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• Goat Cheese & Pears in Phyllo/La Riviera

  28-07-2015 23:48
  
  Serve it as an appetizer or a dessert, tonight's Bite is elegant and delicious. French cuisine is on the menu tonight as we grab a Bite with Belkys.
   
  
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• New York prison worker pleads guilty in escape of 2 killers

  28-07-2015 23:46
  
  A prison worker who was "in over her head" with two inmates convicted of murder tearfully pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of aiding them by smuggling hacksaw blades and other tools to the pair, who broke out and spent...
  
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• City will release 911 call in attack on Oklahoma family

  28-07-2015 23:46
  
  An Oklahoma city says it will release a recording of the 911 call made from a Broken Arrow home where a couple and three of their children were stabbed to death last week.
  
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• Miami Beach planning board approves Baptist Health urgent care facility

  28-07-2015 23:45
  
  After months of studies and hours of discussion, the board approved a South Beach facility with a list of conditions that include requirements for employee parking and designating first-floor space for retail and a cafe. … Click to Continue »
  
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• Feds extend ban on new home health agencies in South Florida

  28-07-2015 23:38
  
  Citing the continuing potential for fraudulent billing to Medicare and Medicaid, federal regulators extended through January 2016 a ban on licensing of new home health agencies in Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties. … Click to Continue »
  
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• Armed Suspect Steals Clerk's Watch in Seconds

  28-07-2015 23:37
  
  Authorities in Broward County are searching for a man caught on camera stealing a store clerk's watch.
  
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• Skeletal remains found in wooded area near Port Everglades bit.ly/1KvV67f http://t.co/114kiVvsRQ

  28-07-2015 23:37 via twitter.com
  
  Skeletal remains found in wooded area near Port Everglades bit.ly/1KvV67f http://t.co/114kiVvsRQ
  
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• Officials prep for annual lobster mini-season

  28-07-2015 23:37
  
  Hundreds of boaters are expected to take part in this year's lobster mini-season off the Florida coast, and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials, along with other state and local law enforcement agencies, are warning participants of several rules and regulations.
  
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• Official says Christian retreat heartbroken over stabbings

  28-07-2015 23:31
  
  By DAVID DISHNEAU Associated Press Operators of a rural Maryland religious retreat where a man was killed in a double stabbing are heartbroken over the weekend attack, a board member said Tuesday.
  
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• Photo gallery: Dog training tips | Tue., July 28, 2015

  28-07-2015 23:29
  
  Children learn dog-trick training trips during the Surfside Police Teen Camp on Tuesday, July 28, 2015. … Click to Continue »
  
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• Photo gallery: Dog training tips at summer camp | Tue., July 28, 2015

  28-07-2015 23:29
  
  Children learn dog-trick training trips during the Surfside Police Teen Camp on Tuesday, July 28, 2015. … Click to Continue »
  
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• Goat Cheese & Pears in Phyllo/La Riviera

  28-07-2015 23:28
  
  Serve it as an appetizer or a dessert, tonight's Bite is elegant and delicious. French cuisine is on the menu tonight as we grab a Bite with Belkys.
   
  
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• End of Boy Scouts' ban on gays prompts elation and alarm

  28-07-2015 23:16
  The lifting of the Boy Scouts of America's ban on gay adult leaders prompted some gay Eagle Scouts to quickly rejoin the movement on Tuesday. But the Mormon church - the nation's largest sponsor of Scout units -...
  
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• Fla. man joyrides on jail lawn, winds up in same jail! WATCH VIDEO bit.ly/1fEOJRs http://t.co/3MGVnpc05L

  28-07-2015 23:15 via twitter.com
  
  Fla. man joyrides on jail lawn, winds up in same jail!WATCH VIDEO bit.ly/1fEOJRs http://t.co/3MGVnpc05L
  
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• Palmetto Bay schedules two September budget hearings

  28-07-2015 23:11
  
  The village of Palmetto Bay will hold its two annual budget hearings on Tuesday, Sept. 8, and Monday, Sept. 21, at Village Hall, 9705 E. Hibiscus St. … Click to Continue »
  
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• Season over for #Marlins pitcher Henderson Alvarez after shoulder surgery bit.ly/1SdufB0 http://t.co/hBWQ47IlEg

  28-07-2015 23:03 via twitter.com
  
  Season over for #Marlins pitcher Henderson Alvarez after shoulder surgery bit.ly/1SdufB0 http://t.co/hBWQ47IlEg
  
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• Christian retreat official 'heartbroken' over stabbings

  28-07-2015 23:02
  
  By DAVID DISHNEAU Associated Press A board member of the rural Maryland religious retreat where a man was killed in a double stabbing says operators are "heartbroken" over Sunday's attack.
  
