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• Wooden Wisdom Performs at Brickell City Centre

  03-12-2015 23:56
  
  The Brickell City Centre is still a construction zone, but that didn't stop the throngs who showed up last night to have a look-see. And Deco was there to party with the art crowds and chat with the celebrity DJ: "The Lord of the Rings" star Elijah Wood.
  
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• 5-Grain Tacu Tacu - Tantalize

  03-12-2015 23:55
  
  If you're vegetarian or vegan, this bite is for you! It's a delicious alternative to meat--  from a hot new restaurant on Miami Beach. We'll show you what's on the menu tonight as we grab a Bite with Belkys.
  
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• Stories of those who died in the mass shooting in California

  03-12-2015 23:51
  
  By CHRISTINE ARMARIO, TAMARA LUSH and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Fourteen people were killed Wednesday when a county restaurant inspector and his wife opened fire on his co-workers at a staff...
  
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• Q&A: A look at the Nevada court fight over life-support

  03-12-2015 23:51
  A father's bid to keep his 20-year-old daughter on life-support at a Reno hospital after doctors declared her brain-dead is pending before a Nevada state court judge. Beyond the family attorney's claim on Wednesday...
  
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• More US police charged with murder, manslaughter in 2015

  03-12-2015 23:51
  
  The number of U.S. police officers charged with murder or manslaughter for on-duty shootings has tripled this year - a sharp increase that at least one expert says could be the result of more video evidence.
  
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• Jurors get an up-close look at Freddie Gray van

  03-12-2015 23:51
  
  Jurors in the trial for a police officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray got an up-close look Thursday at the police transport van where he broke his neck.
  
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• Arkansas judge strikes secrecy portion of execution law

  03-12-2015 23:51
  An Arkansas judge has struck down a portion of the state's law that keeps secret details about the drugs used in executions, saying Thursday that drug suppliers do not have a constitutional right to be free from...
  
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• After California attack, Clinton urges gun control

  03-12-2015 23:51
  Hillary Clinton is issuing a fresh plea for stricter gun control after a mass shooting at a social service facility in southern California, saying that no parent should have to worry about being killed at a holiday party.
  
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• Politics of grief, gun control, prayer after latest shooting

  03-12-2015 23:50
  
  It's a natural reaction in times of grief: Politicians from both parties offered supportive thoughts and prayers for those killed in the San Bernardino shootings. But within hours, social media was awash with pushback...
  
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• Motives behind mass violence can be a complex mix

  03-12-2015 23:50
  
  Why did they do it?
  
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• Chicago officials investigate video of toddler smoking pot

  03-12-2015 23:43
  
  Authorities in Chicago are investigating a video of what appears to be a toddler smoking marijuana while an adult is encouraging it.
  
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• Gas leak capped at Biscayne Blvd and 79th Street

  03-12-2015 23:39
  
  All lanes are once again open at Biscayne Boulevard and 79th Street after crews capped a gas leak in the area.
  
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• GK Bistronomie

  03-12-2015 23:35
  
  So I head to Miami's Wynwood neighborhood to check out GK Bistronomie, and I'm chatting with Chef Rafael Perez Cambana and casually ask what the GK stands for. He explains that the letter G, number 7 in numerology, and K, number 11, are numerology's two luckiest numbers and together (7-11) they represent the beginning of something great.
  
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• Crews Respond to Sewer Gas Coming From Manhole in Miami

  03-12-2015 23:21 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Crews responded after sewer gas was coming from a manhole in Miami Thursday afternoon, officials said.Photo Credit: Shutterstock
  
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• BSO deputy saves motorcyclist after crash

  03-12-2015 23:05
  
  A Broward Sheriff's Office reserve deputy is being hailed a hero after he saved the life of a motorcyclist who had just lost a leg in a crash.The crash happened Aug. 31 on McNab Road and 80 Street.Andrew Harris, a student at Broward College, was on the bike heading home from work when his life changed forever."A 72-year-old man pulled out in front of me and I had to try and swerve, and he ran into me. (He) never saw me," Harris said. "He hit me and I flew off the bike. I was told I hit my leg on
  
