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Broward K-9 killed on duty recalled as 'trusted partner and friend'
Sun-Sentinel.com"Trusted partner and friend." Those were the words engraved on a small plaque on an urn holding the ashes of Oozi, a Broward Sheriff's Office K-9 killed in the line of duty last week during a confrontation between officers and a man they had chased...Tags: Lauderhill, Death and Dying, Prosecution, Miami Beach, Cooper City
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Crash between BSO car and another vehicle sends 2 to hospital
Sun-Sentinel.comA Broward Sheriff's Office cruiser and another car collided at an intersection this afternoon, and both drivers were taken with non-life-threatening injuries to the hospital, authorities said. The crash between the marked sheriff's vehicle and a Mazda...Tags: Vehicles
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U.S. free market affects fuel prices
Why do people believe that drilling anywhere in the U.S. will net a lower price at the pump? We aren't Russia, Venezuela, Iran or Saudi Arabia. Those countries drill their own oil via nationalized companies and use the money to subsidize their own...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Paul Moore
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Officers looking for family of wandering 79-year-old
Sun-Sentinel.comAuthorities are trying to locate the family of a woman found wandering and disoriented around the city on Monday. Residents of a neighborhood near Oakland Park Boulevard and Federal Highway found Cecilia Lopez, 79, sometime in the afternoon, the... -
Hollywood: Professional to demonstrate making quilts for U.S. troops
The Stirling Road Library in Hollywood will host a demonstration July 29 on sewing quilts for wounded soldiers. The project, Quilts of Valor, is being directed by Carla Millares, a professional quilt-maker. Participants are invited to bring their own... -
Memorial for slain Broward K-9 dog set for Wednesday
Sun-Sentinel.comA memorial service for Oozi, the Broward Sheriff's Office K-9 dog killed this week, has been scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday at Cooper City High School. The school is located at 9401 Stirling Road. No other details were immediately available. Oozi, a 7-...Tags: Assault, Cooper City, Injuries, Miami Beach
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Dealing with the pain: Ask for help
South Florida Sun-SentinelNightmares, anger, depression or feeling numb -- these are a few symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. More than 40,000 veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been diagnosed with the condition, and medical experts say many more...Tags: Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Illnesses, Palm Beach County, Broward County, Hospitals and Clinics
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Florida's favorite lawn, but is St. Augustine's appeal fading?
Sentinel Staff WriterFlorida's thirst for water has sparked a growing attack on St. Augustine grass, the staple sod of lawns statewide. Many landscape experts and scientists say the assault is mostly one-sided and misdirected -- a mean-spirited mow. Environmentalists and...Tags: Geneva (Seminole, Florida), Water Restrictions, Seminole County, Botany, Orange County (Florida)
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Job center crowds a sign of the times
You don't need the latest unemployment statistics — 78,100 jobs lost in Florida in the last year, 17,400 in the Broward/Miami-Dade region — to know that times are tough. All you need to do is go to one of the WorkForce One centers in Broward,...Tags: Consumer Electronics Industry, Pembroke Pines, State Budgets, Employees, Robin Williams
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Espacio para el sueño americano
The Associated PressOAKLAND PARK, Florida — El arquitecto argentino Rodolfo Acevedo echó de menos la presencia acogedora de la Estatua de la Libertad cuando inició los trámites de naturalización en una gris oficina de Inmigración a principios de la década de 1990....Tags: Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Fort Lauderdale
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