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Notre Dame fan's wish granted with free trip to BCS Championship

Notre Dame fan Dan Scaminace was so desperate to score tickets for the BCS title game that he figured out the email address for the head of title-sponsor Discover and sent the CEO a plea: He vowed to destroy all his other cards and tattoo a Discover logo on his arm.

Notre Dame fan's wish granted with free trip to BCS Championship

One Notre Dame football fan found a most improbable way to obtain elusive tickets to watch his alma mater play for the national championship.

Three dead, fourth person critical after SUV careens into lake off of I-95

Third body found in water the morning after SUV crash on 95

One by one in the dark of night, rescue divers pulled three people from the murky waters that swallowed an SUV late Wednesday. It wasn't until authorities notified relatives of the dead and injured that they realized yet another passenger was missing -- a 15-year-old girl.

Woman sought in ring thefts at airport

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Broward Sheriff's detectives are searching for a woman suspected of stealing two rings from a fellow traveler at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

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