Provides the latest RSS feeds for Florida News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Florida State News.net http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/cat/3951354e01311858/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 20:29:21 -0400 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:29:21 -0400 30 Supermodel Miranda Kerr likes to wear her husband Orlando Bloom's clothes because it makes her feel closer to him. The 30-year-old steals items from her husband's wardrobe also because she likes his relaxed rock 'n' roll style. "Sometimes I wear my husband's jacket or T-shirt. It feels good because it's his and it's fun to mix it up," contactmusic.com quoted Kerr as saying. Kerr, who is known ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214667512/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:50:01 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214667512/scat/3951354e01311858 Miranda Kerr bared her boobs while shooting an ad for her new make-up range 'Kora Organics' on Miami Beach, Florida. The Victoria's Secrets beauty, 30, was spotted giggling as she struck a pose, the Sun reported. However, an assistant covered the Aussie star, who is married to actor Orlando Bloom. ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655657/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:10:02 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655657/scat/3951354e01311858 Jason Leon (L), caught the 18-foot, 8-inch Burmese python in southeast Miami-Dade County; University of Florida scientists lie down next to the record snake. ORLANDO, Fla., -- An 18-foot, 8-inch Burmese python set a record for the longest snake ever captured in South Florida, where the exotic species has taken up residence.College student Jason Leon snared the female python in a rural area ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674859/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:18:14 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674859/scat/3951354e01311858 Ronald Poppo listens to Heat games through a portable radio, but he’ll never watch TV again. He’s relearning how to play guitar, but he has lost interest in reconnecting with his family. Poppo’s doctors offer to give him prosthetic eyes and rebuild his chewed-off nose, but he turns them down. “He’s blind, so he can’t see what he looks like now, and it ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674235/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:16:58 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674235/scat/3951354e01311858 Your daily look at news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.FACE-CHEWING VICTIM CONTINUES RECOVERY IN MIAMIA homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year appeared Tuesday to be mostly at peace with his disfigurement, strumming a guitar, making jokes and thanking people for their donations to help pay for his care. Ronald Poppo ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674862/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:16:57 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674862/scat/3951354e01311858 Rene Rivas was about to be deported in the dark of night, at 4 a.m.But that was last week.Seven days later, on Monday, the undocumented immigrant was released from an immigration lock-up and allowed to work legally and live openly with his wife and children in Miami for a year. The roller-coaster story of this 41-year-old construction worker from Durango, Mexico, is anything but common as ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674680/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:16:57 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674680/scat/3951354e01311858 Audiologist Maria Ortiz gets ready to test 10-year-old Vincent Feola's hearing during the Hearing and Speech Center of Florida's open house Tuesday. The free hearings continue this week. (Vincent's hearing turned out just ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674513/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:16:57 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674513/scat/3951354e01311858 RAIFORD, Fla. -- A man who has been on death row longer than any other inmate in Florida has died in prison.The Tampa Bay Times (http://bit.ly/16L6tVt) reports that Gary Alvord died Sunday at the Union Correctional Institution in Raiford.A spokeswoman confirmed the death but could not provide details, including whether Alvord's body was claimed by relatives or whether he will be buried on ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674683/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:16:56 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674683/scat/3951354e01311858 . I think they were three excellent choices and the three of them are well deserving of the award. With that, we can open up for questions." (On ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674616/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:16:45 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674616/scat/3951354e01311858 The Miami-Dade County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to spend billions of dollars to overhaul the county's sewer system, avoiding more delays and possibly millions in fines, and prompting a raise in monthly water and sewer rates to pay for ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674685/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:15:16 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674685/scat/3951354e01311858 But on Tuesday, the National Guard and other first responders pulling people from the debris, triaging and treating their injuries, and disposing of hazardous materials were at Camp Blanding for a massive training operation called Vigilant Guard.While the work was hot and tiring, Georgia National Guard Col. Vernon Atkinson said the troops learned through Monday's deadly Oklahoma tornadoes ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674863/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:13:14 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674863/scat/3951354e01311858 Most of the jobs are at a facility with lab space the company is leasing in Progress Corporate Park but also are at satellite offices in Melbourne, Jacksonville and Tallahassee.RTI Donor Services is a not-for-profit organization formed in 1998 by Alachua-based RTI Biologics, a publicly traded company that prepares donated tissue for surgery. The donor services operation has had administrative ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674864/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:13:14 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674864/scat/3951354e01311858 /enpproperty--> ST PETERSBURG - A Chinese language proficiency competition featuring student teams from five Russian regions was held here on Tuesday, with the winners set to sail into an international contest to be held in China. In the city's iconic Hermitage Theater, university teams from St Petersburg, Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Vladivostok and a joint Siberian team took turns presenting ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674418/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:11:00 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674418/scat/3951354e01311858 anticipated. The 6-foot-4, 250-pound defensive end wasn't highly recruited coming out of high school and didn't receive an invitation to the NFL combine following a standout college at Buffalo either. So when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers called in the fifth round last month, Means understandably was thrilled and surprised. The Bucs believe they selected a player who has a chance to develop ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674808/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:10:00 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674808/scat/3951354e01311858 After seeing Dashon Goldson, Gerald McCoy and Darrelle Revis revealed among the first 40 names in NFL Network's Top 100 Players of 2013 series, Buc fans will find two more familiar names between #51-60 on Thursday ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674865/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:10:00 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674865/scat/3951354e01311858 Nearly 100 people took to the streets in Tampa today outside the IRS building on Boy Scout Blvd to warn everyone that the IRS and the government have gone too ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674810/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:08:39 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674810/scat/3951354e01311858 Severe weather took place throughout South Florida on May 20. A flood watch remains in effect until 10 p.m. for Eastern Miami-Dade & Broward Counties on May 21. NBC 6 viewers sent in pictures from their neighborhood. Send us your pictures by emailing to iSee@nbc6.com or on Twitter/Instagram with ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674689/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:55:34 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674689/scat/3951354e01311858 Charles Hurley submitted his letter of resignation on Feb. 8, a district official confirmed to NBC 6 on Wednesday. The Miami-Dade Schools Police chief was demoted after two female officers filed lawsuits in January claiming that he sexually harassed them, and then retaliated against them after they refused his advances. Officers Deanna Fox-Williams and Yewande Gibson spoke with NBC 6 in January. ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674688/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:55:34 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674688/scat/3951354e01311858 The Twitter account of Broward Circuit Judge Matthew Destry seems to have ruffled the feathers of Broward Public Defender Howard Finkelstein. Destry's messages themselves are anything but controversial. He rarely posts more than once a day, and his posts appear to be going up during breaks in ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674098/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:53:52 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674098/scat/3951354e01311858 (Reuters) - Florida's Miami-Dade County on Tuesday promised to spend $1.6 billion on fixes for its dilapidated, accident-prone sewer system in a deal meant to settle a lawsuit with federal and state environmental ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674378/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:53:38 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674378/scat/3951354e01311858 - The AmericanAirlines Arena has won the National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security’s (NCS4) 2013 Facility of Merit award for performing above and beyond normal operations and for demonstrating an innovative approach to enhancing safety and security. Additionally, AmericanAirlines Arena and Miami HEAT Director of Security, Robert "Bob" Hundevadt has been named 2013 ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674618/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:43:58 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214674618/scat/3951354e01311858 In this photo made available by the Hunt family, Kaitlyn Hunt and her father Steve in Vero Beach, Fla., Monday May 20, 2013. Kaitlyn, 18, was expelled from school for dating and having sex with her 14-year-old girlfriend, who was a fellow player on her basketball team. Hunt was arrested and charged with two felony counts of lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12 to 16 years. (AP Photo/Hunt ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671458/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:32 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671458/scat/3951354e01311858 ORLANDO, Fla. -- Gatorland is preparing to welcome more than 70 animals that the central Florida zoo purchased from a recently closed attraction in southwest Florida.Gatorland officials say alligators, crocodiles, snakes, turtles, deer and bobcats are arriving from Everglades Wonder Gardens in Bonita Springs, which closed in April after 77 years.Gatorland officials are particularly excited about ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671883/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:05:42 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671883/scat/3951354e01311858 Despite a spectacular bid package that encompassed everything the NFL is looking for in a Super Bowl, the city of Miami and Miami-Dade County lost out on Super Bowls 50 and 51 today in Boston. All 32 owners met for one day at the Hyatt Harborside directly across Boston Harbor from downtown Boston to hear final presentations from Miami, San Francisco and Houston. They rewarded the iconic 50th ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671805/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:05:31 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671805/scat/3951354e01311858 Florida wildlife officials confirmed an 18-foot, 8-inch Burmese python killed in Miami-Dade County set a new state record. Kristen Sommers, exotic species coordination section leader for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, confirmed the snake killed May 11 by Jason Leon in a rural area of the county beat the previous record python in the state, 17 feet, 7 inches. ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214672042/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:01:54 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214672042/scat/3951354e01311858 Juan del Busto, the former regional executive of The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's Miami branch and current chairman of Del Busto Capital Partners, Inc., has joined the Ocean Bank Board of Directors. Juan del Busto Ocean Bank Board of Directors "Ocean Bank is an excellent choice for me, not only is it a great financial institution, the bank is also very community minded in areas ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671681/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:01:53 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671681/scat/3951354e01311858 Although the 66-year-old man lost both of his eyes and part of his face during the gruesome attack, he's "living happy and adjusting to his new life," according to doctors at Jackson Memorial Medical Center. "He's had a long year, but has managed to cope quite well," said plastic surgeon Dr. Woody Kassira adding that Poppo has been "a pleasure to work ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214672043/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:59:30 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214672043/scat/3951354e01311858 WASHINGTON, May 21 (RIA Novosti) – Nestled on the Baltic Sea and often described as one of the most Western cities in Russia, St. Petersburg has a new place of honor as one of the top travel destinations in the world, according to the 2013 Travelers’ Choice Destinations awards released Tuesday by the popular online travel website TripAdvisor. "St. Petersburg is a fantastic ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671052/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:51:55 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671052/scat/3951354e01311858 A Jacksonville man who stabbed a Chicago fan at the Landing last year before a Bears/Jaguars football game pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder. Matthew Reid Hinson, 28, will be sentenced by Circuit Judge Suzanne Bass at a later date and could get life in prison. Hinson slashed William "Chris" Pettry's neck with a pocket knife at Fionn MacCool's, an Irish-themed ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671687/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:46:38 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671687/scat/3951354e01311858 Hermann Londono, 57, was charged with sexual battery on a child under 12 and was ordered held without bond Tuesday during his first appearance court hearing before Broward County Judge John "Jay" ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671808/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:42:00 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671808/scat/3951354e01311858 More than 1,200 miles away from Tampa Bay, a 2-mile-wide tornado tore through parts of Oklahoma, decimating buildings, flinging vehicles through the air and killing dozens of residents. With hurricane season less than two weeks away, Tampa Bay emergency planners were taking careful notice. Because of climactic differences, weather threats here are far different than in the central United ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214672003/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:41:58 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214672003/scat/3951354e01311858 The St. Petersburg Technology Incubator, dedicated to helping marine science, biotechnology and healthcare technology start-ups, will be launched soon courtesy of a $400,000 grant from the state of Florida. The grant will be overseen by the Largo-based Tampa Bay Innovation Center. Center president Tonya Elmore said the grant will be leveraged to secure federal grant money as well as additional ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214672005/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:41:57 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214672005/scat/3951354e01311858 PLANTATION— Have you seen Izzy? The 7-year-old black Lab and retired police dog dashed out of her owners' Plantation house about 9 p.m. Monday in the middle of a severe lightning storm. "My 3-year-old son keeps asking, 'Izzy coming home, Izzy coming home?'" said Karla Becker. "We think someone picked her up and has her. Her tag must have fallen off." ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671180/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:41:56 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671180/scat/3951354e01311858 Miramar could see its third major leadership change in less than six months. The commission will start a search this week for a city attorney in the hopes of lowering legal costs, said Vice Mayor Alexandra Davis, who proposed the ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671189/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:41:55 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671189/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI (CBS4) – We have all seen the devastation left in the wake of an EF-5 tornado that tore through Moore, Oklahoma Monday afternoon. Miami has the occasional tornado, but Oklahoma is in the middle of tornado alley which set the stage for Monday’s twister. Several ingredients came together in extraordinary fashion on Monday over central Oklahoma to produce the violent and unusually ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671885/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:37:01 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671885/scat/3951354e01311858 (CBS) A Florida man has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a Bears fan who traveled to Jacksonville to see his favorite team take on the Jaguars in ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671772/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:36:14 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671772/scat/3951354e01311858 White Hot HEAT Road Rally Presented By Budweiser The White Hot HEAT Road Rally Presented By Budweiser is the official watch party for HEAT playoff road games. Join the HEAT Dancers, Burnie, the Xtreme Team, PA Announcer, Michael B., in-Arena host Dale, and other HEAT fans as they gather to watch the telecast of the HEAT taking on the Chicago Bulls in Game 4 of the Second Round of the 2013 ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671813/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:32:53 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671813/scat/3951354e01311858 Police in Florida said a burglary suspect fleeing from officers allegedly stopped to steal a couple beers from a home. Investigators said they were called to a Lighthouse Point townhouse at 2 a.m. Saturday on a report from a neighbor who said it appeared the home was being burglarized while the residents were out of town, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported Tuesday. Andrew Fatzinger, 21, of ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671121/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:32:19 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671121/scat/3951354e01311858 MDM Group's planned 1,800-room hotel would have a convention facility with exhibit space as part of the project. MDM Group's plan to build an 1,800-room hotel and convention facility in downtown Miami would locate a 110,000 square foot exhibit hall at street level, with ballrooms on top. One of the event spaces would have large windows that would allow pedestrians to peer in and ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671230/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:28:08 