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Man In Custody In Woman's Death In New Britain
The Hartford CourantPolice have identified a woman who was found dead in a home in the Stanley Quarter neighborhood this morning and are preparing to charge her husband. Police were called around 8:15 a.m. after a relative found the body of Dia Palafox, 30, in the home at...Tags: New Britain
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Alligators
Most people come to the Everglades in search of one specific animal: the alligator. If you’re chomping at the bit to see an alligator, you’re in luck. The dinosaur’s distant cousins are easy to spot in all of South Florida, but especially in Everglades...Tags: Florida, Animals, Death, Everglades, Everglades National Park
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Phylicia Barnes: Man Arrested in Murder of Missing Honor Student
Baltimore SunBALTIMORE, MD -- A Baltimore man has been indicted on a charge of first degree murder in the death of Phylicia Barnes, a North Carolina teen who disappeared in Baltimore in 2010, authorities said. Charges against Michael Johnson, the ex-boyfriend of...Tags: Nancy Grace, Health, Police Arrests, Harford County, Maryland State Police
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Six months later, Phylicia Barnes' family rallies for answers
In the hours, then days, after her teenage sister went missing during a Christmas visit, Deena Barnes remembers the gripping panic that took over — staying up for two days straight, on the edge of the couch, waiting to catch a glimpse of 16-year-old...Tags: Social Issues, Human Interest, Harrison Barnes, Crimes, Facebook
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Romance review round-up
Tribune staff reporter"Call Me Irresistible" by Susan Elizabeth Phillips Avon, $13.99 After Meg Koranda convinces her best friend Lucy Jorik to dump her fiancé Ted Beaudine, everyone in Wynette, Texas, is upset with Meg for breaking up the town's golden couple. Now all Meg...Tags: Rentals, England, Entertainment, Weddings, Texas
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Volusia lifeguard who ran over sunbather didn't take beach driving course | Video
A Volusia County lifeguard who ran over a sunbather while driving a Beach Patrol pickup truck did not take the driving course required of patrol officers, a county official said Monday.
Thomas Moderie, 21, a part-time lifeguard for the Beach Patrol,...Tags: Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Florida Highway Patrol, Disasters and Accidents, Volusia County
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Man Stands in Place of Toppled Confederate Statue
FOX8 Staff WriterA man turned heads Friday morning while he stood, dressed as a confederate soldier, at the base of the pedestal where a confederate monument once stood in Reidsville. A group of bystanders surrounded Jamie Funkhouser, who said he wants to remind everyone...Tags: Arts and Culture, Facebook, Sculpture
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Operation North State
FOX8 Staff WriterTerry Snyder is here today to talk about an upcoming annual fundraiser called the "NCCARES Live-Auction." The operation sends around 1,500 Christmas gift boxes filled with NC products/goodies to North Carolina's deployed troops. They need help with...Tags: Auction Service, File Sharing
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Perdue: Irene Destroyed 1,100 homes, Caused $70M in Damage
Associated PressPreliminary estimates show that Hurricane Irene destroyed more than 1,100 homes in North Carolina and cost the state at least $70 million in damage, including severing the only highway linking Hatteras Island to the mainland, Gov. Beverly Perdue said...Tags: Hurricane Irene (2011), Natural Disasters, National Security, Agricultural Research and Technology, Hurricane Damage
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Irene on list of 2011 billion dollar disasters
Source: National Climatic Data CenterBefore Hurricane Irene hit the east coast, the United States had already seen nine weather disasters this year that have caused $1 billion or more in damage. This ties the record set in 2008 for largest number of costly disasters. This year, we've seen...Tags: Birmingham , Natural Disasters, Missouri, Droughts, Agriculture
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Crime Beat: Phylicia Barnes' family 'deeply concerned' about case's progress
The family of Phylicia Barnes has posted an open letter to the Baltimore Police Department, accompanied by a petition, that expresses "deep concern" about "slow developments" in the investigation into the death of the North Carolina teenager. Barnes, an...Tags: Murder, Crimes, Facebook, Phylicia Barnes, Police Investigations
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