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• Police officer's slaying puts 'drug courts' under scrutiny

  22-10-2015 23:58
  
  Arrested in a 19-person drug sweep, Tyrone Howard was one of only three who got sent to drug court, which offered him treatment instead of prison.
  
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• Major drug tunnel found on US-Mexico border in California

  22-10-2015 23:58
  
  U.S. authorities say 12 tons of marijuana have been seized and 22 people arrested in connection with a cross-border tunnel to Mexico that runs the length of eight football fields.
  
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• Bond lowered for friend of suspect in black church massacre

  22-10-2015 23:58
  A federal magistrate on Thursday lowered bond for a man accused of failing to tell authorities all he knew about the suspect in the massacre of nine black people at a Charleston church last June.
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Clinton and critics on Benghazi, emails

  22-10-2015 23:58
  
  Congressional investigations, by definition, are about finding facts. But some facts were twisted Thursday in a showdown between Hillary Rodham Clinton and her Republican questioners over how history - and voters - will...
  
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• Probe finds EPA error caused mine spill it hoped to avoid

  22-10-2015 23:57
  
  Government investigators squarely blamed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday for a 3 million-gallon wastewater spill from a Colorado gold mine, saying an EPA cleanup crew rushed its work and failed to...
  
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• Fatal shooting of 4-year-old began with traffic lane dispute

  22-10-2015 23:57
  
  Alan Garcia had just picked up his two children from school when it happened. He was trying to get off a freeway, and another car forced him out of his lane.
  
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• Facing GOP inquiry, Clinton seeks to close book on Benghazi

  22-10-2015 23:56
  
  Hillary Rodham Clinton strove to close the book on the worst episode of her tenure as secretary of state Thursday, battling hours of Republican questions in a hearing that grew contentious but revealed little new about the...
  
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• Fatal motorcycle accident closes North Miami Beach road

  22-10-2015 23:52
  
  A fatal motorcycle accident in North Miami Beach has left Northeast Sixth Avenue closed.
  
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• Miami-Dade Schools May Get Involved in MLS Stadium

  22-10-2015 23:46 via nbcmiami.com
  
  David Beckham's dream of bringing Major League Soccer to South Florida may be a little bit closer to reality, and it might be in part to an unlikely partner.
  
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• 1 killed in crash involving motorcycle in North Miami Beach

  22-10-2015 23:45
  
  One person was killed Thursday afternoon in a crash involving a car and motorcycle in North Miami Beach.Sky 10 was above the scene at 693 NE 167th St. at 5 p.m. as a tarp was placed over the motorcycle.The driver of a red car was placed onto a stretcher and into an ambulance.Authorities blocked off traffic in the area while they continued their investigation.No other details were immediately released.Follow Local 10 News on Twitter @WPLGLocal10
  
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• Friends and Neighbors: Nothing can prepare us for the shocking stories in today’s news

  22-10-2015 23:41
  
  Boys and Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade to recognize community leadersBoleros Meets Jazz concert Oct. 31 at Miami-Dade County AuditoriumDr. Kevin Wandler on Friday to discuss eating disorders … Click to Continue »
  
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• Man convicted of orchestrating Hollywood gang rape sentenced

  22-10-2015 23:40
  
  A man convicted of orchestrating the gang rape of a teenage girl at his Hollywood home in November 2013 was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in prison.A Broward County judge also sentenced Jayvon Woolfork, 20, to 10 years of probation following his prison sentence.Woolfork was convicted of two counts of sexual battery and one count of kidnapping.He took the stand in his trial last month and had to be removed from the courtroom after having an outburst shortly before the jury began deliberating.Woo
  
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• Miami Stories: This Miamian was aboard Coast Guard vessel involved in harrowing tanker rescue

  22-10-2015 23:39
  
  The U.S. Coast Guard does more than search for rafts, drugs, and errant boaters in this area. “Coasties” saved 70 merchant mariners during a blizzard off Massachusetts in 1952. It … Click to Continue »
  
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• Alter

  22-10-2015 23:38
  
  So let's get something straight there is good food and then there is fine dining. The fine dining establishment usually equals a stuffy environment with an older stuffy crowd and a big ticket check to match. Then there's Alter in Miami where Chef Brad Kilgore has put the fine in dining but added some fun to the mix and no dish on the menu is more than $30.
  
