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Five girls accused in Key Largo shoplifting spree Found: 3 Weeks 3 Days 10 Hours 52 Minutes ago Sun Sentinel - Five girls, ages 12 and 13, were arrested Saturday afternoon after they were caught with merchandise stolen from a Key Largo Kmart, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office said this morning....
Stone crab sales on rocks; no definitive reason why Found: 3 Weeks 6 Days 11 Hours 34 Minutes ago Fort Myers News Press - Two months into the seven-month stone crab season, most fishermen are having good times on the water and hard times at the dock....
PHOTOS: Quiet hurricane season still a costly one for Collier, Lee ... Found: Minutes ago Naples Daily News - There were 16 named storms this season. Six made landfall in the United States. Only one of those hit Florida, something officials are thankful for as the season comes to a close. Tropical Storm Fay made landfall Aug. 19. The storm came ashore early that morning over Cape Romano near Marco Island with tropical storm force winds that stretched for 125 miles from the center....
Deputy Dead In Keys After Car Collides With Truck Found: 1 Month 1 Week 5 Days 14 Hours 6 Minutes ago Tampa Tribune - A Monroe County sheriff's deputy is dead after his car collided with a tractor trailer in the Florida Keys....
YouTube video showing fake traffic stops leads to arrests of Wis. men Found: 1 Month 1 Week 5 Days 16 Hours 38 Minutes ago Sun Sentinel - SPARTA, Wis. (AP) _ Two men are accused of outfitting a 1997 Lincoln with red and blue flashing lights, using it to make fake traffic stops — and then posting video of themselves doing it on YouTube....
Deputy dead in Fla. Keys crash with truck Found: 1 Month 1 Week 5 Days 17 Hours 20 Minutes ago Florida Examiner - A Monroe County sheriff's deputy is dead after his car collided with a tractor trailer in the Florida Keys. The deputy was 38-year-old Nick Pham (FAM'), a traffic enforcement official for more than four years. Pham's unmarked patrol car collided with the trailer shortly after noon Wednesday on the main highway in the Keys. ...
Indiana inmates remove metal ceiling panels to pass their time behind ... Found: 1 Month 2 Weeks 5 Days 13 Hours 11 Minutes ago Sun Sentinel - BLOOMFIELD, Ind. (AP) _ Three male and three female inmates at a southern Indiana jail face charges that they devised a way to sneak between cell blocks to help pass their time behind bars by having sex....
Diaz-Balart wins Dist. 25 with 6 percent cushion
Found: 2 Months 3 Days 30 Minutes ago Naples Daily News - The numbers were leaning his way late Tuesday night, but now they?re final: U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Miami, scored more than a 6 percent victory over challenger Joe Garcia, a Democrat from Miami. Diaz-Balart?s voter percentages in the greater Miami and Naples areas were comparable, as were Garcia?s. District 25 spans Western Miami-Dade, Eastern Collier and mainland Monroe counties.
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Diaz-Balart earns fourth term; beats Garcia
Found: 2 Months 3 Days 15 Hours 43 Minutes ago Naples Daily News - Incumbent U.S. Rep. Mario-Diaz Balart, R-Miami, was running slightly ahead of challenger Joe Garcia, D-Miami, late Tuesday with most precincts reporting. Each candidate seemed to be carrying about 50 percent of voters in Miami-Dade County until Diaz-Balart pulled ahead as the night progressed. However, in Collier, Diaz-Balart had about 53.2 percent or 13,838 votes compared with Garcia?s 46.8 percent or 12,174 votes.
In Collier, about 1,000 misprinted ballots are to be counted Wednesday along with some absentee ballots that hadn?t been tallied as of Tuesday night.
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Diaz-Balart, Garcia in horse race
Found: 2 Months 4 Days 21 Minutes ago Naples Daily News - Incumbent U.S. Rep. Mario-Diaz Balart, R-Miami, was running slightly ahead of challenger Joe Garcia, D-Miami, late Tuesday with most precincts reporting. Each candidate seemed to be carrying about 50 percent of voters in Miami-Dade County until Diaz-Balart pulled ahead as the night progressed. However, in Collier, Diaz-Balart had about 53.2 percent or 13,838 votes compared with Garcia?s 46.8 percent or 12,174 votes.
In Collier, about 1,000 misprinted ballots are to be counted Wednesday along with some absentee ballots that hadn?t been tallied as of Tuesday night.
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