Florida Hospital in Orlando is planning to open its first workforce housing unit in late 2013, which will consist of a 230-unit apartment complex located two blocks away from the downtown hospital, according to an Orlando Sentinel report. although the apartments are open to all applicants, hospital employees will be given priority. they will not receive any discounts, however, and…read more →
ORLANDO, Fla., May 17 (UPI) — a Florida man was arrested this week after he allegedly told an undercover agent he wanted to smuggle up to 1,000 weapons to Egypt, police said. The criminal complaint said Gamel Saad of Orlando bought three handguns from a different undercover agent and hid them in a shipment of car parts he was sending…read more →
Universal Orlando has filled three more slots in its Summer Concert Series at Universal Studios theme park. R&B singer Al Green, country singer Josh Turner and rapper Lupe Fiasco will hit the Music Plaza stage after the event begins next month. They join previously announced acts ZZ Top, 3 Doors Down and the cast of the TV series “Victorious.” one more performer is…read more →
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Walt Disney World is retooling an Epcot exhibit on childhood obesity after critics complained it was insensitive to obese kids and reinforced stereotypes. The interactive exhibit, Habit Heroes, featured animated fitness superheros Will Power and Callie Stenics and super-sized villains Snacker and Lead bottom, who eat junk food and watch too much television. Critics said the…read more →
The Showtime Ballers Annual Kickoff boys basketball travel team tournament is Friday through Sunday at Lyman. Ballers coach Diana Neal said the talent pool has most of Central Florida’s underclass prospects, including Lake Highland Prep sophomore Joel Berry (Each 1 Teach 1), Dr. Phillips junior RaShawn Powell (Showtime), West Oaks Academy sophomore Boubacar Mongouro (E1T1), and Orlando Christian Prep junior…read more →
The NBA trade deadline is approaching, and Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic is one of the hottest topics of trade rumors. Howard’s next team is uncertain, but speculators can now eliminate the Oklahoma City Thunder. According to Brian K. Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel, the Oklahoma City Thunder denied the Magic’s offer of trading Dwight Howard for James Harden…read more →
by Marcel Mutoni / @marcel_mutoni *** UPDATE *** Our long, international nightmare is now officially, mercifully over: Dwight Howard will be a member of the Orlando Magic for at least another season. Per the Orlando Sentinel and ESPN: Dwight Howard has waived the early termination option in his current contract and will remain with the Orlando Magic for the 2012-13 season, his…read more →
Courtesy of Martin family via Miami HeraldIn this family photograph, Trayvon Martin is shown at age 11, playing with one of his cousins at home. Trayvon was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer last month as he returned to a Sanford home during a visit from Miami, authorities said. SANFORD, Fla. — A slain Florida teenager and the neighborhood…read more →
ORLANDO, FL — A plot to rob a shipment of Apple’s newest iPad from a central Florida store was foiled by an Orange County Sheriff’s deputy. The sheriff’s office says 24-year-old Jasmin Roman and 26-year-old Juan Carlos Ortiz Valez bought guns, handcuffs, black clothes and other items to rob the best Buy store near Orlando’s Florida Mall early Thursday….read more →
Kevin Kolczynski/ReutersDwight Howard may have left the Magic’s home floor for the last time Tuesday night. The long-running Dwight Howard-Orlando Magic soap opera took a few dramatic twists on Tuesday, with Howard stating he wanted to stay with the team until the season’s end. the Magic can make their own call and trade him by Thursday’s deadline. Howard’s bombshell came…read more →
