January 2018




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Ex-Florida officer gets life sentence for child sex abuse

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida police officer has been sentenced to life in prison for paying a Texas woman to sexually abuse her toddler daughter and send photos to him.A U.S. Attorney’s Office news release says former Jacksonville officer Michael Eugene Williams was sentenced Monday. He pleaded guilty last June to sex trafficking of a child.Federal prosecutors say the 61-year-old Williams asked the woman to photograph the sexual abuse of her then-3- [...]
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Kelly Plantation will be featured on ’18 Holes’ on Fox Sports

DESTIN — Kelly Plantation Golf Club has been open for 19 years, but Tuesday was the first time a nationally televised show has ever been set on the picturesque golf course.Fox Sports program “18 Holes” spent more than six hours golfing and filming for their golf lifestyle show, which will air in mid-to-late May.Out on the green an entourage of golf carts followed Hanlin, a PGA pro and Fox Sports broadcaster, and well-known golfer Holly [...]
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Man dies after sand tunnel collapses on him at Florida beach

CRESCENT BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Family members say a Texas man died two days after a sand dune collapsed on him at a Florida beach.Rachel Goggin Burt posted on Facebook Tuesday that her brother, 35-year-old Lee Thomas Goggin, has been pronounced dead.The St. Augustine Record reports that deputies and paramedics responded to Crescent Beach, just south of St. Augustine, on Sunday afternoon. Rescue officials say they found the Dallas man buried under several feet of sand in a [...]
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Trump favors Russia memo release, likely to come soon

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was overheard Tuesday night telling a Republican lawmaker he is "100 percent" in favor of releasing a classified memo on the Russia investigation, and his chief of staff says the document is likely to be released "pretty quick."[gh:iframe src="https://omny.fm/shows/ap-news-headlines/playlists/podcast/embed?style=artwork" width="100%" height="180" frameborder="0"][/gh:iframe]The memo has sparked a political fight pitting [...]
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Actor Scott Baio adamantly denies abusing underage co-star

NEW YORK — Scott Baio adamantly denies a claim that he sexually abused an underage "Charles in Charge" co-star and says she seduced him when she was 18 and legally an adult.On Tuesday, Nicole Eggert, speaking on "Megyn Kelly Today," said Baio first molested her when she was 14, and they had sexual intercourse when she was 17. The age of consent in California is 18. Baio is more than 11 years older than Eggert.Baio said Wednesday on ABC's "Good Morning America" that [...]
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