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Tornado warning passes; showers, thunderstorms remain in forecast

A tornado warning for the Hobe Sound area expired at 6:30 p.m., but Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast could see more showers, thunderstorms, wind and lightning Saturday night, the National Weather Service said.

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Michael Sam: I could play for the Miami Dolphins

Ready or not, Missouri defensive end Michael Sam will be the first openly gay player in a NFL locker room when he’s drafted in May.

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Stuart man dies in early-morning wreck in Palm City

Philip Wade Harvey Jr. was driving his 2011 Hyundai Accent eastbound near Southwest Mapp Road when a 2009 Acura MDX struck him from behind, FHP said.

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Canadian kayakers make landfall in Juno to complete 4,000-mile journey

Canadian kayakers make landfall in Juno to complete 4,000-mile journey

For two Canadian brothers, who kayaked from Brazil to Juno Beach, the last leg of their 4,000-mile seven-month odyssey on Saturday was uneventful.

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Maryland rail project linked to holocaust

American Holocaust survivors might soon receive reparation payments from a government-owned French railway that carried people to concentration camps.

K-9 competition brings police dogs from across Florida to Boynton Beach

North Port Police Officer Keith Bush and his K-9 companion, Tomy, didn’t miss a beat Saturday as they flew through an obstacle course designed to replicate a real-life pursuit complete with walls to scale, buildings to search and bad guys to apprehend.

Ukraine's Tymoshenko rallies protesters in Kiev

In a stunning reversal of fortune, Ukrainian opposition icon Yulia Tymoshenko left imprisonment Saturday and spoke to a massive, adoring crowd, while her arch-foe President Viktor Yanukovych decamped to eastern Ukraine and vowed he would remain in power.

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Researchers make artificial muscle from fishing line

Fishing line and thread — that's all it took for an international team of researchers led by The University of Texas at Dallas to develop a powerful artificial muscle.

Fla. man shocked when learning of Medal of Honor

San Antonio man glad to receive Medal of Honor

Former Sgt. Santiago Erevia remembers the day in May 1969 when his Army unit came under heavy enemy fire in Vietnam.

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