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214671230/scat/3951354e01311858 SOMERS, Wisconsin, May 21. MARTYN Wilby, Anthony Nesty and Matt Tallman have been named Assistant Coach-of-the-Year by CollegeSwimming.com. Tallman, of Notre Dame was named the top Rising Assistant Coach of the year while Florida's Wilby and Nesty were recognized in the Lifetime/Career Category. It was the second time that Tallman and Nesty had been recognized. Both had been named Honorable ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670322/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:58:36 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670322/scat/3951354e01311858 BOSTON - The 50th Super Bowl will be held in the San Francisco Bay Area and the NFL championship will go to Houston the following year. Team owners voted Tuesday for the 49ers' new stadium as host of the 2016 game. That facility in Santa Clara, Calif., is due to open for the 2014 season. San Francisco beat out South Florida, which was stymied in its bid to stage an 11th Super Bowl when the ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670528/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:58:04 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670528/scat/3951354e01311858 lined up at defensive tackle during practice on Tuesday after starting 12 games at defensive end in 2012. Odrick also lined up at defensive end in 2011 when the Dolphins employed a 3-4 base defense after playing defensive tackle at Penn State. Philbin emphasized that OTA practices is a time for experimenting with using players at different positions or employing different combinations. On ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670323/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:53:10 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670323/scat/3951354e01311858 Cornerback Brent Grimes answered the question about his health in a resounding way Tuesday when the Dolphins held their first OTA practice of the ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670083/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:53:10 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670083/scat/3951354e01311858 "Congratulations to San Francisco and Houston on Super Bowl L and LI. However, we don't think there's a better place in the country to host Super Bowl than right here in South Florida. I am grateful for the hard work and creative energy that the South Florida Super Bowl Host Committee showed in their bid. Today's decision doesn't dampen our enthusiasm to pursue Super ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670082/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:53:10 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670082/scat/3951354e01311858 "Congratulations to San Francisco and Houston on Super Bowl L and LI. However, we don't think there's a better place in the country to host Super Bowl than right here in South Florida. I am grateful for the hard work and creative energy that the South Florida Super Bowl Host Committee showed in their bid. Today's decision doesn't dampen our enthusiasm to pursue Super ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670151/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:51:28 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670151/scat/3951354e01311858 Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill late Monday night that will allow supervisors of elections to restore the early voting days he and the Legislature cut just two years ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670152/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:51:28 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670152/scat/3951354e01311858 The National Weather Service has issued a significant weather advisory for eastern Alachua County, calling for strong winds and possible ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670324/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:48:12 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670324/scat/3951354e01311858 VISIT FLORIDA and several key tourism industry leaders voiced support for its inclusion of increased tourism marketing funding. Their statements were contained in a press ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670325/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:47:40 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670325/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI (Reuters) - The family of a 22-year-old man who was shot 16 times by police two years ago during a hip-hop festival in Miami Beach filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Tuesday against two Miami area police ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214669441/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:32:06 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214669441/scat/3951354e01311858 Patrick Geller, a science teacher at the Weston school, was found fast asleep in his classroom last month, according to an administrative complaint filed against him by schools Superintendent Robert ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670154/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:30:16 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214670154/scat/3951354e01311858 A homeless man whose face was chewed off in a cannibal-style attack on a causeway a year ago is recovering well from his life-changing wounds, but will never regain his eyesight, doctors said on Tuesday.Ronald Poppo, 66, "is very content with where he is right now," playing the guitar in his hospital room every day and enjoying following the Miami Heat's challenge for ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214669660/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:29:17 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214669660/scat/3951354e01311858 Holly Rose DiBiase, 27, is facing charges after the theft of a Palm Springs woman's 2005 Nissan Altima, according to a Palm Springs police arrest ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214669444/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:28:33 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214669444/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI— Nearly one year after he was attacked by a crazed man who chewed off his face, Ronald Poppo is blind, has no nose and is struggling to cope with his new life. But Poppo, known around the world as the victim of the so-called Causeway Cannibal, was described Tuesday by doctors and therapists as a happy man. "He is more than content with how he is," said plastic surgeon ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214669971/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:28:30 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214669971/scat/3951354e01311858 Doctor Urmen Desai, left, talks to reporters as Dr. Wrood M. Kassira, center, and Dr. Renaud Saint-Vil, right, look on during a news conference in Miami, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The doctors gave an an update on the progress of Ronald Poppo, a homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year in Miami. The attack left Poppo blind, but the doctors say he's been working ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214669581/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:23:12 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214669581/scat/3951354e01311858 ORLANDO, Fla. -; The attorney for the last of the suspects charged in the death of a Florida A&M University drum major during a hazing ritual says his client won't have to appear for an arraignment because he already entered a written not guilty ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668142/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:43:54 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668142/scat/3951354e01311858 Donald Trump plans to convert the Old Post Office in Washington, D.C. into a luxury hotel. Donald Trump has cleared a regulatory hurdle in his efforts to redevelop the Old Post Office in downtown Washington, D.C. into a luxury hotel, but is still in financial negotiations with the federal government. The redevelopment is the latest for Trump, who has had a number of acquisitions in South Florida ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214669488/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:43:10 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214669488/scat/3951354e01311858 CODY, Wyo. -- A Florida man suspected of faking his own death has been arrested in Wyoming.Fifty-year-old David Leon Lashley was arrested Monday in the Clark area near the Montana border by U.S. Marshals and U.S. Coast Guard investigators.Park County Sheriff Scott A. Steward said Tuesday that Lashley had been living there under an assumed name, Wesley Byrd. Steward said Lashley is wanted by ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668581/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:39:44 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668581/scat/3951354e01311858 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Jacksonville man has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a Chicago fan at a popular waterfront shopping area before a Bears/Jaguars football game last fall.Matthew Reid Hinson pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder. He faces a possible life sentence.Authorities say the 28-year-old Hinson slashed 42-year-old William Pettry's neck with a pocket knife at Fionn ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668580/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:39:44 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668580/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI -- A federal appeals court has rejected claims by convicted Florida killer John Errol Ferguson that he should not be executed because he is mentally incompetent.The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that although Ferguson suffers from mental illness, he has a rational understanding of what he did and why he is scheduled for execution. That was the same conclusion reached ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668582/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:39:43 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668582/scat/3951354e01311858 South Florida charities are collecting donations to help victims of the massive tornado that struck Oklahoma.Organizations including the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami are taking donations online and through the