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Prop. 13 loophole gives edge to big players
In 2006, billionaire computer magnate Michael Dell, one of the world's richest men, agreed to pay $200 million for the Fairmont Miramar Hotel, a beachfront landmark in Santa Monica that long has been a retreat for Hollywood starlets and U.S. presidents....
Tags: Intrawest Corporation, Judges, Politics, Lawyers, Los Angeles Hotels
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Miramar awards bonuses to city employees
The commission decided Wednesday to award the city's 317 full-time and 25 part-time employees in the union a one-time bonus. The bonus for the general employees will cost the city about $1 million. The city will use reserves to cover the cost. Full-...Tags: Career and Workplace, Employees
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Veterans honored for liberating France nearly seven decades ago
Nearly 70 years after they risked their lives on the blood-soaked battlefields of Europe, a proud contingent of South Florida veterans of World War II was honored for their valor Sunday in a ceremony cloaked in patriotism and solemn with emotion. "That...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Forces, Lake Worth, U.S. Army
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Broward College grads stand out in flashy shoes at commencement
Nearly 1,000 proud graduates walked across the stage toward their bright futures — albeit with the flashiest of footwear. As the Broward College students stepped toward their diplomas Saturday, their sky-high, bedazzled platforms, sporty kicks and...
Tags: Phi, Photography, Broward College, Florida Atlantic University, Fort Lauderdale
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Three South Florida men among 345 in three-year sex offender roundup
Three men with South Florida ties were among the 345 registered sexual offenders arrested under the U.S. Marshals' Operation Guardian, a three-year national roundup that concluded Tuesday. The operation targeted the country's most dangerous sex offenders...
Tags: Palm Beach County, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Hialeah, Theft
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Davis-White wins three Gold Medals at 4A state meet
JACKSONVILLE — Just from her smile you could see Kali Davis-White was having the time of her life. The Boyd Anderson senior won the sprinters trifecta with victories in the 100, 200 and 4x100 relay at the Class 4A Track and Field Championships at...
Tags: Lake Mary, Colebrook, Winter Park, High School Sports, Track and Field
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Grinley hurdles way to gold
JACKSONVILLE — In the seventh grade Christopher Grinley didn't want to run hurdles. Maybe because his coach made him do it. "I really didn't enjoy it," Grinley said. Certainly that has changed as the Park Vista senior won the 110 (13.93) and 300...
Tags: Lake Mary, Palm Beach County, Colebrook, Winter Park, High School Sports
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Art or hazard? Flanagan students fight for tiles
It's called the Sistine Chapel of art at Flanagan High -- more than 70 classroom ceiling tiles are covered in watercolors, paints and hanging sculptures. But a city fire marshal deemed them a safety hazard and ordered they be removed immediately from...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Teaching and Learning, Building Material, Pembroke Pines, Students
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Holness, Gunzburger, Ritter discuss county spending on cultural month
Sun SentinelFrom interviews earlier this week with County Commissioners Dale Holness, Sue Gunzburger and Stacy Ritter about the County Commission’s approval of $16,700 sought by a civic group for Haitian Heritage and Cultural Month. “We should...Tags: Arts and Culture, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Coral Springs, Broward County, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Group's vice president, a county commissioner, helps secure county grant
With expenses to cover and the start of a monthlong series of events just eight days away, the vice president of the Community Access Center in Miramar knew just where to turn for cash: Broward County taxpayers. He brought a roster of backers to the...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Fort Lauderdale, Politics, Lauderhill, Broward County
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Character education program honors 29 Broward students
Seniors Brooke Denton and Andres Badel and fourth-grader Gavin Ostrow reach out relentlessly to challenged or needy students. The three inspire others as they do. Denton, 18, of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, focuses on her special...Tags: Fox Trail Elementary School, Deerfield Beach High School , Autism, Deerfield Beach, Health and Safety at School
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Woman fights off Pines kidnapper, avoids rape
A woman kidnapped from Pembroke Pines and driven to a Davie mobile home park avoided being raped by fighting off her attacker and trying to shoot him with his own gun. The 22-year-old woman had been driving west along Pines Boulevard about noon on...
Tags: Lakeside Elementary School , House Building, Kidnapping, Assault, Pembroke Pines
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