Friday, November 20, 2015

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  • 2 dead after plane crashes into Orlando lake

    2 dead after plane crashes into Orlando lake
    Last Updated: Friday, November 20, 2015, 1:18 PMORLANDOP --Two people were killed Friday after a small plane crashed into Clear Lake in Orlando.The crash happened just after 11:30 a.m. Orlando police, firefighters and Orange County Fire Rescue are currently at the scene.Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said a man in his 50s and a teenage girl were killed in the crash. The plane was headed from Orlando Executive Airport to Gainesville, Texas.No one else was on board the plane. No identities ha..
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  • France 'must not give in to fear,' Orlando community leader says - Orlando Sentinel

    As he watched the crowd waving tricolor French flags at a Dr. Phillips restaurant on Thursday night, Father Marc Vernoy of the St. Thomas More Priory in Sanford carried a photo of a police officer he knows who was in Paris on Nov. 13.The photo showedArnaud Beldon,his brother's boss in a police department in the communities of Louviers and Val-de-Reuil.Beldon was off-duty that night, attending a concert at the Bataclan theater in Paris. He was badly injured while trying to protect the people arou..
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  • Allegiant, JetBlue will offer new flights from RIC to Orlando next year - Richmond Times-Dispatch: Business

    Allegiant, JetBlue will offer new flights from RIC to Orlando next year - Richmond Times-Dispatch: Business
    Less than a month after Southwest Airlines said it would end its nonstop flights from Richmond to the Orlando, Fla., market, two low-cost carriers have announced plans to fill the void to one of the airport’s most popular destinations.Allegiant, which entered the Richmond market in February and so far flies only to Tampa Bay, announced Thursday that it will add twice-a-week flights to Orlando Sanford International Airport starting in April, two days after the Southwest flight to Orlando Internat..
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  • Orlando to host Copa America Centenario tournament - Orlando Sentinel

    Copa America Centenario will play three games at the Orlando Citrus Bowl next summer. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and Orlando City Soccer Club president ...
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  • Girl, 9, critical after being struck by car in Orlando

    Girl, 9, critical after being struck by car in Orlando
    Girl, 9, critical after being struck by car in OrlandoLast Updated: Friday, November 20, 2015, 5:44 AMORLANDO --A 9-year-old girl is in critical condition after she was struck by a car Thursday night in Orlando, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.The crash happened at 8:10 p.m. along Pine Hills Road near Hernandes Drive.A man was traveling north along Pine Hills Road in a four-door Acura.The 9-year-old girl was standing on the east side of the road with at least one other child, troopers sa..
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  • Orlando fire station celebrates 60th anniversary | News - Home

    Orlando fire station celebrates 60th anniversary | News - Home
    ORLANDO, Fla. -A lot has changed since 1955 at Orlando Fire Station 5. The technology is more advanced, the number of calls has increased, but the mission has remained the same. They celebrated 60 years of that brotherhood and service Thursday."I was one of the original. It was 1955, but I have no idea what day it was or what month," said Dick Keith, one of the original firefighters of Station 5.They might not have super powers, but the heroes came together Thursday to honor the original crew.Ri..
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  • Universal Orlando backs website against proposed Skyplex | News - Home

    Universal Orlando backs website against proposed Skyplex | News - Home
    ORLANDO, Fla. -A new website backed by Universal Orlando is urging Orange County commissioners to vote against the proposedSkyplex on International Drive.The website, calledSaveOurOrangeCountyCommunity.com, saysSkyplexwould bring more light pollution, noise and traffic to the area near Sand Lake Road and International Drive.  The website says it's a project of "concerned citizens" and Universal Orlando.Universal has been critical of the proposed attraction in the past, saying it would be too tal..
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  • Orlando pastor, wife shot in case of mistaken identity, investigators say | News - Home

    Orlando pastor, wife shot in case of mistaken identity, investigators say | News - Home
    ORLANDO, Fla. -An Orlando pastor who was shot in what investigators are calling a case of mistakenidentity spoke to News 6 about the ordeal.Bishop Harold Lee Hardemon Jr. and his wife, Faith, were both shot around 4:45 p.m. Wednesday at the Washington Shores Shopping Center in Orlando."We heard pop, pop, pop," said Hardemon. "We then looked and saw a guy standing in front off the window just shooting."As the barrage of bullets pierced the windows of his store, Hardemon's only instinct was to run..
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  • Man, 46, killed in crash on Florida's Turnpike in Orlando

    Man, 46, killed in crash on Florida's Turnpike in Orlando
    Man, 46, killed in crash on Florida's Turnpike in OrlandoFor an unknown reason, the man lost control of his four-door BMW, began rotating counterclockwise and then collided with the concrete barrier in the median near mile marker 265.Last Updated: Friday, November 20, 2015, 8:55 AMORLANDO --A 46-year-old man died after crashing early Friday morning along Florida's Turnpike in Orange County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.The man, who was from Orlando, was traveling south on the Turnpike..
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  • Judge sets free man jailed as teen in 1996 murder - Orlando Sentinel

    A man jailed at 17 on murder charges almost two decades ago has served enough time and should be released, a judge said today.The judge sided with the prosecutor and defense in the case of Edward Francis, 34, and sentenced him to time served, meaning he gets to walk free.The release is thanks to the Florida Supreme Court's decision earlier this year that juveniles sent to life in prison without parole are entitled to a new sentence and Orange-Osceola State Attorney Jeff Ashton's support of this ..
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