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- FSU two-sport star Jameis Winston throws out Clemson baserunner | Video
Sunday - 05/19/2013 - 09:41 AMTALLAHASSEE -- Saturday's regular season finale at Dick Howser Stadium was still in some doubt. Florida State led by four and needed to get every out that it possibly could against a Clemson lineup that had the potential to mount a rally at any given time.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Google Maps helps abducted Chinese man find kin after 23 years
Sunday - 05/19/2013 - 12:42 PMBeijing (EFE).- A 28-year-old Chinese man who was kidnapped 23 years ago and sold to a family 1,500 kilometers (932 miles) from his home, has met up with his biological parents again thanks to Google Maps, Hunan TV said Friday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sex offenders seek safe haven at mobile home park
Sunday - 05/19/2013 - 10:43 AMLEALMAN - When a 75-year-old man was fatally stabbed at the Palace Mobile Home Park last month, residents were shocked.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How to buy happiness
Sunday - 05/19/2013 - 12:00 AMThe new science of spending points to a surprising conclusion: How we use our money may matter as much or more than how much of it we've got.Imagine that you woke up tomorrow morning to discover $1 million under your mattress.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Saturday Night Live': Stefon steals the show
Sunday - 05/19/2013 - 07:05 AMStefon received a deliriously wacky sendoff this weekend on "Saturday Night Live," the high point of the 38th season finale.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Railroad coming to U.S. 27? A new vision emerges
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 11:33 PMA new vision emerges for the rural highway in South FloridaA scenic highway on the edge of the Everglades, U.S. 27 seems far away from the hustle and bustle of interstate commerce.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Man shot dead in Pine Hills, Orange deputies say
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 11:26 PMA man found lying dead in the street Saturday night in Pine Hills was shot, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dozens injured as car plows through parade in Virginia
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 07:17 PMRICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - A car driven by an elderly man who may have lost consciousness plowed through a small-town parade of hiking enthusiasts in southwestern Virginia on Saturday, injuring dozens of people, nine seriously enough to be sent to hospitals, authorities said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Powerball mania: You have until 10 p.m. to buy tickets
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 08:51 PMPowerball players in Florida and across the country are quickly snatching up tickets today as the estimated megajackpot in the multistate game soars past $600 million for tonight's drawing.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Elderly mom shoots, kills drunken son in self-defense during gun battle, deputies say
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 07:20 PMAn 86-year-old Lakeland-area woman fatally shot her son in self-defense after he punched her in the face and they exchanged gunfire, officials said Saturday.
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- Jaguars legend Jimmy Smith was headed for Hall of Fame but ended up in prison
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 08:58 PMTeammate Tony Boselli: He threw it all away on drugsWhat happened to the sweet, smiling Jimmy Smith we all once knew?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Obama to discuss al Qaeda, drones, Guantanamo Bay in Thursday speech
Sunday - 05/19/2013 - 11:49 AMATLANTA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, under fire for security lapses at a U.S. mission in Libya, will in a speech on Thursday lay out his wide-ranging counter-terrorism policy, from the controversial use of drones to efforts to close the U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Server saga shows lack of customer care
Sunday - 05/19/2013 - 09:18 AMAfter 30 minutes on the phone with Duane Siebert, I'm pretty sure he's not crazy, but I'd understand if you wanted to argue the point.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - North Korea fires another projectile off eastern coast
Sunday - 05/19/2013 - 07:22 AMThe test comes one day after the country's military fired three short-range missiles off its eastern coast. The launches come amid a period of relative quiet from North Korea that followed a state of high tension and belligerence earlier this year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Beatles' guitar auctioned to the tune of $408,000
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 11:37 PMLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A custom-made electric guitar played by the late John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles sold at a New York auction on Saturday for $408,000, said officials with the company behind the event.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Concert review: Paul McCartney at Amway Center
Friday - 05/17/2013 - 02:49 PMAs the world’s go-to Beatles ambassador (sorry, Ringo), Paul McCartney has been busy lately.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bill would protect water-authority lands from artifact looters
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 02:14 PMTreasure hunters have long pilfered arrowheads, pottery and other archaeological artifacts on state lands, risking jail time if caught.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lake Brantley dominates Durant for 4th state baseball title
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 09:54 PMBryce Tucker pitched a complete game in 8-3 victory.FORT MYERS — The Lake Brantley baseball team got the start they wanted, the finish they hoped for and most every thing in between.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - SeaWorld's Antarctica could further tilt Orlando's tourism market
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 07:31 PMThree years ago, Harry Potter loosened Mickey Mouse's grip on Orlando's theme-park market.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Funeral set for Kissimmee Fire Dept. lieutenant
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 06:39 PMWilliam Manning was killed Thursday in a traffic crash.A funeral for Kissimmee Fire Department Lt. William Manning is scheduled for Tuesday, the city announced Saturday.
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- Survey says 90% don't want knives on planes
Sunday - 05/19/2013 - 12:00 PMThe pressure continues to mount on the Transportation Security Administration to prohibit passengers from bringing small pocket knives into the cabins of commercial planes.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Teachers get the bad news: Don't expect a raise soon
Sunday - 05/19/2013 - 09:26 AMLake County's 4,700 teachers and school workers aren't likely to get raises for the current school year after lengthy union wage negotiations wrap up.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pacers beat Knicks to join Heat in Eastern Finals
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 11:18 PMMay 18 (Reuters) - The Indiana Pacers will meet the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association Eastern Conference Finals after they closed out their semi-final series against the New York Knicks in six games with a 106-99 victory on Saturday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Why must working moms have to defend themselves -- still?
Sunday - 05/19/2013 - 12:00 AMIsn't it time to let go of the stigma that still lingers around working momsThe waiting list to adopt a child isn't like other waiting lists.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New rules may make it easier to fight traffic camera tickets, harder to win
Sunday - 05/19/2013 - 07:50 AMFlorida drivers may soon find it a lot easier to fight those pesky red-light camera tickets.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Powerball numbers: Winning lottery ticket sold in Florida
Sunday - 05/19/2013 - 07:20 AMThe Powerball numbers drawn on Saturday are on one ticket sold in Florida, Florida Lottery officials said Sunday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Man shot dead in Pine Hills, Orange deputies say
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 11:26 PMA man found lying dead in the street Saturday night in Pine Hills was shot, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Brothers arrested in Polk rape now suspects in Kissimmee armed robbery
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 09:48 PMRichard and Danny Delgado Cruz terrorized a Poinciana family, deputies say.Brothers arrested in a May 6 rape and home-invasion robbery in Poinciana were rearrested Friday after police identified them as the men who robbed Advance America payday loans in Kissimmee.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Cop: I 'was told to stop vehicles based on the color of the driver's skin'
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 07:50 PMA Windermere police officer charged with conducting racially based traffic stopped used the term "Bravo vehicle" to describe cars driven by black motorists, another officer told prosecutors in documents released Friday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Oxbow takes the Preakness, dashing hopes of a Triple Crown
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 06:34 PMThe Triple Crown will have to wait another year.
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