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Web Links Mentioned On-Air

In Web Links Mentioned On Air, you can find all links mentioned on Eyewitness News. Week of May 19: 2013 Florida Statewide Assessment Scores Red Light Camera bill FDLE Crime Data Sun State Aviation PDF: Zimmerman defense evidence list US Hunger: Hope for Oklahoma Letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric ...

Zimmerman defense hopes cellphone pics show Trayvon Martin as aggressive

George Zimmerman's legal team released new evidence Thursday pulled from 17-year-old Trayvon Martin's cellphone, which included dozens of text messages the defense said could show Martin had a history of being aggressive. Zimmerman has maintained he shot and killed the 17-year-old Martin in self-defense as the teen was attacking him ...

Search and rescue turns to recovery and rebuilding, May 22, 2013, Moore, Oklahoma

Oklahoma U. offers space for donations to tornado victims

It's a problem one would imagine is a good one to have -- so many donated items coming in to help tornado ravaged Moore and Oklahoma City they don't have any place to put it all. But actually, it's been a logistical nightmare, according to officials with the Red Cross ...

Hundreds of Silver Springs Walmart carts litter town

Marion County business owners in Silver Springs say Walmart, one of America's biggest retailers, has become a lousy neighbor. The problem? Walmart's shopping carts. Hundreds of carts are dumped all over town. Channel 9 found carts sitting solo on sidewalks, and in cart clusters lined up outside the Silver Springs ...

Workers look for victims under debris from a tornado that passed across south Oklahoma City, Monday, May 20, 2013. A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Paul Hellstern)

Local church heads to Okla. to help with disaster relief

A local church is responding to the need of those impacted by the storm in Oklahoma. Northland Church in Longwood is sending a disaster response team to Moore, Okla. Volunteers from the church in left early Tuesday on a 20-hour journey to the disaster zone. Before the trip, the team ...

Action 9 investigates monster cellphone charge

Action 9 investigates cellphone charges that could burn anyone who travels. A Seminole County woman claims she was hit for more than $800 in roaming charges on a phone she didn't even use. On a four-day cruise, Nancy Boyer told her son they could not make cellphone calls. "We both ...

Lakeland police's new SUV equipped with Breathalyzer

A new SUV is helping Lakeland police speed up drunken driving investigations. The Lakeland Police Department has an SUV that is equipped with a Breathalyzer so officers don't have to take drivers to the station to test their blood-alcohol level. The SUV also has traffic equipment, which officers can also ...

FILE - In this March 15, 2012 photo, Buffalo Bills' Mario Williams poses for a photo with his fiancee Erin Marzouki smile after an NFL football news conference in Orchard Park, N.Y. Here's one thing that can happen when love goes bad: Bills defensive end Mario Williams is suing his ex-fiancee, demanding she return a $785,000 diamond engagement ring. In response, Marzouki has filed a countersuit, calling Williams' demands "ridiculous." (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)

Bills DE Williams sues ex to return $785,000 ring

A high-priced contract can't buy Mario Williams love, leading the Bills defensive end to sue his ex-fiance, demanding she return a $785,000 diamond engagement ring. In a lawsuit filed in Harris County, Texas, district court on May 3, Williams alleged that Erin Marzouki broke off the engagement in January and ...

Lockdown at Glenridge Middle School lifted

Glenridge Middle School was on lockdown for much of the school day after receiving a tip that someone may have brought a gun onto campus, according to Orlando police. Police said no gun was found. According to police, a parent, who wouldn't identify herself, called the school in Baldwin Park ...

Poinciana Blvd. shut down after crash, fuel spill in Kissimmee

A crash caused gallons of fuel to spill on a Kissimmee roadway Friday morning, and both directions of Poinciana Boulevard and Crescent Lakes Way were shut down. The Florida Highway Patrol said there were injuries reported, but have not revealed how severe. FHP said two tractor-trailers collided head on, spilling ...

Danny & Richard Cruz

Second suspect arrested, accused of terrorizing family, raping woman

A judge denied bond Friday afternoon for Danny and Richard Cruz, two brothers accused of breaking into a Poinciana home and terrorizing the family inside. Danny Cruz, 29, was hauled off to jail Thursday night. His brother, Richard Cruz, was arrested earlier in the day. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd ...

Losing your “sole”: Is barefoot running right for you?

BACKGROUND: Humans have been accomplished endurance runners for more than a million years. Our endurance running abilities may have evolved to enable our ancestors to engage in persistence hunting long before the comparatively recent invention of projectile technologies used for hunting purposes. And before the mid-1970s all humans ran in ...

Jail worker finds white powder in envelope addressed to Volusia inmate

Portions of the  Volusia County Branch Jail were placed on lockdown, and the ventilation systems were secured following the discovery of an unknown substance in the mail room at 8:39 a.m., according to authorities. However, the FBI's terrorism task force was called to the scene to investigate, and deemed the ...

Officials: Woman said she wanted deputy to shoot her after calling 911

A Volusia County deputy shot a woman after she called 911 to report someone breaking into her home Thursday night. The woman called 911 just after 6 p.m. and said someone was breaking into her home in the Fairwinds Estate subdivision. "I need help!" she told a 911 operator. "What ...

Powder identified, evacuated mobile home residents return

Forty-nine homes were evacuated after an east Orange County resident cleaning out a shed found a container with powder inside and alerted authorities, said Orange County Fire Rescue on Wednesday morning. Residents, who spent most of the day away from their homes, were allowed to begin returning around 6:30 p.m. ...

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