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Oakland Park, Florida is located in Broward County. Zip codes in Oakland Park, FL include 33305, 33309, and 33306. More Oakland Park information.

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Thursday Feb 9 | Business Journal

Direct Title president charged with fraud

The president of an Oakland Park title company was charged with wire fraud for her participation in a mortgage fraud scheme where Bank of America provided one of the mortgages.

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Mon Feb 06, 2012

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Biblical reading, picture by picture

He read a striking, surreal description of a muscular angel in the Book of Revelation - robed with the sun, standing on land and sea, haloed with a rainbow, shouting a divine message.

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Thu Feb 02, 2012

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Truck batteries disappearing in five South Florida cities

The batteries range anywhere from $100 to $250. The bigger the battery, the more expensive.

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South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Thieves preying on tax returns

At least a dozen tax filers say they spent hours in line Wednesday at the Internal Revenue Service office in Plantation to report someone had already filed their returns - with the tax season just two weeks old.

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Wed Feb 01, 2012

Broward-Palm Beach

The Ghost of Alligator Alley Rises Again as a New Venue in Downtown Hollywood

In its seven-and-a-half year life, the late Alligator Alley in Oakland Park carved out a distinct swampy niche for itself.

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Mon Jan 30, 2012

ABC7 Chicago

'Felony Lane Gang' member gets jail, faces drug charge

Three men and a woman were nabbed by police just after swiping electronics from a northwest suburban home Tuesday afternoon.

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The Miami Herald

Arpaio's Phoenix offices temporarily evacuated

More than 200 people were arrested in Broward County in a crackdown on drug sales, prostitution, sexual predators and fugitives last week.

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Fri Jan 27, 2012

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Contractor sentenced to 10 years for theft and extortion

Even Douglas Livingston testified at his sentencing on Friday that in his own words he's a jerk and an ass with an explosive temper.

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Tue Jan 24, 2012

WSVN-TV Miami Beach

Water warning issued for Oakland Park

The Broward County Health Department has issued a no-swim advisory for the recreational waters of the North Fork of the Middle River.

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Mon Jan 23, 2012

The Miami Herald

Broward couple charged in tax-fraud case that will be first of many to come, feds say

A Broward County couple were charged Monday with cashing millions of dollars worth of income-tax refund checks issued by the U.S. government to people under investigation for stealing others' identities to file alleged fake tax returns.

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The Miami Herald

Traffic alert: Crash on SR 826 at Flagler; I-75 injury accident at MM 45

Air Rescue was called to the scene of an injury accident northbound on Interstate 75 at mil marker 45, Alligator Alley, in Sunrise.

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South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Sewage spill closes portion of Oakland Park roadway

A portion of a roadway through Oakland Park was closed early Monday because of a sewage spill.

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Sun Jan 22, 2012

CBS Local

Howard Ault's Date With Death Delayed - Again

Alicia Jones , Ault Death Penalty , Ault Hearing Delay , DeAnn Mu'min , Easterlin Park Oakland Park Donna Jones , Howard Ault , Jedge Marc Gold FT.

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Tue Jan 17, 2012

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Police arrest third and fourth murder suspects

Rivky Tamar, 21 is the fourth suspect arrested for the Nov. 15, 2011 shooting death of Nelson Heck, 66, in Fort Lauderdale.

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Mon Jan 16, 2012

WTVJ

W. Oakland Park Blvd. Shut for "Suicidal" Situation

Broward Sheriff's Office deputies have shut down two avenue-long blocks of W. Oakland Park Boulevard as they deal with what they called "a barricaded, suicidal subject" in a Days Inn.

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South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Celeb stylist Ted Gibson gives our reader a hip, new look

Ted Gibson Salon inside the W Hotel, 401 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., Fort Lauderdale; 954-414-8343; TedGibsonBeauty.com Ted Gibson is seeing sexy bangs in Ginny Kallin's future.

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Fri Jan 13, 2012

All About Jazz

Jaco: The Extraordinary and Tragic Life...

While Milkowski's style is eminently readable, the book is by no means an easy read, because when Jaco begins to slide the reader is taken right down with him.

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