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Missing court reporter explains disappearance to judge

3:00 PM, Feb 6, 2012

A court reporter who disappeared and left boxes of depositions at her abandoned apartment went back to court Monday to explain why she left such critical information behind.

Vice President Biden visits Tallahassee

2:51 PM, Feb 6, 2012

Vice President Joe Biden told Florida State University students today making college affordable is not only good for the economy, but a matter of national security.

Florida bill seeks to hasten foreclosures

7:51 AM, Feb 6, 2012

Critics are opposing a bill they claim introduces nonjudicial foreclosures to Florida, favors banks and threatens homeowners' rights, but the Naples legislator sponsoring it insists the opposite is the case.

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Florida bill proposes term limits for county commissioners

7:48 AM, Feb 6, 2012

County commissioners could be held to term limits after voters hit the polls in November.

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Vice President Joe Biden visits Tallahassee

6:48 AM, Feb 6, 2012

Vice President Joe Biden is in Florida to talk about affordable higher education.

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Police: Man claims he was forced to rob Amscot

6:27 AM, Feb 6, 2012

When Omeil Nevarez-Ramos heard about the robbery at his neighborhood Amscot, he thought it sounded like something out of a movie.

Lawsuit: Newt Gingrich security team broke voter's foot

6:25 AM, Feb 6, 2012

A Central Florida man is suing Newt Gingrich, claiming a security officer for the Republican presidential candidate stomped on his foot "like he was stomping out a cigarette."

Man arrested for calling 911, drugs found on him

9:29 PM, Feb 5, 2012

A man who called 911 three times has been arrested on drug charges in the Florida Keys.

Ship with stomach virus outbreak sets sail

4:39 PM, Feb 5, 2012

A cruise ship that reported an outbreak of a stomach virus is ready to sail from South Florida with new passengers.

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6 injured as car hits ambulance in Pensacola

4:00 PM, Feb 5, 2012

Five people are being treated with minor injuries after a car hit an ambulance on its way to an emergency in Pensacola.

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8 inmates injured in prison transport van crash

3:54 PM, Feb 5, 2012

Eight inmates are being treated for various injuries at the hospital after the private prison transport van they were riding in crashed in north central Florida.

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Fla. inmates pick 6,400 pounds of oranges

3:32 PM, Feb 4, 2012

Inmates in one southwest Florida county picked 6,400 pounds of free oranges for their jail and local homeless shelters.

4 more sent to prison in Fla. pill mill crackdown

3:21 PM, Feb 4, 2012

Four more people have been sent to federal prison is part of a crackdown in Florida on pill mills that illegally distribute powerful prescription painkillers like oxycodone.

200 cruise passengers struck by norovirus

3:18 PM, Feb 4, 2012

More than 200 passengers on two cruise ships headed to South Florida have been stricken with a gastrointestinal illness.

Man pleads guilty in murder of Somer Thompson

5:57 PM, Feb 3, 2012

A 26-year-old man has pleaded guilty in the abduction and killing a 7-year-old Florida girl who was found in a landfill in 2009.

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Army vet to VA: I'm not dead

4:14 PM, Feb 3, 2012

A disabled Army veteran is frustrated with the VA, which has sent letters to his home saying he is dead, including one that asks for the return of more than $90,000 in benefits.

DUI arrest: Woman says big breasts hindered sobriety test

4:08 PM, Feb 3, 2012

The self-described top-heavy suspect was pulled over in her gray 1999 Toyota Camry, double-parking at a Walgreens drug store.

The Daily Show airs segment on FL drug testing law

2:42 PM, Feb 3, 2012

Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" took on Florida's controversial welfare drug testing law on Thursday.

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FHP reports no visibility problems so far in I-95

10:24 AM, Feb 3, 2012

Florida Highway Patrol troopers are reporting no major visibility issues this morning as they continue to monitor road conditions across the Space Coast for lingering smoke from controlled burns.

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Woman accused of hitting ex with car

10:21 AM, Feb 3, 2012

A Pensacola woman who reportedly hit her ex-boyfriend with her car was arrested Thursday afternoon and charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

Gingrich seeks to challenge Florida's delegate count

6:53 AM, Feb 3, 2012

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, defeated in Florida by a wide margin, is challenging rules in the state that handed all 50 delegates to Mitt Romney.

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Orlando woman denied mammogram twice because of age

5:43 AM, Feb 3, 2012

Katie Schaber said she has been fighting to get a medical facility to give her a mammogram since December.

New Port Richey student set on fire, parent concerned about safety

A Pasco County mother is upset after she heard what happened at her son's school on Friday.

10:26 AM, Feb 6, 2012

No food stamps for junk food: Florida bill would ban buying sweets with food stamps

A Florida lawmaker is pushing a bill that would ban the use of food stamps to purchase snacks and sweets like cookies and cakes.

10:16 AM, Feb 6, 2012

A Tea Party leader in Ohio claims the party is dead while groups in Tampa Bay disagree

An Ohio Tea Party leader says the "party is dead" because it has evolved into something different, more powerful.

12:23 AM, Feb 7, 2012

31 arrested in Polk online prostitution busts

Polk deputies say more than two dozen people were arrested as a result of an online prostitution sting operation.

3:29 PM, Dec 5, 2011

Man arrested for calling 911, drugs found on him

A man who called 911 three times has been arrested on drug charges in the Florida Keys.

9:29 PM, Feb 5, 2012

Super Bowl a giant win for Jason Pierre-Paul and USF

Former USF star Jason Pierre-Paul uses the Super Bowl stage to help the university gain worldwide exposure.

5:39 PM, Feb 6, 2012

8 arrested in vice undercover operation in Polk Co.

A Sheriff's Office report says the investigation took place Friday at the Saddle Creek Park between Lakeland and Winter Haven after receiving complaints of lewd activity taking place there.

12:57 PM, Feb 5, 2012

Demon behind the sofa picture scaring web users

A seemingly ordinary photo is spreading like wildfire, and scaring its way across the Internet.

5:29 PM, Feb 1, 2012

Maureen Jane Raymond claims she failed DUI test because of her large breasts

The self-described top-heavy suspect was pulled over in her gray 1999 Toyota Camry, double-parking at a Walgreens drug store.

4:08 PM, Feb 3, 2012

Police officers posing in racy photos?

Racy photos depicting two Modesto police officers with scantily clad women were anonymously sent to the department, the city manager and some media outlets on Tuesday.

10:19 AM, Jan 19, 2012
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