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• #BREAKING Fatal motorcycle accident in North Miami Beach at 693 NE 167th St https://t.co/d2kKQ3eWRX

  22-10-2015 23:37 via twitter.com
  
  #BREAKING Fatal motorcycle accident in North Miami Beach at 693 NE 167th St https://t.co/d2kKQ3eWRX
  
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• Missing Man's SUV Found in Southwest Ranches

  22-10-2015 23:28 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Authorities are searching for an endangered Osceola County man whose SUV was found in Southwest Ranches Thursday.Photo Credit: Osceola County Sheriff
  
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• Accident. Left lane blocked SR-826 Palmetto Expy NB at NW 25th St. #traffic #Miami

  22-10-2015 23:23 via twitter.com
  Accident. Left lane blocked SR-826 Palmetto Expy NB at NW 25th St. #traffic #Miami
  
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• Aston Humes punches father in face on way to court, BSO says

  22-10-2015 23:19
  
  A Lauderdale Lakes man facing a battery charge apparently didn't learn his lesson when he punched his father in the face while on the way to court, according to an arrest report.Aston Humes, 18, was arrested Wednesday on a domestic battery charge.According to the Broward Sheriff's Office report, Humes' father was driving him to court for an unrelated battery charge when Humes punched him in the face.The punch caused a laceration to his father's nose.Humes was taken to the main Broward County jai
  
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• Zoo Miami's newborn Grevy's zebra makes public debut

  22-10-2015 23:11
  
  Zoo Miami is welcoming their latest addition to the park, a newborn Grevy's zebra!
  
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• David #Beckham and @MDCPS looking to broker stadium deal to bring #MLS team to S. Fla. bit.ly/1LPGcbz?utm_me… https://t.co/q9fuGJIGoK

  22-10-2015 23:01 via twitter.com
  
  David #Beckham and @MDCPS looking to broker stadium deal to bring #MLS team to S. Fla. bit.ly/1LPGcbz?utm_me… https://t.co/q9fuGJIGoK
  
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• Accident. Right lane blocked Turnpike SB at Sawgrass Expy #Traffic

  22-10-2015 22:57 via twitter.com
  Accident. Right lane blocked Turnpike SB at Sawgrass Expy #Traffic
  
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• Cantonese Style Shrimp/Bazi

  22-10-2015 22:42
  
  Shrimp is a delicious seafood treat, especially when it's made Cantonese style! That's what's on the menu as we grab a Bite with Belkys.
  
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• 24 cars vandalized in Oakland Park community

  22-10-2015 22:37
  
  As many as 24 vehicles were broken into sometime between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning in an Oakland Park community, adding to a week filled with other similar cases.
  
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• MDCPS seeks to partner with David Beckham on stadium deal

  22-10-2015 22:30
  
  If Miami-Dade County Public Schools superintendent Alberto Carvalho gets his way, the fourth largest school district in the nation will have a private-public partnership with one of the biggest soccer celebrities on the planet.David Beckham and his company, Beckham United, have their sights set on a piece of land adjacent to Marlins Park, where they want to build a 30,000-seat soccer stadium. Most of the land is owned by the city of Miami, a little is owned by the county and some are private par
  
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• Accident. Center lane blocked SR-826 Palmetto Expy WB at NW 67th Ave. #Traffic #Miami

  22-10-2015 22:22 via twitter.com
  Accident. Center lane blocked SR-826 Palmetto Expy WB at NW 67th Ave. #Traffic #Miami
  
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• Boy clipped by car after jumping out of stolen vehicle, police say

  22-10-2015 22:05
  
  A boy was clipped by a car after he jumped out of a car when police tried to pull it over, Hollywood police said.The incident was reported Thursday afternoon in the 5700 block of Pembroke Road.Police said officers tried to pull over the car because they believed it had been stolen.A boy, whose age and identity was not released, jumped out of the car and ran across Pembroke Road, police said.According to authorities, the boy was clipped by a car that was heading east on Pembroke Road.The boy was
  
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• Feds block push by Colorado to create pot bank

  22-10-2015 22:04
  
  Colorado's attempt to create a bank to service its marijuana industry has suffered another setback by the federal government and could be facing an impossible dilemma.
  
