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<p> A person was shot in the neck early Monday during a shootout between two cars in an incident that is believed to have started at an Orlando nightclub.</p><p> The shooting occurred around 3 a.m. on Lee Road, which was closed between Goddard Avenue and Adanson Street near Interstate 4 in Orange County. The roadway reopened about 7:30 a.m.</p><p> According to sheriff's deputies, a car leaving Firestone Live! stopped at the McDonald's on Lee Road. As the vehicle was departing the drive-through, someone fired shots at the car, striking one person, deputies said.</p><p> Shots were then exchanged between the vehicles before they sped off, deputies said. Nearly 20 shell casings were found in the area.</p><p> The victim's vehicle crashed in front of a nearby Fifth Third Bank, which had a shattered window. Deputies said three people inside the vehicle fled, leaving the victim behind.</p><p> An investigation is ongoing.</p><p> Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.</p>
Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 11:34:20 GMT
<p> A tractor-trailer full of Heineken beer overturned on Interstate 95 in Volusia County early Monday, forcing authorities to close the roadway.</p><p> The crash happened about 4 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-95 near LPGA Boulevard. I-95 northbound is expected to be closed for hours while crews clear broken glass and debris from the interstate. Drivers can use Williamson and State Road 40 as alternate routes.</p><p> According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the beer truck driver, 46-year-old Marcos Martinez, of Miami, said a truck swerved in front of him, causing him to lose control of the big rig. Troopers, however, said there were no skid marks on the roadway.</p><p> No one was injured in the crash.</p><p> It's not known exactly how much beer the truck was hauling, but troopers said it was full.</p><p> Video from Local 6 helicopter Sky 6 showed the tractor-trailer on its side, blocking all northbound lanes with the cab in the grass median.</p><p> Charges are pending against Martinez, and an investigation is ongoing, troopers said.</p><p> Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.</p>
Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 12:30:34 GMT
<p> More than two dozen shoppers and workers at an Orlando mall were sickened Sunday by what police described as pepper spray.</p><p> Firefighters were called to the Macy's store at the Orlando Fashion Square Mall on East Colonial Drive before 6 p.m. Sunday.</p><p> Orlando police said pepper spray was somehow discharged inside the store and spread throughout the mall.</p><p> It's not know if the chemical was discharged intentionally, and police will check surveillance video on Monday for clues.</p><p> Stay with Local 6 for more on this story.</p>
Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 11:14:33 GMT
With the sad news of Robin Gibb's death, take a look at some of the positive memories of the Bee Gees' majestic career.
Published: Sun, 20 May 2012 23:27:34 GMT
This weekend Cocoa Beach and Cape Canaveral hosted the Spacecoast Super Boat Grand Prix. High powered speed boats raced just offshore to the thrill of thousands of people. The "racetrack" ran from the Cocoa Beach Pier to Lori Wilson Park. Check out some of these high powered boats viewed from the end of the pier.
Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 05:00:26 GMT
<p> Shawn Burr never shied away from a fight on the ice.</p><p> He was a fighter for 16 NHL seasons. His career began with the Detroit Red Wings, then continued with the Tampa Bay Lightning. </p><p> The fans loved Burr because he never put himself first. </p><p> Burr, 45, spent the 1995-96 and 1996-97 seasons with the Lightning and returned to the team for four games in 1999. His grit, energy, and willingness to do anything to win made him a fan favorite.</p><p> Even now -- battling to survive cancer -- he's still thinking of how he can help others.</p><p> Burr was diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia or AML. about a year ago.</p><p> "I went to work in the morning and was tired," Burr said. "(I) came home and said to my wife, 'I'm just exhausted.'"</p><p> Burr's wife Amanda told him to go to the doctor. </p><p> His doctor noticed something alarming in his mouth.</p><p> "He didn't say anything for about 30 seconds," Burr said. "He said, 'I'm going to put you in an ambulance. I'm going to take you to the hospital for blood tests.'"</p><p> What the doctor saw was tiny red spots called petechiae, which scientists say could be a sign that a person's platelet counts are dangerously low.</p><p> "If he would have just, you know, sent me home with some penicillin and said looks like you have strep throat, I probably would have died."</p><p> Blood tests pinpointed the problem. Burr will never forget the moment. </p><p> "The doctor sits down, his face is just white. He says, 'We need to get you to a bigger hospital.' I'm like, 'Well what is it?' He says, 'Well, it looks like leukemia.' I'm like, 'What?'"</p><p> AML starts in a person's bone marrow. The cancer grows from cells that would normally turn into white blood cells, which fight disease.</p><p> Burr immediately started chemotherapy.</p><p> "I was in remission for about seven or eight months. I felt good. Everything was, you know, I thought, you know, I thought we had it beat," he said.</p><p> He didn't. The AML returned.</p><p> A bone marrow transplant is Burr's only chance to survive.</p><p> "It's a scary thing, you know. I kind of joke about it," Burr said. "But you'd be lying if you didn't say there's a time where you're laying there at night thinking, 'Gosh, what's really going to happen?'"</p><p> Fortunately, Burr will soon get that bone marrow transplant.</p><p> He's incredibly lucky. Finding a bone marrow donor is tough because so few people offer to be donors.</p><p> So Burr is behind a new push to get people to sign up for the bone marrow registry.</p><p> Helping save lives, Burr says, doesn't cost money, just a moment of your time.</p><p> A simple swab of the cheek at the dentist's office allows scientists to determine whether a person could be a bone marrow donor and whether the person is a possible match. </p><p> Click here to find out how to help.</p>
Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 10:27:38 GMT
<p> The shadow of the moon swept across the globe from Hong Kong to the Texas Panhandle as a rare annular solar eclipse began Monday morning in Asia and traversed the Pacific.</p><p> The sun appeared as a thin ring behind the moon to people in a narrow path along the center of the track, which began in southern China. Heavy clouds obscured the view in Hong Kong, but residents of Tokyo and other cities were able to get a spectacular view for about four minutes around 7:32 a.m. Monday (6:32 p.m. ET Sunday). </p><p> Events were held at schools and museums in Japan, while many more people took in the unusual astronomical event at home or on street corners.</p><p> After whizzing across the Pacific, the shadow emerged over northern California and southern Oregon, where thousands of people attended parties to watch the event, the first to appear in the United States since 1994.</p><p> Experts warned that hopeful viewers should not peer up at the sky without special viewing equipment, since looking at the sun with the naked eye can cause blindness. </p><p> Derek Ralston, a professional photographer, said he used a welding filter to capture a direct view of eclipse in the foothills above Oroville, California. He shared the photo on CNN iReport.</p><p> Noting "the rather slim swath of the globe who could see the impact of the eclipse," Ralston said he wanted to enable "the rest of the world to see how clear it looked to those of us who were fortunate enough to see it."</p><p> The sliver of sunshine then traveled southeast across central Nevada, southern Utah and northern Arizona, and then New Mexico. It passed over Albuquerque, New Mexico, about 7:34 p.m. (9:34 p.m. ET) before petering out east of Lubbock, Texas, according to NASA.</p><p> An annular eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and sun at the farthest point of its orbit, meaning it will block less than the entire sun. That leaves a large, bright ring around it as it passes. </p><p> Patrick Wiggins, a NASA ambassador in Salt Lake City, said he always looked forward to seeing people's reactions to such events. </p><p> "You get everything from stoic, staring into the sky ... to people breaking down and crying, they're just so moved," he said. </p><p> Aaron Lin, an 8th-grade student from Moraga, California, said a tree in his family's yard had served as unexpected natural viewing device on Sunday.</p><p> The leaves of the tree, whose shadow falls on the side of the family's house, broke up the light from the eclipse into scores of tiny crescents on the wall, he said.</p><p> "I was so shocked by these shadows because it looked like a painting or computer art," said Aaron, 13.</p><p> Did you view the eclipse? Share your photos with CNN iReport and they could be featured on CNN.</p><p> The next solar eclipse will be on November 13, and is expected to be visible over northern Australia, according to NASA. </p>
Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 07:10:27 GMT
<p> An Indian woman is divorcing her husband after he neglected to change his relationship status to married on Facebook.</p><p> The Telugu couple wed just two months earlier in an arranged marriage ceremony, according to the Indian Express.</p><p> The husband, a 31-year-old businessman, told the court that updating his Facebook relationship status had simply slipped his mind, the Deccan Chronicle reported.</p><p> But his 28-year-old IT professional wife said she "couldn't trust him" and felt he may be doing things behind her back, high court advocate P. Subhash told the Chronicle.</p><p> The judge gave the couple six months to undergo counseling.</p>
Published: Fri, 18 May 2012 14:06:58 GMT
<p> Some fans would be fine with certain television shows going on forever. There is a relationship that is built between the audience and the characters that can evolve into a strong emotional bond.</p><p> However, there are times when things must come to an end. For fans of shows like "Desperate Housewives," "House" and "CSI: Miami," that time has come.</p><p> A few shows have managed to go out gracefully while they were still relatively popular. Others have limped along before they were mercifully put to death by the network.</p><p> People measure a great finish in different ways. Some look at the number or percentage of viewers. Others look for resolution, or in some cases more ambiguity.</p><p> For most, a finale must be something that people talk about the following day and remember into the future. If this is going to be the end, then it had better be good. With that in mind, here are five of the greatest TV series finales of all time ...</p><p> </p><p> No. 5: "M*A*S*H" - Feb. 28, 1983</p><p> Was "M*A*S*H" a comedy or a drama? Some people split the difference and call it a "dramedy" because it made people laugh and it also touched their heart at times.