Florida News
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Daytona Beach -
Some who applauded the Daytona Beach father who battered a man he'd allegedly caught sexually abusing his son last week are now starting to retract their praise after seeing that he later tried to capitalize off the situation via crowd sourcing.
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Beebs and Her Money Makers are a funk, soul band with a slight twist of ska who are playing the Journeys/Warhead stages on this year's Vans Warped Tour.
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Daytona Beach -
All men are innocent until proven guilty in the eyes of the law, but that didn't stop one Florida father from delivering swift, violent justice on a man he allegedly found touching his son.
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Recently some images of a two-headed alligator have surfaced, and they have caused a stir on the Internet, and have people questioning whether or not the images are real.
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Lake City -
To paraphrase the poet Robert Burns, "the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry." Two Florida inmates can testify to that as an elaborate scheme to get their sentences reduced by shooting each other was a bust.
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Bradenton -
In a classic protest song, Bob Dylan once said "the answer is blowin' in the wind," much in the way of an American flag. For one Florida man, the answer was in the American flag, but this flag was certainly not blowing in the wind.
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Daytona Beach -
Something very amusing happened recently as a bear recently wandered into a Daytona Beach backyard. It kicked back in a hammock and relaxed a bit as you can see in the attached video.
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Port Saint Lucie -
It is rare today to find a public official with an open genuine heart, but it is not impossible. JoAnn Faiella, mayor of Port St. Lucie, is such an individual.
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Tarpon Springs -
"Young World Travelers and the Magical Crystal Globe" is an educational children's book written by a Florida gift shop owner and Greek-American author Demetra Travaris-Lecourezos. It was co-created by Constantinos "Gus" Lecourezos.
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Tampa -
A man who appears to have died along with his family when fire destroyed their rented Florida mansion this week had recently bought gas cans and fireworks, authorities said today.
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Tallahassee -
A strain of low-potency marijuana became legalized in Florida yesterday to help treat epilepsy and cancer patients, including children.
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Tallahassee -
The fate of craft beer brewing in Florida is in the balance as a new bill has been introduced to regulate the craft beer industry. Craft brewers are calling it “extortion” and claim it favors big beer distributors.
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Longwood -
Christopher Lanning embarked on an 18-hour cross-country journey to Florida with the intent of sleeping with an underage girl.
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Orlando -
A Florida man took drastic action when he discovered his apartment was infested with bugs — rather than call an exterminator, he decided to kill them with fire.
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Cells in jails and prisons around the United States are being filled by women at an alarming rate.
Drugs. Crime. Children. Shame.
A prison sentence is different for a woman than it is for a man.
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Tampa -
A convicted felon was arrested in Florida on Tuesday afternoon after neighbors allegedly witnessed him having sex with a dog in his yard.
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World renowned bronze sculptor Geoffrey C. Smith will travel to Costa Rica in April for the IGFA catch and release sailfish tournament.
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Proponents of expanding Medicaid in Florida argue that a 'no' vote means that legal immigrants will have access to insurance subsidies while some U.S. citizens go without coverage.
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Sarasota -
Great-Great Grandfather Joe Newman is running as a write-in candidate against four-term Representative Vern Buchanan for Florida’s 16th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Jacksonville -
A chic outdoor mall south of downtown Jacksonville, Fla. appears to be one place where the sleek, speedy animals of the car world roam. A local importer showcases feline machines around a high-end watering hole, which seems to draw other fast creatures.
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Jensen Beach -
John Carcano is Holly Creek’s best kept secret. The quiet community in Martin County, Florida has a neighbor unlike any other.
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Jacksonville -
Jury selection begins Monday in the trial for Michael Dunn, a white software developer, charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of Jordan Davis, 17, an unarmed black teenager.
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George Zimmerman — the former self proclaimed neighborhood watchman acquitted of murdering unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin — has signed up to take part in a celebrity boxing match.
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Toronto -
The sun may be hot in Florida, but the Maple Leafs scorers are on fire in Toronto. Now winners of their last five games at home, 13 different Leafs players contributed on the score sheet Thursday night en route to a 6-3 win over the Florida Panthers.
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Tallahassee -
A proposed measure to allow the use of medicinal marijuana in Florida passed its last test to be on the November ballot for a constitutional amendment.
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Saint Petersburg -
A Republican candidate running for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives has called for President Barack Obama to be arrested and executed by hanging for 'war crimes.'
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An 18-year-old Florida student who was suspended from school for starring in a gay porn movie has been allowed to return to his studies, following protests from his fellow students at his treatment.
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Paris -
Pressure to remove laws criminalizing even the use of marijuana for medicinal uses grew Thursday as France approved its first use, a medication used to help MS sufferers.
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Miami -
Satellite images from the past three decades reveal that Florida’s mangrove forests are on the move. The trigger is fluctuating temperatures.
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A guy in Florida who recently won a competition to watch the series finale of 'Breaking Bad' together with the show's cast, has got into rather appropriate trouble. He has been arrested for running a drug distribution operation.
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Florida Image
Jacksonsville, Fla. 9/8/13
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I took my new camera on a test drive...
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Behind the Scenes at the RNC
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Some people fishing the pilings.
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Jacksonsville, Fla. 9/8/13
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The Florida I-75 highway near Gainesville
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Behind the Scenes at the RNC
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Jacksonsville, Fla. 9/8/13
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Dexter McCluster (22) returns a punt for 36 yards and signals a first down for the Chiefs. Jacksonville, Fla. 9/8/13
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Folks enjoy a picture perfect day fishing from a pier off Shoal Line Road on along Gulf.
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The hallways at the convention were beyond crowded with no chance of a clear path.
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Protest of Ten Commandments monument in Starke, Florida.
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An aerial view of the southern tip of the Florida Everglades. It is a flowing river of freshwater, moving 0.25 miles per day out of Lake Okeechobee and into the Florida Bay.
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America's Cup burger with bison meat and a side of Salt-N'-Pepper Onion Rings at Ted's Montana Grill in St. John's Town Center. Jacksonville, Fla.
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NASA
An exhaust cloud forms around Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida as space shuttle Endeavour soars into the sky on the STS-134 mission to the International Space Station.
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