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• Sketch released of alleged rapist of 16-year-old

  22-10-2015 22:00
  
  Broward Sheriff's Office special victims unit detectives have released a sketch of a man who, they said, allegedly raped a teenage girl early Monday morning.
  
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• S. Fla. man arrested on fraud charges, placed credit card skimmers on gas pumps bit.ly/1LIELYY?utm_me… https://t.co/C3g1Ac7PFH

  22-10-2015 21:47 via twitter.com
  
  S. Fla. man arrested on fraud charges, placed credit card skimmers on gas pumps bit.ly/1LIELYY?utm_me… https://t.co/C3g1Ac7PFH
  
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• Nurse quarantined over Ebola fears sues Gov. Chris Christie

  22-10-2015 21:47
  The health care worker who sharply criticized being quarantined at a New Jersey hospital last year because she had contact with Ebola patients in West Africa said in a lawsuit filed Thursday that Gov. Chris Christie and...
  
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• 5 suspects arraigned on murder charge in frat hazing death

  22-10-2015 21:47
  Five men who allegedly took part in or failed to stop a brutal fraternity hazing ritual that killed a New York City college student were arraigned on murder charges Thursday, identified by police as the most culpable of 37...
  
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• Men buy luxury cars with money from fraudulent tax returns

  22-10-2015 21:30
  
  Two men convicted of using money they received from fraudulent tax returns to buy luxury cars were sentenced Thursday in federal court.Adrian Claude Green Jr., 24, of Miami Gardens, was sentenced to 34 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.Aquil Emmons, 25, of Marietta, Georgia, was sentenced to a year and a day in prison, followed by two years of supervised release.Both men previously pleaded guilty to charges of using unauthorized access devices to obtain goods worth
  
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• Disabled vehicle. Shoulder blocked I-95 SB at Sample Rd #traffic

  22-10-2015 21:13 via twitter.com
  Disabled vehicle. Shoulder blocked I-95 SB at Sample Rd #traffic
  
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• Marijuana study: Number of Americans toking up doubles in 10 years

  22-10-2015 21:09
  
  A heck of a lot more Americans were toking up in 2012-13 than 10 years before -- and not for medical reasons, either -- according to a new study.
  
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• Man accused of putting credit card skimmers on gas pumps in southwest Miami-Dade

  22-10-2015 21:05
  
  A man from Hialeah Gardens was arrested Thursday on multiple fraud charges after he placed credit card skimmers on numerous gas pumps throughout southwest Miami-Dade County, police said.According to an arrest report, detectives discovered that Anthony Nunovero, 28, installed a skimmer device at a Shell gas station and had 10 counterfeit credit cards embossed in his name and re-encoded with stolen account numbers.Detectives followed Nunovero on Wednesday and said he drove through the county, visi
  
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• Man accused of killing Louisiana couple found in Hollywood

  22-10-2015 21:02
  
  Hollywood police have arrested a man wanted in connection with the killing of a couple who were found dead in their Baton Rouge, Louisiana, home.The Hollywood Police SWAT unit arrested Ernesto Llerena Alonso, 42, Wednesday morning at a multiunit complex in the 2400 block of Garfield Street.Police said Alonso killed Dennis and Duzanne Duplantier inside their home on Monday. When officers went to the couple's home to conduct a welfare check, they found a door to the home open, an open safe and a m
  
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• Police: Man admits to road-rage killing of New Mexico girl

  22-10-2015 20:55
  
  A man confessed to fatally shooting a 4-year-old girl while arguing with her father as the two men drove down a freeway in separate vehicles, police said, without offering more details on what led to the apparent road-rage...
  
