Florida News
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Melbourne -
Two people were killed and a third wounded Saturday in a shooting at a shopping mall in central Florida, authorities said.
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While waiting for a word from potential opponent Floyd Mayweather, Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao will soon be traveling to Florida, USA and London, England to grace important social functions.
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Miami -
Scores of same-sex Florida couples tied the knot early Tuesday after the state's ban on gay marriage ended.
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Tallahassee -
Apparently a display by the Satanic Temple that showed an angel falling into a pit of flames with the message "Happy Holidays from the Satanic Temple" was not one Florida woman's cup of eggnog.
Susan Hemeryck, 54, began trying to remove the display.
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Tarpon Springs -
The Pinellas County Sheriff's Department is reporting that a Tarpon Springs police officer was shot and killed this morning. The shooting took place at 3 a.m. this morning on Grand Avenue, according to Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Cecilia Berreda.
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Saint Augustine -
Wintertime may be the perfect season for those living in colder climates to head south. A scenic and historic destination worth the trip is St. Augustine. One landmark in America's first city is America's first parish and there are many others to see.
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Miami -
In 2013, Florida passed a law which gave equal representation to Christians, Jews, secular humanists, atheists, and Pastafarians, thus allowing them to construct testaments to their own faith (or lack thereof) on the grounds of the state Capitol.
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The many critics of Florida’s Sabal Trail natural gas pipeline have already made numerous compelling arguments why the project is an unnecessary boondoggle.
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A public school in Florida has instituted a hard floor along its grading scale to help students pass classes that they were on the brink of failing.
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Holiday -
Several residents of the Pasco Mobile Home Park in Holiday, Florida have taken up temporary residence at a local hotel because of the fear of additional sinkholes forming in their neighborhood.
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Saint Augustine -
Built by Spaniards on Matanzas Bay between 1672 and 1695, the Castillo de San Marcos (Castle of Saint Mark) is a remarkable historical site. View a sample of the sights offered at this fortress.
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Tallahassee -
Citizens in Florida are deciding, as part of the U.S. midterm elections, whether to legalize medical marijuana. Poll watchers think that seniors are key to the outcome rather than younger people.
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Saint Augustine -
Restaurants in the oldest city in America feature everything from luscious seafood to traditional Cuban and Spanish favorites served in Florida’s oldest restaurant. The selections showcased will make your mouth water.
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St. Petersburg -
St. Petersburg, Fla. police have arrested a homeless man accused of stealing plumbing parts from toilets in a number of restaurants in the area. The alleged thief is one Brian Rinda, said to be 28 years old.
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Inside the story of when Florida Power & Light announced its selection of Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC. to build a $3 billion, 500-mile natural gas pipeline through three states.
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Miami Beach -
The WorldOut Games has announced they are launching a crowdfunding effort to aid participants who are in need of assistance to attend the event in Miami, Fla., in 2017.
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Two men driving a U-Haul truck from New Hampshire to Florida got quite a scare Friday morning when a snake poked its head out of the dashboard. To make matters worse, the men were driving along heavily-traveled Interstate 95 in Virginia.
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West Palm Beach -
Responding to a complaint from a neighbor, police in West Palm Beach Florida, found themselves in a home that was a virtual den of snakes. They also found the owner of said snakes, who seemed to have trouble keeping his story straight.
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A 19-year-old Florida mother drove with her five-month-old infant in the trunk of her car to avoid being cited for not having a car seat.
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Between 2012 and 2013, the Bureau of Labor Statistics states that 62.2 million Americans volunteered in some way. This is one-fifth of the country's population giving approximately eight billion hours at a value of $173 billion.
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For years, a few companies in Florida have been offering high school "diplomas" from "accredited" schools to consumers for a flat fee.
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Miami -
Florida produced 104 million boxes of oranges last year. This was half the amount from 10 years ago. The reason? An infection called citrus greening.
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Edgewater -
A Florida mom faces drug and child neglect charges after her son revealed "mommy's bad stuff" in the trunk of her car to their landlord.
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Twinkling lights, twinkling eyes and happy faces await those who wish to go back in time and experience the holidays as the first settlers in America did nearly 450 years ago in St. Augustine, Fla.
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In Florida, as in most states, utility companies wield enormous power over both consumers and the elected officials who are meant to regulate them. This influence inevitably leads to conflicts of interest.
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Punta Gorda -
It was 10 years ago that a reported tropical storm Charley was to make landfall about 90 miles north of Tampa as a weak category 2 hurricane. Instead, it made a sudden sharp right-hand turn and 30 minutes later, hit Charlotte Harbor as a category 4 storm.
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Port St. Lucie -
They can grow up to 23-feet long and weigh up to 200 pounds, and they are the apex predator of Florida's Everglades. We're talking about the Burmese python, a non-native species that has gotten loose, reproduced and taken over our southernmost state.
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A monstrous red tide bloom, the largest seen in Florida since 2006 is advancing on the state's beaches. It has already killed thousands of fish in the Gulf of Mexico, and officials are now concerned about health risks if it washes ashore.
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Fort Myers -
If you want to see a perfect eating machine in action, you can hardly do better than watching a hungry lionfish. Since its introduction into the Atlantic off the Florida coast in the 1980's and 1990's, the fish has been on a disastrous feeding frenzy.
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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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One of six times Jacksonville's QB Blaine Gabbert (11) was sacked by the Chiefs. Jacksonville, Fla. 9/8/13
2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. Jacksonville, Fla. 2/8/14
Joined by Florida's state trapper (right), the officers lay out the alligator. Before loading the gator into the trapper's truck, the alligator is measured, weighed and tagged.
Satellite image of Hurricane Charley has it slams into Charlotte Harbor, between Punta Gorda and Ft. Myers. NOAA Image
I took my new camera on a test drive...
More than 100 Police cars from all over streamed down US Route 41 shortly after the storm passed over Port Charlotte.
Seared Scallops at the Sunset Grille. St. Augustine Beach, FL
Behind the Scenes at the RNC
I took my new camera on a test drive...
Mangrove forest in Key Largo, Florida. Lisa Jacobs
Large clay jars placed about the grounds of the Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park are early Spanish water urns called "TINAJONES." St. Augustine, Fla. 9/9/13
A volunteer works both a CB radio and a Ham radio relaying and receiving messages for those whose lives were destroyed by Hurricane Charley Aug. 13, 2004
The scene in Tarpon Springs, Florida where the shooting took place. screen grab
Behind the Scenes at the RNC
I took my new camera on a test drive...
Florida Governor Rick Scott Via Flickr user Gage Skidmore
Protest of Ten Commandments monument in Starke, Florida.
Italian street artist Vera Bugatti creates a Halloween mural at the world-renowned Sarasota Chalk Festival in Florida in 2010. The 2014 version of the annual festival, scheduled for Nov. 10-17, has been moved to Venice, Fla. Anamorfosi/Wikimedia Commons
Florida Caverns State Park; Photo Credit: Kelly Jadon, 2013
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