</p><p> This show portrayed a rag-tag group of doctors and nurses who are trying to deal with the realities of war in an army hospital. Coming after 11 seasons -- eight years longer than the Korean War itself -- the two-and-a-half-hour episode first aired on CBS on Feb. 28, 1983.</p><p> The final episode was arguably a bit sappy and at times drew out the long, tearful good-byes that accompanied the end of the war. However, the show had been on for a long time, so it was probably fitting that it pay tribute to itself.</p><p> Fans made "Good-bye, Farewell and Amen" the most-watched show in television history with more than 100 million people tuning in -- a record that stood until Super Bowl XLIV in February 2010.</p><p> After watching a show like that, some people may have needed to stop by their favorite bar for one last drink ...</p><p> </p><p> No. 4: "Cheers" - May 20, 1993</p><p> The show "Cheers" provided people with a warm, friendly atmosphere and lots of good laughs.</p><p> Certainly there were moments of drama, but as with other situation comedies, they were quickly resolved in 30 minutes. It was easy to like the cast of the show, and the audience could almost feel as though they had a seat at the bar during each episode.</p><p> "Cheers" bowed out after 270 episodes and 11 seasons on May 20, 1993, with more than 80 million viewers tuning in for the 93-minute "One for the Road."</p><p> The last hurrah for the "Cheers" gang was similar to a lot of finales, where the main characters must decide if life will change or if it will continue on as it has always been.</p><p> Fans enjoyed this episode because it included a time for sitting around, reminiscing, and philosophizing about what life is all about.</p><p> People can relate to this sort of scene, but can they imagine waking up from a dream and realizing that a show might never have happened?</p><p> </p><p> No. 3: "Newhart" - May 21, 1990</p><p> Bob Newhart is a comedy legend and he actually had two successful shows, one in the 1970s and one in the 1980s. The 1980s show was simply called "Newhart," where Bob plays Dick Loudon, a Vermont innkeeper.</p><p> The show allowed Newhart to play the straight man surrounded by a community of oddball characters, including Larry, Darryl, and Darryl, three backwoods brothers who lived in a shack and were always introduced by Larry with the unforgettable line "Hi, I'm Larry, this is my brother Darryl, and this is my other brother Darryl."</p><p> After eight seasons, "Newhart" came to a close on May 21, 1990, in a series finale known for its memorable final scene.</p><p> After a flying golf ball from the course next-door hits Newhart, he wakes up in bed. What the audience sees is Bob Newhart as the character from his previous show, "The Bob Newhart Show." Next to him in bed is his wife from that show. Even the set had been rebuilt to look like the older show.</p><p> The audience is led to believe that this is still the earlier show, and the show Newhart was all just a strange dream.</p><p> Of course, this next show was not a dream, but rather a long, frantic chase ...</p><p> </p><p> No. 2: "The Fugitive" - Aug. 22-29, 1967</p><p> Though modern audiences may be more familiar with the feature film version, older audiences will remember how compelling it was to watch "The Fugitive" in the 1960s.</p><p> The final episode was actually a two-part finale with the first part airing Aug. 22, 1967, and the second part a week later on Aug. 29, 1967. After four seasons, audiences had to wonder what would happen to the main character, Richard Kimble. Would he find the real perpetrator and be exonerated? Or would he be on the run forever?</p><p> Part two of the finale was the most-watched television series episode at that time. It was viewed by 25.7 million households (about 46 percent of American households with a television set and a 72 percent share. That record would hold up for more than 13 years until the "Who Done It" episode of "Dallas."</p><p> Finally, the audience could exhale as Kimble is found innocent, and he is able to live happily ever after.</p><p> It is good to go free, but it is also wonderful to walk away from a show on top ...</p><p> </p><p> No. 1: "The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson" - May 21, 1992</p><p> "The Tonight Show" is not the same as a scripted drama or comedy series, but the last episode featuring Johnny Carson was no less compelling.</p><p> Carson was not the first host of the show, nor did the show end after he departed. However, Johnny was so much of what made "The Tonight Show" successful, and it was hard for some people to say good-bye after 30 successful years.</p><p> His final guests on May 21, 1992, included Robin Williams and Bette Midler, whose emotional serenade turned into an impromptu duet with Carson.</p><p> Technically this wasn't his last episode since a retrospective show, taped before a by-invitation-only studio audience, was aired one night later. But it's the night before and his final guests that's most remembered.</p><p> After a heartfelt and sincere speech that included a hearty word of thanks to the audience, Johnny walked away from the show and from television. It was a fitting end for a great comedian -- and a highly entertaining era of the show.</p>
Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT
With Cher having just marked her 66th birthday on May 20, join us as we turn back time to see the legendary singer and actress' life and career through the years.
Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT
UPDATED DAILY: Here's a look at some of the individuals who have been arrested recently in Central Florida.
Published: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:11:24 GMT
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