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Entries from LAist tagged with 'miamiherald'

July 14, 2007

#180 - Fuckers can't even spell the Space Shuttle's name right - Local 6 #181 - Lake Mary dance instructor busted for giving teenage girls Ecstasy and boinking 'em - Local 6 #182 - Gulf Shores 11-year-old girl arrested after 100+ mph car chase and for DUI - AP #183 - Florida ranked #2 for most amount of foreclosures. Only Nevada is worse. - Forbes #184 - 18-month-old baby hippo in Pensacola murdered by......

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April 20, 2007

#162 Florida Marlins has the lowest value of any major league baseball team at just $244 million, Dodgers are worth $632 million - AP #163 A panther in Central Florida was killed by vehicle this week, the seventh in Florida this year. 11 were killed last year. Wait, panthers are just cruising around out there? - AP #164 The University of Florida is being accused of stealing Gatorade from Florida State - Fanblogs #165......

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April 7, 2007

#155 Drunk driver who killed a Gainesville Police lieutenant (whose body flew over the hood and windshield of the pick up truck) claims he had no idea why he was later pulled over for manslaughter - gainesville.com #156 "As far as racist, antiquated state songs written in minstrel-show dialect go, Florida sure has a doozy with Stephen Foster's 'Old Folks At Home.'" - Tallahassee.com #157 A preacher in Jacksonville has taken it upon herself......

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March 1, 2007

- Does UCLA really want us to believe that they have to pay cops overtime to provide security for the Undie Runs? On-duty LAPD wouldn't find it in their hearts to just happen to mosey over to Westwood a few times a year for a few hours to protect co-eds in unmentionables? - Daily Bruin - Free, online, ad-supported version of Photoshop coming this fall - TechCrunch - Bad news: New Angel outfielder Garry......

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February 8, 2007

#95 A 6th grader protecting himself from two 8th grade bullies, pulls out a paring knife and stabs one of the boys three times. No one is seriously hurt, but the 6th grader now faces felony charges for possessing a knife on school grounds. - Miami Herald #96 Jacksonville woman given 15 years for her role in a labor camp and selling crack and beer to the laborers - Fox 21 #97 Man kicked......

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February 2, 2007

#81 Tallahassee hunter kills a Hermaphrodite Deer - WRAL #82 "A survey of 1,600 Central Floridians found that two-thirds of them could not name either of the state's U.S. senators (both of whom reside in Central Florida). [Also,] 40 percent of Floridians could not identify the three branches of American government. - TC Palm #83 Central Florida parents are upset about free porn on cell phones - Local 6 #84 With a SWAT team......

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January 14, 2007

#46 St. Augustine Motherhood Maternity agreed to settle lawsuits with would-be employees who were not hired because they were pregnant, and with a woman who was fired when she was suspected to be pregnant - Miami Herald #47 Palm Beach County's violence reminds some of Miami in the 70s & 80s: "Today, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw says we are on the cusp of becoming another Miami. The gang names have changed —......

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January 11, 2007

#32 - White powder found at two South Florida courthouses. Money quote: "The substance is being tested, but does not appear to be a hazardous, McInerny said." - Miami Herald #33 - Three masked men with knives go to the valet parking line of one of the largest rare coin shows in the world at one of the busiest luxury hotels in Orlando and walk off with $4 million worth of coinage. - International......

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January 4, 2007

#8 Woman pissed off that she got the wrong change sets an Orange County Walgreens on fire with her cigarette. Quoth store employee Harry Ambriose: "You see flames all over the store, smoke all over the store, it was crazy...I smelled smoke in the cooler and I was like, 'What's going on? What’s going on?' Ran out and I see big black smoke all over the store, black on the ceiling, black everywhere...She just......

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January 3, 2007

Miami Dolphin Head Coach repeatedly told the press that he would not jump ship and go coach college boys in Alabama for millions of dollars, today he announced that he is jumping ship and going to coach college boys in Alabama for $32 million dollars - USA Today Miami Herald headline: The anti-Shula bails out as a greasy, dishonorable coward Don Shula disses Saban on the way out: "My reaction is that Saban in......

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October 30, 2006

- Last week Santa Monica extended its tyrannical smoking ban to now include restaurant patios, bus stops, ATMs and movie theater lines(!); now Burbank wants to further restrict freedoms. Why not grow a pair and just ban the sales of smokes? Oh thats right, you like the taxes you collect on them. - LA Daily News - CBS wants you to know that Terry Lee Shields, 350 lb., accused child molester, of Anaheim, 51......

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June 19, 2006

Times Reporter Booted From Gitmo Only three papers were allowed by the Pentagon to report on the Guantanamo Bay prison suicides from the location itself: The LAT, the Miami Herald, and the Charlotte Observer. Caribbean bureau chief for the LA Times Carol Williams has visted the controversial camp a half dozen times, but will no doubt not forget the way her latest visit was cut short quickly. According to her opinion column in Sunday's LAT,......

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