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Police see uptick in women drugging, robbing men

sun-sentinel.com — Flirtatious women are scamming men they meet at upscale Fort Lauderdale bars, getting themselves invited to the men's homes and then robbing them, South Florida police reports from the past five months show. Of 13 men robbed by the women they took home for after-hours nightcaps, eight believe they were drugged.
RT @talanez: Beware bar-hopping temptresses who drug & rob men they meet at Fort Lauderdale bars & clubs, police warn http://t.co/oQlaDIr2…
And now this is happening "Flirty women use nightclub hookups to drug and rob men" sunsent.nl/10S0nK0 (watch out for Heaven)

Miami Heat, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh commentary from Ira Winderman.

sun-sentinel.com — Heat forward LeBron James scores on a dunk after a steal Friday against the Pacers. (Jim Rassol, Sun Sentinel) () The Heat are getting back to asking LeBron James to do everything, and then even more. Including a blocked shot on Roy Hibbert. And winning a jump ball against Hibbert.
Quick thoughts after the second compelling game of these Eastern Conference finals sunsent.nl/12THVF5

Miami Heat, Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James take on Indiana Pacers.

sun-sentinel.com — LeBron James gave it everything. And still more was required. This time, he wound up as something less than hero, with a pair of critical late turnovers. These Indiana Pacers aren't going anywhere, especially with the next two games of these Eastern Conference finals shifting to Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
LeBron James gets it done until he comes undone at the finish sunsent.nl/1ahDIfq as the Pacers edge Heat, East finals now 1-1.

Cloud 10 blow dry bar opening at Delray Beach May 27

sun-sentinel.com — Cloud 10, a blow dry bar and makeup salon, will open its doors for the first time May 27 in downtown Delray Beach. The salon is at the ground floor of Worthing Place, a luxury residential community at 32 SE 2 nd Ave.
Cloud 10 blow dry bar opening at Delray Beach May 27 - Cloud 10, a blow dry bar and makeup salon, will open its do... ow.ly/2x8O73

Miami Heat, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh commentary from Ira Winderman.

sun-sentinel.com — A look at the starting lineups, inactives, referees and a pregame note of note for Friday's 8:30 p.m. playoff game between the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers at AmericanAirlines Arena (TNT): Starting lineups MIAMI HEAT (1-0) Power forward: Udonis Haslem Small forward: LeBron James Shooting guard: Dwyane Wade Point guard: Mario Chalmers Inactive: Juwan Howard, Jarvis Varnado.
For starters: A look at lineups, inactives, referees and a pregame note of note for Heat-Pacers sunsent.nl/10YO53p 8:30 p.m, TNT.

Tornado aftermath: Boca Raton-based rescue group sending team to Oklahoma City to bring home shelter dogs

sun-sentinel.com — Help is on the way for the shelter dogs of Oklahoma City. TheTri-County Humane Society is sending a team of six to pick up dozens of dogs and bring them back to South Florida for adoption. The crew leaves Saturday and is expected back late Wednesday with as many as 100 dogs.

NBA upgrades foul to flagrant on . . . Indiana Pacers' Ian Mahinmi

sun-sentinel.com — For all the talk of the knee toward the groin area of Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert by Miami Heat forward Shane Battier in Game 1 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals, and for all those YouTube clips of Heat guard Norris Cole landing a shot to the same area of Pacers forward David West in Wednesday night's game, the NBA has lowered its hammer on a different play.
NBA finals makes its flagrant call in East finals. And it's on . . . Ian Mahinmi. sunsent.nl/11jfsKi

Man accused of promising an iPod to girl, 14, in exchange for naked images

sun-sentinel.com — A Davie man, Michael Solano, 62, is accused of enticing a 14-year-old girl from his neighborhood into sending him naked photos of her genitals and in exchange he promised to buy her an Apple iPod, police said on Friday. Solano is facing more than a dozen counts of engaging a child in sexual performance, child pornography and various drug charges.
Another sick story from Florida: Davie man promised girl, 14, iPod for naked images, cops say. sun-sentinel.com/fl-davie-man-g…

School nurse showed up for work drunk, cops say

sun-sentinel.com — Noreen Patricia Freeman, a school nurse at a pre-K school, is accused of driving to work drunk on Tuesday morning, reports WBBH NBC News-2 in Fort Myers. Punta Gorda cops said Freeman, 57, had slurred speech, struggled to stand up and blew three times the legal limit, according to the report.

A 25-year-old man is accused of raping a 6-year-old girl in Sunrise

sun-sentinel.com — A 25-year-old man is accused of raping a 6-year-old girl and covering up the assault by telling the child's mother that incriminating blood she saw on a bed and on her daughter's clothes came from an injured pet cat, according to a Sunrise police report.
This story was difficult to write. Police say Sunrise man rapes 6-year-old child: sun-sentinel.com/news/local/cri…

FCAT results stay flat for third grade, writing scores rise

sun-sentinel.com — The state Department of Education released the first batch of FCAT results today. In the state, 57 percent of third graders scored a three or above on reading and 58 percent met proficiency in math.
RT @SunSentinel: The first batch of FCAT results has been released. See how local schools fared: sunsent.nl/16SVRDl

Parent fights to stop cat dissection at schools

sun-sentinel.com — It's the yucky part of high school science classes - dissecting frog organs or slicing open a stretched-out earthworm. But in Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties, students are also cutting up cats, and that has some parents up in arms. "So many people have them as pets, it's just much more traumatic," said Terri Cavanaugh, 37.