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• Armed robbery suspect killed in police-involved shooting

  15-10-2015 23:59
  
  An armed robbery at a Walgreens in Southwest Miami-Dade led to a police chase that, officials said, ended with the fatal shooting of the suspect by responding officers.
  
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• Nevada's legal brothels are the state's not-so-secret vice

  15-10-2015 23:58
  
  When former NBA player and reality-TV star Lamar Odom was found unconscious in Nevada, the hardest part of the story for some people to wrap their heads around was this: He was in a brothel. A legal brothel.
  
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• Hastert attorney: Former speaker intends to plead guilty

  15-10-2015 23:58
  
  Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert intends to plead guilty in a hush-money case linked to allegations of sexual misconduct, a defense attorney said Thursday, a move that could ensure that any secrets from his days as a...
  
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• Authorities track Lamar Odom's stay at Nevada brothel

  15-10-2015 23:58
  
  Authorities are retracing Lamar Odom's $75,000 visit to the brothel where he was found unconscious as the former NBA and reality TV star remains hospitalized and the Kardashians spar with the brothel owner over media...
  
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• 2 men who beat gay couple banned from downtown Philadelphia

  15-10-2015 23:58
  Two men accused of beating a gay couple in a case helped solved by social media sleuths will avoid prison time under a plea agreement announced Thursday that outraged members of the gay community.
  
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• Miami cop pleads guilty to taking bribes for accident data

  15-10-2015 23:56
  
  A Miami police officer pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges of accepting cash bribes in exchange for providing “pirate” tow-truck operators with information about traffic accidents. Julio Ruiz, 42, admitted … Click to Continue »
  
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• Chinese developer buys one-acre Miami Beach lot for $38.5 million

  15-10-2015 23:54
  
  China City Construction makes its first entry in Miami BeachChinese developer also owns a site in BrickellDeveloper Don Peebles had planned to build the Bath club Estates on lot … Click to Continue »
  
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• Child Playing With Lighter Started Fort Lauderdale Fire

  15-10-2015 23:54 via nbcmiami.com
  
  One person was hospitalized and a family was displaced after a young child playing with a lighter sparked a fire that destroyed a Fort Lauderdale house Thursday.Photo Credit: Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue
  
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• American Airlines, U.S. Airways merger will soon be complete

  15-10-2015 23:53
  This week the merger of American Airlines and U.S. Airways will be complete, and a new American Airlines will take flight."We are now the largest airline in the world," Marilyn DeVoe, vice president of American Airlines for Miami, told Local 10 News.With a whopping 6,700 flights per day, the new American Airlines will be 30 percent larger. It has only taken two years to merge the two into a mega-airline, but the most daunting task is switching U.S. Airway's reservations system over to American's
  
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• HS Coach Allegedly Sent Sexually Explicit Video to Team

  15-10-2015 23:51 via nbcmiami.com
  
  The varsity head baseball coach with Gulliver Schools has been fired following an internal investigation into an inappropriate and sexually explicit video he allegedly sent to his players during the 2015 season,...Photo Credit: Gulliver Schools
  
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• Delays on I-95 NB b/w Miami Gardens Dr and Ives Dairy Rd due to police activity. Speeds at 25mph #traffic #miami http://t.co/uoJafnPwX6

  15-10-2015 23:47 via twitter.com
  
  Delays on I-95 NB b/w Miami Gardens Dr and Ives Dairy Rd due to police activity. Speeds at 25mph #traffic #miami http://t.co/uoJafnPwX6
  
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• Crash on I-95 SB at Cypress Creek Rd. Speeds at 21mph #traffic #broward @JeniseFernandez http://t.co/OhMQZosdL4

  15-10-2015 23:46 via twitter.com
  
  Crash on I-95 SB at Cypress Creek Rd. Speeds at 21mph #traffic #broward @JeniseFernandez http://t.co/OhMQZosdL4
  
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• Florida Wahoo/Panorama Restaurant & Sky Lounge

  15-10-2015 23:45
  
  A South Florida chef shows us how to add a spicy twist to fish. Hope you're hungry. That's what's cooking tonight, as we grab a Bite with Belkys.
  
