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July 22, 2008
A Daytona Beach, Fla. , police officer was fired for demanding free coffee from a Starbucks and threatening to respond slowly if employees didn't give him a free latte. Although Starbucks has a policy of giving police officers free regular coffee, it doesn't hand out specialty coffees without charge.
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July 22, 2008
A 4-year-old boy died Saturday after being left in a vehicle for nearly three hours while his mother was getting her nails done for her wedding later that day. Reports say that the mother, Mirlande Jean-Baptiste's, 29, likely did not know the child was in her Ford Explorer, as she and her sister dropped off some children with relatives before going to their 9 a. m. appointments.
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July 19, 2008
A robber was killed in St. Petersburg, Fla. , on Friday by his own gun. Jack Donaldson, 27, came home at lunchtime to find intruders in his apartment. One had a semi-automatic handgun. A struggle ensued and one robber, Lajuan Dandy, 39, dropped his gun. Donaldson picked it up and fired, killing the burglar.
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July 15, 2008
Topics girls, school, usa, videos, address, rose, photos, video, health, internet, girl, young, florida, university and children
Cyberbullying is on the rise with methods becoming meaner, including posting photos and videos on social networking websites. A report by the University of New Hampshire's Crimes Against Children Research Center said the number of young Americans between the ages 10 to 17 who experienced online harassment has gone up by 50 percent from 2000 to 2005.
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July 14, 2008
A 76-year-old Georgia grandmother jailed in North Carolina is headed to court there on Monday to answer charges of soliciting a hit man to kill her fourth husband on the 22nd anniversary of the day he was found shot to death at their home. Betty Neumar's trial Monday is a statutory hearing on probable cause to continue prosecuting her on charges alleging she solicited murder.
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