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  • 16-year-old boy shot in Bradenton

    According to Manatee County Sheriff's spokesperson Dave Bristow, the boy was found at a fire station in the 1800 block of 30th Ave East in Bradenton, after being wounded in the area of the1800 block of 28th Ave East around 7:45 ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 18

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Baltimore Orioles: 1. ...

  • Tampa Bay Rays hold on for 12-10 win over Orioles

    Rays manager Joe Maddon congratulates Yunel Escobar, who scored on a single by Desmond Jennings the fifth inning Friday night in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Gail ...

  • Hernandez looks to improve on road woes vs. Os

    Jair Jurrjens has spent the 2013 season in Triple-A, two years after making the National League All-Star team. On Saturday afternoon, he will get a chance to show that he doesn't need a return trip. Jurrjens will take the ball for the Orioles in the second of their three-game set against the Rays at Camden Yards, as he fills in for the injured Wei-Yin Chen. He will oppose Roberto Hernandez ...

  • Black bear once captured in Orlando captured again in Tampa

    Parramore neighborhood causing a mini-panic last year has once again been captured, only this time in a Tampa subdivision.The estimated 300-pound male wandered 125 miles from ...


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Pet Sematary [Blu-Ray]

Like many horror stories, Pet Sematary, which is based on the 1983 novel by Stephen King, is a parental nightmare, one that lays bare the limits of a fathers ability to protect his family and the horrors that can be unleashed when he reaches too far. When I first saw the film as ... ...

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  • Rays hold on to beat Os 12-10

    BALTIMORE (AP) - Kelly Johnson hit a three-run homer and an RBI single, and the Tampa Bay Rays held on for a 12-10 victory over the slumping Baltimore Orioles on Friday ...

  • Ken Venturi dies at the age of 82

    RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. - Former U.S. Open champion Ken Venturi has died just 11 days after he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. He was ...

  • I-Team Drowning video raises questions

    http://wfts.tv/18R5m5c . The I-Team obtained exclusive surveillance video from the Schillingford family's attorney and spoke to Jesse's parents about why they believe his death could have been prevented. In the video, taken by several surveillance cameras at the rec center, a large crowd of children and adults can be seen in and around the pool, as well as inside the nearby gym area. ...

  • Report Michael Phelps planning comeback

    The son of the U.S. national swim team director is reporting that Michael Phelps is planning a comeback for the 2016 Rio Olympics.Peter Busch, whose father Frank oversees the American program, is a news anchor at WBBH, an NBC television affiliate in Fort Myers, Fla. A brief story from the younger Busch posted on the station's Web site Friday evening says Phelps is plotting his return to the ...

  • Students driven to sex offenders home

    LAKELAND, Fla. - A Polk County school bus driver, caught on cell phone video bringing a busload of middle and high-school aged students to her house to allegedly fight in the front yard, lives with a registered sex offender. Patrice Sanders, 29, of 1133 Enterprise Street in Lakeland was arrested last week ...

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