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Monday Nov 23 | Orlando Business Journal

Homebuilders return, scramble for prime sites

For a moment last month, Jim Bagley thought it was 2005 again. Meritage Homes of Florida Inc.

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Sat Nov 21, 2009

The Orlando Sentinel

James Hataway's attorney: Move him to Seminole to prepare for trial

The man at the center of a high-profile missing persons case in Ocoee is moving closer to trial in a similar case in Seminole County.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

Bradenton Herald

3 arrested following armed home invasion in Winter Garden

A Winter Garden couple and their son were terrorized for two days by four people who kidnapped them at gunpoint, forced the woman to withdraw nearly $24,000 from the bank and shot her as she tried to escape, police said Wednesday.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

MyFoxOrlando

Fatal shooting in Ocoee

Homicide detectives with the Orange County Sheriff's Office are investigating a shooting in Ocoee.

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WDBO-AM Orlando

Winter Garden home invasion was a kidnapping and robbery plot

It began last Sunday when at least two suspects forced their way into a home in the upper scale Lake Roberts Landing neighborhood, and kidnapped a family of three.

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

WFTV

Thousands Spent On Conference Despite Economy

Despite tough economic times, Eyewitness News learned some smaller local cities spent thousands of dollars just to fly representatives to a national conference.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

WESH-TV

Accused Spanking Cop Expected In Court

A former Orange County police officer accused of spanking a woman is expected in court Friday.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

El Sentinel

Murder suspect allowed to leave house an hour a day

For three months, murder suspect John Hawthorne has been confined to his family's Ocoee home, forbidden to go even on the front porch.

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

El Sentinel

Family of man stabbed to death file civil suit

The parents of a transient who was fatally stabbed in Ocoee is filing a civil suit in Orange County Circuit Court Thursday against the man charged in the July 22 attack, attorneys said.

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Tue Nov 10, 2009

OrlandoSentinel.com - Business

Hairy encounter with shave Web site

Dear Greg: In May, I ordered the Finally Free Ultra Permanent Hair Removal System from nevershaveagain.com, the Web address for United Production Inc., in New Jersey.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Orlando Business Journal

Aldi buys Ocoee site for $2M

Aldi Florida LLC acquired a 2-acre site in Ocoee to build a new store at the Shoppes at West Oaks shopping center for $2 million.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

The Orlando Sentinel

Suitcase at mall: Bomb? No, just clothing

If the West Oaks Mall in Ocoee were an airport, then the two abandoned suitcases would have been red flags for concern.

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Mon Oct 26, 2009

UPI

Only clothing in suspected suitcase bombs

Only clothing was inside two suspicious suitcases detonated as a precaution after being found in a mall in Ocoee, Fla., authorities say.

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Sat Oct 24, 2009

St. Petersburg Times

Three drown in Pine Hills community pool

A father, his daughter and her friend all drowned in a Central Florida swimming pool.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

Orlando Business Journal

Ocoee seeks approval of CRA master plan for hotel site

The city of Ocoee is just a couple of steps away from approving a plan that would help jumpstart development at and near the site of the demolished Colony Plaza condo-hotel/timeshare property.

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Wed Oct 21, 2009

Bradenton Herald

Three drown in Orange County pool

A father, his daughter and her friend all drowned in a central Florida swimming pool.

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Mon Oct 19, 2009

WESH-TV

Acid Bomb Explodes At Apartment Complex

Investigators are working to determine who placed acid bombs in the breezeway of an Orange County apartment complex.

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Sat Oct 17, 2009

El Sentinel

Two dead, teen fighting for life in Pine Hills drowning

A young girl and her would-be rescuer drowned and a teenager is struggling to survive after being found unconscious in a Pine Hills swimming pool, authorities said.

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Fri Oct 16, 2009

MyFoxOrlando

Three dead in Orlando drownings

Emergency crews in Orange County responded to reports of multiple drownings in Orlando's Pine Hills community on Friday shortly before 5:30 a.m.A Orange County Fire Rescue personnel confirm that three people are now dead.

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Thu Oct 15, 2009

El Sentinel

Investigators on scene of a shooting in west Orange

Investigators are on the scene of a shooting this afternoon in west Orange County and a second location where blood has been found, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said.

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