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Florida County Celebrates Emancipation Proclamation Anniversary

Updated: 6:41 AM - 148 years ago - one document forever changed the course of American history. The document was the Emancipation Proclamation which freed slaves.

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Store Clerk Held at Gunpoint in Weekend Robbery [SLIDE SHOW]

Posted: 05/20/2013 - Witnesses told police the men drove off in a black sedan type car and headed toward the downtown area.

Funeral Planned for Tallahassee DJ Killed in Car Crash

Updated: 05/20/2013 - Martinez, 43, died from injuries sustained in a car accident in S. Florida on Saturday.

Body of Drowned Man Recovered from Local Sinkhole

Updated: 05/20/2013 - A man has drowned after Leon County Deputies say he went swimming at a local sinkhole.

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FSU Study: The Power of Prayer

Updated: 05/20/2013 - Until recently, social scientists have stayed away from studying religion, spirituality and especially prayer.

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Florida Senator Seeks Federal Funds To Exhume Bodies in Investigation

Posted: 05/20/2013 - U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson wants federal funds to help scientists investigate unmarked gravesites discovered recently at a shuttered reform school in Florida’s Panhandle.

Posted: 05/20/2013 - Valdosta Police say they broke into the store off North Ashley overnight, and stole TV's and cell phones.

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Fourth Person Charged in School Vandalism Investigation

Updated: 05/20/2013 - On Monday, May 20, 2013, Leon County Sheriff’s Detectives arrested Dartanian Roberts, 18, and charged him for his involvement in the vandalism of several area high schools.

Posted: 05/20/2013 - Gov. Nathan Deal noted that any religious group can donate literature.

Posted: 05/20/2013 - Attached is a PDF file containing all bookings at the Leon County Jail from May 19, 2013. Pictures are included.

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Crews dig through night after deadly Okla. twister
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- Search and rescue crews worked through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood. At least 51 people were killed, including at least 20 children, and those numbers were expected to climb, officials said Tuesday....
In tornado's wake, worried parents seek out kids
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off - survivors of a deadly tornado that barreled through their community....
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AP photographer describes destroyed Okla. school
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- I left the office in Oklahoma City as soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV. I had photographed about a dozen twisters before in the past decade, and knew that if I didn't get in my car before the funnel cloud hit, it would be too late....
Former IRS commissioner heads to Hill amid scandal
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawmakers are getting their first chance to question the former head of the Internal Revenue Service, the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups....

Crews dig through night after deadly Okla. twister
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- Search and rescue crews worked through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood. At least 51 people were killed, including at least 20 children, and those numbers were expected to climb, officials said Tuesday....
In tornado's wake, worried parents seek out kids
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off - survivors of a deadly tornado that barreled through their community....
AP photographer describes destroyed Okla. school
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- I left the office in Oklahoma City as soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV. I had photographed about a dozen twisters before in the past decade, and knew that if I didn't get in my car before the funnel cloud hit, it would be too late....
President Obama to speak on Oklahoma disaster
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on Tuesday before delivering a statement on the devastating tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday....
AP Photos: Images of devastating Oklahoma tornado
The devastating tornado that swept through Oklahoma turned houses into matchsticks and sent parents and teachers running to pull children from the wreckage of an elementary school in the eye of the storm. At least 51 people were killed by the 200-mph storm and dozens of homes destroyed. The toll was expected to rise. Here are images from the aftermath :...

3 Hezbollah fighters die of wounds from Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Three members of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group died of wounds sustained while fighting for control of strategic Syrian town near the Lebanese border, activists said Tuesday, as the battle in the area raged for the third straight day....
Guatemala top court overturns genocide conviction
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- Guatemala's top court has thrown another curve into the genocide case of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, overturning his conviction and ordering that the trial be taken back to the middle of the proceedings....
Owner: Chinese boat's captain beaten by NKoreans
BEIJING (AP) -- Gunmen wearing North Korean military uniforms released a Chinese fishing boat Tuesday after holding its crew for two weeks, beating up the captain and stealing the vessel's fuel, the boat's owner said. He added that the hijackers did not get the 600,000 yuan ($100,000) ransom they had demanded....
The pope and the devil: Is Francis an exorcist?
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Is Pope Francis an exorcist?...
Myanmar Muslims jailed for killing Buddhist monk
MEIKHTILA, Myanmar (AP) -- A Myanmar court sentenced seven Muslims to prison - one of them to a life term - in the killing of a Buddhist monk amid deadly sectarian violence that was overwhelmingly directed against minority Muslims but has produced no serious charges against the members of the country's Buddhist majority....

