Matt Knight

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• Florida blocks cities, counties from voting on sick pay laws

  Posted on: 3:20 pm, June 18, 2013, by Matt Knight, updated on: 03:25pm, June 18, 2013

  Florida's governor has signed a law that says cities and counties cannot make businesses offer paid sick leave.
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• NFL to ban purses from stadiums

  Posted on: 3:10 pm, June 18, 2013, by Matt Knight

  A new rule, passed by the NFL’s security committee and being implemented league wide, will ban purses from stadiums. The...
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• 339 gallons of moonshine, 18 weapons seized form Danville ranch

  Posted on: 12:20 pm, June 18, 2013, by Matt Knight, updated on: 03:25pm, June 18, 2013

  The moonshine was packaged in clear one-gallon containers with blue tops, similar to milk jugs.
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• Bullies target kids with food allergies

  Posted on: 11:57 am, June 18, 2013, by Matt Knight, updated on: 11:59am, June 18, 2013

  Food has become a dangerous weapon for some school bullies as the number of children with food allergies climbs.
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• 5-year-old girl takes on Westboro Baptist Church with lemonade stand

  Posted on: 11:24 am, June 18, 2013, by Matt Knight, updated on: 12:06pm, June 18, 2013

  Her sale has raised $13,000 and counting.
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• Texas teen fights off attacking shark

  Posted on: 11:00 am, June 18, 2013, by Matt Knight, updated on: 11:01am, June 18, 2013

  A shark attacked a teenager Monday afternoon as he swam in waist-deep water at Surfside Beach, along Texas’s Gulf coast, local police said.
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• FBI continues to dig up field in search for Jimmy Hoffa after ‘highly credible’ tip

  Posted on: 10:24 am, June 18, 2013, by Matt Knight

  The FBI will continue digging in the waist-high grass of a Detroit-area field in yet another search for the remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa.
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• Women may be able to join elite combat units in two years

  Posted on: 7:08 am, June 18, 2013, by Matt Knight, updated on: 05:41pm, June 18, 2013

  It may be another two years before women can start training for jobs in Army Ranger and Navy SEAL units.
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• Man charged with DUI in Newport News hit-and-run

  Posted on: 6:56 am, June 18, 2013, by Matt Knight, updated on: 03:33pm, June 18, 2013

  Newport News, Va. – A Hampton man has been charged in an early-morning hit-and-run in Newport News that left a...
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• Tug boat catches fire in Norfolk shipyard’s dry dock

  Posted on: 6:48 am, June 18, 2013, by Matt Knight

  Firefighters were forced to run about 1,000 feet of hose to the nearest fire hydrant to find water.
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• Daughters and moms now consider rape before applying to military

  Posted on: 3:15 pm, June 17, 2013, by Matt Knight, updated on: 03:16pm, June 17, 2013

  Shabren Kurtz-Russ wanted to join the military to start a family tradition. Her mother and father served in the Army, and now she sought to enlist in the National Guard.
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• Allen Iverson accused of kidnapping own kids

  Posted on: 2:23 pm, June 17, 2013, by Matt Knight, updated on: 02:42pm, June 17, 2013

  Former NBA star Allen Iverson has abducted his own children, says his ex-wife. And now she’s begging the court to force the...
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