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- Que drama! Reality series 'My Life is a Telenovela' debuts on WE tv
Monday - 09/26/2016 - 02:28 PMFlying cocktails. Name calling. Pool dunking. They're some of the hallmarks of Spanish-soap operas known as telenovelas, but they're also part of the mix in a new reality series aptly called "My Life Is a Telenova." The show, which premieres 10 p.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Gov. Scott calls for faster public alert of pollution
Monday - 09/26/2016 - 01:23 PMTALLAHASSEE – Facing severe criticism for his administration’s handling of a sinkhole at a Polk County phosphate mine last month that led to contaminated water seeping into a state aquifer, Gov.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Marlins will all wear No. 16 jerseys Monday night to honor Jose Fernandez
Monday - 09/26/2016 - 01:56 PMAs a tribute to Jose Fernandez the entire Marlins team will wear his No. 16 on Monday night in the first game since the All-Star pitcher’s death in a boating accident.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Man wins $7,500 after Fort Lauderdale cop shoots his dog
Monday - 09/26/2016 - 12:08 PMThe owner of an Australian shepherd killed by police gunfire four years ago has won $7,500 in a settlement with the city. Robert Clements says he lost a loyal friend and family member when Fort Lauderdale Officer Pete Haritos shot his dog Bandy three times in May 2012.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- A diabetic gets fired over a $1.69 drink and Dollar General must now pay her $277,656.
Monday - 09/26/2016 - 09:38 AMFor God's sake, if your employee needs a drink, especially if she's diabetic, just let her have it already. That's what Dollar General learned after a federal jury sided with the U.S.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Where to watch the Clinton-Trump presidential debate in South Florida
Tuesday - 09/27/2016 - 03:00 AMDuring Monday night's debate, bars and hotels will offer beer pong, food and drink specials to lure civic-minded watchers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - It's time to end the 9-to-5 workday
Monday - 09/26/2016 - 10:58 AMJessica Piha gets to work whenever she wants and leaves whenever she wants-really. "There's really no set schedule," said Piha, the director of communications at home-improvement startup Porch, which lets its employees work flexible schedules.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Marlins star Jose Fernandez killed in boating accident
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dolphins-Bengals game to be televised live locally Thursday night
Monday - 09/26/2016 - 08:52 AMThe Dolphins-Cincinnati Bengals game at Paul Brown Stadium will be televised locally on Thursday night. Although the NFL’s Thursday night games are televised on NFL Network, leaving those without the cable channel scrambling to find somewhere to watch the game, that won't be the case this week.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - This week in traffic: repaving in Davie, ramp closed in Weston and bridge demolition in Dania
Monday - 09/26/2016 - 05:23 AMMajor road repaving will close lanes this week in Davie, the Weston stretch of Alligator Alley is about to get a little brighter, and drivers and boaters will face long detours around a bridge demolition in Dania Beach.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Palm Beach County ban on dog, cat sales at new pet stores up for final approval
Monday - 09/26/2016 - 03:22 PMPalm Beach County commissioners are set to give final approval Tuesday to an ordinance that would ban the sale of dogs and cats at new pet stores, part of an effort to crack down on substandard breeders known as puppy mills.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Man accused of making bogus 911 calls about bombs drew police to downtown Fort Lauderdale club
Monday - 09/26/2016 - 02:20 PMFour calls to 911 from a customer at a Fort Lauderdale nightclub prompted a detective to investigate Cody Alexander Allen, police said.The 22-year-old Fort Lauderdale man claimed on Aug. 7 that someone at CYN nightclub threatened him with a bomb, according to a police report.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Carnival Corp. posts $1.4 billion profit in third quarter
Monday - 09/26/2016 - 12:51 PMDoral-based Carnival Corp. & PLC had higher-than-expected earnings during this third quarter, aided partly by higher ticket prices and lower fuel costs.On Monday, the world's largest cruise operator announced it generated profit of $1.4 billion, or $1.93 cents a share, in the fiscal quarter ending...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Arnold Palmer family thanks fans for tributes, services still pending
Monday - 09/26/2016 - 11:22 AMArnold Palmer’s family thanked friends and fans for their warm tributes to the golf legend after his death Sunday at the age of 87. Memorial services are still being arranged, according to a statement released by Amy Palmer Saunders, one of golf visionary’s daughters.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Florida gas prices dip; unaffected by Alabama pipeline breach
Monday - 09/26/2016 - 01:27 PMGasoline prices in Florida dropped an average of a penny over the past week — from $2.16 to $2.15 — as prices here were unaffected by the Colonial Pipeline breach in Alabama that created a fuel shortage in several southern states this month.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- It's debate night
