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The deficit, euphemisms, and hard choices

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Carol McKenna, a Medicare recipient, displays the medicine she and her husband take in her home in Pembroke Pines, Fla., on January 23, 2011.

April 2, 2011

Retired Chief of Surgery Sentenced to 2 Years Imprisonment For Florida Medicare Fraud Scheme

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A retired chief of surgery at Hollywood Medical Center and Memorial Hospital in Pembroke Pines, Fla., has been sentenced to two years in prison for Medicare fraud, according to a Miami Herald report.

March 28, 2011

Fla. Airboat crash leaves several injured in

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PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. A Florida airboat captain is speaking out after surviving an accident that injured several passengers along with two deputies.

March 18, 2011

Student Profile: Aspen Fox

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Hometown: Pembroke Pines, Fla. Major: Critical Media and Cultural Studies Random Fact: Had my first alcoholic beverage on my 21st birthday, and I love the smell of beer.

March 3, 2011

Special Needs Student Says Professor Discriminated Against Her

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PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. — The classroom conduct of a Broward College professor is in question following an incident in an anatomy class on the school’s south campus last week Student Elizabeth Duporte-Hobson told Local 10 she was humiliated, embarrassed and insulted.

February 17, 2011

Passive Exercise Device Stimulates Circulation

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In a guest bedroom of his Pembroke Pines, Fla., condominium, Paul Saluk climbs into what looks like a single bed.

January 12, 2011

Federal Court Permanently Bars Florida Woman from Preparing Federal Tax Returns for Others

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WASHINGTON A federal court has permanently barred Dianelys Armengol Guevara of Pembroke Pines, Fla., from preparing federal income tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.

January 10, 2011

GM to Expand IPO by 31 Percent

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Investor Demand for General Motors Stock Has Been So Strong that the Company Will Expand Its IPO to 478 Million Common Shares General Motors’ Chevrolet brand vehicles are seen on a sales lot in Pembroke Pines, Fla., as the company announces a $2 billion quarterly profit on Nov.

November 16, 2010

O2 Secure Wireless Nabs Pembroke Pines Location

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O2 Secure Wireless officials said that the company has entered into a lease agreement on carrier desired land in the city of Pembroke Pines, Fla., where it intends to build its initial tower in this territory.

October 25, 2010

Masked suspects rob jewelry store

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PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. — Authorities are searching for three suspects who allegedly robbed the “Sid & Fontan Jewelers.” The reportedly masked crooks smashed glass cases inside the Pembroke Gardens Shopping Plaza business, located along Southwest Fifth Street and 145th Terrace, before fleeing the scene in a getaway car.

October 18, 2010

Seniors Bump ‘N Grind To Be On HEAT’s Dance Team

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Share + Sep 23, 2010 2:42 pm US/Eastern Lindsay Oliver, CBS4.com Intern PEMBROKE PINES, Fla 1 of 1 Of the twenty eight rockin’ seniors who auditioned for the Miami Heat’s Golden Oldies squad, sixteen were selected to be on the 2009/2010 dance team.

September 23, 2010

Kaplan in Trouble?

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Kaplan suspended enrollment at two campuses yesterday — Pembroke Pines, Fla., and Riverside, Calif.

August 8, 2010

Doctors Use Cyberknife To Treat Facial Pain

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The Cyberknife at the Memorial Cancer Institute in Pembroke Pines, Fla., is usually aimed at tumors, but now doctors are also using the focused radiation beams to destroy the cause of a painful problem.

July 29, 2010

Boy Who Wanted To Be Prom Queen Suspended

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Share + May 22, 2010 9:08 am US/Pacific PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. A male South Florida high school student who ran for prom queen in drag has been suspended from the dance because of a parking violation.

May 22, 2010

Freakish cold weather very costly for some Southerners

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Eduardo Melian, of Pembroke Pines, Fla., tries to stay warm Sunday as he sorts oranges in Davie, Fla.

January 15, 2010

Social Security freeze means seniors must scrimp

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PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – If her check were bigger, 76-year-old Agnes Conti might be able to spring for a better cut of meat for her pot roast.

October 16, 2009