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• Winning a new #Mercedes is easy. Enter the Local10.com #ClickWinAndDrive Giveaway bit.ly/1VjVGW7?utm_me… http://t.co/4S9A4omKK5

  15-10-2015 23:33 via twitter.com
  
  Winning a new #Mercedes is easy. Enter the Local10.com #ClickWinAndDrive Giveaway bit.ly/1VjVGW7?utm_me… http://t.co/4S9A4omKK5
  
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• Driver slashes man with box cutter in I-95 road-rage incident, FHP says

  15-10-2015 23:30
  
  A road-rage incident lead to two men getting into a fight Thursday on northbound Interstate 95 in northeast Miami-Dade County, authorities said.Florida Highway Patrol troopers said the men pulled over between Miami Gardens Drive and Ives Dairy Road and began fighting. They said one of the drivers pulled out a box cutter and slashed the other driver.Authorities said a federal agent was driving by as the fight was happening. They said he pulled over and called FHP.Sky 10 was above the scene about
  
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• Boxcutter fight on I-95 sends one man to hospital, clogs traffic

  15-10-2015 23:28
  
  A fight during rush hour lands one man in handcuffs, another in the hospitalFlorida Highway Patrol is investigating … Click to Continue »
  
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• Letter: Where are the taxpayer savings in North Miami Beach?

  15-10-2015 23:27
  
  About two months ago, the North Miami Beach mayor and city council voted to save us about $1,500,000 in taxes by throwing out the unionized trash collectors and farming it out to a private enterprise. So what have they done with this savings? Did they pass on the savings to the NMB taxpayers in terms of lower tax bills this year? Nope. … Click to Continue »
  
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• Obama extends US military mission in Afghanistan into 2017

  15-10-2015 23:26
  President Barack Obama on Thursday abandoned his pledge to end America's longest war, announcing plans to keep at least 5,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan when he leaves office in 2017 and hand the conflict off to his...
  
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• The Latest: Mayor says she's not clear on protesters' goals

  15-10-2015 23:24
  
  The latest on protests by the Baltimore Uprising coalition, which occupied City Council chambers at Baltimore City Hall to protest a council committee's vote in favor of making the interim police commissioner permanent:
  
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• Brasserie Azur

  15-10-2015 23:21
  
  If you build it they will come. If it's already built and all you have to do is redecorate it and throw in a fab French menu, even better! The folks behind Midtown Miami's Brasserie Azur did just that bringing a shuttered restaurant space back to life with that joie de vivre the French are known for.
  
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• 3rd baby in 3 months dies after being tossed from NYC window

  15-10-2015 23:18
  A 6-month-old girl died Thursday after being tossed from the window of an apartment building, witnesses and police said, the third child killed that way in the city in three months.
  
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• No rain coming as Texas wildfire scorches dry, hard-hit area

  15-10-2015 23:17
  
  A mounting wildfire on Thursday chewed the same scorched Central Texas forestland that is recovering from a massive deadly blaze in 2011, though authorities say conditions aren't ripe for destruction on the same level...
  
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• S. Fla. elementary school undergoes extensive cleaning after students contract #norovirus bit.ly/1MsyekX?utm_me… http://t.co/NYIigPkTKd

  15-10-2015 23:16 via twitter.com
  
  S. Fla. elementary school undergoes extensive cleaning after students contract #norovirus bit.ly/1MsyekX?utm_me… http://t.co/NYIigPkTKd
  
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• Crash on I-95 NB b/w NW 103rd St and NW 119th St. Speeds at 12mph #traffic #miami @JeniseFernandez http://t.co/9l0TwdH1Y4

  15-10-2015 23:14 via twitter.com
  
  Crash on I-95 NB b/w NW 103rd St and NW 119th St. Speeds at 12mph #traffic #miami @JeniseFernandez http://t.co/9l0TwdH1Y4
  
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• Friends and Neighbors: Rock ‘N Run raises more than $55,000 for cancer research

  15-10-2015 23:06
  
  The second annual “In The Pink” music and food event will be at 5 p.m., Oct. 25The sixth annual Patently Impossible Project to Benefit Legal Aid will be 6 to 8 p.m., Nov. 5Young Patronesses of the Opera celebrates its 60th year … Click to Continue »
  
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• Scuffle between prisoner and agent delays traffic on I-95

  15-10-2015 23:00
  
  A police-backed federal agent got into a physical altercation with a prisoner on Interstate 95, Thursday afternoon, forcing the closure of two lanes of the highway.
  
