Sybrina Fulton, a 23-year Miami-Dade County employee, appeared before commissioners to thank them for allowing workers to give her their vacation time. Commissioners also gave preliminary approval to a proposal to outlaw the sale of candy-flavored tobacco products.
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The future of flavored tobacco products being sold in Miami-Dade County may not be so sweet. On Tuesday the Miami-Dade commissioners will take a preliminary vote on a measure which would make it illegal to sell flavored chewing tobacco and cigars like blueberry,...
Federal officials say they're increasing their oversight of Florida Power and Light's nuclear plant in St. Lucie County because of unplanned shutdowns at the site.
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Manatee County sheriff's deputies were looking for two men who tried to rob a tow truck driver and his wife Sunday evening. The assailants fired two gunshots at the victim after he refused to hand over money, but no one was hurt, according to a sheriff's office news release....
The mother of a Florida teenager slain by a neighborhood watch volunteer will be able to take about eight months of paid leave from her county job.
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The Monroe County Sheriff's Office says its attempts to thwart and then save a man after he jumped off a bridge in the Florida Keys were not successful.
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Detectives are investigating the death of a 28-year-old inmate at the Polk County Jail.
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Get a taste of what Hollywood fire fighters and police officers do at the city’s annual open house event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Public Safety Training Facility, 3400 N. 56th Ave.
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Miami-Dade County colleagues of Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton generously donated several months of their vacation time.
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A Tampa man turned himself in to Polk County Sheriff's deputies, telling them he could no longer handle the guilt of knowing his girlfriend's 7-week-old baby died after he shook her.
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