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Yesterday | Click Orlando

'Dr. G' donates TV show earnings

Her show, "Dr. G: Inside the Caylee Anthony Case", first aired on TLC on Jan. 1, featuring her talking in-depth about her findings in the case.

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Related Topix: Casey Anthony

Friday | The Orlando Sentinel

Malcom Thompson faces victim-tampering probe

The Osceola County Clerk of Court removed from office by Gov. Rick Scott on assault and battery charges faces a new inquiry of possible victim tampering in the case, records show.

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Related Topix: Rick Scott, US Governors, Kissimmee, FL

Thu Feb 09, 2012

The Orlando Sentinel

Ignorance of law clears Orange County Sheriff's top lobbyist in gun controversy

Ignorance of the law helped clear Sheriff Jerry Demings' political lobbyist of wrongdoing for handing out gun owners' restricted driver's license photos last year in Tallahassee to lobby against an open-carry law, Orange County sheriff's records show.

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Related Topix: National Rifle Association (NRA), Outdoor Recreation

Osceola News Gazette

Suspects arrested in Amscot robbery

By Master Sgt. Adam M. StumpFor the News-Gazette The U.S. Air Force Band Ceremonial Brass conducted an educational outreach clinic with students Jan.

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Related Topix: Kissimmee, FL, St. Cloud, FL, Home Gardening, Home

The Orlando Sentinel

Three arrested in Amscot robbery

Three men have been picked up in South Carolina and Kentucky on charges of robbing an Amscot store Orange County on Sunday morning after a home invasion and kidnapping of the manager near Kissimmee , according to the Osceola County Sheriff's Office .

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Related Topix: Orange County, FL, Kissimmee, FL

Wed Feb 08, 2012

Osceola News Gazette

Advice: Get term limits on the ballot and it will pass

KOA pupils ready to watch their garden grow Mojica named Kissimmee utility reader of the year Rotary Club of Kissimmee South/Poinciana names citizen of the year Civilian, public safety honored for saving life Bridal and quinceanera expo to offer traditional vendors City of St.

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Related Topix: Kissimmee, FL, St. Cloud, FL, Atlantis, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

Tue Feb 07, 2012

The Orlando Sentinel

Poinciana breaks ground on long-awaited medical center

The first phase, known as a freestanding emergency department, could open in early 2013.

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Related Topix: Poinciana, FL, Kissimmee, FL

Click Orlando

Schools in only 1 county do lice checks

Central Florida parents are outraged at the school lice policies, especially after Local 6 reported Volusia County schools enacted a policy last year that they won't check children for head lice--and didn't notify the parents.

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Related Topix: Volusia County, FL, Seminole County, FL

WESH-TV

Fake Physician Assistant Blames Hospital For Issuing Badge

A teenager accused of bluffing his way into an Osceola County hospital emergency room last year says it's not his fault.

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South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Sex-offender spike: Florida sees 74 percent hike in five years

Registered sexual predator Robert Quinn Keeter, 55, was arrested in Orlando last month after a 7-year-old girl accused him of molesting her.

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Related Topix: Florida

Mon Feb 06, 2012

The Orlando Sentinel

Osceola commissioners step in to start work on 10-mile Poinciana Parkway

Osceola County commissioners stepped in today to ensure that construction of the long-awaited Poinciana Parkway will begin by February 2013, giving residents of the giant development hope of better access to Interstate 4 . The planned toll road had been delayed several times while Avatar Properties, the main developer of Poinciana, tried to get ... (more)

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Related Topix: Poinciana, FL, Polk County, FL, Loughman, FL

The Orlando Sentinel

Sheriff's Office releases video of Osceola armed robbery

Officials say man's family was held hostage Sunday as he was forced to assist in robbery of Amscot location A forensics member from Orange County Sheriff's Department works the scene of a robbery at am Amscot in the Hunters Creek area or Orlando on February 5, 2012.

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Related Topix: Orange County, FL, Hunters Creek, FL, Orlando, FL

Business Journal

Planned Publix prompts NY firm to buy Celebration center

A foreclosed shopping center in Celebration was able to woo a new owner thanks, in part, to plans to anchor the center with a new 50,000-square-foot-plus Publix.

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Related Topix: Celebration, FL

Osceola News Gazette

Descriptions of suspects released for home invasion, kidnapping

By Fallan PattersonStaff WriterOtis Memorial Academy, a Kissimmee private school, has partnered with Downtown Health and Fitness gym in City Centre to give the school's 15 students access to a physica... Readmore KOA pupils ready to watch their garden grow Mojica named Kissimmee utility reader of the year Rotary Club of Kissimmee South/Poinciana ... (more)

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Related Topix: Kissimmee, FL, St. Cloud, FL, Orange County, FL

Sun Feb 05, 2012

The Orlando Sentinel

Suspect in St. Cloud AK-47 attack loved Satan, cops say

David Penney was 7 years old when cops first reported he threatened to kill someone.

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Related Topix: St. Cloud, FL

WFTV Orlando

Deputies: Amscot employee kidnapped from home, forced to rob store

Orange and Osceola County deputies are investigating the kidnapping of an Amscot employee who was taken to the store and forced to rob it Sunday morning.

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Related Topix: Kissimmee, FL

Fri Feb 03, 2012

Osceola News Gazette

10 arrested and two grow houses discovered

KOA pupils ready to watch their garden grow Mojica named Kissimmee utility reader of the year Rotary Club of Kissimmee South/Poinciana names citizen of the year Civilian, public safety honored for saving life Bridal and quinceanera expo to offer traditional vendors City of St.

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home, Kissimmee, FL, St. Cloud, FL, Poinciana, FL

The Orlando Sentinel

Our weekly CHAMP & CHUMP: Mike Fasano & Malcom Thompson

Mike Fasano : The GOP state senator from New Port Richey was stripped of his subcommittee chairmanship this week by Senate President Mike Haridopolos for daring to oppose a leadership-backed plan to privatize 26 prisons or work camps in South Florida.

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Related Topix: New Port Richey, FL, Tallahassee, FL, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Opinion

The Miami Herald

Court rules against abortion protester's lawsuit

A federal judge said Tuesday that the U.S. government must notify Occupy DC protesters if it intends to evict them from a downtown Washington park and remove their tents and other belongings.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Rick Scott

Thu Feb 02, 2012

Osceola News Gazette

Rescued animals placed in new homes

By Fallan PattersonStaff WriterOtis Memorial Academy, a Kissimmee private school, has partnered with Downtown Health and Fitness gym in City Centre to give the school's 15 students access to a physica... Readmore KOA pupils ready to watch their garden grow Mojica named Kissimmee utility reader of the year Rotary Club of Kissimmee South/Poinciana ... (more)

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Related Topix: Kissimmee, FL, St. Cloud, FL, Poinciana, FL

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