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  • Tornadoes touch down in Kansas Oklahoma

    A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour, the National Weather Service ...

  • Obama to new grads No time for excuses

    Past, present and future came together on a thunderstorm-filled Sunday, as President Barack Obama received an honorary doctorate and gave the commencement speech at historically black, all-male Morehouse College, where the Rev. Martin Luther King and many other prominent African-Americans spent their formative ...

  • Suspects wanted in Port Orange Kohls robbery

    A still image taken from surveillance footage of a suspect wanted in a robbery of a Port Orange Kohl's Department Store. (IMAGE/Port Orange Police ...

  • Governor Scott plans to veto tuition hike for college students

    TALLAHASSEE (AP) -- Florida Gov. Rick Scott is going to veto a proposed three percent tuition hike for college and university students. The Republican-led Florida Legislature included the hike in a $74.5 billion budget passed earlier this month. Scott will sign the budget into law on Monday, but is expected to veto numerous spending items, including the proposed tuition hike. In a copy of ...

  • Lifeguard pulls shark away from Cocoa Beach shore

    COCOA BEACH -- A shark sighting in Cocoa Beach was too close for comfort Sunday. Ocean Rescue told News 13 a sharked washed in near the Cocoa Beach Pier and had to be pulled back into deeper waters by a lifeguard. Witnesses said the five-foot-long shark was near where some kids were playing. The lifeguard, Zach Cooney, grabbed the shark by its tail to move it away from a small crowd that ...


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Devil's Advocate

It's not much of a stretch to imagine the devil making himself comfortable here on earth in the guise of a lawyer. Why not? Lawyers are paid to know the law and how to work the law to the advantage of their clients. When you're responsible for keeping the richest and most powerful men in the world out of jail, that gives you a pretty firm grasp on the strings that play the world. How better for th ... ...

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  • Troopers Two killed in Osceola County crash car fire

    Florida Highway Patrol troopers are on the scene of a crash and car fire that left two people dead.The crash happened just after 3:30 p.m. at Doverplum Avenue and Cypress Parkway in Poinciana.FHP officials said the vehicle involved crashed into a tree before catching fire. Witnesses reported that the occupants were trapped inside the vehicle.Both the driver and a passenger were killed, according ...

  • Weather updates Storms build over Central Florida

    rain already drenched parts of Volusia and Marion counties and more is on the way for parts of Central Florida. Scattered showers and storms are expected as the east coast sea breeze and other outflows push inland. Those storms should push south and southeast at 10 to 15 mph bringing heavy rainfall. The heaviest amounts of rain are forecast near the coast, with additional showers in Volusia, ...

  • Officials Home destroyed in fire after lightning strike

    Marion County fire officials said a home in The Villages was destroyed in a fire Saturday night.Firefighters said they responded to a 911 call from the homeowner around 9:30 p.m.When crews got on scene, flames could be seen coming from the roof of the home. It took firefighters roughly 40 minutes to knock down the fire, according to officials.Firefighters said the homeowners and their cat made ...

  • Obama to give promised speech on terrorism drones

    President Barack Obama will deliver long-promised remarks Thursday explaining the legal framework behind the decisions he makes to use drones against terrorist threats and further detail the administration's counterterrorism policy, according to a White House ...

  • Fla. gov. steps up pace on signing death warrants

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Gov. Rick Scott is signing death warrants at a pace rarely seen in Florida since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.Scott already has signed five death warrants this year, including three in a recent span of less than four weeks."I go through them and when people have exhausted their appeals and when they're finished with their clemency process, then I ...

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