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Free stuff to do this week in Orlando
OrlandoSentinel.comHere are some free events going on starting today. For a complete list of all events, please pick up a copy of our Calendar section every Friday in the Orlando Sentinel.??EVENTSHOT RODS & ROCK N' ROLL CAR SHOW: with music by the Cadillac Kings and others:... -
Carl Vance: Motel-room strangler sentenced to life in prison
A man accused of strangling his girlfriend to death in an extended-stay motel room in 2010 was found guilty of first-degree murder on Friday and sentenced to life in prison.
Investigators said Carl Vance, 55, used a telephone cord to choke Connie Asbury,...Tags: Trials, Murder, Punishment, Judges, Lawyers
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Deliberations continue tomorrow in phone cord strangling murder trial
Deliberation began today in the murder trial of a man accused of strangling his girlfriend to death at an extended-stay motel.
Authorities say Carl Vance, 55, used a telephone cord to choke Connie Asbury, 50, inside a motel room on South Orange Blossom...Tags: Trials, Murder, Lawyers, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice
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Orange takes action on three charter schools
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelIn November, the Orange School Board went against a staff recommendation and approved a single branch of a charter school that wanted to open two locations in the county this fall. Tonight, the board is slated to give that school, Mavericks High, a one-... -
Deliberations tomorrow for man accused of strangling girlfriend in OBT motel room
A man accused of murdering his girlfriend at an extended-stay motel took the stand on Wednesday in his defense, telling jurors that he wasn't responsible for her brutal death. Jurors are expected to begin deliberations Thursday morning in the first-...
Tags: Trials, Murder, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Robbery suspect caught getting hair dyed across the street from bank, cops say
A bank robbery spree ended in a barber's chair on Wednesday in Apopka, police say, when a detective patrolling after a heist spotted the suspect getting a cut and dye.
Investigators say 48-year-old Slade Garrett Erikson was already wanted for multiple...Tags: Bank Robbery, FBI, Apopka, Theft, Walmart
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State will accept exotic pets Saturday at Gatorland
People who can no longer take care of exotic pets can turn them over to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Gatorland, 14501 S. Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando. Owners of non-native reptiles, amphibians,...
Tags: Conservation, Orlando, Pets, Natural Resources, Wildlife
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Gatorland: Exotic-pet amnesty day set for May 19
Theme Park Rangers - Orlando SentinelGatorland and the Florida Wildlife Commission will hold a “non-native pet amnesty day” at the longtime attraction in south Orlando on May 19. The animals can be surrendered to the commission with no questions asked and no penalties. Non-native... -
Shooter on the loose after gunning down man
The victim of an unexplained shooting this morning near 40th Street and Orange Blossom Trail has died, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
The man, Alton M Johnson, 45, was found about 9:30 a.m. in the 1300 block of 40th Street suffering...Tags: Shootings, Orange County Sheriff's Office
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Restaurants setting tables for moms
We can thank Anna Jarvis for Mother's Day celebrations. Jarvis organized observances in Grafton, W.Va., and Philadelphia on May 10, 1908, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. As the celebration became popular around the country, Jarvis asked Congress...
Tags: Orlando Hotels, Dining and Drinking, Salmon, Mother's Day, Mall at Millenia
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$500,000 in stolen pathology equipment may have hazardous materials
Whoever stole some discarded equipment from outside a pathology lab may have gotten more than he or she bargained for.
Orlando police say the equipment, worth about $500,000, is contaminated with a substance that could eat away at human skin.
A pickup...Tags: Orlando, Medical Specialization, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Florida Hospital
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Bonnie Lynch: Orlando woman taught others 'The Red Lobster Way'
Preparing shrimp, frying fish and greeting guests at Red Lobster is done a certain way.
It's called "The Red Lobster Way," and for almost seven years, Bonnie Lynch trained employees of the seafood restaurant chain. When Red Lobster began expanding in the...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Red Lobster, Foods and Beverages, Heart Disease, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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