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Surveillance video shows Port St. Lucie man accused of stealing tequila worth thousands

Surveillance footage released by authorities allegedly shows a man stealing thousands of dollars' worth of tequila from a liquor store, with investigators linking him to other thefts.

Marcus Chen

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Quake survivors in southwestern Japan sleep in cars in sweltering heat as death toll rises to 34

TOKYO (AP) — Thousands of survivors of a powerful earthquake in southwestern Japan spent Friday in crowded shelters or sleeping in cars as they faced shortages of water and fuel and punishing summer temperatures that stoked fears of heat-related illness.The death toll rose to 34, the Kumamoto...

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