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Last of dozen Alabama jail escapees who used peanut butter to skip out of sight captured and arraigned in Florida courtroom

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YouTube download / AP video / Brady Kilpatrick, one of 12 prison escapees who used peanut butter to trick an inexperienced guard and flee an Alabama jail, appeared in court Wednesday in Stuart, Florida, where a judge ordered him held without bail pending his return to Alabama. (Aug. 3)

BREAKING NEWS: Ghyabi + Associates of Ormond Beach merges with Chicago-based engineering giant Benesch

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ORMOND BEACH, Fla. -- Maryam Ghyabi may be a big fish in a small pond in Central Florida with her Ormond Beach-based transportation planning and engineering firm, where she clearly has been the standard bearer over the years on major projects, but her company has merged with one of the country's engineering giants headquartered in Chicago -- Alfred Benesch & Company.

Kaboom! Consider the noise your terrified dogs and cats will feel from fireworks this Fourth of July weekend

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SANFORD, Fla. -- If you think a thunderstorm is scary, consider the impact on your pets, especially dogs, when lighting fireworks during this Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Tourism officials pleased with Hard Rock Hotel chain signing off on Daytona as the 4th brand locale in the Sunshine State

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Hard Rock Hotels in Florida / Headline SurferArtist renderings for Headline Surfer / Above is the larger display renderinger of the new hotel on Daytona's oceanfront that will carry the Hard Rock brand. In the trio of renderings below it are are the three collossal Florida Hard Rock Hotel destinations:
 
By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer

Orange County Sheriff's mounted units remember Orlando Pulse massacre victims on 1-year anniversary with ribbons

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- As the  citizens of Orlando mark the one year remembrance and honor the 49 murder victims of the Pulse terrorism massacre, Orange County Sheriff's mounted unit horses James and Pete just had to participate.

City of Orlando releases new Pulse massacre video clips

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- "Come out with your hands up, or you will die!"

That's the order of a law enforcement official with either the Orlando PD or the Orange County Sheriff's Office to the gunman in the Pulse shooting, among 11 hours worth of body cam video clips released this week by the City of Orlando to the Associated Press, ABC News and other media outlets.

Bigs Experiment over in Orlando: Magic trade power forward Serge Ibaka to Toronto Raptors

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- From the moment the Magic traded for power forward Serge Ibaka from the Oklahoma City Thunder in the offseason, they knew he would likely be a one-and-done player.