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• Aaron Hammond arrested after peeking into windows in Weston, BSO says

  03-12-2015 22:59
  
  A man was arrested Wednesday after he was caught peeking into windows in a Weston neighborhood.Aaron Hammond, 25, faces charges of burglary, voyeurism, resisting arrest, and loitering and prowling.Broward Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Gina Carter said Hammond was seen peeping through windows in the San Remo community.Carter said concerned residents first notified the BSO about a peeping Tom in the neighborhood.Hammond is the second man to be arrested on similar charges in Broward County this week
  
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• Miami Gardens man missing

  03-12-2015 22:40
  
  The Miami Gardens Police Department is asking the public for helping locating a man who went missing Tuesday.
  
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• FBI Investigating Fort Lauderdale Bank Robbery

  03-12-2015 22:37 via nbcmiami.com
  
  The FBI is investigating a robbery at a Fort Lauderdale bank Thursday morning.Photo Credit: FBI
  
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• Uber testing feature that allows riders to find driver with color-coded SPOT lights

  03-12-2015 22:29
  
  Uber is testing out a new feature that would allow riders to find their drivers through a color coded light that would appear on the cars windshields. The technology, called SPOT, helps the difficulty of passengers finding the right car in a dark or crowded area.
  
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• Trial Date Set for Detective Facing Child Porn Charges

  03-12-2015 22:23 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A South Miami Police detective who served as a coordinator for the department's explorer program and is facing multiple child pornography charges was back in court Thursday where a date was set in his trial.Photo Credit: Broward Sheriff's Office
  
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• Officials say "no threat" at FIU & University of Miami

  03-12-2015 22:00
  
  Students at Florida International University received a letter from FIU regarding reports that FIU would "be on the news tonight". Officials have not confirmed the person who made the comment or the intent of the comment, a news release said.
  
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• Report: UM student threatens to 'shoot up' class

  03-12-2015 21:25
  
  Florida International University and University of Miami students have been alerted by school officials after threats were received by the universities.UM's newspaper tweeted that police were called to the university's School of Communications after a student threatened to shoot up a class.The university released a statement on its Twitter page shortly after the incident:"Safety of our students is of paramount importance. Administration is aware of the matter, and proper steps to ensure safety h
  
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• FIU Police Investigating Possible Threat

  03-12-2015 21:22 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Officials at Florida International University notified students and faculty Thursday after police received reports of comments that the school would "be on the news tonight."Photo Credit: NBC6.com
  
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• Man crawls under Cracker Barrel bathroom stall seeking sex with woman

  03-12-2015 21:15
  
  Police are trying to identify a man who crawled under a bathroom stall at a Cracker Barrel in Boynton Beach and told a 79-year-old woman that he wanted to have sex with her.Boynton Beach police spokeswoman Stephanie Slater said the woman told police she was using the bathroom Tuesday afternoon when the man crawled under the stall and told her that he wanted to have sex with her.She said he cursed at her, so she screamed for help and the man walked out of the bathroom.Slater described the man as
  
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• Woman says someone opened front door before shooting into Miramar home

  03-12-2015 20:57
  
  Police have released the 911 calls made early Sunday after someone shot at a home in Miramar.The shooting was reported just before 1 a.m. in the 7900 block of Pembroke Road.A woman inside the home told a dispatcher that someone opened the front door before shooting, but no one inside saw the person's face."They just knocked on the door, and they opened the door and then they shot in the house," the woman said between tears.The victim, identified by neighbors as Oral Wilmot, was struck by a bulle
  
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• Firefighters paint home of woman they rescued

  03-12-2015 20:57
  
  Some South Florida firefighters took part in a home makeover to show support for a woman who was brutally attacked back in 2007.
  
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• Boca Raton Mom Says Child's Hoverboard Exploded

  03-12-2015 20:53 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A Boca Raton mother says that a hoverboard she purchased for her daughter exploded just moments after the girl was riding on it.Photo Credit: AP
  
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• TODAY Co-Hosts Sing 'Happy Birthday' to WTVJ GM

  03-12-2015 20:51 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Happy Birthday to WTVJ General Manager Larry Olevitch! Watch as TODAY co-hosts Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb sing to him live on air.
  
