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34 min ago | WLNE-TV Providence

Obama condemns 'appalling attack' on UK soldier

Amid lingering concerns about his national security policies, President Barack Obama is outlining measures to clarify the deadly use of drones against terror suspects.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, United Kingdom, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Prison

1 hr ago | EDGE

What's HOT South Florida

This week started off with the Alibi's 16th anniversary, which started on Wednesday and went through Saturday.

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Related Topix: Fort Lauderdale, FL, Memorial Day, Life, Holidays

4 hrs ago | WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg

Florida man arrested in death of plum-eating bird

A north Florida man faces charges after fatally shooting a red-bellied woodpecker that was eating the plums from his trees.

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5 hrs ago | Ft. Meade Leader

Court agrees to shield legislators from lawsuit

The Republican-controlled Florida Legislature scored a victory Wednesday in a long-running battle over how lawmakers drew up new districts for themselves and Congress.

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Related Topix: Florida Government, US News, US House of Representatives, US Politics, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democrat

5 hrs ago | The Orlando Sentinel

4-pound hairball in stomach of 400-pound Florida tiger

While Ty reclined drowsily in the back of Vernon Yates' white pickup, about a dozen reporters and photographers stood less than 2 feet from his open cage, snapping photos of him - and of themselves, standing within inches of the 400-pound Siberian tiger.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Surgery

5 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Places to see ancient West Coast Florida

Have you ever seen what Florida and the Native American culture might have been like in ancient times? There are more places than you might think nestled in and around Florida's west coast that depict through ancient artifacts, mounds, and other archeological finds what it might have been like well over 1500 years ago.

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Related Topix: Archaeology, Anthropology, Science, Palmetto, FL, Crystal River, FL, Pinellas County, FL, St. Petersburg, FL

9 hrs ago | CBS Local

Man Charged With Selling African Elephant Tusks

A New Mexico man is facing federal charges in the Florida Panhandle after authorities say he sold two African elephant tusks.

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10 hrs ago | North Port Sun

Prepare for hurricane season with free seminar

PHOTO PROVIDED Doug Christ, left, DeSoto County's emergency manager, and Program Specialist Jean Garland pose with Dr.

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Related Topix: Meteorology, Science, Hurricane, Natural Disasters

Wed May 22, 2013

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Florida No. 1 In Barring Ex-prisoners From Voting

Florida leads the nation by a wide margin in the number of felons who have served their sentences but cannot vote.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Adam Putnam, Florida Government, Prison, Rick Scott, US Governors

Florida Baptist Witness

From Madagascar to Central Asia, Florida Baptist collegians serve globally

JACKSONVILLE - This summer 110 Florida Baptist college students will spend their vacations serving in ways to advance God's Kingdom when they travel to 17 countries and throughout the state of Florida as student summer missionaries.

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Related Topix: Central America Travel, Travel, Panama Travel, Bradenton, FL, Wewahitchka, FL, Indian Rocks Beach, FL

Denver Post

Surgeons remove tiger's basketball-sized hairball

It's not unusual for a cat to get a hairball, but a 400-pound tiger needed help from veterinary surgeons in Florida when he couldn't hack up a basketball-size hairball by himself.

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Related Topix: Offbeat

Daily Kos

9-month-old Florida firm donates $140,000 to Scott and state GOP, gets $52 million state deal

If this isn't crooked, it's only because we've defined crookedness down so much that it doesn't exist anymore : Two months after contributing $110,000 to Gov.

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Related Topix: Florida Government, Rick Scott, US Governors, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, US News, Liberal Political News

Miami New Times

Florida Members of 'Crazy White Boy' Gang Arrested for Bragging About Gang Membership on Facebook

How crazy is that Crazy White Boy gang? So crazy members brag about being in gangs on Facebook and, get this, they don't even give a fuck.

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Related Topix: Social Software

Broward-Palm Beach

Top 17 Famous Musicians Who Claim to Live in Florida

Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene.

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Related Topix: Florida Government, Disco, KC & the Sunshine Band

Folio Weekly

Did you know there are 19,500 children in foster care in Florida? A...

"Going green" is trending, but sometimes you need to use a printer. Find how to save the other kind of green.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Duval County, FL, Teenagers

Highlands Today

Florida wine gaining popularity overseas as exports rise

When browsing through the local wine selections, one might be used to seeing a Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon or an Australian Shiraz on the shelves, as they are both popular choices in wines.

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Related Topix: Drink, Wine

News 4 Jax

Defense: Martin high night of shooting

In a new motion on Tuesday, George Zimmerman's defense team argues that they believe Trayvon Martin was high on marijuana the night he was killed by George Zimmerman.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Marijuana

Business Journal

Donald Trump's acquisitions stretch from South Florida to Washington, D.C.

Donald Trump has cleared a regulatory hurdle in his efforts to redevelop the Old Post Office in downtown Washington, D.C. into a luxury hotel, but is still in financial negotiations with the federal government.

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FOX 4 Now

Oklahoma twister stokes memories for Hurricane Charley victims

The images of destruction from Moore, OK are bringing back memories for Southwest Floridians who survived Hurricane Charley in 2004.

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Related Topix: Weather

Tue May 21, 2013

North Port Sun

Budget vetoes: $400M

Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who had a tough time winning cooperation this past year from the Republican-led Legislature, struck back on Monday by vetoing nearly $400 million from the state's new budget.

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Related Topix: Florida Government, US Governors, Rick Scott

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