Archive for May 5th, 2009

Police on hunt for Fort Myers Beach killer

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A group of young friends were walking along the shoreline on Fort Myers Beach early Saturday morning when they stumbled upon a man lying dead in the sand.

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Actors opposing "Battlefield Walmart"

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Academy and Emmy Award-winning actor Robert Duvall has added his voice in opposition to a proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter near a Virginia Civil War battlefield where Confederate General Robert E. Lee first met the Union’s Ulysses S. Grant.

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Baby thrown from car, man arrested

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A man suspected of throwing an infant from a car on Florida’s Interstate 275 this morning has been arrested.

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Robbery, brutal beating caught on tape

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Police are searching for the two men behind a brutal attack on a store clerk at an Abington, Massachusetts 7-11 store.

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Nail painting driver kills motorcyclist

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A Chicago area motorist has admitted to police that she was painting her fingernails when she struck and killed a motorcyclist over the weekend.

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Beer pong game turns deadly

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A game of Beer Pong turned deadly Friday night when one Pennsylvania man shot and killed another on a dare.

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Mystery warship confusing beachgoers

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“I would like to know what it’s doing. Why it’s there,” says Margaret Bullard as she stares out at the ocean off the coast of Jupiter, Florida.

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Prom limo driver charged with DUI

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Several Lowell high school students spoke out on Sunday, reflecting on a prom night that was disrupted when their limo driver was arrested on suspicion of being drunk behind the wheel.

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Commissioner Bigelow accused of intimidation

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Commissioner Brian Bigelow is being investigated by the county attorney after accusations he coerced and intimidated county employees.

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Swine flu: 51 specimens sent to lab

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A total of 51 cases of possible swine flu from across Lee County have been sent to a state lab for testing as of Tuesday, according to the health department.

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Two jailed after drunken sword fight

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No good can come out of a drunken sword fight.

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State drops charges in February bird shootings

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Trespassing charges have been dropped against four U.S. Navy officers accused of wantonly shooting and killing 21 protected birds in Southwest Florida.

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Hot and mainly dry

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Our weather pattern isn’t changing much, we’ll see sunshine and fair weather clouds, with low chances for rain.

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Harborside Event Center keeps name

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Fort Myers City Council members entertained a proposal to change the name of the Harborside Event Center to the Barack H. Obama convention center and declare it a historic landmark.

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9-1-1 lines out of service

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The 9-1-1 lines in Charlotte County are down, according to officials with the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office.

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