mail. “The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami has been in touch with Catholic Charities in Oklahoma and we are ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668193/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:39:36 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668193/scat/3951354e01311858 In this May 16, 2013 file photo, Laurie Jennings meets candidate James Bourey during an Alachua County meet-and-greet in which the community meets the top candidates for county manager at the Alachua County-Gainesville Senior Recreation Center. The commission chose Bourey for the job on ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668752/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:33:42 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668752/scat/3951354e01311858 A man who was killed early Sunday morning when he ran into the path of a tractor-trailer on Interstate 75 has been identified as 27-year-old Benjamin Gilliland of the city of Alachua, according to a Florida Highway Patrol ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668753/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:33:42 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668753/scat/3951354e01311858 The Florida State Emergency Response Team is in communication with emergency officials in Oklahoma and is working through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact to support response ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668751/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:33:42 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668751/scat/3951354e01311858 Allegiant Travel Co. is Orlando-Sanford International Airport's largest carrier. Orlando-Sanford International Airport experienced a jump in total traffic, but international traffic was down last month. The airports total April traffic of 176,588 was 6.6 percent higher than the same month a year ago, the Sanford Airport Authority reported. Domestic passenger traffic of 135,035 was 10.4 ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214669508/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:23:14 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214669508/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI (AP) -- The family of a 22-year-old man killed in a barrage of police gunfire during a hip-hop Urban Beach Week festival in 2011 filed a civil rights and negligence lawsuit Tuesday seeking damages for his death and hoping to figure out what ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668754/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:19:09 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668754/scat/3951354e01311858 Technology is a booming job market in South Florida and local companies have heaped millions of dollars upon local executives. The Business Journal examined Securities and Exchange Commission filings for the largest information and technology companies based in the region and found some lucrative awards were handed out. Most of the compensation was in the form of stock, as opposed to salary, so ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668584/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:18:20 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668584/scat/3951354e01311858 CEA Properties LLC, which owns the building leased by Ameriprise Financial at 3045 Newmark Drive, plans to build a second building next door. A developer in Miami Township is moving forward with a second phase of a business park. CEA Properties LLC, which owns the building leased by Ameriprise Financial at 3045 Newmark Drive, plans to build a second building next door. Plans for the ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214667764/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:16:46 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214667764/scat/3951354e01311858 Stephen Olenchak, an ex-Davie cop convicted of molesting a family member while his wife and son slept in the same bed, has been sentenced to 10 years in state ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668518/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:13:54 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668518/scat/3951354e01311858 Juan del Busto, Ocean Bank board member. Ocean Bank added Juan del Busto, the former head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlantas Miami branch, to its board of directors. The move should give the Miami-based bank a boost in its dealings with regulators. The bank has been under enforcement orders from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Florida Office of Financial Regulation since 2007, ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214667676/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:05:02 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214667676/scat/3951354e01311858 As the meeting opened, current CEO and chair Jamie Dimon said he was delighted to be in Tampa at JPMorgans Highland Oaks campus, which he called a key operating center for the company. Shareholders of JPMorgan Chase & Co. meeting today in Tampa defeated a proposal to require the company have an independent director as board chairman. The proposal, backed by the AFSCME ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214667755/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:27:06 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214667755/scat/3951354e01311858 Sauer Inc. of Jacksonville has won a $6.5 million NASA task order to renovate the B-2 space rocket test stand at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Sauer expects to break ground in late spring and complete the project in 10 months, the company said in a news release. The B-2 Test Stand at Stennis was originally built to test Saturn rocket stages that propelled astronauts to the moon, NASA said ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668755/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:24:31 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214668755/scat/3951354e01311858 SARASOTA, Fla. -- A man and woman are being held without bond in a Sarasota jail in connection with death of the woman's 3-year-old daughter.Asia Rosier and Jumar Edwards were arrested Monday on felony child abuse charges following the April 11 death of Jewel Howard.The Sarasota Herald-Tribune (http://bit.ly/14NwP4m) reports the girl had received treatment for asthma on April 10 and vomited ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666625/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:22:02 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666625/scat/3951354e01311858 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fitch Ratings affirms the rating on the following Florida Municipal Loan Council's (FMLC) revenue bonds at 'A': --$7.4 million revenue bonds, series 2010A. In addition, Fitch affirms its 'A' rating on the city of Palatka, FL (the city) implied general obligation (GO) bonds. The Rating Outlook is Negative. SECURITY ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214667149/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:02:50 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214667149/scat/3951354e01311858 Orlando has lost an estimated $720 million in wealth, particularly among low-income families, as a result of the wave of foreclosures, according to a report released today by a national housing nonprofit. Sen. Geraldine Thompson, D-Orlando, was among those who are expected to present the "Wasted Wealth" report Tuesday morning. The findings by the Alliance for a Just Society were based ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666894/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:00:03 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666894/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI— Nearly one year after he was attacked by a crazed man who chewed off his face, Ronald Poppo is blind, has no nose and is struggling to cope with his new life. But Poppo, known around the world as the victim of the so-called Causeway Cannibal, was described Tuesday by doctors and therapists as a happy man. "He is more than content with how he is," said plastic surgeon ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666527/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:54:52 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666527/scat/3951354e01311858 The Tampa Port Authority’s governing board voted unanimously Tuesday morning to kill Liberty Channelside LLC’s attempt to take over Channelside Bay ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666832/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:54:49 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666832/scat/3951354e01311858 Tampa's Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino has booked a big name for July 18: The Beach Boys. Before you get too excited, keep in mind that this is NOT the same Beach Boys that reunited in full last year. Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and David Marks are absent from this lineup; instead you'll get Mike Love, Bruce Johnston and some others. Still, the Hard Rock can be a surprisingly ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666834/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:54:48 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666834/scat/3951354e01311858 ST. PETERSBURG -- No one was injured Tuesday morning when a fire broke out in a St. Petersburg home. Neighbor Asia Maxwell, 22, said she looked out her window about 10:50 a.m. and saw flames coming from the back of her neighbor's home at 1000 64th Ave. S. She immediately called the homeowner's cellphone, and found out they had just left the house on an errand. Maxwell said ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666831/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:54:48 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666831/scat/3951354e01311858 A St. Petersburg lawmaker wants the Florida Public Service Commission to study the cost of the proposed Levy County nuclear plant compared to a natural gas facility. Rep. Dwight Dudley, D-St. Petersburg, said in a news release and letter to the commission this week that a Tampa Bay Times analysis that showed Levy would cost more than a natural gas facility over 60 years warrants a comprehensive ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666830/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:54:48 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666830/scat/3951354e01311858 Boca Raton street on Monday afternoon, police and city officials said. Just