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Pill abuse is tearing up families in Clay County
GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. -- It’s the dirty little secret that's getting to be too big for even the experts to handle. "We really have ourselves a challenge right now. If it gets worse I may not have the beds to be able to do it,” said David Abramowitz, Northeast Regional Director for the Florida Department of Children and Families.
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DCF probes relationship between local teacher & student
NEPTUNE BEACH, Fla. -- The Florida Department of Children and Families is investigating the relationship between a local male student and a female teacher. According to DCF, "inappropriate communications," allegedly occured between a teacher at Beaches Chapel School in Neptune Beach and one of her students. A teenager who attends the school tells Action News the teacher had some sort of inappropriate communication with a student.
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Heat regroup, heading to take on confident Pacers
Indiana's mindset has not changed for several days. The Pacers were confident entering the series, confident after losing Game 1 to the Miami Heat and confident after winning Game 2. The Heat say they wouldn't have it any other way. And though they have lost home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference semifinal series that is now tied at a game
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Detective arrested for interfering with case
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Broward County Sheriff's detective has been arrested for interfering with an ongoing racketeering and extortion case against 2 officers from another agency. Federal prosecutors say Anthony Costanzo turned himself in and was booked into the county jail early Wednesday afternoon. He's charged with tampering with a witness, tampering with evidence, disclosure of confidential information
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US lowers cutoff for lead poisoning in young kids
ATLANTA (AP) — For the first time in 20 years, U.S. health officials have lowered the threshold for lead poisoning in young children. The change means many more children could be diagnosed with high levels of lead in their blood. Too much lead is harmful to developing brains and can mean a lower IQ. Recent research persuaded government officials that
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Savannah woman wins $40K instant lottery prize
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A coastal Georgia woman is $40,000 richer after winning the top prize in a Georgia Lottery scratch-off game. Lottery officials say 28-year-old Natalie McPherson claimed the prize in the instant Big Deal game. Her father bought two scratch-off tickets for her, including the lucky winner. McPherson says she plans to use the money to enroll in
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2 Navy ships collide in Pacific; no injuries
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The U.S. Navy says an amphibious assault ship and a replenishment tanker collided in the Pacific Ocean but there were no injuries and no fuel spills. A Third Fleet public affairs statement says the collision between the assault ship USS Essex and the oiler USNS Yukon occurred at midmorning Wednesday approximately 120 miles off Southern California.
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Edwards defense rests, closing arguments tomorrow
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Closing arguments are scheduled for tomorrow at the North Carolina trial of two-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, with jury deliberations expected to start the following day. The defense rested today without calling Edwards or his former mistress to the stand. The defense also chose not to question the former senator's oldest daughter, Cate, who has
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Syrian leader says terrorists are behind unrest
BEIRUT (AP) — In his first interview since December, Syrian President Bashar Assad insisted Tuesday his regime is fighting back against foreign mercenaries who want to overthrow him, not innocent Syrians aspiring for democracy in a yearlong uprising. The interview with Russian TV showed Assad is still standing his ground, despite widespread international condemnation over his deadly crackdown on dissent.
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US sees deal near; Pakistan haggling over money
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. hopes of reopening Pakistan's supply routes for the Afghanistan war ahead of next week's NATO summit are going down to the wire. Washington is hopeful of an imminent deal. But Pakistan is insisting that the United States pay more to repair relations and end the blockade. Both sides say negotiations continued in Islamabad on Wednesday. The
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House OK's anti-domestic violence law
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed Republican legislation to renew an anti-domestic violence law. Democrats and advocacy groups say the GOP's reauthorization of the Violence Against Women doesn't go far enough to protect battered immigrants, Native Americans or gays. They favor the Senate version. ©2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or
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Senate Democrats reject House GOP budget plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats controlling the Senate have rejected for the second consecutive year a budget plan passed by House Republicans. The vote came after a daylong debate Wednesday in which Democrats blasted Republicans for refusing to consider tax increases as part of a solution to trillion-dollar deficits. Republicans in turn attacked Democrats for not offering a budget at all
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Marissa Alexander's husband speaks out
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Rico Gray says he and Marissa Alexander had only been married two and a half months before that August 2010 night when she fired a gun at him and his two young sons. He says he and Marissa had been fighting over text messages on her phone. He says he wanted to call off their marriage, when
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Hundreds of new jobs coming to Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jacksonville just got a huge jolt. Wednesday, Mayor Alvin Brown announced 200 jobs are available and up for grabs. "The average salary is going to be from 40 to 60 thousand dollars a year," he said. Florida Blue will be providing the jobs via it's subsidiary Novitas Solutions. According to Mayor Brown, more than 38,000 people are