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• Dream come true: Miami-Dade firefighters open hardcore heavy-lifting gym

  28-07-2015 22:57
  
  Miami-Dade Fire Rescue’s Jorge Vazquez and Albert Rodriguez always shared a a personal dream to one day own their own gym. They both spent a lot of time together lifting iron at the now-defunct Porky’s gym, which was bought out by Youfit. Their dream of opening a hardcore heavy-lifting gym has just come to life. … Click to Continue »
  
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• Dream come true: Firefighters open hardcore heavy-lifting gym

  28-07-2015 22:57
  
  Miami-Dade Fire Rescue’s Jorge Vazquez and Albert Rodriguez always shared a a personal dream to one day own their own gym. They both spent a lot of time together lifting iron at the now-defunct Porky’s gym, which was bought out by Youfit. Their dream of opening a hardcore heavy-lifting gym has just come to life. … Click to Continue »
  
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• Residents want to keep flashing pedestrian beacons on West Avenue in Miami Beach

  28-07-2015 22:46
  
  The flashing beacons were installed to help pedestrians during construction on Alton Road in Miami Beach. … Click to Continue »
  
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• Snow piles from record-breaking Buffalo storm still melting

  28-07-2015 22:45
  
  People from Buffalo hear it all year - over the phone or while traveling: "Buffalo? Got snow there?"
  
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• In Tech: New Motorola smartphones; faster future memory chip

  28-07-2015 22:45
  
  By The Associated Press Motorola is refreshing its Android smartphones with better cameras and other improvements as it seeks to lure customers who want lower-cost alternatives to leading smartphones...
  
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• Father: Colorado theater shooter is an 'excellent kid'

  28-07-2015 22:45
  
  The father of Colorado theater shooter James Holmes took the stand Tuesday as defense lawyers try to persuade jurors to spare his life.
  
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• Broward threatens lawsuit against Uber, Lyft if they continue to operate illegally in county bit.ly/1Sdo9AC http://t.co/tVVskNG1gt

  28-07-2015 22:32 via twitter.com
  
  Broward threatens lawsuit against Uber, Lyft if they continue to operate illegally in county bit.ly/1Sdo9AC http://t.co/tVVskNG1gt
  
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• Opa-locka financial deficit estimated at nearly $1 million

  28-07-2015 22:16
  
  As commissioners inch closer to the end of Opa-locka’s fiscal year, the city’s financial deficit looms over them like a dark cloud. Latest figures put the deficit close to $1 million, according to city staff members. … Click to Continue »
  
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• Opa-locka 2016 financial deficit estimated at nearly $1 million

  28-07-2015 22:16
  
  As commissioners inch closer to the end of Opa-locka’s fiscal year, the city’s financial deficit looms over them like a dark cloud. Latest figures put the deficit close to $1 million, according to the city staff. … Click to Continue »
  
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• Missing teens strayed from planned route into open ocean

  28-07-2015 22:15
  
  Two teens whose lives were intertwined with the sea remained lost in the Atlantic on Tuesday, as their families and authorities tried to maintain hope against the fading odds of their survival.
   
  
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• ISIS Sympathizer Sentenced for Illegally Possessing Firearm

  28-07-2015 22:12
  
  A Miami resident and ISIS sympathizer was sentenced for illegally possessing a firearm.
  
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• Man shot, killed in Sunrise parking lot

  28-07-2015 22:03
  
  Sunrise Police are currently investigating the death of a South Florida man who was shot in a parking lot.
  
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• North Miami budget director picked for deputy manager job

  28-07-2015 21:56
  
  Arthur Sorey was selected for the job after the position was left vacant for two months. … Click to Continue »
  
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• Miami Girls Rock first-year performance blends music with empowerment

  28-07-2015 21:55
  
  A recent Grand Central concert was the culmination of a week’s worth of intense music workshops for 24 Miami girls, who learned songwriting, vocal and instrument lessons and how to build stage confidence during the intensive camp called Miami Girls Rock.… Click to Continue »
  
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• Renovated park in North Bay Village to open by September

  28-07-2015 21:51
  
  The project includes replacing old playground equipment and installing artificial turf. … Click to Continue »
  
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• Russian mogul selling Miami Beach penthouse for $15 million

  28-07-2015 21:50
  
  Oleg Baibakov puts Setai penthouse on the market for nearly $4,200 per square foot. … Click to Continue »
  
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• How stoned are you? This app claims to have the answer

  28-07-2015 21:50
  
  You smoked and you're stoned.But how high are you? Now there's an app for that.It's called Canary and the $4.99 app launched last week on Apple's App store."This is a first-of-its-kind app to quickly measure how impaired you are from the effects of marijuana," said Marc Silverman, founder of Bells Farm in Boulder, Colorado, the startup behind the app.
  