after a water main broke at about 4:30 p.m. Monday, a school bus with some children on board drove over the water-filled roadway on Burning Tree Lane north of Glades Road, causing the asphalt to collapse, ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214665483/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:54:46 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214665483/scat/3951354e01311858 Orlando has lost an estimated $720 million in wealth, particularly among low-income families, as a result of the wave of foreclosures, according to a report released today by a national housing nonprofit. Sen. Geraldine Thompson, D-Orlando, was among those who are expected to present the "Wasted Wealth" report Tuesday morning. The findings by the Alliance for a Just Society were based ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666895/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:54:40 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666895/scat/3951354e01311858 Freak hate it's -- slogan of the FaceBook page started by Caitlin hunt's parents. Desperate to help their eighteen year old daughter who is facing felony charges for having a sexual relationship ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214665928/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:50:30 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214665928/scat/3951354e01311858 ORLANDO - Thousands of people have protested against the prosecution of an 18-year-old Florida high school senior after her parents launched an Internet petition claiming she was charged with sex crimes only because her lover, a then 14-year-old schoolmate, was another girl.By late Monday afternoon, almost 100,000 people had signed ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666897/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:44:18 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666897/scat/3951354e01311858 The first South Florida Technology Summit will offer attendees an opportunity to learn about the hottest gadgets and to prepare for future tech advancements with workshops, tutorials, presentations, keynotes and exhibits. The annual technology summit, which is presented by TigerDirect.com in collaboration with The LAB Miami and Refresh Miami, will take place from 1 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday at the ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666628/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:13:34 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214666628/scat/3951354e01311858 TAMPA, Fla. -- Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO JPMorgan Chase, told shareholders Tuesday that last year's $6 billion trading loss had been expensive and "extremely embarrassing," but he also asked shareholders not to fixate on the issue."It would have been a terrible shame if that one issue were allowed to damage the company from doing all the things it was supposed to ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664350/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:07:55 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664350/scat/3951354e01311858 LAS VEGAS -- A Las Vegas man has pleaded guilty to fraud charges in connection with the embezzlement of $5.6 million from the prominent builder of residential high-rises in the Vegas area over nearly five years.U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden says Rocco Lazazzaro pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud at the Florida-based Turnberry Associates.He says Lazazzaro personally was ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664317/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:07:54 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664317/scat/3951354e01311858 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida Supreme Court says the execution of a man who killed a prison guard in 1987 can go forward.The court denied an appeal Tuesday and said that William Van Poyck's June 12 execution will not be delayed.In June 1987, Van Poyck and co-defendant Frank Valdes ambushed two guards who were taking inmate James O'Brien in a prison van to a doctor's office in ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214663585/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:07:54 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214663585/scat/3951354e01311858 took home the Nat Moore Community Service Award, it was announced today. This was the first time that Wake has won Dan Marino Most Valuable Player Award which is voted on by the South Florida media. In 2012, he started all 16 games and finished the year with 53 tackles and 15 sacks. Wake ranked third in the AFC and fourth in the NFL in sacks and also tied for the sixth highest single season sack ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664295/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:07:46 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664295/scat/3951354e01311858 Each city will get to make a 20-minute presentation inside the Hyatt Harborside Hotel on Boston Harbor. Super Bowl Bid Committee Chairman Rodney Barreto and former Miami Dolphins wide ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664296/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:07:46 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664296/scat/3951354e01311858 Miami Jai-Alai owner Florida Gaming had $13 million in revenue in the first quarter. Shares of Florida Gaming were up 96 percent on Tuesday morning after the company reported greater revenues from Miami Jai-Alai. However, investors in the Miami-based company (OTCBB: FGMG) should be cautioned that they might not recover anything after it sells its jai-alai frontons in Miami and Fort Pierce to ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214665299/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:59:39 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214665299/scat/3951354e01311858 No. 1: World Fuel (NYSE: INT) Michael J. Kasbar is president and CEO, while Paul H. Stebbins is executive chairman. The debate over whether Jamie Dimon should keep both his CEO and chairman roles at JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) was settled this morning he will -- but it made me wonder how South Florida's largest public companies are structured. There's quite a bit of variation as shown in ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214665098/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:56:45 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214665098/scat/3951354e01311858 Florida .It's a new record for the longest Burmese python caught in the wild in Florida. The previous record was a 17ft 7in python caught in August in Everglades national park.According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the 18ft 8in snake was caught May 11 alongside a road in rural Miami-Dade County.Wildlife officials said Monday that a Miami man spotted about 3ft of ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214663549/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:56:44 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214663549/scat/3951354e01311858 An employee of Hyde N Seek Recovery, 1354 NW 53rd Ave., saw three people - later identified as Dalton Cassel, 18, Christopher Duval, 20, and Juanita Love, 36 - along the fence line of the closed business, according to a Gainesville Police Department report.The witness said Cassel was acting as a lookout while Love and Duval stood near the fence. All three walked away when they saw the employee, ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664540/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:54:23 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664540/scat/3951354e01311858 Governor Rick Scott said, "The priorities outlined in this budget will continue to make Florida the perfect climate for business. Florida's unemployment rate dropped faster than anywhere else in the country except one state and we've created more than 330,000 private sector jobs in the past two years. Our unemployment rate continues to decline and we learned last week that Florida ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664541/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:52:37 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664541/scat/3951354e01311858 Channelside Bay Plaza. The Tampa Port Authority Tuesday morning effectively killed Liberty Channelsides proposal to develop the beleaguered plaza by rejecting the note-holding Irish bank receivers request for assignment of lease. Hillsborough County Commissioner Sandra Murman introduced a request to discuss Channelside, which was not part of the boards regular meeting agenda. The board ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214669497/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:52:03 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214669497/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI (AP) -- Mack Emerman, the founder of Criteria Recording Studios where acts including Eric Clapton, James Brown and the Bee Gees made some of their most famous records, has died after a long illness, according to his daughter. He was ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664542/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:51:14 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664542/scat/3951354e01311858 TAMPA - The Rev. Terry Jones is planning to burn 2,998 Qurans on Sept. 11 in Tampa, though the exact location of the event has not been announced. But on Jones' Facebook ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664496/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:51:02 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664496/scat/3951354e01311858 snakes can grow to a terrifying size. Now, one man in Miami has found a record-setting snake that’s longer than three human adults are tall. