Tom Burton

Photo and Video Editor, Orlando Sentinel

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Compulsive storyteller tweeting about photography, video, journalism and weirdness. #Gators fan. Director of Photography/Video @orlandosentinel, @osphoto

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The trick? we stopped counting Zombie attacks : Florida's crime rate lowest in 42 years zite.to/YOc7jW

State's crime rate lowest in 42 years

sun-sentinel.com — Crime statewide reached its lowest rate in 42 years, with Broward and Palm Beach counties following the downward trend, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement reported Thursday. Broward's overall crime rate dropped by nearly 4 percent in 2012 compared with 2011, and Palm Beach County's rate was down by more than 3 percent during the same period, according to the agency's annual statistics.
@baileypayne Maybe for Jameer's sake, we held on to him too long. He's stuck in a mess now.
The Orlando Magic's history of first-round draft picks. Shaq, Dwight and some other guys. touch.orlandosentinel.com/#section/1229/…
Interesting crowdsource : Redditors Pitch In to Help Restore an 87-Year-Old Grandfather's WWII Photo zite.to/19vhkPe

Redditors Pitch In to Help Restore an 87-Year-Old Grandfather's WWII Photo

petapixel.com — Redditor Steven Withey 's grandfather Derek is an 87-year-old WWII veteran who served in the Royal Navy, and a little while back he showed his grandson a badly damaged Navy photo (of a photo) of himself as a 20-year-old.
Woman accidentally shoots friend at Starbucks. She'll need more than a grande latte. thesent.nl/YVvsSz

Woman accidentally shoots friend at Starbucks

orlandosentinel.com — A Florida woman accidentally shot her friend while waiting in line at Starbucks, The Huffington Post is reporting. According to the website, Pamela Beck and Amie Peterson were at the coffee shop in the Tyrone Square Mall in St. Petersburg when Beck set her bags down on the ground and the fully loaded .25 caliber semi-automatic handgun fired.
@runamuckranch7 Kids who cook for you = the best thing about them growing up
And, there's fried chicken RT @bydanielvictor: A+ pun headline, @nytimes. Everyone was really on their game today nyti.ms/129LV21

Making Fried Chicken With Confidence

nytimes.com — When did frying chicken become so intimidating? There are cooks out there who have spherified martini olives and piped buttercreams without ever biting into a piece of homemade fried chicken. There are even more cooks who have attempted fried chicken once, only to renounce it immediately.
Blame American Idol : RT @time: Woman removed from plane after refusing to stop singing Whitney Houston song | ti.me/18ICc87

Singing Woman Removed from Flight

newsfeed.time.com — While long suffering air travelers have frequently complained about being seated next to a crying baby on a long flight, there are worse things -like a woman who will not stop singing Whitney Houston's classic "I Will Always Love You," which in turn forces the airplane to make an unscheduled stop...
Newlywed man among 92 caught in prostitution ring. thesent.nl/18J1uD9 He has some explaining to do.

Florida prostitution investigation - OrlandoSentinel.com

orlandosentinel.com — Undercover detectives spent four days investigating online e-commerce prostitution websites leading to 92 arrests, officials said. Between Wednesday, May 8 and Saturday, May 11 the Polk County Sheriff's Office arrested men and women who were advertising to commit prostitution or soliciting others for prostitution, PCSO Spokeswoman Carrie Eleazer said.
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