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Browsing Posts published on May 6, 2009

The Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District’s commission faces a bleak financial picture as it looks to the next fiscal year.

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Police say they are seeing way too many electronics, purses and wallets being stolen out of cars.

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A medical miracle was unveiled at the Cleveland Clinic Tuesday.

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Calling the Midwest a “squirrel hot spot,” a Chicago researcher is embarking on what’s being called the Great Chicago Squirrel Census, and he’s asking the public for help.

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A major piece of unwritten history may be sitting in a Philadelphia museum and it’s been there for decades. A pillowcase used by Abraham Lincoln the night he was shot may contain a sample of his DNA and a secret about the former president’s health.

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Florida police are searching for a persistent convenience store robber.

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A Salem, Oregon father was arrested Wednesday for using a dog’s shock collar on his young children.

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A San Antonio mom says her 11-year-old son was handcuffed to a chair and treated like an animal.

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Samples of the swine flu have been flown into Galveston, Texas. They are now at the Galveston National Lab at University of Texas Medical Branch.

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A man was shot and killed by Orlando, Florida police officers early Wednesday morning after witnesses said he drove a car into a downtown nightclub.

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A 49-year-old man was arrested after running out onto the tarmac at Page Field Airport and assaulting two federal law enforcement officers, according to deputies with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.

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The body of a pregnant St. Petersburg teen was found in a Polk County pine grove, but authorities have not released a cause of death.

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Authorities say 18 members of a Central Florida gang that laundered millions in drug cash have been charged in a multi-agency sweep.

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Scientists believe a fish kill in a Sarasota County lake was likely caused by a toxic algae bloom.

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The day starts with plenty of sunshine. This afternoon there will be a few fair weather clouds building.

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