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• Florida reverses ruling on Uber's labor model

  03-12-2015 20:49
  
  As the San Francisco based-company expands the reach of its smartphone app, disoriented Uber drivers -- who can end up paying about $1,000 a month to connect with Uber app users  -- continue to face hurdles in Florida.Former Uber drivers cannot collect unemployment insurance, Gov. Rick Scott's right-hand man for creating jobs said in a final order issued Thursday. Florida's designation of drivers as Uber employees in May is no longer.DOCUMENT: The nine-page rulingAfter Uber appealed the May
  
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• Weather: Wet, Rainy Thursday Afternoon

  03-12-2015 20:25 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Heavy rain is expected today and for the next few days. Adam Berg says another front early next week may bring some drier air.
  
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• The Latest: Female attacker had Pakistani passport, FBI says

  03-12-2015 19:50
  
  The latest on the mass shooting at a social service facility in San Bernardino, California (all times local):
  
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• Pentagon chief to military: Open all combat jobs to women

  03-12-2015 19:49
  Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Thursday ordered the military to open all combat jobs to women, rebuffing requests by the Marine Corps to exclude women from certain front-line combat jobs.
  
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• Attackers in California shooting had thousands of bullets

  03-12-2015 19:49
  
  The two attackers who killed 14 people in a rampage at a banquet fired as many as 75 rifle rounds at the scene, left behind three rigged-together pipe bombs with a remote-control device that apparently malfunctioned, and...
  
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• Kerry says peace in reach as hopes for Cyprus deal rise

  03-12-2015 19:48
  Cyprus has long had the reputation of a peace mediator's graveyard.
  
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• Appeals court: Fantasizing about violence is not a crime

  03-12-2015 19:48
  A former New York City police officer committed no crime when he fantasized online about committing horrific acts of sexual violence against his wife and others, including bizarre exchanges about kidnapping and eating...
  
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• 8 arrested as police tear down protest camp in Minneapolis

  03-12-2015 19:48
  
  More than two weeks after protesters built an encampment outside a Minneapolis police station to protest the fatal shooting of a black man by police, officers moved in early Thursday to tear it down and evict the...
  
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• New Yorker who aided Peruvian rebels returns home

  03-12-2015 19:42
  
  Peruvians still largely resent Lori Berenson for conspiring with the nation's No. 2 leftist rebel group in the 1990s, and she and her prison-born son lived in a kind of limbo for five years after she was paroled.
  
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• AP Conversation: Trump says Mideast peace rests with Israel

  03-12-2015 19:42
  
  Donald Trump says that if he's elected president, he'll know within six months whether he can achieve an elusive peace accord between Israelis and Palestinians, one of the world's most vexing challenges. But...
  
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• Woman robs Chase Bank in Fort Lauderdale

  03-12-2015 19:38
  
  The FBI is searching for a woman who robbed a bank in Fort Lauderdale Thursday morning.The robbery was reported about 11:30 a.m. at a Chase Bank branch at 790 E. Broward Blvd.According to agents, the woman, who was wearing eyeglasses and a beige jacket, approached a teller and demanded money. An undisclosed amount of cash was taken.No injuries were reported.Anyone with information about the identity of the woman is asked to call the FBI at 754-703-2000.
  
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• House bill would tighten security of visa-free travel to US

  03-12-2015 19:36
  House leaders have announced bipartisan legislation to tighten rules for a program that allows citizens from 38 countries to travel to the U.S. without a visa.
  
