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  • Man steals charity jar from pharmacy

    YOU ARE WATCHING WESH 2. TALK ABOUT LOW. A MAN SWIPES A COLLECTION JAR OFF THE COUNTER OF A STORE PHARMACY IN NEW SMYRNA BEACH. HIS BOLDNESS IS STUNNING EMPLOYEES. WHAT THE SUSPECT DIDN'T KNOW HIS PETTY ACT CAUGHT ON CAMERA. 56-YEAR-OLD PENNY SAP HAS AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE. SHE POURED OUT THIS COLLECTION JAR AT THE FAMILY'S BUSINESS ON CANAL STREET HERE IN NEW SMYRNA BEACH. THOUGHT CAME ...

  • Lightning strike rocks Edgewater neighborhood

    FOLKS IN VOLUSIA COUNTY NEIGHBORHOOD ARE LUCKY NO ONE WAS HURT AFTER LIGHTNING STRUCK TWO HOMES. HAPPENED IN THE CITY. AMANDA OBER HAS THE STORY. REPORTER: THEY ARE POWERFUL ENOUGH TO ZAP APPLIANCES AND BLOW PICTURES OFF THE WALL. YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT GOD HIMSELF WHEN POOF LIKE THIS. IT WAS BAD. REPORTER: DIANE ALMOND SAYS 9:30 TUESDAY NIGHT, SHE AND FAMILY FELT AND HEARD A DEAFENING LIGHTNING ...

  • James Gandolfini star of The Sopranos dies at 51

    James Gandolfini, best known for his role as Tony Soprano in the HBO series "The Sopranos" has died. An HBO spokesperson says Gandolfini was on vacation in Italy when he died of a possible heart attack. He was 51. Gandolfini starred in more than 50 roles in his career, but he rocketed to fame with his portrayal of Mafia boss Tony Soprano. Most recently, he starred in "Zero ...

  • Wells Fargo halts home foreclosure of Etienne Syldor man who paid early

    Etienne Syldor, the hardworking father and Walt Disney World bus driver who found himself in foreclosure received good news Wednesday. His attorney said after Channel 9's story aired, she heard from Wells Fargo and said the bank had not only halted foreclosure, but restored his mortgage and even lowered his interest rate and monthly payments. Wells Fargo had begun foreclosure proceedings on ...

  • Women abducted at gunpoint on way to work

    WESH 2 NEWS AT 5:00 CONTINUES. TWO WOMEN SHOWED UP FOR WORK THIS MORNING. WE HAVE THE 911 CALL ONE OF THE VICTIMS MADE AFTER THE TERRIFYING DEAL. HE SAID HE DON'T WANT TO HURT NOBODY. HE IS TAKING DRUGS AS HE HAS YOU AT GUN POINT. DID YOU SEE A GUN? YES. HE WAS TRYING TO TAKE US DOWN A DIRT ROAD. TWO WORK AT INSURANCE OFFICE IN MERIT ISLAND. THE MAN THAT KIDNAPPED THEM TOOK OFF IN ONE OF ...


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Movie Review

Floating Weeds / A Story of Floating Weeds [DVD]

Floating Weeds / A Story of Floating Weeds [DVD]

For auteurist critics, A Story of Floating Weeds (Ukigusa monogatari), Yasujiro Ozus 1934 film about a traveling troupe of actors, is considered the moment in which he came into his own, both aesthetically and thematically. He was already a prolific fi ... ...

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  • TMZ Sopranos Actor James Gandolfini Dead

    The celebrity website TMZ reports that James Gandolfini, best known for his role as Tony Soprano on "The Sopranos", died earlier today in Italy.The website says Gandolfini is believed to have suffered a heart attack. He was 51 years old. Gandolfini was in Italy to attend the 59th Taormina Film Festival in Sicily and he was scheduled to participate in a festival event this weekend. ...

  • School board to ask Orange County voters to approve half-cent sales tax

    "Then we have the perfect storm of the recession in 2009 and sales tax collections plummeted over the last four years and haven't met projections there," said ...

  • Facebook fans name Busch Gardens lion cub sisters

    TAMPA -- Busch Gardens recently welcomed three lion cubs to the park, a boy and three girls. After a weeklong poll, 6,000 Busch Gardens Tampa Facebook fans voted to name the two lion cub sisters. The winning names for the three-month-old cubs are Shaba, meaning "brazen", and Shtuko, meaning "twitch." The Busch Gardens animal care team has started introducing the cubs ...

  • Hillsborough OKs $225K tax break for Amazon

    TAMPA -- Hillsborough commissioners could be one step closer to luring the on-line retailer, Amazon, to Ruskin. The company is considering building a warehouse on a piece of land in the South Shore Corporate Park, off of State Road 674 and I-75. On Wednesday, commissioners gave their initial approval on $225,000 in tax breaks for Amazon. They approved the company as a Qualified Target ...

  • Analyst Defense should be faster in George Zimmerman traditional voir dire

    Legal analyst Jaya Balani says when the attorneys are done questioning the jurors, they will determine if they will use their peremptory ...

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