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Scattered heavy storms and lightning
JACKSONVILLE, Fla -- Scattered storms will affect far Northeast Florida and much of Southeast Georgia this evening. A few storms may develop in and around Jacksonville between 7 and 10pm with the potential for brief heavy rain, gusty winds and frequent lightning. Thursday will be partly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms redeveloping but earlier in the day than Wednesday --
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City and Jaguars agree on $63 million makeover for EverBank Field
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jaguars and the city of Jacksonville have agreed on $63 million in facility improvements at EverBank Field. City leaders including city council members, Mayor Alvin Brown and Jaguars owner Shad Khan made the announcement inside the team locker room Wednesday afternoon. Shad Khan is leading the Jaguars into a new era of fanfare. The popular owner
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Actor James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- HBO and James Gandolfini's managers say the actor famous for his role in "The Sopranos" has died in Italy. The cable channel, and managers Mark Armstrong and Nancy Sanders, say the 51-year-old Gandolfini (gan-dahl-FEE'-nee) died Wednesday while on holiday in Rome. In a statement, HBO called the actor a great talent and a gentle and loving
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Thieves targeting Social Security accounts
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Marie Boyett needs every penny of her $900 monthly social security check to get by. “This pays my electric bill, my phone bill and helps take care of me.” Action News has learned Boyett is one of 252,661 local seniors are at risk of a new scam. According to the Office of the Inspector General, identity thieves
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Jacksonville Beach to reroute traffic for July 4th event
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla.-- The 4th of July fireworks have sparked a whole new traffic plan for Jacksonville Beach, the first of its kind, and it's one that neighbors hope will prevent the nightmare they saw the last time the city hosted the celebration. "I think it's great," said Cory Nichols. "I think anything to help with the flow of traffic
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Fla. school tells students to drop online classes
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's main online school is telling worried parents and students that they aren't about to get charged for failing to complete courses. A charter school in Fort Myers sent out letters earlier this month telling students they would have to pay $425 if they failed to complete courses at Florida Virtual School. The letter from Gateway
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Fla. man indicted first-degree murder counts
OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A grand jury has indicted an Ocala man on first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of three men over a video prank. The jury met for several hours Tuesday before issuing their indictment against 31-year-old Andrew Lobban. He's entered a written plea of not guilty. The Ocala Star Banner reports the state has not said whether
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Florida man convicted of setting his girlfriend on fire
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — It took six jurors less than 45 minutes to convict Roosevelt Mondesir of attempted first-degree murder and domestic aggravated battery charges for setting his ex-girlfriend on fire last year at a Boynton Beach gas station. Mondesir, 53, faces up to life in prison when Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Stephen Rapp sentences him on August
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Marion county detectives search for ID theft suspect
MARION COUNTY, Fla. -- Detectives with the Marion County Sheriff's Office work to find a man accused of using a stolen credit card at local stores. Detectives discovered the stolen credit card was used at Walmart stores in Dunnellon and Ocala. The victim is an Illinois man. He told detectives in May of this year that someone was using his
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Country singer Slim Whitman dies at OPMC
ORANGE PARK, Fla. -- Country singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeler who sold millions of records through ever-present TV ads in the 1980s and 1990s and whose song saved the world in the film comedy "Mars Attacks!," died Wednesday at a Florida hospital. He was 90. Whitman died of heart failure at Orange Park Medical Center, his son-in-law Roy Beagle
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HPV vaccine cut infection by half in teen girls
ATLANTA (AP) — Researchers say a vaccine for a sexually spread virus has cut infections in teen girls by half. This is the first evidence of how well the HPV vaccine works since it came on the market seven years ago. For girls ages 14 to 19, the study found a 56 percent reduction in the types of HPV virus
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100+ Gwinnett Medical Center patients may have been exposed to TB
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. -- More than 100 patients at Gwinnett Medical Center may have been exposed to tuberculosis. WSB Channel 2’s Dave Huddleston was there Tuesday as hospital executives and members of the county and state health departments held a news conference on the matter. They found out about the issue when an employee was diagnosed with TB. Officials said 133
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DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis bonds out of jail
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis is back home after bonding out of jail. DeKalb District Attorney Robert James announced a grand jury indicted Ellis Tuesday on 15 counts that included charges of theft, extortion, false statements and writings, conspiracy to defraud a political subdivision and coercion of another employee to give anything of value for political purposes.