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• Miami Stories: Biscayne Bay serves as a reflection on childhood and the city’s history

  28-07-2015 21:46
  
  I grew up in Miami Shores beginning in the mid-1940s, a beautiful place to live where the view of Biscayne Bay is as beautiful today as it was then. … Click to Continue »
  
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• Authorities: California teen accused of killing 8-year-old

  28-07-2015 21:46
  A teenage boy lured an 8-year-old girl into his apartment and killed her before hiding her body in a recycling bin at the housing complex where they lived, authorities said Tuesday.
  
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• Ohio city detects Lake Erie toxins that led to 2014 crisis

  28-07-2015 21:45
  Toledo has detected the first signs in Lake Erie of the dangerous toxin that resulted in a water crisis last year.
  
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• Jail releases more footage of Sandra Bland before her death

  28-07-2015 21:45
  
  Texas authorities are releasing more video of Sandra Bland during her three days in jail.
  
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• FBI: Islamic State sympathizer charged in backpack bomb plot

  28-07-2015 21:41
  
  A man described by the FBI as an Islamic State sympathizer has been charged with plotting to detonate a backpack bomb on a Florida beach.
   
  
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• Defense witnesses: Colorado theater shooter still loved

  28-07-2015 21:31
  
  More friends of James Holmes testified Tuesday about the polite, cheerful, conscientious young man they knew years before he opened fire on the audience in a Colorado movie theater.
  
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• Dr. Seuss book explores what came before 'One Fish Two Fish'

  28-07-2015 21:30
  
  Harper Lee's "Go Set a Watchman" isn't the only book out this summer that reveals another look at beloved characters.
  
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• #BREAKING S. Fla. man arrested, accused of making bomb to set off in Key West bit.ly/1fEyML3 http://t.co/SRlBE8ul5j

  28-07-2015 21:27 via twitter.com
  
  #BREAKING S. Fla. man arrested, accused of making bomb to set off in Key West bit.ly/1fEyML3 http://t.co/SRlBE8ul5j
  
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• FBI Searching for Suspect in Coral Springs Bank Robbery

  28-07-2015 21:00
  
  The FBI is searching for the suspect involved in a Coral Springs bank robbery.Photo Credit: FBI
  
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• Man accused in African lion death thought hunt was legal

  28-07-2015 21:00
  An avid Minnesota hunter accused of illegally killing a protected lion in Zimbabwe says he believed everything about his trip was legal.
  
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• Teen Girl Takes Plea Deal in Killian HS Stabbing

  28-07-2015 20:44
  
  A 17-year-old girl who allegedly stabbed her Killian High School classmate accepted a plea deal Tuesday that will keep her out of prison.
  
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• #BREAKING (AP) -- Tom Brady's 4-game suspension upheld by @NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. http://t.co/R8o3hnDJk0

  28-07-2015 20:40 via twitter.com
  
  #BREAKING (AP) -- Tom Brady's 4-game suspension upheld by @NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. http://t.co/R8o3hnDJk0
  
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• Authorities confirm body is that of missing California girl

  28-07-2015 20:31
  Authorities have confirmed that a body found in a trash bin is that of an 8-year-old girl who disappeared from her Northern California housing complex.
  
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• Skeletal remains found at Port Everglades

  28-07-2015 20:21
  
  PORT EVERGLADES, Fla. (WSVN) -- The Broward Sheriff's Office is investigating the discovery of some bones by a ground maintenance worker at Port Everglades. BSO responded to the scene and investigators have sealed the grassy area with crime scene tape. Homicide detectives are also on scene and have no confirmation about the source of the bones. The public information officer did say the remains have been buried for while.Skyforce and the 7News team has captured aerial shots of...
  
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• FDA bans some cilantro from Mexico, cites human feces in fields

  28-07-2015 20:21
  
  The Food and Drug Administration has issued a ban on some cilantro imported from Mexico after an investigation to determine the cause of hundreds of reported intestinal illnesses in the United States dating back to 2012.
  
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• Human Remains Found Near Port Everglades: BSO

  28-07-2015 20:19
  
  Authorities are investigating after human remains were found near Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale Tuesday.
  
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