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NEWS ABOUT: Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale stories: 4 news summaries

 Fla. Man to Smoke 
 115,000th Joint 

Feat earns him world record for cannabis consumption

Nov 20, 09 10:32 AM CST
(Newser) - He set the bar high and smoked the competition. Irvin Rosenfeld, a 56-year-old stockbroker from Fort Lauderdale, will toke his way into the record books today by smoking his 115,000th joint. The best part: It's completely legal. "Yep, provided by Uncle Sam," Rosenfeld told NBC Miami . "... More »

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Florida • medical marijuana • cannabis • marijuana legalization • Fort Lauderdale • weed

UPDATED

 1 Believed Dead 
 in Fort Lauderdale 
 Plane Crash 

4 believed aboard;
no word on casualties

Apr 17, 09 1:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A small plane crashed into a home in Fort Lauderdale this morning, apparently killing the pilot, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. Only the pilot was aboard, and the house was empty at the time. The Cessna 421 twin-engine prop plane had taken off from the nearby Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport... More »

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plane crash • Cessna • airplane • Fort Lauderdale

Fla. Man Dead After Deputies Tase Him

Paramedics refuse
to help after ex-con
is zapped

Mar 22, 08 7:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Florida man died yesterday after Broward County deputies Tased him for being "naked and belligerent" in public, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. Paramedics said James Garland, 41, was too violent to treat after being zapped, so deputies drove him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.... More »

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Florida • police • Taser • nonlethal weapons • police brutality • Fort Lauderdale

America's 10 Underrated Cities

Smaller US locales are undiscovered and packed with ambience

Mar 5, 08 11:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Already done the all-star US cities like New York and LA? Try one of these underappreciated destinations from MSNBC:
  1. Baltimore: Bag some blue crab in the Inner Harbor and check out 300 years of history.
  2. Fort Lauderdale: Take advantage of great shopping and awesome upscale beaches.
  3. Houston:
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Minneapolis • Kansas City • Sacramento • Louisville • Houston • Baltimore • Pittsburgh • Portland • Providence • Fort Lauderdale

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