Friday, February 24, 2012

Fast Florida Post

"Ship departs after illness outbreak" Associated Press, February 13, 2012

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A cruise ship that returned early to port after a stomach virus outbreak has departed again after an extensive sanitization....

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That's about as fast as I'm going to hurl this at you.

"Man pleads guilty in Fla. girl’s death" Associated Press, February 04, 2012

GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. - An unemployed restaurant worker pleaded guilty yesterday in the abduction, sexual battery, and slaying of a 7-year-old Florida girl who was found in a landfill, as dozens of her family and friends packed a crowded courtroom wearing shades of purple, the little girl’s favorite color....

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"Woman, 20, dies after freak Fla. church shooting" February 18, 2012

Authorities say a Florida pastor’s daughter who was accidentally shot in the head in a church died Saturday at a hospital.

The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office says 20-year-old Hannah Kelley was pronounced dead at about 10:20 a.m. Saturday at Bayfront Medical Center. An autopsy is pending.

Kelley had been hospitalized since Feb. 12, when she was struck in the head by a bullet at Grace Connection Church in St. Petersburg, where her father Tim Kelley is pastor.

Investigators have said Moises Zambrana was showing his gun in a small closet to another church member interested in buying a firearm. The St. Petersburg Times reports that the other church member, Dustin Bueller, was Hannah Kelley’s fiancee.

Zambrana reportedly removed the magazine from the Ruger 9mm weapon but did not know that a round was still in the chamber. The gun went off, firing a bullet through a wall. Kelley was struck in the head.

The sheriff’s office says detectives are still investigating the shooting. No charges have been filed.

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