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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A 12-year-old Connecticut boy may be the new Florida state record holder for catching the heaviest bull shark. Aidan Murray Medley had a spent a half day at sea Tuesday when he reeled in the 551-pound bull shark just north of the Palm Beach Inlet. The seventh-grader was in Palm Beach County on vacation with his family. They plan to submit his catch for a new state record. Florida wildlife officials say the current record set in 1981 was a 517-pound catch at Panama City Beach.

not really sure how to post here- my aunt is on board a jet blue airplane that landed in west palm at 11am- she has called and said the entire airport is lockdown and closed- they will not let her off the plane and there are tons of cop cars driving around- cannot find any news about this- anyone in the area know what is going on?

Palm Beach worker finds dead baby on trash conveyor belt Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A worker sorting trash found a dead newborn on a conveyor belt at the Palm Beach County recycling center, police said. Employees discovered the naked infant while separating metal and aluminum recyclables shortly after 9 p.m. Monday. There was no blanket, bag or other evidence found with the body that could help to identify him, Detective Charles Reed said. Reed estimated that the baby was between a day and a week old. The body was intact, but "it was not in the best...

Foundation's move to area concerns liberals By Marc Caputo, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Monday, June 9, 2003 WEST PALM BEACH -- The so-called "vast right-wing conspiracy" has touched down in Palm Beach County. The Scaife Family Foundation moved its home office here last month to continue its mission of strengthening families and promoting animal welfare. Since the 1980s, the foundation was headquartered in the same Pittsburgh suite with three other family organizations headed by billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife. He was singled out by the Clinton White House as one of the seminal figures in the "vast right-wing conspiracy" to...