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• Students fall ill at South Florida school

  15-10-2015 22:43
  
  Several students at Westchester Elementary School in Coral Springs have suffered symptoms including vomiting and diarrhea, Thursday.
   
  
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• Miami Stories: From soda fountains to dairy farms to parks, the time of our lives

  15-10-2015 22:35
  
  Oh, Miami! What a wonderful and glorious place to live. I have been in Miami since 1949. My parents moved here from Pennsylvania, when I was almost a year old. … Click to Continue »
  
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• Miami Gardens approves community development funding for senior food program

  15-10-2015 22:30
  
  Miami Gardens decided on split of $1 million in fundingCouncil granted $70,000 to senior feeding groupFunding will provide support to nine organizations … Click to Continue »
  
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• After third try, North Miami approves comprehensive plan

  15-10-2015 22:23
  
  Comprehensive plan has been considered since AugustSecond vote will come after review by stateOutgoing city manager will receive more than $300,000 … Click to Continue »
  
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• DCF investigating after toddler left in car at Bayside

  15-10-2015 22:22
  
  The Department of Children and Families is investigating after a 2-year-old was left inside a car Thursday in the Bayside parking garage.Police said the toddler's babysitter forgot the child. The child was alone for less than 30 minutes.Police said the babysitter and parents were located quickly and no charges were filed.The toddler was not injured and was turned over to the parents, police said.Despite the fact that no arrests were made, DCF officials said they now have an open case on the inci
  
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• Man wearing hat robs credit union in Margate

  15-10-2015 22:13
  
  The FBI is searching for a man they said robbed a credit union Thursday in Margate.The robbery was reported just after 11:30 a.m. at a Bright Star Credit Union branch at 3175 N. State Road 7.FBI spokesman Jim Marshall said the man, who was wearing a hat, a black patterned shirt and blue jeans, displayed a weapon and demanded money from a teller.An undisclosed amount of cash was taken.Anyone with information about the identity of the robber is asked to call the FBI at 754-703-2000.Follow Local 10
  
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• Friends and Neighbors: Deadline Oct. 30 to apply for 2016 Disney Dreamers Academy

  15-10-2015 22:00
  
  Homecoming for award-winning playwright Tarell Alvin McCraneyMiami Women Who Rock to present Fifty Shades of Pink awardsHolocaust Institute Program at Dave and Mary Alper Jewish Community Center … Click to Continue »
  
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• Staying safe on two wheels as you are on four

  15-10-2015 21:49
  
  Bike Safe program uses online modules to “train the trainer” in cycling safetySafe Kids hosts “Bike Rodeos” to teach kids the rules of the roadThe most important tip, besides wearing a helmet, is to stay aware … Click to Continue »
  
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• The Latest: Kardashians show support for Lamar Odom online

  15-10-2015 21:24
  
  The latest on the hospitalization of Lamar Odom, who was found unconscious Tuesday in a Nevada brothel (all times local):
  
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• Actor Randy Quaid, wife released from Vermont jail

  15-10-2015 21:24
  
  A Vermont judge has released actor Randy Quaid and his wife Evi from custody and the couple says they'll now address 5-year-old criminal charges in California.
  
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• Colorado prison town mixed on possible Guantanamo transfer

  15-10-2015 21:21
  Prisons have long been a way of life in this southern Colorado community, where schoolchildren practice inmate-escape drills and almost everyone counts a relative who works in corrections.
  
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• Baltimore City Hall sit-in follows decades of festering ills

  15-10-2015 21:21
  Young, black residents of Baltimore hoped a public act of civil disobedience in the heart of local government would force their troubled city to deal with the decades-old problems of police misconduct, housing inequality...
  