Monday - 09/26/2016 - 12:23 PMTonight's the big night! Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will debate, almost no minds will be changed, but everyone will talk about it because it is a major event in an extremely consequential election.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Riptide Music Festival lineup: From Miike Snow to the B-52s
Monday - 09/26/2016 - 08:47 AMTickets go on sale Sept. 30 for two diverse days of pop concerts Dec.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pat Riley: Chris Bosh's Heat career is over
Monday - 09/26/2016 - 10:29 AMMiami Heat President Pat Riley said Monday that the team views Chris Bosh's career with the team as over, that the team no longer is working toward his return. "We are not," Riley said in his office at AmericanAirlines Arena.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Broward agrees to promote twins who opted out of state test
Monday - 09/26/2016 - 05:25 AMTwo Broward County students who were held back in June after they didn’t take a third grade standardized test will finally get to be fourth graders, their mom said.Brandy Paternoster has been home schooling her 9-year-old twins Dylan and Jadyn after officials at Manatee Bay Elementary in Weston...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Some sunshine, scattered showers and thunderstorms today
Monday - 09/26/2016 - 04:54 AMAlthough slightly cooler during the early morning hours, South Florida's warm and wet weather pattern continues this week. According to the National Weather Service, it will be cloudy on Monday with a high near 86 and light winds out of the northwest. There is an overall 50 percent chance of precipitation.
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- Palm Beach home sells for $10.5 million
Monday - 09/26/2016 - 03:06 PMThe president of Alban CAT, an 89-year-old company that sells heavy construction equipment, bought a six-bedroom Palm Beach estate for $10.5 million, according to the Douglas Elliman real estate firm.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Two other victims identified in Jose Fernandez boat crash; blood tests could take weeks
Monday - 09/26/2016 - 01:58 PMIt could take weeks or months before blood tests are completed on the bodies of Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez and two companions who died in a boat crash early Sunday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- South Florida clinics win federal technology grants
Monday - 09/26/2016 - 12:29 PMPatients at some South Florida federally funded primary health care clinics may have more interaction with their doctors and less time in the waiting room thanks to information technology grants.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Police searching for trio who hit and robbed 7-Eleven clerk in Boynton Beach
Monday - 09/26/2016 - 01:06 PMPolice are asking for help in identifying three people who were seen on camera as they robbed a 7-Eleven clerk at gunpoint. The robbery happened shortly after 4:15 a.m. Friday at the convenience store at 2605 W.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- 26 new Florida laws kick in on Saturday
Monday - 09/26/2016 - 12:32 PMTALLAHASSEE -- County elections supervisors are up for pay raises, while penalties increase for trafficking in the modern version of food stamps and for stealing credit-card information at gas pumps, under new laws that go into effect Saturday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Man douses woman with gasoline, sets her on fire, Plantation police say
Monday - 09/26/2016 - 12:31 PMA woman is critically injured and a Miami man is in police custody after he reportedly lit her on fire in Plantation on Monday morning, police said. Noel Garcia De Armas, 47, turned himself in at about 11:30 a.m., said Plantation Police Detective Philip Toman.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Man sentenced to 4 years in North Palm Beach mosque attack
Monday - 09/26/2016 - 12:00 PMA man responsible for vandalizing a Palm Beach County mosque last year pleaded guilty and was sentenced Monday to four years and two months in prison.The resolution of the case against Joshua Killets comes just 15 days after another man torched a Fort Pierce mosque in what authorities say was a...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Police shoot 'active shooter' at strip mall in Houston
Monday - 09/26/2016 - 09:17 AMHouston police say several people have been shot at a strip mall in the city's southwest and that officers shot the gunman. Police said via Twitter Monday that an "active shooter at Weslayan & Bissonnet has been shot by our officers" and that there are no reports of other suspects "at this time."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 5 things to watch at the presidential debate
Monday - 09/26/2016 - 06:50 AMHillary Clinton and Donald Trump will meet Monday at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., for their first presidential debate -- the face-to-face culmination of months of fierce political battle. They will bring their own aims and political baggage, their own styles and quirks.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- National outcry for greater police transparency echoed in Broward after fatal BSO shooting
Sunday - 09/25/2016 - 02:42 PMIn the past 18 months, Broward Sheriff's Office deputies have shot two men to death, and both times the agency called in outside investigators to help assess the deadly encounters.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share