No. 7: Tony Stewart wins NASCAR Sprint Cup championship with win at Homestead
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Tony Stewart beat Carl Edwards to the finish line to win at Homestead and his third NASCAR Sprint Cup championship.
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No. 8: Two cops slain in St. Petersburg shootout; gunman killed and US marshall injured
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ST. PETERSBURG -- Two St. Pete cops lost their lives in a shooout with a man on Jan. 24, the first killed in the line of duty there since 1980.
No. 9: Florida A&M drum major a hazing homicide victim
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Robert Champion, a 26-year-old drum major with the Florida A&M University marching band, collapsed and died within an hour of a hazing incident the night of Nov. 19, during which he suffered multiple blunt trauma blows to his body a tragedy that not only made headlines, across the country. An autopsy by the the Orange County Medical Examiner's office determined the death of the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University student a homicide.
No. 10: Pro wrestler 'Macho Man' Randy Savage dies
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Wrestling fans all over the world mourned the May 20, death of "Macho Man" Randy Savage, who died in a single vehicle crash in Pinellas County, which an autopsy revealed was caused by a heart attack. He was 58.