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From Dr. Marty Becker signing his latest book to the return of Hyde Park Village's Live Music Series, here are five things you need to know on Wednesday, May 30.
A Bradenton woman is alive after a man broke into her home and tried to drown her, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.
If you’re a woman and you work the night shift, you’re chances of getting breast cancer increase by up to 40 percent, according to a Daily Mail report.
Mitt Romney has clinched the Republican nomination for president with a win in the Texas primary.
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From Dr. Marty Becker signing his latest book to the return of Hyde Park Village's Live Music Series, here are five things you need to know on Wednesday, May 30.
The ABC Action News Storm Shield is a life-saving app that acts like a NOAA Emergency Weather Radio on your iPhone. You will receive critical alerts via voice and push notification regarding major weather events.
The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) through the Division of Hotels and Restaurants inspects restaurants throughout the state. ABC Action News reporter Wendy Ryan visits some of the worst offenders.
Buying the new iPad? You'll want to download the new and improved ABC Action News iPad app.
At a time when budgets are tight all across the nation, a federal program is spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on empty airline seats.
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Science and Technology
Imagine a tiny snake robot crawling through your body, helping a surgeon identify diseases and perform operations. It's not science fiction.
The technical press has been trying to alert the public to an unfortunate outcome of the breaking up of a ring of computer bad guys. The FBI says it began with an online advertising scam.
The technical press has been trying to alert the public to an unfortunate outcome of the breaking up of a ring of computer bad guys.
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A severed human foot was mailed to the headquarters of Canada's Conservative Party and another body part was discovered when police intercepted a second suspicious package, police said Tuesday.
Some of your favorite Ben and Jerry’s flavors may be dead, but their not forgotten at the “Flavor Graveyard”, a cemetery for the discontinued flavors that have gone into the ice cream afterlife.
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In 2011, more than 250,000 phony income tax returns flooded the IRS, which spit back out $1.4 billion in illegitimate refunds.
On the last day, at the last moment possible, Armwood High School principal Michael Ippolito asked for and received a one week delay to respond to an investigation by the Florida High School Athletic Association.
Hillsborough County School officials are set to announce Tuesday whether they intend to challenge a Florida High School Athletic Association investigation which will likely cost Armwood High School its Division 6A state championship.
Consumer
John Matarese reports on some popular items you may still have in your home after being recalled.
Another PR headache for Cincinnati's Procter and Gamble: The new Tide Pod detergent is poisoning children, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers.
Health
If you’re a woman and you work the night shift, you’re chances of getting breast cancer increase by up to 40 percent, according to a Daily Mail report.
Imagine a tiny snake robot crawling through your body, helping a surgeon identify diseases and perform operations. It's not science fiction.
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This week's Rescues in Action pets up for adoption are not one, but seven kittens who invaded ABC Action News.
If you are looking for an easy project that will add a touch of beauty to your backyard or garden, consider creating a fountain.
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You could hear the mountains of North Carolina in Doc Watson's music. The rush of a mountain stream, the steady creak of a mule in leather harness plowing rows in topsoil and the echoes of sounds made by a vanishing people were an intrinsic part of the folk musician's homespun sound.
U.S. First Lady MICHELLE OBAMA showed her support for BEYONCE on Saturday (26May12) by attending her second comeback concert in Atlantic City, New Jersey.