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  Feds Charge Boca Raton Salesman Involved in $3.8 Million Investment Scam

  August 20 at 9:50 a.m.

  There won't be any movies made about the multimillion-dollar scam sold by Boca Raton resident Scott Strochak. No Leonardo DiCaprio depictions, no adaptions by Martin Scorsese, and no big-money Netflix deal. In truth, Strochak's alleged scheme amounts to small potatoes when it comes to ill-gotten riches in South Florida, and even smaller in the larger world of financial chicanery. Still, $3.8 million is nothing to balk at.

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  South Florida's "Super-Commuters" Drive More Than 90 Minutes Each Way to Work

  August 15 at 10:15 a.m.

  What do you call someone willing to face more than three hours of South Florida gridlock five days a week? Crazy? A masochist? Well, take a look at how much these people earn, and you might just change your mind.

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  Anti-Riot Bullets Made by Two Florida Companies Used to Brutalize Protesters in Hong Kong

  August 14 at 1:25 p.m.

  Violent clashes between protesters and police in Hong Kong continue weeks after mass demonstrations in the city first turned ugly in June. The unrest, which began in response to a now-shelved bill that would have allowed for the extradition of people to China, has expanded to a wider struggle over Hong Kong's sovereignty and the use of excessive force by law enforcement.

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  Pellet-Gun-Toting Teens Hunt Iguanas for Cash in Neighborhood Where Pool Boy Was Shot

  August 9 at 1:20 p.m.

  Just weeks after a pool boy was accidentally shot by an iguana hunter in their neighborhood, two enterprising Boca Raton teens began stuffing mailboxes with flyers advertising the pair's extermination services.

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  Days After El Paso Massacre, White Nationalists Will Hold Florida Convention

  August 6 at 10:05 a.m.

  Saturday morning, a white-supremacist terrorist walked into a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, sprayed the building with bullets, and killed 22 people while injuring 25 others. The shooter left a manifesto online stating he targeted the Walmart because he hates immigrants and wanted to kill as many as possible.

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  Broward Sheriff's Office Expresses Interest in New ICE Deputization Program

  August 2 at 8 a.m.

  The Broward Sheriff's Office is one of at least 46 departments in the state that have requested the Florida Sheriffs’ Association (FSA) reach out to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on their behalf for assistance with a new ICE program, according to FSA emails.