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9 hrs ago | The Orlando Sentinel

Valencia College to take up tuition rates today

Some trustees have spoken out against raising tuition, as students continue to struggle with the increasing costs of higher education.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Rick Scott

Mon May 20, 2013

The Orlando Sentinel

George Zimmerman's father: My son faces 'malicious prosecution'

Robert Zimmerman , father of murder defendant George Zimmerman, is complaining about a state audio expert who reported hearing George Zimmerman make righteous statements during a call to police just before he shot Trayvon Martin .

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Related Topix: Florida

Fri May 17, 2013

The Orlando Sentinel

Ocoee hopes to set up citywide network of surveillance cameras

The plan, as described to city commissioners by Lt. Mike Bryant, aims to link public and private surveillance devices on a high-speed, wireless network that would stream video into a central recorder at the police station.

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Related Topix: Outdoor Recreation, Marathon

Thu May 16, 2013

The Orlando Sentinel

George Zimmerman's wife files trial witnesses list that includes sister-in-law, brother-in-law

SANFORD George Zimmerman 's wife, who is facing a perjury charge, has filed a witness list that includes her sister-in-law and brother-in-law, the couple who helped her husband set up a fund-raising website and manage the money that came flooding in.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law

Wed May 15, 2013

News 4 Jax

Drones secretly invading privacy?

But, a new law just went into effect that only lets detectives use those hovering cameras if they have a warrant, or if there's a terrorist threat.

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Click Orlando

Carjacking ends in chase, crash

TALK MORE ABOUT RAIN CHANCES FOR THE WEEKEND IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES. ALL RIGHT, TROY, THANK YOU, SIR.

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Related Topix: Winter Park, FL, Casselberry, FL

The Orlando Sentinel

Suspect arrested in Winter Park carjacking

A carjacking between people who knew each other led to a car chase through two counties that ended in Winter Park around 1:20 a.m. today.

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Related Topix: Winter Park, FL, Altamonte Springs, FL

Tue May 14, 2013

WESH-TV

Thieves sought after burglary spree caught on camera

Some of the men believed to be involved were detained by police officers, but no one has been charged yet in any of the thefts.

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Related Topix: Winter Springs, FL

The Orlando Sentinel

Defense blood expert: Someone else's blood found at double murder scene

A defense blood pattern expert testified Tuesday that someone else's blood - not the victims' and not the defendant's - were in several rooms at the scene of two bloody knife murders in an Altamonte Springs trailer park.

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Related Topix: Altamonte Springs, FL

The Orlando Sentinel

Seminole to spend $7.4 million to buy land near airport for new sports complex

Seminole County commissioners today agreed to spend $7.4 million to buy almost 100 acres near the Orlando Sanford International Airport to build a sports complex that would draw teams from across the country for tournaments.

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Related Topix: Sports, Sports Etc.

Click Orlando

Pickup truck in burglary spree found in Apopka; 3 detained

Three people were detained for questioning Tuesday morning in Apopka after a pickup truck believed to be involved in three burglaries was found abandoned along a dirt road.

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The Orlando Sentinel

9 Florida colleges violate law on severance pay for presidents, study finds

Seminole State College is among nine schools in Florida that offer contracts to its presidents that violate a new state law capping severance pay at 20 weeks for state employees and officers, according to a report released Monday by Florida's Chief Inspector General.

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Related Topix: Florida, US Governors, Rick Scott

Mon May 13, 2013

Capital Soup

Five State Representatives Endorse Cortes

Today, the Bob Cortes for State House District 30 campaign announced the endorsements of Florida House Majority Leader Steve Precourt, Representative Jason Brodeur, Representative David Santiago, Representative John Tobia, and Representative Ritch Workman, who join over a dozen other Central Florida leaders who have already endorsed the campaign.

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Related Topix: Florida, World News, Dominican Republic, Central America, Orlando, FL, Orange County, FL

The Orlando Sentinel

Deputies: Man stalked woman at hearings

Deputies say a Sanford man stalked a woman he met at the jail, sent her hundreds of text messages, showed up at her court hearings, and even tried to get the woman's probation officer and court officials to intervene on his behalf.

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Related Topix: Sanford, FL

Click Orlando

Death row inmate asks for convictions to be thrown out at DNA hearing

In a case where DNA helped convict a man of a 2004 double murder, the same technology could free him from Florida's death row.

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Related Topix: Altamonte Springs, FL

The Orlando Sentinel

Expressway may take over state's part of Wekiva Parkway

Orlando's main road-building agency may take over construction of almost all of the $1.66 billion Wekiva Parkway, but not if the agency has to raise tolls to cover the cost.

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Related Topix: Orlando, FL, Orange County, FL, Apopka, FL, Mount Dora, FL

Sun May 12, 2013

The Orlando Sentinel

For paltry pay, teaching assistants are unsung heroes in state's push toward excellence

In a room dubbed Confidence City, a burly Baptist minister-turned-educator calls out writing instructions to a row of special-needs teenagers hunched over their work sheets.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Orange Lake, FL, Orlando, FL, Sanford, FL

The Orlando Sentinel

Maitland residents organize to oppose digital billboard in their backyards

In Maitland , where billboards have been illegal since FDR was president, a city ordinance that would allow a large digital advertising sign is provoking an outcry among residents.

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Related Topix: Maitland, FL

Sat May 11, 2013

The Orlando Sentinel

After mom slain at salon, grieving siblings create domestic-violence group

Oct. 18 - the day domestic violence infiltrated a hair salon and ended the lives of three women - had been a blurry confluence of blood, wailing, rage and choked condolences for Gladys Cabrera's husband and four grown children.

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Related Topix: Casselberry, FL

Fri May 10, 2013

The Orlando Sentinel

Seminole math teacher re-arrested after 2nd student said he had sex with her

A Seminole County high school teacher who was arrested and accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old female student was re-arrested Friday after a second female student told investigators they had a sexual relationship when she was 15.

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Related Topix: Winter Park, FL, Longwood, FL, Education Etc.