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One dead and three others injured at Kissimmee grad party

Rashan Hasaun Ortiz, 22, a 2007 graduate and football player at Osceola High, was shot and killed during a graduation party early Sunday. (Courtesy of Ortiz's family)

One dead, three others injured at Kissimmee high school graduation party

On Saturday, friends and families in a Kissimmee neighborhood gathered, as many do during this time of year, to celebrate a young man's rite of passage from high school. But that joy gave way to grief in a volley of bullets in the early morning...

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Mike Thomas: Don't waste $175M fixing Citrus Bowl — move games to UCF

Don't waste $175M fixing up Citrus Bowl — move its games to UCF

We pounded the Orlando Magic on its taxpayer-subsidized arena and slammed the arts folks for their gilded performance palace. So it would hardly be fair to leave out the Florida Citrus Bowl, the last of the three venues and the biggest boondoggle...

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