Archive for the 'Florida' Category
Maryland: Accused Murderer Ate Portions of Victim’s Heart and Brain
May 31st, 2012[???] Via: CBS News: A Morgan State University student who lived in the same home as a missing Joppatowne man now feared dead was charged with first-degree murder after parts of a human body were found inside the house and in a nearby dumpster. Now the suspect has admitted to eating portions of the man’s […]
Florida: Naked Man Killed by Police Near MacArthur Causeway Was ‘Eating’ Face Off Victim
May 27th, 2012[???] Via: Miami Herald: One man was shot to death by Miami police, and another man is fighting for his life after he was attacked, and his face allegedly half eaten, by a naked man on the MacArthur Causeway off ramp Saturday, police said. The horror began about 2 p.m. when a series of gunshots […]
Half of Florida High School Students Fail Reading Test
May 19th, 2012Via: Reuters: Nearly half of Florida high school students failed the reading portion of the state’s new toughened standardized test, education officials said on Friday. Results this year from the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test showed 52 percent of freshman students and 50 percent of sophomores scored at their grade levels. Students in the 10th grade […]
Florida Farm Workers Tell How Drugs, Debt Bind Them in Modern Slavery
May 14th, 2012Via: Tampa Bay Times: LeRoy Smith thought he had hit rock bottom when he found himself trolling Atlanta’s gay district, looking to exchange sex acts for a hot hit off a crack pipe. Then he wound up on a Florida farm near the small town of Hastings, being bilked blind, he says, by a man […]
Spy School Teaches the Basics of Intelligence Gathering to Kids, Teens
May 11th, 2012Lesson #1: Try not to crash jets with tons of cocaine on board. Mmmkay? Via: Tampa Bay Online: Spy School — a Tampa Bay History Center program specially designed for teens — will instruct youngsters about surveillance, information gathering and disguise. Agents and experts will teach children ages 12 to 18, offering tips on how […]
Military Training in the Middle of Miami Jolts Residents Out of Bed
May 10th, 2012Via: Miami Herald: No, there was no smell of napalm in the morning. But there was the thunderous whump whump of low-flying helicopters, and even the jarring blast of explosions at the abandoned Grand Bay Hotel in Coconut Grove early Tuesday during a military training exercise that jolted many unsuspecting residents from their beds. … […]
Ft. Lauderdale Church Offers Drive Thru Prayer Service
April 25th, 2012Via: CBS: For our busy lives on the go, drive thru service comes in handy. From coffee and donuts to burgers and fries, drive thru service makes getting what we need a lot more convenient. Now the Christian Life Center of Ft. Lauderdale wants to pray for you. The Pentecostal congregation has been offering drive-thru […]
Principal Charged After Hypnotizing Students Who Committed Suicide
January 13th, 2012Via: CBS: North Port police have charged the town’s high school principal with two counts of second-degree criminal misdemeanors after students he hypnotized ended up committing suicide. Over six months, the North Port Police Department conducted around 70 interviews with students claiming to have been hypnotized by Dr. George Kenney and 100 adults either from […]
Foreclosure Fraud Whistleblower Found Dead
November 30th, 2011Via: MSNBC: A notary public who signed tens of thousands of false documents in a massive foreclosure scam before blowing the whistle on the scandal has been found dead in her Las Vegas home. NBC station KSNV of Las Vegas reported that the woman, Tracy Lawrence, 43, was scheduled to be sentenced Monday morning after […]
At Planned Sunny Isles Beach Condo, Cars and Drivers Ride Elevator Home
November 19th, 2011Via: Miami Herald: Pull over into the designated space. Turn off the engine. And enjoy the oceanfront view as you escalate in a glass elevator that takes you, while you are sitting in your car, to the front door of your apartment. No, this is not the latest Disney ride. The $560 million Jetsonesque tower […]
