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• #StrandedinUS: Jacksonville residents offer homes to Parisians stranded in United States

  

  Brittany D Dionne10:34 a.m. EST November 15, 2015At least a dozen people on the First Coast took to social media to offer their homes to those stranded in the U.S. The hashtag "stranded in U.S." started trending after the terrorist attacks in Paris Friday night.(Photo: Brittany Dionne/ Joshua Brannock First Coast News)JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — At least a dozen people on the First Coast took to social media to offer their homes to those stranded in the U.S.The hashtag 'strandedinUS' started trend..

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• Marqise Lee, Allen Hurns active for Jaguars

  

  BALTIMORE – Jaguars receivers Allen Hurns and Marqise Lee are active for today’s game against the Ravens.Hurns sustained a foot injury on the final offensive play of last week’s loss to the Jets.Lee will play for the first time since re-injuring his hamstring in Week 3 at New England.INJURED INACTIVESFS James Sample (shoulder). Is missing his fifth straight game since being injured in Week 4 at Indianapolis. Was ruled out Friday.LB Dan Skuta (groin). Inactive for the first time this year after b..

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• Jacksonville man pushing motorcycle struck and killed | jacksonville

  

  A Jacksonville man was struck and killed while pushing a motorcycle across Southside Boulevard early Saturday in Duval County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.Shawn Michael Boschen, 25, died after he and the motorcycle were hit about 3:20 a.m. at Atlantic Boulevard by a southbound car driven by John W. Wilson, 25, also of Jacksonville. Neither Wilson nor his passenger, Patrick F. Murray, 25, of St. Johns, were injured. Both Wilson and Murray were wearing seat belts, the highway patrol sa..

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• Jacksonville's Action News approved for drone video use, but challenges remain | jacksonville

  

  More and more video-equipped drones are being used for commercial and amateur use, and now a Jacksonville television news operation will begin using drones to gather footage for broadcasts.Action News — WJAX TV-47 and WFOX TV-30 — has received Federal Aviation Administration approval to use an unmanned aviation system to provide aerial views of news scenes. It’s the first Jacksonville broadcast news operation to acquire FAA approval to use drones to capture video.Branded “Skyvision” by Action Ne..

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• Police identify victims in Jacksonville murder-suicide that left 4 dead, 1 in life-threatening condition | jacksonville

  Six months ago, a pregnant Megan Hiatt posted this message on Facebook about the father of the twins she was about to have: “He’s my rock, my heart, my love, my ride or die, my handsome man, my one and only, my forever.”Her “forever” man was Gawain Rushane Wilson.Police say Wilson, 28, shot Megan, the 5-month-old twins, Hayden Rose and Kayden Reese, and their grandfather, Travis James Hiatt, 49, Friday in his Northside home. He then turned the gun on himself.Megan, 22, was the only survivor. She..

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• Jacksonville family still in Paris | News - Home

  

  IN ITS INITIAL STATEMENT, ISIS CLAIMED TO HAVE 8 ATTACKERS INVOLVED. AS INFORMATION IS GATHERED, COUNTLESS PEOPLE ARE SHARING THEIR STORIES AND CLOSE CALLS. SOME ARE EVEN RIGHT HERE IN JACKSONVILLE. ASHLEY HARDING SPOKE TO LOCAL WOMEN WITH TIES TO FRANCE. ASHLEY? ASHLEY: YES, ETHAN. EARLIER THIS EVENING WE SPOKE TO TWO WOMEN WHO WERE OVER THERE IN PARIS FOR A CONFERENCE, AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK HOME UNTIL TOMORROW. BUT JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO WE ALSO SPOKE TO A WOMAN WHO LIV..

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• St. Augustine man hit and killed Saturday night

  

  A St. Augustine man was struck and killed Saturday night while walking across U.S. 1 in St. Johns County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.Todd William Kiger, 50, died after being hit shortly before 10 p.m. on U.S. 1 at Southwood Lake Drive. Kiger wasn’t in a crosswalk when struck by a southbound car driven by Mardy Minasian, 68, of St. Augustine. Neither Minasian nor her 67-yer-old passenger, Margaret Swift, also of St. Augustine, were injured. Both women had been wearing their seat belt..

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• Family searching for Jacksonville mother's killer | News - Home

  

  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -A local family continues to look for answers after a 61-year-old woman's body was found inside a home on Harlow Boulevard.An SUV fire in Cedar Hills on Hyde Park Road led police Bradla Cook's home, and when they got there, she was dead."What do I do?" asked Kara Trimmer, Cook's daughter. "You're not here, I can't Facebook or facetime anymore. I can't come home for Christmas."Trimmer doesn't know how she's going to handle the holidays without her mother."It's heartbreaking bec..

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• Deadline for Jacksonville pension fund records pushed back two weeks | jacksonville

  

  A forensic investigator began asking for documents from the police and fire fund five months ago.For the next two months, Ted Siedle waited.By mid-August, he still didn’t have one document for the $85,000-deep dive the city of Jacksonville paid Siedle to do in examining pension fund finances.A Times-Union story in August highlighted the delay.For a short time, documents trickled in and then stopped with John Keane, then the executive director of the pension fund — now consultant — telling his bo..

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• Florida report card: 10-win season within easy reach

  

  Florida 24, South Carolina 14Offense: CQuarterback Treon Harris continues to make just enough plays to put the Gators over the top but in two weeks against FSU, they might need more from him -- such as not throwing two interceptions. Freshman Jordan Cronkrite made a nice play on his 41-yard TD in snatching the ball from a South Carolina defender. The Gators went from 258 yards of offense against Vanderbilt to 404 yards and Kelvin Taylor had another 100-yard game, most of it on 53-yard run that s..

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