PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS Miami) – Stressed about her court appearance on battery charges the following day, Patricia Wehr went out for drinks with a male friend to get her mind off things. Instead, she allegedly stabbed the man with a seashell and bit his ear. What was supposed to be...
Archie Peck, who reinvigorated competitive croquet in the U.S. in the 1970s and 1980s, winning seven national championships and earning a place in the World Croquet Federation Hall of Fame, died Wednesday at a hospice in West Palm Beach. He was 76.
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Jimmy Buffett told gambling regulators Thursday that next week's opening of his new Margaritaville Casino and Resort will be exciting, but creating jobs along his native Mississippi Gulf Coast has been a rewarding experience in itself.
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Several companies are working on rockets and spacecraft that could ferry supplies and astronauts to the International Space Station, now that the shuttle program is over.
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A Florida woman has made what can certainly be called a speedy delivery: She went into birth at a gas station.
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Federal prosecutors have agreed to allow early release for a West Palm Beach man who has served 11 years of a 24-year sentence, agreeing the evidence against was tainted because of a now-disgraced cop.
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MIAMI BEACH (CBSMiami) – Miami Beach police have confirmed remains found at a water treatment plant week are human. A construction worker discovered a skull and bones at the Dickens Avenue plant near 75th Street on Wednesday, May 9th. “I was scared,” said construction...
Authorities say a teenage boy was shot three times outside an apartment complex in West Palm Beach.
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Criminals have long feared the long-arm of the law, but they may now fear the long-reach of the gardener. Deerfield Beach officials have put together a plan for employees who trim trees, pick up litter on the beach, and handle other landscaping duties to be on the...
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – One South Florida high school topped state rankings and several others were on the top 50 list of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Florida high schools for 2012. U.S. News worked with the American Institutes for Research and rated the schools based on...
