911 calls: 'Gunshots going like crazy' at Pulse nightclub in Orlando and other top stories.

• 911 calls: 'Gunshots going like crazy' at Pulse nightclub in Orlando

  

  ORLANDO, Fla. –  A mother called 911 for help as she texted with her son, who was trapped inside the Pulse nightclub. A sister told a dispatcher that her 20-year-old brother also was trapped, in a bathroom at the gay club, and that "he said there were a lot of dead people." People were texting, calling and video-chatting for help during the mass shooting of 49 people in June, and their loved ones frantically called police dispatchers in turn, according to numerous audio recordings of 911 calls ..

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• City of Orlando providing sandbags to residents

  

  The City of Orlando will be providing sandbags to help prepare for the potential impact of Tropical Depression 9. Residents must show proof of residence and can get up to six bags per address.Sandbags are available Tuesday until 2 p.m. and Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the city's Streets and Stormwater Division at 1010 Woods Avenue.

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• EDC Orlando 2016 lineup announced for November festival

  

  Bassnector, Keys N Krates and Ephwurd are some of the performers set to play the Electrical Daisy Carnival in November. Organizers of Orlando largest electronic music festival, which is also known as EDC, announced the 2016 lineup last week. This year's festival will take place at Tinker Field in Orlando on Nov. 4-5.Tickets, which start at $169, are on sale now.Orlando DJ Big Makk (real name Samisoni Koroitamudu) was scheduled to play EDC 2016. Koroitamudu, who frequently played at Back Booth ..

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• Orlando Pride Claim Defender McKenzie Berryhill Off Waivers

  

  ORLANDO, Fla. - (August 30, 2016) – Orlando Pride has claimed rookie defender McKenzie Berryhill off of waivers, the Club announced today. In addition, defender Steph Catley has been placed on the season-ending disabled list after suffering a metatarsal fracture and hamstring strain during the Rio Olympics.   “McKenzie was a player that we looked closely at in the draft this year, and she came into serious consideration, but was selected by Portland,” Pride Head Coach Tom Sermanni said.  “We see..

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• Forecasters: Tropical storm could form today in Gulf

  

  Forecasters have issued storm watches stretching from east of Panama City to northwest of Tampa as the storm that has been marching across the Atlantic into the Gulf of Mexico ramps up. The system is expected to become a tropical storm and turn to the northeast toward Florida by today. Heavy rain is expected in Central Florida. The National Hurricane Center in Miami issued the hurricane watch for an area of the Gulf coast from near Tarpon Springs to Indian Pass. An area to the west of Indian Pa..

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• Magical Dining Month: Eat a $33 meal at 90 Orlando restaurants

  

  Magical Dining Month started this week, and WESH-2 is highlighting restaurants participating in the month-long dining event. Now in its 11th year, Magical Dining Month, which includes more than 90 restaurants, continues through Oct. 2.Here’s how it works: Participating restaurants across Central Florida, from the attractions area to Lake Mary, offer a prie-fixe menu that includes an appetizer, an entree and a dessert for $33 – an average savings of 33 percent.At Eleven, the restaurant at Reuni..

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• Is Universal Orlando Repeating Disney World's Mistake?

  

  Image source: Universal Orlando. You probably don't want to face off against Universal Orlando parent Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) in a game of Monopoly. All it does is keep building hotels. The theme park operator filed updated plans with the county last week for what would be the resort's sixth hotel, according to an Orlando Sentinel article.  Comcast has been voraciously building out its resort since the success of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter cast a levitation spell on guest attendance in..

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• Watch Hope Solo react to U.S. soccer suspension, termination

  

  Hope Solo cried, hugged her husband and then lashed out when she received the news: U.S. soccer terminated her contract and issued a six-month suspension after she called Sweden "a bunch of cowards" following the United States' Olympics elimination."Six months, suspension, no pay. Terminated contract, effective immediately," Solo says in a newly-released video trailer from Fullscreen, a media company making a docu-series called "Keeping Score" that follows the U.S. national team goalkeeper and ..

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• Orlando's real estate market below average, new study shows

  

  Orlando came in at No. 181 on the 2016's Best Real Estate Markets list, besting Tampa… more STEVE COLE - christie & cole studio inc. Although the Central Florida residential real estate market is showing some stronger signs over the past year, the Orlando metro area still ranks below average in a new WalletHub study of 2016's Best Real Estate Markets. To rank the metros, WalletHub compared 300 U.S. cities across 16 key metrics, ranging fr..

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• Miranda Kerr Reveals Ex Orlando Bloom Gave Her a Heads Up ...

  

  This is weirdly sweet?Supermodel Miranda Kerr revealed that her ex-husband Orlando Bloom made sure to give her a heads up before those infamous penis pics of him paddleboarding in the buff with girlfriend Katy Perry surfaced on the Internet.Kerr shared that fun tidbit while on The Kyle and Jackie O radio show earlier today while talking about her role as a Bonds Swim ambassador. Kyle slyly made mention of Bloom's unmentionables when he told Kerr, "I've noticed there's a theme running here. I do..

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