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• Clinton defends herself on Benghazi as GOP probes her record

  22-10-2015 20:55
  
  Hillary Rodham Clinton firmly defended her record before, during and after the Benghazi attacks as she came face-to-face Thursday with the Republican-led special investigation of the 2012 violence in Libya, hoping to put...
  
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• APNewsBreak: EPA mine spill could have been prevented

  22-10-2015 20:55
  
  Government investigators squarely blamed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Thursday for a 3 million gallon wastewater spill from a Colorado gold mine, saying an EPA cleanup crew rushed its work and failed to...
  
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• Sentencing for Man Convicted in Hollywood Gang Rape

  22-10-2015 20:44 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A man convicted in the 2013 beating and gang rape of a Hollywood girl is expected to learn his fate Thursday.
  
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• Fort Lauderdale police called to high school after fight escalates

  22-10-2015 20:39
  
  Fort Lauderdale police responded to Stranahan High School Thursday afternoon after a fight between two girls escalated.Video posted on social media shows two girls fighting while a group of their peers surrounds them. Another video shows a boy being pulled away.A Broward County School Board representative said the fight happened as the school was let out for early release. Other students were also reportedly fighting, but school officials said it primarily involved the two girls.Police said they
  
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• The Latest: Suspect in road rage death tied to other crimes

  22-10-2015 20:37
  
  The latest on the road rage killing of a 4-year-old girl on a New Mexico freeway (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Family says Corey Jones was not violent

  22-10-2015 20:37
  
  The latest in the case of a black man who was shot by a plainclothes police officer in Florida (all times local).
  
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• Beach Buzz: Total Wine & More opens flagship Miami Beach store with a VIP reception

  22-10-2015 20:31
  
  Total Wine & More on Oct. 14 celebrated the eve of opening its flagship Miami Beach store with a cocktail party for more than 300 VIPs, neighbors and friends. Located … Click to Continue »
  
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• BSO searching for man who raped 16-year-old girl who was walking to school Monday morning.bit.ly/1jWx4XJ?utm_me… https://t.co/3z8SLSqGrN

  22-10-2015 20:23 via twitter.com
  
  BSO searching for man who raped 16-year-old girl who was walking to school Monday morning.bit.ly/1jWx4XJ?utm_me… https://t.co/3z8SLSqGrN
  
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• Missing Osceola man's vehicle found in Southwest Ranches

  22-10-2015 20:14
  
  A missing Osceola County man's vehicle has been recovered in Southwest Ranches, but officials have not been able to locate the man, who they believe to be in danger.
   
  
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• In address, Miami Lakes Mayor Pizzi calls for new senior center, bike path

  22-10-2015 20:10
  
  Miami Lakes Mayor Michael Pizzi delivered annual State of the Town AddressPizzi recognizes residents, town staff, council members for their contributionsSome protest Pizzi’s lawsuit against town for legal fees reimbursement … Click to Continue »
  
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• Man Abducted and Raped 16-Year-Old Girl: BSO

  22-10-2015 20:02 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Authorities are looking for a "bedraggled stranger" who abducted and raped a 16-year-old girl as she walked to school in Fort Lauderdale.Photo Credit: Broward Sheriff's Office
  
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• Plans for Miami Beach Convention Center Revealed

  22-10-2015 19:59 via nbcmiami.com
  
  The planned Miami Beach Convention Headquarter Hotel was previewed for a select group of attendees Thursday morning.
  
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• Girl raped on way to school in Fort Lauderdale

  22-10-2015 19:51
  
  Broward County sheriff's detectives are searching for a man who raped a 16-year-old girl who was walking to school Monday morning.The incident was reported about 7 a.m. near the 2800 block of Northwest 14 Street.Detectives said the man grabbed the teen by her head and covered her eyes and mouth with his hands. The victim was able to break free, but was caught and dragged away from the street to a nearby grassy area, where she was raped, authorities said.The man ran off after raping her, accordin
  
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