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), a man named Jason Leon has found the longest Burmese python ever recorded in the state ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664199/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:45:44 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664199/scat/3951354e01311858 TAMPA -- Members of Tampa 912 and other tea party activists plan to protest from noon to 1 p.m. today in front of the Tampa office of the Internal Revenue Service at 3848 W Columbus Drive. Karen Jaroch, who co-founded the Tampa chapter of Glenn Beck's 9-12 group, last week told the Tampa Bay Times that when the group applied for tax-exempt status in 2010, it not only had to complete a ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664475/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:45:15 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664475/scat/3951354e01311858 TAMPA -- Security was heavy in the lead up to JPMorgan Chase's annual meeting at it's Highland Oaks campus in East Tampa on Tuesday morning. Drivers underwent two checks before being allowed to park. A couple dozen media members were cordoned off in a small tent outside the facility with national camera crews shooting morning updates. This is the second year in a row that the New York ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664473/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:45:15 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664473/scat/3951354e01311858 Have you ever tried tweeting at a major news organization? How often have they responded or retweeted? Probably not often -- and that corresponds to the findings offered by ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664200/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:44:53 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664200/scat/3951354e01311858 Florida Gov. Rick Scott. Gov. Rick Scott signed the states largest budget on Monday at $74.1 billion, even after breaking out his veto pen to strike $368 million worth of special projects. Many of those projects would have been in South Florida. One of the common themes was a refusal to pay for stormwater mitigation and drainage projects in municipalities. Some cultural, care for the elderly, ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664355/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:29:53 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664355/scat/3951354e01311858 A resident surveys the damage after the tornado hit the area near 149th and Drexel on Monday, May 20, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Okla. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Chris ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214662253/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:02:01 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214662253/scat/3951354e01311858 Florida Governor Rick Scott has killed funding for a controversial ';violence prevention program'; in Florida which caused a public backlash after the Sheriff’s office in Palm Beach County encouraged people to report on their neighbors for anti-government ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214662928/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:00:06 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214662928/scat/3951354e01311858 Ocala police officers look over the tree that fell and killed a man while he waited in his car for a thunderstorm to pass at his Northeast 10th Court home in Ocala on ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214662929/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:51:06 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214662929/scat/3951354e01311858 A Gainesville man was arrested Monday on allegations he tried to steal a purse and did steal a bicycle during an illegal drug deal, according to an arrest ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214662930/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:51:06 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214662930/scat/3951354e01311858 A high temperature of 87 is forecast with light easterly winds and a 30 percent chance of afternoon rain. Tonight's low will be about 66 degrees.- Cindy SwirkoNational Weather Service 7-Day Forecast Today A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 87. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214662931/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:51:05 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214662931/scat/3951354e01311858 HOLLY HILL -- The Holly Hill School has been evacuated after reports of a bomb threat in County . Volusia County deputies said a student overheard another talking about a pipe bomb. The sheriff's office has evacuated the school, which is located ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214662932/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:47:54 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214662932/scat/3951354e01311858 FLAGLER BEACH -- Some County residents will experience water service interruption and then be under a boil water advisory next week. The city of Flagler Beach said crews will be working on the main water line and water service will be shut off at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 28 for approximately four to six hours. The service will affect the following residents: Residents on Ocean Palm Drive with ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214662207/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:47:53 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214662207/scat/3951354e01311858 United Paradyne Corporation, a California based rocket fuel supplier, is moving in to a former shuttle building. The building will be retrofitted to provide aerospace fuel for commercial space projects at KSC. ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214662737/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:47:51 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214662737/scat/3951354e01311858 Andrew Robert Fatzinger, 21, was arrested on charges of burglary, grand theft, criminal mischief and resisting an officer following the incident early Sunday, according to a Lighthouse Point Police ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214662785/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:31:31 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214662785/scat/3951354e01311858 SUNRISE (CBSMiami) - Area companies will be looking to fill more than 2,500 job positions at a career fair in Miami Lakes on Tuesday. The event will be held at the Don Shula Hotel on Main Street from 10 a.m. to 2 ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214662652/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:24:05 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214662652/scat/3951354e01311858 The Kendall mother charged with aggravated manslaughter in the death of her 11-month-old son had been diagnosed with postpartum depression soon after the baby was born, her attorneys revealed in court Monday. Lonnie Richardson, attorney for Catalina Bruno, and DCF regional director Esther Jacobo ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661449/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:21:23 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661449/scat/3951354e01311858 Florida has a long list of problematic invasive species, from the vervet monkey to the lionfish, but the Burmese python might be the state's public enemy No. 1 so much so that residents will hop out of their cars at night to catch one double the normal size. A Miami man wrangled and killed the ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661074/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:20:19 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661074/scat/3951354e01311858 Super Bowl derby may be to snag the consolation prize. The consensus is that the recent failure to obtain tax money to help fund an extensive overhaul ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661558/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:19:30 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661558/scat/3951354e01311858 Florida's hospitals, like those across the rest of the nation, have received their spring report cards and more than a third earned an A, according to a nonprofit organization that advocates for safer health-care delivery. In the Sunshine State, 37 percent of all hospitals scored an A, allowing Florida to retain its 10th-place ranking among states. Florida also ranked ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214660919/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:19:30 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214660919/scat/3951354e01311858 Gov. Rick Scott Gov. Rick Scott spread the pain. As Scott signed a $74.1 billion state budget Monday, he used his line-item veto power to eliminate proposals that ranged from spending $14 million on a building project at Gulf Coast State College in the Panhandle to earmarking $20,000 for the Hialeah Junior Fire Academy in South Florida. "My filter was this,'' Scott said. "One, is ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661559/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:52:40 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661559/scat/3951354e01311858 A proposed mobility fee was presented in draft form to Nassau county officials Monday, which would steer the countys growth in a more efficient direction. County traffic consultants presented the idea to the county commission, which would replace transportation impact fees and concurrency, the Fernandina Beach News Leader reports. The proposed fee would target traffic needs east and west of ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214660827/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:46:33 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214660827/scat/3951354e01311858 Hemming Plaza is an unofficial gathering spot for the citys homeless population. The Jacksonville Day Resource Center at City Rescue Mission will open in July, the Financial News & Daily Record reports. Plans for the center were announced last November, which will include services such as showers, washing machines and other services to the homeless. A homeless day center was the center of ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661562/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:35:47 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661562/scat/3951354e01311858 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Two winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $95,813.71 each, the Florida Lottery said Tuesday.The winning tickets were bought in Fort Myers and Winter Park, lottery officials reported.The 256 tickets matching four numbers won $120.50 each. Another 8,625 tickets matching three numbers won $10 each, and 83,718 tickets won a Quick Pick ticket for picking two ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214660166/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:35:18 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214660166/scat/3951354e01311858 DELAND, Fla. -- A central Florida attorney wants a DeLand police officer to show up in court to explain why he skipped a traffic hearing after