Summer Standouts: Orlando, Salt Lake City and other top stories.

• Summer Standouts: Orlando, Salt Lake City

  

  ORLANDO — A look at top performers from Day 6 in Orlando:Johnathan Motley, Dallas MavericksHe went undrafted as the result of suffering a torn meniscus in the NCAA Tournament that required surgery and then struggled most of the week here.  But Motley came up big on the final day with 18 points and 10 rebounds and hit the winning bucket on a foul line jumper with 0.3 left in overtime to give the undefeated (5-0) Mavericks the Orlando Summer League championship 83-81 over the Pistons.1:41PlayJohna..

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• Will pedestrian bridge make Orlando safer?

  ORLANDO, Fla. - For years, Central Florida has led the country in pedestrian crashes. So far this year, Orange County has already seen double-digit deaths.Many cities are trying to get results, and make the area more pedestrian friendly.Driving along Colonial Drive there's no mistaking the sights and sounds of the I-4 expansion, but just to the East of the interstate, the concrete pilings are being erected for another project: The Colonial Pedestrian Overpass.The idea is simple according to Bil..

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• Newspaper-Themed Pizza Chain Makes Headlines in Orlando

  

  The 12th U.S. location is set to open Saturday in Orlando, completing the Disneyland and Disney World overlap. New states on the horizon are North Carolina, ...

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• Deputies seek person of interest in Orlando Econo Lodge homicide

  

  Deputies seek person of interest in Orlando Econo Lodge homicide Updated: Jul 6, 2017 - 9:25 PM ORLANDO, Fla. - Orange County deputies on Thursday released a photo of a man they are calling a person of interest in the killing of a 32-year-old mother found dead in an Orange Blossom Trail Econo Lodge. Amber Carruthers was found in a room at the hotel near the Florida Mall at about 11:10 a.m. on June 17. The person of interest is a man seen on security video following Carruthers..

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• Ten standouts who made an impression at Orlando Pro Summer ...

  

  ORLANDO — Six days, 20 games and so many different stories at the Orlando Pro Summer League.  Here are 10 players that made an impression:Bam Adebayo, F, Miami Heat — A lot of folks snickered and said that legend Pat Riley reached to make Adebayo a lottery pick.  But his college coach John Calipari insisted that Adebayo would show more of what he can do and thrive at the NBA level.  About the only thing he didn’t do well in Orlando was shoot the ball consistently, but that won’t be his job in Mi..

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• Brazil's economic problems spell trouble for Orlando tourism

  

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• Orlando Considers Changing Panhandling Rules

  

  The city of Orlando is looking to get rid of strict laws against panhandlers downtown. The city of Orlando is looking to get rid of strict laws against panhandlers downtown. Current rules require that panhandlers stay within blue boxes painted on sidewalks when asking for donations. The proposed changes would allow panhandling in more public places. The goal of the changes is to increase overall safety. City spokeswoman Cassandra Lafser said “We feel that its more narrowly defined and he..

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• Cirque du Soleil buys Blue Man Group

  

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• Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings files to run for county mayor

  

  Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings filed Thursday to run for county mayor in the 2018 election, records show.Demings, who has been sheriff since 2008, would be the first African-American mayor of Orange County if he were to win.Current Mayor Teresa Jacobs is term-limited and cannot run again. Demings plans to hold an event Friday to discuss more details about his candidacy.Jose Datil Colom and Robert Edward Melanson also have filed to run for mayor. Colom, who was ordered to serve probation i..

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• Review: Metallica is forever young, stages a metal spectacle at ...

  

  Having Fourth of the July in the middle of the work week is never something to be desired. So for the groggy, unfortunate souls that had to work Wednesday morning, July 5 wasn’t necessarily a day to look forward to. The exception to this of course were the 50,000 plus who kept the festivities going by heading over to Orlando’s Camping World Stadium to catch metal icons Metallica in the midst of its “WorldWired World Tour.” Perhaps in grievance for our collective hangovers, mother nature graced..

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