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Authorities name casualties in Colorado fire
DENVER (AP) — Bob and Barbara Schmidt dashed to their home on a dirt road in a heavily wooded area northeast of Colorado Springs as smoke from what would become the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history filled the air. After quickly grabbing a few items, they spotted their neighbors. "They were sitting on their porch, watching TV," said Bob
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Actor James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- HBO and James Gandolfini's managers say the actor famous for his role in "The Sopranos" has died in Italy. The cable channel, and managers Mark Armstrong and Nancy Sanders, say the 51-year-old Gandolfini (gan-dahl-FEE'-nee) died Wednesday while on holiday in Rome. In a statement, HBO called the actor a great talent and a gentle and loving
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NC repeals law that allowed racial bias appeals
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has repealed a landmark law that had allowed convicted murderers to have their sentences reduced to life in prison if they could prove racial bias influenced the outcome of their cases. Gov Pat McCrory affixed his signature Wednesday. Both proponents and critics say the repeal of the 2009 Racial Justice Act will restart the
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Authorities: OH woman buried mother, cashed checks
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say an Ohio woman who buried her mother in her yard and cashed the dead woman's Social Security checks for 14 years has been sentenced to 30 days in prison. Federal authorities say 66-year-old Patricia Hodges, of Marietta, also was sentenced Wednesday in Columbus to six months of home confinement and ordered to repay more
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Officials: Urban Outfitters pulls pill glasses
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Political leaders in drug-plagued Kentucky say retailer Urban Outfitters Inc. has responded to a multi-state campaign and stopped selling flasks, shot glasses and pint glasses that look like prescription pill bottles. Gov. Steve Beshear released a statement Wednesday saying he was very pleased with the decision. Urban Outfitters caters to teens and young adults. The Courier-Journal
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Dotcom 'in tears' after Megaupload files deleted
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom says he's "in tears" after a European company announced it had deleted all the data it was hosting from the shuttered file-sharing site. Netherlands-based LeaseWeb announced Thursday it had deleted all Megaupload files from 630 servers. LeaseWeb said it hosted the data for over a year without receiving any requests to
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Venezuela: Plane that disappeared in '08 found
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan authorities say the undersea wreckage of a small plane that disappeared five years ago with 14 people aboard has been found. Attorney General Luisa Ortega Diaz is announcing via Twitter the discovery of the aircraft with the ID code YV2081. The plane went missing Jan. 4, 2008. Aboard were five Venezuelans including the pilot and
Political News
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NC repeals law that allowed racial bias appeals
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has repealed a landmark law that had allowed convicted murderers to have their sentences reduced to life in prison if they could prove racial bias influenced the outcome of their cases. Gov Pat McCrory affixed his signature Wednesday. Both proponents and critics say the repeal of the 2009 Racial Justice Act will restart the
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NC Sen. Hagan facing powerful GOP force in 2014
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan of North Carolina rode President Barack Obama's coattails in 2008, winning a seat Republicans had held for nearly four decades. Now Hagan faces a powerful Republican rebound as she seeks a second term in November 2014. Her saving grace in the race could be a crowded GOP primary, which might
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Actor James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- HBO and James Gandolfini's managers say the actor famous for his role in "The Sopranos" has died in Italy. The cable channel, and managers Mark Armstrong and Nancy Sanders, say the 51-year-old Gandolfini (gan-dahl-FEE'-nee) died Wednesday while on holiday in Rome. In a statement, HBO called the actor a great talent and a gentle and loving
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Scattered heavy storms and lightning
JACKSONVILLE, Fla -- Scattered storms will affect far Northeast Florida and much of Southeast Georgia this evening. A few storms may develop in and around Jacksonville between 7 and 10pm with the potential for brief heavy rain, gusty winds and frequent lightning. Thursday will be partly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms redeveloping but earlier in the day than Wednesday --
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Family 99 percent certain body found is of missing swimmer
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- It has been four days since Quinton Harris, 30, disappeared under the water at Huguenot Memorial Park. And there is still no confirmation from JSO the body that washed ashore Monday on Little Talbot Island belongs to him. It's been a hard few days for Harris' family. His mom told Action News he loved the beach. But
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City and Jaguars agree on $63 million makeover for EverBank Field
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jaguars and the city of Jacksonville have agreed on $63 million in facility improvements at EverBank Field. City leaders including city council members, Mayor Alvin Brown and Jaguars owner Shad Khan made the announcement inside the team locker room Wednesday afternoon. Shad Khan is leading the Jaguars into a new era of fanfare. The popular owner
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Fla. school tells students to drop online classes
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's main online school is telling worried parents and students that they aren't about to get charged for failing to complete courses. A charter school in Fort Myers sent out letters earlier this month telling students they would have to pay $425 if they failed to complete courses at Florida Virtual School. The letter from Gateway