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• Bullet narrowly misses man's lungs in road rage shooting

  03-12-2015 19:36
  A man who was shot in an apparent road rage incident in Miami on Thanksgiving says he only approached the other driver because he thought the driver had sideswiped his car.The shooting was reported about 11:30 p.m. Nov. 26 at the intersection of Northeast 2nd Avenue and 13th Street in Miami.According to detectives, two drivers were involved in a car-to-car argument that escalated as they approached a red light at the intersection. Video shows the driver of a black Rolls Royce getting out of his
  
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• Homeless military mother gets new home in Miami

  03-12-2015 18:57
  
  A mother of four and U.S. Army veteran is thankful to now have a roof over her family's head after she became homeless following her service."It was very difficult emotionally," Engrid Elvine said.Elvine just could not believe that she and her four children were homeless."It hurt me to my heart because I saw how it was affecting my children. You know? Especially the oldest, because they understood what was going on," she said.Elvine joined the military right after the terror attacks of 9/11, hop
  
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• Silver Star recipient finds himself on streets of Miami

  03-12-2015 18:56
  
  A U.S. Army Veteran who served two tours in Vietnam found himself on the streets after serving 20 years in the military."I lost quite a few buddies there," Freeman Butler said while describing his time in Vietnam. "By being a special forces unit, I mostly did all of my work at night. I was what you call a tunnel rat."Butler recalled some of the horrors of war. He served in the U.S. Army for nearly 20 years, enlisting at the tender age of 18. He served two tours in Vietnam, where he received our
  
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• Former homeless veteran finds job helping others

  03-12-2015 18:55
  
  U.S. Army veteran Burney Burke found himself turning to drugs and alcohol after serving overseas in Germany."Right now to this day, before I pull on a pair of pants I have to starch them," Burke said. "I make sure I have a crease in my pants and my shoes shined."Burke said his time in the U.S. Army stationed in Germany left him with a life-long lesson in discipline. Unfortunately, after he got out of the service and returned home, drugs and alcohol replaced it."Around about 1982 I got addicted t
  
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• Air Force veteran finds himself homeless after serving overseas

  03-12-2015 18:54
  
  Victor Torres, who enlisted in the Air Force at the age of 18, later found himself on the streets of South Florida."The fact is no veteran should spend one night on the streets in our community or anyplace else in this country, but they do," Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust chairman Ron Book said.Torres was one of those veterans.He enlisted in the Air Force at 18 years old and served in the Middle East near the Afghan border."I wanted to leave Miami and my parents' home and find a life of my own
  
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• Little Haiti residents say developers are trying to push them out

  03-12-2015 18:44
  With signs saying "Preserve Little Haiti," home and business owners in the Miami neighborhood are taking a stand and fighting for their community.They claim that developers and investors are trying to push them out of the neighborhood in which they worked so hard to survive in.A Haitian artist who immigrated to the community decades ago told Local 10 News that his rent is now very expensive and he can't keep up."I'm here 36 years and I want to stay, but they try to push me, but I don't want to g
  
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• Spanish media giant's Miami office raided by FBI in FIFA scandal

  03-12-2015 18:08
  
  The FBI raided the Miami offices of Spanish media production giant ImaginaUS Thursday, possibly in connection with the FIFA soccer scandal.There have been allegations that ImaginaUS was one of several sports marketing companies that agreed to pay bribes in the FIFA soccer scandal that broke out over the summer.Prosecutors said that more than $150 million was paid out in bribes over the past two decades. The news led to the arrests of some top soccer and marketing executives.According to Switzerl
  
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• Obama: It's possible Calif. shooting was terrorism-related

  03-12-2015 18:05
  
  President Barack Obama said Thursday investigators are continuing to search for the motives of the people who killed 14 people in a spray of bullets in California and called on Americans to "search ourselves as a society" to find a way to curb gun violence.
  
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• The 1975 Live at Bayfront Park

  03-12-2015 17:47
  
  The 1975 performs live at Bayfront Park Amphitheater in Miami on Wednesday, May 11th, 2016.The Japanese House will open the show.The concert is scheduled to start at 8 p.m.For tickets or more information click here.
  
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• Woman accused of defrauding 2 adoption agencies

  03-12-2015 17:38
  
  A Key West woman is facing fraud charges after she accepted money from two adoption agencies while she was in jail, to help her during her pregnancy, detectives said.In February 2014, one of the agencies, American Adoption Services, called the Monroe County Sheriff's Office to report that Crystal Dinklocker, 38, had taken money from their agency and from another agency, Adoption Angels, at the same time.Detectives said Dinklocker told both agencies that they were the only company she was dealing
  
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