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Friday | Fox 30

Two charged in security guard killing

A College Park real estate agent on trial for killing her boyfriend may testify.

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Related Topix: Prison, Real Estate, Orlando, FL

Thu May 23, 2013

The Orlando Sentinel

BurgerFi, Bill Nelson, guns at school & more

Specifically, folks are worked up that BurgerFi - with its counter service at the south end of Park Avenue - is undermining the sit-down service to which folks are accustomed.

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Related Topix: Opinion

WFTV Orlando

Alafaya Trail construction delayed until June 2014, officials say

Thousands of Orange County drivers will be dealing with a road-widening project for much longer than they thought.

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Related Topix: Orlando, FL

Albany Times Union

Man shot by FBI had ties to Boston bombing suspect

This May 4, 2013 police photo provided by the Orange County Corrections Department in Orlando, Fla., shows Ibragim Todashev after his arrest for aggravated battery in Orlando.

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Related Topix: US Federal Bureau of Investigation, US News, Orlando, FL

Wed May 22, 2013

Business Wire

Fitch Rates Orange County FL School Board Leasing Corp.'s COPs 'AA'; Outlook Stable

Proceeds will be used to refund a portion of the corporation's outstanding series 2004A COPs.

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Related Topix: Education Etc.

Business Journal

OBJ Interview: Valencia's Sandy Shugart on new campuses

Word broke yesterday that Valencia College will be seeking state approval for a new campus in Poinciana.

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Related Topix: Apopka, FL

The Orlando Sentinel

Friend: Orlando man killed by FBI agent was questioned in Boston bombings

An Orlando man who was shot and killed by an agent with the FBI early this morning was friends with the Boston bombings suspects, according to a friend of the victim.

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Related Topix: Orlando, FL

Tue May 21, 2013

The Orlando Sentinel

UCF student tries to heal after domestic-violence attack

Kaylyn Martin and her best friend had rented movies in the University of Central Florida library and grabbed a bite to eat when - as they were walking through a campus parking garage - a black car with its headlights off came screeching toward them.

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Related Topix: Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse), Law, Orlando, FL, Cocoa Beach, FL

The Orlando Sentinel

Rep. Brown asks feds to review Breedlove shooting

U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown has formally asked the Department of Justice to investigate the death of Torey Breedlove, a suspected car thief who was killed in a hail of gunfire by Orange County deputies three years ago.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Corrine Brown, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Business Journal

Jacobs, Orlando City Soccer meet to discuss Plan B for soccer stadium

Orlando City Soccer Club owners met with Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs Monday in an effort to come up with a Plan B to help save plans for a soccer stadium in downtown Orlando, WFTV reports.

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Related Topix: Orlando, FL

Mon May 20, 2013

The Orlando Sentinel

Dad of slain man vows to fight for home confinement elimination

Rafael Zaldivar, father of a man slain in the Ocoee witness killings, protests discipline of Orange County home-confinement employees at the Orange County Jail on Monday, May 20, 2013.

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Related Topix: Ocoee, FL, Orlando, FL

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Gov. Scott vetoes tuition increase, $368 million in projects

Gov. Rick Scott vetoed $368 million in lawmaker pet projects Monday and blocked a 3 percent tuition hike for Florida colleges and universities.

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Related Topix: Rick Scott, US Governors, Florida, Charlie Crist, Orlando, FL, Titusville, FL

Sun May 19, 2013

The Orlando Sentinel

Budget cuts are affecting convention business in Central Florida

As conferences go, this one was supposed to be pretty standard: a 7,000-person affair at the Orange County Convention Center that - although not among Orlando's biggest shows - still would have brought a $13 million economic boost to the Orlando area.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Alan Grayson, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Orlando, FL

The Orlando Sentinel

Orlando's priciest community expands

Central Florida's most-expensive new residential development, Golden Oak at Walt Disney World , has nearly sold out its first four neighborhoods and is about to open its fifth.

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Related Topix: Orlando, FL, Florida, Cornell University, Altamonte Springs, FL

Fri May 17, 2013

WFTV Orlando

FDLE report shows crime down across central Florida

Crime across the state is down. That's according to a report the Florida Department of Law Enforcement released Thursday.

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Related Topix: Prison, Florida, University of Central Florida, Brevard County, FL

The Orlando Sentinel

Apopka man with loaded gun arrested at OIA

For the third time in two weeks, a passenger carrying a loaded handgun has been arrested while trying to board a flight at Orlando International Airport.

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Related Topix: Apopka, FL, Orlando, FL

Business Journal

CFHLA to host hospitality career fair May 23

The Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association and Workforce Central Florida have teamed up to host a hospitality career fair on May 23 at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando Sentinel reports.

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Related Topix: Orlando, FL

Thu May 16, 2013

WPTV Local News

Frightening Find

A Ku Klux Klan pamphlet was left on the driveway of an Orange County, Florida woman's home, and she says its message scares her.

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The Orlando Sentinel

Cannon's lobbying firm banks $755k in first full quarter

Former House Speaker Dean Cannon appears to have landed on his feet quite comfortably in his return to the lobbying world.

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Related Topix: The Villages, FL

Wed May 15, 2013

WFTV Orlando

Police: DNA match leads to indictment in 2002 slaying

Apopka police and State Attorney Jeff Ashton announced Wednesday that a grand jury has indicted a man in connection with a 2002 murder.

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Related Topix: Apopka, FL, Violent Crime, State Prisons, Prison