Conn. charity gets boats, laptops and other equipment to vets to help them start businesses

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Sheriff embarrassed that drug investigators caught playing video game during Fla. raid

Fla. cops caught playing video game during raid

BARTOW, Fla. — A Florida sheriff says he is embarrassed that investigators from a narcotics task force were caught on camera playing a video game while searching a convicted drug dealer’s house.

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Game over: Fla. cops caught playing Wii game in house they had just raided, face discipline

Game over: Fla. cops caught playing Wii on the job

LAKELAND, Fla. — It’s game over for some police officers who played video games while they raided a convicted drug dealer’s home in central Florida.

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Algonquin, Gansevoort, EPIC hotels offering e-readers as latest digital accessory for guests

Handful of hotels offering e-readers to guests

MIAMI — Never mind wi-fi or even iPod docking stations. The latest digital accessory to be offered by hotels is an e-reader.

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Two employees at Fla. car dealership find $40,000 in cash and turn it in

Fla. car dealership workers return $40K in cash

ORLANDO, Fla. — Two employees who found $40,000 in cash at a Florida car dealership have made their boss proud: Instead of keeping the money, they turned it in. The Orlando Sentinel reports it was in a small box that someone left at Central Florida Toyota on Monday. Two employees in the parts department noticed it but assumed someone would come back to get it. When it was still there Tuesday, they opened it and found the cash.

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