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Video shows brutal beating of student in wheelchair
The family of a 17-year-old California student said they are demanding justice after the school district released surveillance video that shows a staff security guard beating the special-needs ...
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Bay Area woman breeding releasing rats raises concern
Authorities are trying to keep track of a San Francisco woman who was breeding rats in her room at a residential hotel then releasing them in public parks. But they say their hands are tied as far ...
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Deaf valedictorian delivers inspirational speech
An inspirational speech made by a deaf valedictorian at a Georgia high school is going viral.Evan Mercer, 18, was born deaf, but that fact was not discovered until he was 4 years old. His parents ...
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Deer wanders into hospital corralled by employees
A deer wandered in a North Carolina hospital Thursday morning after crashing through a car windshield.Hospital officials said the young male deer came out of a wooded area next to Carolinas Medical ...
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41 people charged in dead deer insurance scam
Galati allegedly coached customers to claim they'd struck a deer rather than a car. That way, insurance companies would consider them "no fault" accidents and pay the claims without ...
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Social media scavenger cash hunt coming to Orlando
A group that says they're inspired by @hiddencash, the California social media scavenger hunt, plans to start it in Orlando. This comes after a millionaire started stashing cash on the West ...
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Gas station clerk opens fire on armed robbers in Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach police are searching for masked men who robbed a gas station Friday morning.Investigators said the robbers entered the Sunoco gas station at 300 North Ridgewood Drive.The robbers ...
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Couple tied up robbed in home by men posing as officers
The sheriff's office is searching for two men they said broke into a home near DeLand after they tricked the couple into thinking they were law enforcement officers.Investigators told WFTV that ...
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West Melbourne girl makes it to top 6 in National Spelling Bee finals misspells aetites
For the first time in 52 years, two spellers have been declared co-champions of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.Sriram Hathwar of Painted Post, New York, and Ansun Sujoe of Fort Worth, Texas, ...
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Residents speak out against extension of Osceola County Parkway
Orange County and some homes would have to be torn down.Angry residents packed a meeting at Valencia College to express their concerns."If they put this highway in, I might as well just walk ...
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Teachers assistant bonds out after being arrested on sexual assault charges
Seminole County bonded out of jail late Thursday night after he was arrested on charges of sexual assault on a student, authorities said.Hagerty High School employee William Nordin, 26, was charged ...
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Photos Bear lies down in hammock
Torres said he was about 60 feet away when he took the photos, and the bear didn't seemed bothered by his presence. It stayed in the hammock for 20 minutes before heading back into the woods at ...
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Elderly couple tied up by robbers posing as officers
Deputies said an 82-year-old man and his 63-year-old wife were were tied up by two men who came to the door pretending to be law enforcement officers.According to a news release, the men, who were ...
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More than 100 lbs. of marijuana plants found in Orange Co. grow house
Orange County deputies carried massive marijuana plants out of a home on Trent Street near Colonial Drive and Goldenrod Road.Deputies said the plants have a street value of $330,000.Some of the ...
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14-year-old charged with attempted murder to face judge
FOR NOW, REPORTING IN De LAND, RIKKI KLAUS, WESH 2 NEWS. NEW AT NOON, A YOUNG TEEN IS SET TO FACE A JUDGE ON CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AND ROBBERY. WESH 2 WAS AT THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S ...
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State Attorney’s Office may start new social media policy after prosecutor’s crack hoe post
An Orlando prosecutor who was criticized for social media comments referring to drug addicts as "crack hoes" is being reassigned to a different division while the State Attorney's ...
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St. Cloud officer found not guilty on stalking charges
A St. Cloud police officer who was arrested in October on allegations he stalked a fellow officer and suspected love interest was found not guilty Thursday.John Nettles' wife and former Osceola ...
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Family says pleas to restore daughters Social Security benefits have been heard
A misunderstanding put a 12-year-old girl with Down syndrome at risk of losing her Social Security benefits.The problem started when the girl's brother joined the Army.Shellby Moon's ...
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Action 9 investigates tough airline policy
Action 9 investigates one of the toughest airline ticket refund policies anywhere. Two families called after they suffered serious medical problems just days before their Allegiant Air flights.Five ...
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Woman who ran illegal Ocala day care where child died charged with misdemeanor
Marion County woman was arrested on charges she ran an Ocala day care, where a child died last year, without a license.The State Attorney's Office said it waited so long to file charges because ...
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Brevard sheriff will use inmates to help at Animal Services shelters
Brevard County sheriff will take over the Animal Services Department in October.? ? Sheriff Wayne Ivey has a plan to deal with a volunteer shortage at the shelters right. He said he'll use jail ...
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10 years later Remembering Charley Frances and Jeanne
It started with Hurricane Charley when its made landfall on the southwest coast of Florida on Aug. 13, 2004. The storm caused $15 billion in damage and killed 10 people in the United ...
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Contractor defends proposed peat mine in Lake County
Lake County is defending the plan that residents are fighting.Residents said the proposed mine on 1,000 acres near Grand Island, known as Goose Prairie, would produce too much noise, dust and truck ...
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Report Military rifle missing from Melbourne police
Florida Today reports only 64 of the department's 65 M16 assault rifles were accounted for in an audit that started in December. The U.S. Department of Defense requires annual audits for ...
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Orlando prosecutor reassigned after comments
ORLANDO, Fla. -- An Orlando prosecutor who was criticized for social media comments referring to drug addicts as "crack hoes" is being reassigned to a different division while the State ...