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    Weather Alert Day

    The chance for rain has increased quite a bit today for South Florida, with isolated rainfall possible this morning (especially along the coast), and numerous showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and this evening.

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    Waiting to find out the Powerball winner

    The lucky ticket was bought sometime Saturday or earlier at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills

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    Teen arrested, expelled for relationship

    A Treasure Coast teen is deciding whether to take a deal from the state on charges of an alleged same-sex relationship with an underaged student. Her mother is speaking out against what she calls the unfair charge.

    Updated 36 mins ago

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    Tornadoes strike several states, 1 dead

    The destructive weather isn't over. Baseball-sized hail, wind gusts and tornadoes could pummel parts of the central Plains and Midwest through Monday.

    Updated 1 hr 27 mins ago

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    Swift wins big at Billboard awards

    Some big names in music were in Las Vegas for the Billboard Music Awards.

    Updated 28 mins ago

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    Moon explosion

    A meteoroid struck the lunar surface at speeds of 56-thousand-miles-an-hour on March 17th.

    Updated 12 mins ago

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    The Dreamliner returns

    No longer grounded for safety concerns, Boeing's embattled 787 Dreamliner now has a few things to prove. Monday might be a good day to start. That's when domestic Dreamliner flights return to America's airways.

    Posted 1 hr 44 mins ago


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