Pembroke Pines

Model train show staged at Pembroke Pines school

Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008

Model train show staged at Pembroke Pines school There were trains everywhere you looked.

Miramar, Pembroke Pines consider using rainwater collection barrels

Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008

Miramar and Pines consider using rainwater collection barrels Although droughts haven't been making headlines recently, Broward cities are taking steps to promote water conservation.

Pembroke Pines cops looking for grocery store con artists

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008

Pembroke Pines police are searching for two women who reportedly pulled a con job in a grocery store last month in order to steal a woman's ATM card.

Why Do People Broadcast Their Suicides?

The Daily Beast - Blogs and Stories (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Abraham Biggs isn't the first person to kill himself before a live audience. Late last month, Abraham Biggs Jr., a seemingly confident 19-year-old college student, took an overdose of anti-depressants, laid down on his bed in Pembroke Pines, Florida,...

Old Churches Can Change!

blogs4God (Free subscription) | yesterday

... to Oasis Church! They started out talking with us while we were still the First Baptist Church of Pembroke Pines (dba Church of Pembroke Pines). At the same time we introduced the concept of the Campus Pastor and the concept of a Teaching Team. Let me summarize that. We changed all the stuff people fret about in less than 9 months without a single fight. I don’t even remember who...

Florida deputies foil suspected webcam suicide

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday

... She was taken to a mental health center.The incident comes about two weeks after a 19-year-old in Pembroke Pines committed suicide by taking a drug overdose in front of a live Internet audience.

Hundreds mourn Web suicide student

NY Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Hundreds mourn Web suicide studentBY LISA LUCAS in Pembroke Pines, Fla., and BILL HUTCHINSON in New York DAILY NEWS WRITERS Sunday, November 30th 2008, 11:46 PM Related NewsArticlesHeartbreak and anger filled a auditorium Sunday as loved ones mourned a college student who committed suicide in front of an Internet audience of ghouls goading him on., 19, was remembered not for how he died but...

Wish Book lets MiamiHerald.com users help those less fortunate

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008

Last Thanksgiving Day, with his pregnant wife sitting by his bedside at Memorial Hospital West in Pembroke Pines, Darío Martinez was waiting to die from the leukemia that had overtaken his body.

Web Suicide Viewed Live and Reaction Spur a Debate

nerdd.net (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008

For a 19-year-old community college student in Pembroke Pines, Fla., the message boards on BodyBuilding.com were a place to post messages, at least 2,300 of them, including more than one about his suicidal impulses. In a post last year, he wrote that online forums had become like a family to me.? Much of the evidence of [...]

Wish Book lets Miami Herald readers help those less fortunate

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008

Last Thanksgiving Day, with his pregnant wife sitting by his bedside at Memorial Hospital West in Pembroke Pines, Darío Martinez was waiting to die from the leukemia that had overtaken his body.

A Sad Tale

NoonTime Break (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008

A very sad story from last week, involved the suicide of a 19-year-old man from Pembroke Pines, FL. All suicide stories are sad, of course. What makes this one particularly sad is that the young man committed suicide while broadcasting live via webcam (he consumed a handfull of pills). My thoughts go out to this young man's family and friends. The saddest part of this story is the viewing crowd....

Two Oil Guzzling Albatrosses for the Price of One?

Streetsblog (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008

Detroit's customer incentives have had an air of desperation for a while. With Big Three bankruptcy looking more likely every day, some dealers -- like this one in Pembroke Pines, Florida -- are venturing into liquidation sale territory (and then some). You read that right: Two Dodge [...]

Police Probe Roles in Live Online Video of Suicide

New Gadgets and Gizmos (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008

A South Florida teen committed suicide last week as a Webcam audience watched in real time. The Pembroke Pines teen died of a lethal drug overdose 12 hours after he shared his intent to kill himself on a blog, according to investigators. A toxic combination of opiates and benzodiazepine, a drug used to treat insomnia and depression, killed Abraham Briggs. The 19-year-old man died Wednesday,...

Power Financial Credit Union Salutes The Industry’s Centennial Anniversary

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--One of South Florida’s oldest and largest credit unions, Power Financial Credit Union, is taking part in a year-long, industry-wide celebration in honor of the 100th

Police Probe Roles in Live Online Video of Suicide

dignmore.com (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008

A South Florida teen committed suicide last week as a Webcam audience watched in real time. The Pembroke Pines teen died of a lethal drug overdose 12 hours after he shared his intent to kill himself on a blog, according to investigators.A toxic combination of opiates and benzodiazepine, a drug used to treat insomnia and depression, killed Abraham Briggs. The 19-year-old man died Wednesday, the...

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