Yelp Orlando director dies in Grand Canyon fall and other top stories.

• Yelp Orlando director dies in Grand Canyon fall

  

  Colleen Burns had a "million-watt" smile and a laugh so contagious it'd brighten anyone's mood, friends said.She was thoughtful, real, honest and caring. She loved many and connected with thousands on social media, but most notably, she connected with Orlando. Burns, a regional marketing director for Yelp, died Friday after falling from a Grand Canyon trail.The Associated Press is reporting that Burns accidentally stepped off an edge at Ooh Aah Point on Friday, about a mile down the popular Sou..

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• How a woman came between Tim Duncan and the Orlando Magic

  

  In the wake of the great Tim Duncan announcing his retirement on Monday, let's take a look back on how his ex-wife cost the Orlando Magic a chance at signing Duncan and changing the course of NBA history.Here's a column, I wrote about it a few years ago: Tim Duncan divorce reminds Magic of their broken homeIt was just a short blurb on most websites a few days ago. "Tim Duncan and wife Amy are getting a divorce."For Orlando Magic fans, the breakup happened about a dozen years too late.If not f..

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• 10 arrested in sit-in at Marco Rubio's Orlando office building

  

  Ten protesters were arrested Monday evening at a sit-in to demand reforms on gun laws, anti-discrimination policies and the end of violence targeting minorities.Nearly a month after the Pulse nightclub massacre, about 60 protesters assembled in a downtown building where Florida Sen. Marco Rubio keeps an office. Those arrested face misdemeanor charges after ignoring police officers who asked them to leave. They knelt by the building's doors and sang "This Little Light of Mine" as officers put pl..

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• Walhburgers Orlando opening to air on A&E's "Wahlburgers" this week

  The opening of the Wahlburgers in downtown Orlando will be the subject of this week's episode of "Wahlburgers" on A&E. The burger chain, founded by Paul Wahlberg and his celebrity brothers Mark and Donnie Wahlberg, opened at the corner of Church Street and Orange Avenue in downtown Orlando in February.Actor Mark Wahlberg and his brother Paul Wahlberg celebrated the opening of Wahlburgers with a VIP party.The episode of "Wahlburgers" that will include scenes from the opening and the VIP party w..

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• Orlando approves temporary ban on marijuana dispensaries

  

  ORLANDO, Fla. - Orlando city leaders voted to approve a temporary ban on marijuana dispensaries in the city, ahead of Florida's vote on medical marijuana in November.According to the Orlando Sentinel, the vote came after three potential sellers of medicinal marijuana expressed interest in opening businesses where zoning would allow them.If the moratorium passes a second vote, it would last through Dec. 31.In the meantime, city officials said they plan to study the potential impact of marijuana ..

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• Ping hosts Orlando radio show

  ORLANDO, Fla. - News 6 sports director David Pingalore takes to a different set of airwaves for the next two weeks.Ping can be heard on 96.9 FM The Game from 7 to 9 a.m.He will be co-hosting Mike Bianchi's "Open Mic" show as the Orlando Sentinel sports columnist takes a couple of weeks off. This is another chance for you to interact with Ping. Listen and call in or watch the show on ClickOrlando.com (video below) and the News 6 Facebook page. Copyright 2016 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights res..

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