV Miami Beach

Fort Lauderdale flights stalled by rain

Delays continue at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Wednesday.

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FOX 4 Florida

Ex-Fort Lauderdale CEO arraigned on fraud charges

The former CEO of Fort Lauderdale-based GlobeTel Communications Corp. has pleaded not guilty to charges he participated in a $20 million scheme to fraudulently inflate the company's revenue between 2002 and 2004.

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SouthFlorida.com

Hedge fund was doing $75 million per month with Rothstein

The Million Dollar Club. Investors who wanted to get into Fort Lauderdale businessman George Levin's hedge fund, which was buying legal settlements from attorney Scott Rothstein, had to put up a minimum of $1 million.

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Tue Nov 24, 2009

News Chief

Teen makes first statement to boy set on fire

There was no plot to attack Michael Brewer, his former friend Jeremy Jarvis said Tuesday.

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SouthFlorida.com

Fort Lauderdale commission votes to dump Gretsas

City manager George Gretsas lost his fight Tuesday night to keep his job running Broward County's largest city for another three years.

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Saint Augustine Record

In Broward, Crist hits back at Rubio

In a widely anticipated speech to the Broward Republican Party, Gov. Charlie Crist sought to regain momentum in the U.S. Senate race Monday by portraying his surging Republican competitor as all talk and no action.

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ChowHound

Good restaurants near the Atlantic Hotel - Fort Lauderdale FL

My boyfriend and I are taking a short vacation to Fort Lauderdale in early December.

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Mon Nov 23, 2009

The Palm Beach Post

Rothstein items seized: Feds take $17 million in cash, luxury items from Fort Lauderdale attorney

Court documents filed Monday morning list more than $17 million in bank accounts, including $15 million held in Moroccan bank accounts.

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CBS 4

Recruiting By Florida Private Colleges Pays Off

Share + Nov 22, 2009 7:55 am US/Eastern FT. LAUDERDALE A struggling economy and high unemployment numbers are not keeping students from enrolling in some of Florida's most expensive colleges.

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Sun Nov 22, 2009

SpotCrime

From http://spotcrime.com - Robbery - 5XX E. Las Olas Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL

The man struck the SunTrust branch. He walked up to a teller and demanded money, putting his hand in a pocket as though he were holding a weapon.

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South Florida Business Journal

Virgin America comes to Fort Lauderdale

Virgin America Airlines on Wednesday debuted service at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

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Sat Nov 21, 2009

Jaunted

It's Rihanna On A Boat, As The 'Oasis' Floats

While we were having a little Thursday night drink near Times Square last night, Rihanna was performing in the Opal Theater on Royal Caribbean 's newest, biggest, largest cruise ship ever: the Oasis of the Seas to celebrate the night before her first cruise out of the Fort Lauderdale.

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Palm Beach Post

6 arrested in ID-theft crackdown

Making their first appearance in federal court Thursday in West Palm Beach were: Janice Coachman, 38, of North Lauderdale; Latoya Robinson, 25, of Fort Lauderdale; Roberta Huha, 41, of Dania Beach; Jude Thompson, 35, of Lauderhill; Vincent Ware, 21, of North Lauderdale; and Curisha Bryant, 21, of West Park.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

WVLT-TV Knoxville

DEVELOPING: 2 East Tennesseans killed in South Florida commuter train crash

" Two East Tennesseans were killed and a third was seriously injured Thursday morning when they collided with a commuter train in South Florida.

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Palm Beach Post

Investors sue Fla. lawyer in fraud probe for $100M

The 147-page lawsuit, filed in Broward County Circuit Court, alleges that attorney Scott Rothstein and others in his now-defunct firm used faked legal settlements - or faked their involvement in real cases - to promise fat returns for investors.

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