Former IRS commissioner heads to Hill amid scandal
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawmakers are getting their first chance to question the former head of the Internal Revenue Service, the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups....
Policy, discretion guide media sources probes
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington Post to apologize because the bureau had improperly obtained reporters' telephone records four years earlier....
Committee nears final big immigration decisions
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate Judiciary Committee hopes to nail down an elusive compromise on high-tech visas and may punt a controversy over gay marriage to the full Senate as it makes final drafting decisions on immigration legislation that grants a shot at citizenship to millions living in the country illegally....
Senate to debate crop insurance in farm bill
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate is debating cuts to the federally subsidized crop insurance program as it considers a massive farm bill this week....
O'Malley using agenda, fundraising to explore 2016
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- His latest legislative achievements put him in the vanguard of his party's liberal base. He's been a top fundraiser for President Barack Obama. And he's ramping up his travel to help fellow Democrats around the country....

Apple's Cook to face Senate questions on taxes
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Senate panel says Apple Inc. is avoiding paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes, but the world's most valuable company says it is complying with the laws and pays "an extraordinary amount" in taxes to the U.S. government....
Housing recovery boosts Home Depot 1Q results
ATLANTA (AP) -- Even though the weather was poor, Home Depot posted an 18 percent increase in its net income for the first quarter thanks to the ongoing housing recovery....
Best Buy reports 1Q loss on restructuring costs
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Best Buy Co. is reporting a loss in its fiscal first quarter as it sold its stake in Best Buy Europe and works on a turnaround plan that includes cutting costs and closing some stores....
Sprint to listen to Dish offer
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) -- Wireless company Sprint Nextel Corp. says it can now let Dish Network Corp. see its books and talk with Dish to see whether its competing offer to buy Sprint is better than its current deal with Japan's SoftBank....
Futures fall as markets await hints from Fed
NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. stock futures are down in light trading ahead of an appearance this week by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke before Congress....

Sprint to listen to Dish offer
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) -- Wireless company Sprint Nextel Corp. says it can now let Dish Network Corp. see its books and talk with Dish to see whether its competing offer to buy Sprint is better than its current deal with Japan's SoftBank....
Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school?
NEW YORK (AP) -- Thomas Sohmers, 17, of Hudson, Mass., has been working at a research lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since he was 13, developing projects ranging from augmented reality eyewear to laser communications systems. This spring, his mom, Penny Mills, let him drop out of 11th grade. She says she "could see how much of the work he was doing at school wasn't relevant to what he wanted to learn."...
Apple's Cook to face Senate questions on taxes
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Senate panel says Apple Inc. is avoiding paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes, but the world's most valuable company says it is complying with the laws and pays "an extraordinary amount" in taxes to the U.S. government....
Yahoo looks to regain its cool with Tumblr deal
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its shareholders. That goal led CEO Marissa Mayer to make a $1.1 billion bet on online blogging forum Tumblr in a risky acquisition that revolves around the vision and instincts of a 26-year-old entrepreneur who dropped out of high school to pursue his dream of bringing more beauty and creativity to the Internet....
Under Mayer: Boosting mobile, buying companies
Yahoo Inc. lured Marissa Mayer from Google in July to become its fifth CEO in as many years. Her task: Help the Internet pioneer regain its stature after years in a financial funk. In her 10 months leading the company, she has overseen a redesign of Yahoo services and orchestrated several acquisitions, including a deal to buy online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion....

Ferris wheel ride world record broken in Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than two days - 384 times, up and around - bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park favorite....
Funeral home has bicycle hearse for 1 last ride
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- An Oregon funeral home in Eugene offers natural burials where the ride to the person's final resting place is on the back of a three-wheeled bicycle....
Birth of anteater has Conn. zoo staff puzzled
GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) -- An anteater has given birth at a Connecticut conservation center, prompting officials there to wonder how the mother conceived....
Alaska man runs onto frozen lake to avoid jail
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant....
Exhibition of secretly shot photos upsets NYers
NEW YORK (AP) -- Residents of a New York luxury apartment building are livid over an exhibition of photos secretly snapped through their apartment windows....

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