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Yesterday | Palm Beach Post

Beryl bringing rip currents to Palm Beach County's waters

AbramsonPBP: At Dylan's rate, maybe your son's 1st concert? RT @burgessjonathan Dylan was my dad's 1st concert and then my first concert 30 years later! rchristiepbp: RT @myPBC: The Annual Palm Beach Jerk and Caribbean Culture Festival is this Memorial Day.

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Related Topix: Palm Beach County, FL, Rick Scott, US Governors, Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, Miami Dade County, FL, Weather

Sunday | Click Orlando

Ga. campers ordered to leave as Tropical Storm Beryl nears

Hundreds of campers and day-trippers to Georgia's Cumberland Island National Seashore were ordered to leave by Sunday afternoon as Tropical Storm Beryl was poised to make landfall Sunday night, the National Parks Service said.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, US National Parks, Cumberland Island National Seashore, Weather, St. Augustine, FL

Sunday | The Orlando Sentinel

Pedestrian struck, killed by antique car

A 64-year-old Merritt Island man was killed Saturday night after he walked in front of an antique car and was struck on State Road 50 in Brevard County , troopers said.

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Related Topix: Merritt Island, FL

Sunday | The Orlando Sentinel

Inflated auto-insurance claims? Morgan & Morgan, Dan Newlin deny State Farm allegations

One of Central Florida's best-known law firms and a prominent Brevard County surgeon may have had an "across-the-board agreement" in recent years to inflate by millions of dollars the charges for spinal surgeries in auto-accident claims, according to insurance-company allegations that have sprung unexpectedly from a pair of routine personal-injury ... (more)

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Orlando, FL, University of Central Florida

Sunday | Cinema Blend News

Banned Copies Of Fifty Shades Of Grey Returning To Shelves

I think a good percentage of the population is just happy when a book is on the shelves and getting people into reading, even if it also sells sex toys in the process.

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Related Topix: Libraries

Sat May 26, 2012

WTXL

Fla baby sitter faces murder in girl's death

A 23-year-old central Florida man has been charged with murder for allegedly throwing a toddler against a bed.

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TCPalm

Worst of Beryl to bypass Treasure Coast

Rain, moderate winds and rough surf from this year's second named storm will rile the Treasure Coast Sunday and Monday, but the worst weather will pass to the north of Brevard County.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Volusia County, FL, Weather, Melbourne, FL

Click Orlando

Firefighters battling brush fire in Brevard

Brevard County firefighters, along with Cocoa firefighters and Division of Forestry are working to stop a fast moving fire that is getting closer to homes.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Cocoa, FL

Palm Beach Post

Merritt Island's 'Annie the Dragon' may rise again

But 10 years after Annie's fatal collapse during a fierce summer storm, the 100-foot serpent-like statue remains a jagged heap of broken concrete and loops of rusting steel.

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Related Topix: Merritt Island, FL, Cocoa Beach, FL, Melbourne, FL

Fri May 25, 2012

WDBO-AM Orlando

Tropical storm warnings for Southeast coast

Tropical storm warnings have been issued for the Southeast coast from north Florida to South Carolina as a cluster of thunderstorms was gathering strength Friday night and expected to become Tropical Storm Beryl over the Memorial Day weekend.

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Related Topix: Tornado, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Weather

Click Orlando

Cocoa babysitter charged in toddler's death

A 23-year-old babysitter is being charged with murder after deputies say he threw a toddler against a bed out of frustration, killing the child.

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Related Topix: Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse), Law

Business Journal

Schmid Construction gets $7.2M assisted-living facility contract

Schmid Construction landed a $7.2 million contract to build the first assisted-living facility in Brevard County.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

WDAE-AM Tampa

Brevard County library removed controversial book from shelves

The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida and an anti-censorship group have sent the Brevard County Commission a letter urging the restock of a controversial erotic novel on its library shelves.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Activism

The Orlando Sentinel

Twin brothers charged with murder in Brevard shooting death

Obadiah Toppin, left, and Octavius Toppin are accused of gunning down Raymond Torres, 25, as he stood on his driveway outside his home in the 1400 block of Healey St.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime

Hometown News

Local students help four-legged friends find homes

With a pet rabbit and a 4-year-old beagle, named "Hank," at home, Cameron Rowell, 12, knows what responsible pet ownership is all about.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Melbourne, FL, Cocoa, FL

Thu May 24, 2012

Osceola News Gazette

Area students score equal or better than state FCAT average

Writing scores for the 2012 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test for individuals school districts were released Friday, and Osceola County School District fourth-, eighth- and 10th-graders scored better or equal to the state average and, in many cases, higher than their peers in all other Central Florida school districts.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Seminole County, FL, Duval County, FL

WESH-TV

Flames Damage Several Homes Overnight

In Seminole County, crews found flames shooting from a townhouse at the Altamonte Villa Apartments on Orienta Avenue in Altamonte Springs.

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Related Topix: Seminole County, FL, Altamonte Springs, FL, Fire, Merritt Island, FL

TCPalm

Vero Beach man added to state's sexual offender website

A 40-year-old Indian River County man's arrest on charges of exposing himself at public beaches in Brevard County has led to his being added to the state's sexual offender website, according to state officials.

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Related Topix: Vero Beach, FL, Indian River County, FL, Satellite Beach, FL, Sebastian, FL

Wed May 23, 2012

TCPalm

4 students to receive Medal of Merit Award

Four Indian River County high school students are among the 28 students of Florida's Congressional District 15 who are receiving this year's Congressional Medal of Merit Award.

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Related Topix: Indian River County, FL, Education Etc.

Examiner.com

2012 hurricane season preparations underway on Space Coast

Hurricane season in the Atlantic begins June 1st and ends November 30th - officially.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Tornado

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