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• Authorities say Ohio man on electronic monitor raped teen

  15-10-2015 21:21
  Authorities say an Ohio man on an electronic monitor in a pending criminal case had a 14-year-old girl dropped off at his home by taxi, held her captive for months and raped her.
  
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• BSO Court Bailiff Arrested for Dealing in Stolen Property

  15-10-2015 20:59 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A Broward Sheriff's Office court bailiff whose wife stole more than $400,000 from the company she worked for is now facing his own charge.Photo Credit: Broward Sheriff's Office
  
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• Man arrested for attacking 2 victims near convenience store

  15-10-2015 20:31
  
  Miami Police have arrested a man who, they said, attacked two men, including an elderly man, near a convenience store, last week.
  
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• Comedian lists 5 weird reasons she loves her mastectomy (Graphic content)

  15-10-2015 20:31
  Actress Aniela McGuinness has booked roles in "Rock of Ages," "Burn Notice" and "Charlie's Angels."In her bio, McGuiness says doing standup comedy kept her sane, while her mom was dying of ovarian cancer in 2013."I had been performing for seven years prior to that, but in those hard moments improv gave me permission to laugh," she said.When she learned she tested positive for BRCA1, a genetic mutation that increases the lifetime risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer up to 84 percent, she
  
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• BSO courthouse bailiff accused of dealing in stolen property

  15-10-2015 20:29
  
  A Broward County sheriff's courthouse bailiff was arrested Wednesday on a charge of dealing in stolen property.According to an arrest warrant, Steve Palacios' wife, Isabella, was investigated by Pembroke Pines police and arrested in September 2014 for stealing more than $400,000 from her employer, Perfumes 4 U Las Vegas.Isabella Palacios was sentenced to five years in prison and 25 years of probation. According to the warrant, Isabella Palacios said she stole the money because the couple made li
  
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• BBB launches 'scam tracker' anti-fraud site

  15-10-2015 20:16
  
  Right now, there are 91 scams circulating around Florida and more than 4,000 reported scams nationwide.Those are the findings of the Better Business Bureau's newly released BBB scam tracker.The website aims to help you get ahead of trending scams.BBB: Scam tracker"Scammers are not people that are sitting in garages with little visors," Mike Galvin of BBB Southeast Florida & the Caribbean said. "These are professionals. They know what they are doing (and) they are highly equipped with signifi
  
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• Broward Humane Society Adoptable Pets - October 15, 2015

  15-10-2015 20:15 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Broward Humane Society Adoptable Pets - October 15, 2015
  
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• Memorial service held at Port Everglades for El Faro crew

  15-10-2015 20:09
  A memorial service was held Thursday at Port Everglades to honor the men and women aboard the cargo ship El Faro.The ship is believed to have sank near the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin with 33 people on board.El Faro had docked from Port Everglades many times in the past, bringing many people to the memorial to honor its crew."We remember the crew of El Faro and pray that they have eternal peace in your arms and the light perpetual shines upon them. Amen," the Rev. Ronald Perkins said during
  
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• Hialeah launches ‘No Mas/No More’ campaign against domestic violence

  15-10-2015 20:06
  
  The ‘No Mas/No More’ campaign encourages domestic-violence victims to report their abusers From January to June, 376 abuse cases were reported; that amount is expected to go up by holiday season Prevention workshops will be held at Hialeah public libraries on holiday weekends … Click to Continue »
  
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• Florida's Stone Crab Season Kicks Off

  15-10-2015 19:54 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Stone Crab season is officially underway in Florida, and fisherman anticipate that the prices will be about the same as last year.
  
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• Lawyer: Mom too meek to stop fatal beating of son in church

  15-10-2015 19:38
  
  A woman charged with beating her teenage son to death inside a church felt helpless to stop an intervention that spiraled into violent punishment by others, her lawyer said Thursday.
  
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• State elections board removes official who made racist posts

  15-10-2015 19:37
  North Carolina's elections board dumped a local official who made racially tinged Facebook posts praising the Confederacy and suggesting that blacks who protested against Republican policies weren't "productive...
  
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