pulling him over for "impolitely" honking his horn.It started in February when DeLand Detective Christopher Jusick stopped Michael Lambert and gave him a warning for honking his horn at him after the traffic light turned green. Lambert, a ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214660165/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:35:17 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214660165/scat/3951354e01311858 Orlando City Soccer Club owners met with Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs to come up with a Plan B to fund the city's Major League Soccer stadium. Orlando City Soccer Club owners met with Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs Monday in an effort to come up with a Plan B to help save plans for a soccer stadium in downtown Orlando, WFTV reports. The citys Major League Soccer stadium suffered a ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661561/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:32:53 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661561/scat/3951354e01311858 Orange County deputies say a man wanted in several local robberies and burglaries who has been on the run for weeks is in custody after he crashed the stolen truck he's been driving into a tree. It happened early Tuesday morning on 17th Street between Orange Blossom Trail and Westmoreland Drive. Orange County Deputies said they had been on the lookout for the man and the truck for ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659444/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:26:54 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659444/scat/3951354e01311858 The arguments both for and against the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as ObamaCare, have been exchanged ever since the legislation was proposed. Supporters of the act say that everybody will benefit from having health insurance, while critics of the act argue that the government should not interfere or mandate decisions that should be made individually by people, and that the costs of the ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659544/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:26:54 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659544/scat/3951354e01311858 New pictures of a homeless man whose face was virtually chewed off in a horrifying attack in Miami last year are to be released. Doctors and care workers who are treating Ronald Poppo in Jackson will also give an update on his recovery from his gruesome injuries. They will play a taped message from the victim and show new photos of his face, which continues to heal after the attack on the ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659437/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:19:23 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659437/scat/3951354e01311858 New York City , starting at 8:30 p.m. The Magic -- by virtue of finishing with the worst record in the league -- have the best chance to win the No. 1 pick. But should the Magic and even their fans be hoping to get the pick or hope some other team moves up and grabs the top ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214660242/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:11:02 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214660242/scat/3951354e01311858 Ressi An institute created to support entrepreneurial projects, the Founder Institute, had announced it would be holding a boot camp in the Tampa Bay-area, but has now cancelled it due to a lack of qualified applicants, it said. The Institute was created by Adeo Ressi, a college dropout who has had started eight businesses including a New York guide program bought by AOL in 1997. Ressi came to ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214660711/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:06:54 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214660711/scat/3951354e01311858 Florida Hospital Waterman CEO Ken Mattison (shown) will swap jobs with Florida Hospital Flagler CEO David Ottati. Florida Hospital Waterman CEO Ken Mattison and Florida Hospital Flagler CEO David Ottati are swapping jobs, Orlando Sentinel reports. Mattison announced in April he would be leaving the Lake County hospital for another position within the Adventist Health System. Now, Ottati will ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659669/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:03:23 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659669/scat/3951354e01311858 After a series of headlines about major department store departures, Westfield Group created some buzz with plans to renovate Sarasotas Southgate Mall with an outdoor project including retail, restaurants and nightlife. The one-acre addition will add 46,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space to the existing mall building in a space that is currently being used as a parking lot, the ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661529/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:00:31 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661529/scat/3951354e01311858 May 20 (Bloomberg) -- In today's "Movers & Shakers," Bloomberg's Betty Liu highlights comments on the benefits of innovation from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's commencement speech at Bard College. She speaks on Bloomberg Television's "In The Loop." Wichita Business Journal employee Gary Nickel received this photo from his son, Justin Nickel, who was in ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659513/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:46:21 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659513/scat/3951354e01311858 The internationally-famed athletics training school, the IMG Academy of Bradenton, opened its new $15 million residence hall on Monday. The academy is a private school for elite athletes from around the world with about 700 students from pre-kindergarten to post-graduate age-levels, the Bradenton Herald said. The state-of-the-art dorm is accessible only by security badges. It has more than ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664544/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:44:41 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214664544/scat/3951354e01311858 OCALA, Fla. -- Police say a 28-year-old Ocala man died when a large oak tree fell on his vehicle during a thunderstorm.Ocala police Maj. Dennis Yonce told the Ocala Star-Banner ( http://bit.ly/17XE7af) that Christopher Harris was sitting in his Mitsubishi in the driveway of his home while a storm passed about 4:30 p.m. Monday.The storm which brought torrential rain and strong gusts uprooted a ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659068/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:26:40 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659068/scat/3951354e01311858 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jacksonville's 24 Head Start centers are set to reopen after being shuttered when the federal government stopped providing the Jacksonville Urban League funding because of safety issues.The Florida Times-Union ( http://bit.ly/118ntMg) reports officials with the Florida Department of Children and Families spend the weekend pleading with federal officials to reopen the ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659067/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:26:40 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659067/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI -- Six months before a baby boy died after being left strapped in his car seat, the Florida Department of Children and Families concluded there was no evidence his mother's drinking endangered his life.The Miami Herald ( http://hrld.us/118kLX9) reports the agency closed the case on Catalina Marista Bruno in November following two incidents. Eleven-month-old Bryan Miguel Osceola died ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659069/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:26:40 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659069/scat/3951354e01311858 Caryn Kelley is expected to take the stand in her own defense. She's faces up to 30 years in prison if she is found guilty of ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659127/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:18:26 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659127/scat/3951354e01311858 Zach Cooney, the lifeguard on duty Sunday, took action when a shark swam into shallow waters in Cocoa Beach Sunday, May 20, ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659128/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:18:22 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659128/scat/3951354e01311858 Orlando Police Department 's on-going efforts to confiscate illegal firearms that has removed more than 150 this year, records show.Shortly after 6 p.m., a gun reported stolen from Orange County was taken from a passenger in a car that initially failed to stop after being spotted speeding by police.The loaded 9 mm. pistol and a small amount of marijuana were seized from Fridland Mondesir, ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658503/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:07:52 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658503/scat/3951354e01311858 A flood watch was in effect for parts of Miami-Dade and Broward through 10 p.m. Tuesday after heavy rains swept through the area overnight and more downpours were expected throughout the ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659021/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:04:54 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659021/scat/3951354e01311858 A Burmese python measuring nearly 19ft has been captured in South Florida. About 3ft of the 18ft 8in (569cm) snake was spotted sticking out of some roadside brush on May 11 by Jason Leon and some friends, as they drove late at night through a rural area of southeast Miami-Dade County. The 23-year-old got out of his car, grabbed the snake behind its head and dragged it into the open. When ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657740/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:04:03 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657740/scat/3951354e01311858 ORLANDO, Fla. -- The last of the suspects to be charged with the death of a Florida A & M University drum major during a hazing ritual has a date in court.Darryl Cearnel has an arraignment Tuesday in state court in Orlando.Cearnel was charged with manslaughter and felony hazing last March, almost a year and a half after drum major Robert Champion died. Most of the other dozen or so other ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657091/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:12:07 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657091/scat/3951354e01311858 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida Gov. Rick Scott is leaving the country for his eighth overseas trade-related trip in the last two-and-half years.The governor left late Monday for a trip to Chile in South America. He has previously visited far-flung places such as Brazil, Spain, Israel, and England. He heads to Paris next month.Scott has already taken more trips than former Gov. Charlie Crist. ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656861/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:12:06 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656861/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI -- Two female police officers with the Miami-Dade County school system have settled lawsuits accusing the former police chief of sexually harassing them.Cmdr. Deanna Fox-Williams and Officer Yewande Gibson claimed in the lawsuits that former chief Charles Hurley asked them for dates and then retaliated against them when they refused his advances over several years.Hurley denied the claims ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657015/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:12:05 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657015/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI -- Several Florida former foster youth are joining dozens of foster youth from around the country on Capitol Hill to shadow U.S. lawmakers.Members of Congress will be paired with the youth, who are 18-22 years old, on Tuesdays morning. The former foster youth will attend hearings, meetings and witness floor votes.They will also sit down with members of the Obama Administration at the White ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657184/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:12:05 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657184/scat/3951354e01311858 A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year in Miami has learned to play guitar as he continues treatment for his ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656834/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:12:04 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656834/scat/3951354e01311858 As NBC 6’s cameras followed FHP troopers at ground level, Telemundo 51 flew with a FHP pilot 2,000 feet above Florida’s Turnpike – high enough where drivers had no idea the agency had an eye in the ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657093/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:51:53 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657093/scat/3951354e01311858 Consumer Reports' medical experts say starting testosterone is a big deal. It should only be done after a long and careful conversation between doctor and ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655293/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:44:55 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655293/scat/3951354e01311858 TALLAHASSEE | Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who had a tough time winning cooperation this past year from the Republican-led Legislature, struck back on Monday by vetoing nearly $400 million from the state's new ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654561/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:05:55 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654561/scat/3951354e01311858 Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Cole Hamels throws in the first inning during a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Miami, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Lynne ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654318/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:03:35 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654318/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI (CBSMiami) -Fallon Fox, a controversial mixed martial arts fighter, is in South Florida. Recently, Fox has made headlines as some critics argue she shouldn’t be able to fight other women. Professional mixed martial arts cage fighter Fallon Fox's biography is different from other female fighters in the MMA. Fox was actually born a man. "I am a post-operative transsexual ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654416/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:34:01 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654416/scat/3951354e01311858 PLANT CITY | VSI Tampa Bay FC will take on the Tampa Bay Rowdies tonight at at Plant City Stadium after Tampa Bay FC edged Orlando City U23s this past Tuesday night in the first round of the US Open ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214653648/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:02:30 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214653648/scat/3951354e01311858 LONGWOOD -- A new dress code at some local banks hopes to curb the rising number of bank robberies. A sign posted at Fairwinds Credit Union in Longwood asks customers to removed sunglasses, hats and hoods. It's a move customers are adjusting to. "What's it to remove your sunglasses? You can't see. You don't need them inside anyway. So, I can see maybe the ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652224/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:46:08 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652224/scat/3951354e01311858 OKLAHOMA CITY -- [UPDATE 9 p.m.] Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin says "hearts are broken'' for parents who are wondering about the fate of their children after the tornado that devastated suburban Oklahoma City. Fallin says a communications center has been set up Monday at a church in Moore, where an afternoon tornado flattened entire neighborhoods and destroyed an elementary school ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652654/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:46:08 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652654/scat/3951354e01311858 ORLANDO -- Since the beginning of 2013, there have been 109 missing persons cases reported in Orlando. Of those cases, 103 have been solved. Monday, detectives with the Orlando Police Department hoped new attention brought to those unsolved cases will help those who are missing be found. Back in November ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652754/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:46:06 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652754/scat/3951354e01311858 OCALA -- A man is dead after a tree fell on a car he was sitting in during severe weather in Marion County Monday afternoon. According to the Ocala Police Department, the man, later identified at 28-year-old Christopher Harris, was in his car near the driveway of a home on NE 10th Court in Ocala. Police said around 4:20 p.m., a tree from a neighbor's yard fell on his car and another ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652753/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:46:06 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652753/scat/3951354e01311858 PIERSON -- Deputies in Volusia County arrested an 18-year-old accused of breaking into a teenage girl's home to have sex with her. It happened early Monday morning in Pierson. Deputies said Eduardo Rodriguez broke into the girl's room just after 1 a.m. and touched her. The girl woke up and screamed for her mother, and according to the sheriff's office, they both fought ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652755/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:46:04 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652755/scat/3951354e01311858 More jail employees have been disciplined for not properly reporting home confinement violations by Bessman Okafor. ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652756/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:46:01 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652756/scat/3951354e01311858 This May 15, 2013 photo provided by the University of Florida shows unidentified staff next to a dead Burmese python on the campus in Gainesville, Fla. The python, the longest ever caught in the state, measured 18 feet, 8 inches and weighed 128 pounds. It was caught along a South Florida road on May 11, 2013. The University of Florida researchers performed a necropsy on the female snake and found ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652757/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:28:17 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652757/scat/3951354e01311858 Justin Ruggiano knocked in a pair of runs Monday in the Miami Marlins' 5-1 win over Philadelphia. Sanabia (3-6) broke a five-start losing streak with his first victory since April 16. The right-hander limited the Phillies to one run on seven hits, walking one while fanning three. Ruggiano's RBI double in the sixth inning broke a 1-1 tie and he doubled the advantage with a run-scoring ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652684/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:20:35 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652684/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI | The longest Burmese python ever caught in the state -- 18 feet, 8 inches long and 128 pounds -- was found alongside a rural South Florida road, wildlife officials said ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651677/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:52:45 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651677/scat/3951354e01311858 Youth librarians throughout the county are preparing for the annual Florida Youth Library Program Summer Reading promotion "Dig into Reading" for kids and "Beneath the Surface" for teens. The idea is to keep young people reading and learning through the summer break. This is a "home-grown" program; librarians around the state contribute ideas for the programs, ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651316/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:52:45 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651316/scat/3951354e01311858 Staff Sgt. Cheryl Westbrook was driving in the center lane on Interstate 75 near Riverview on Saturday when another car tried to change lanes and the two collided. Florida Highway Patrol officials said she lost control of the vehicle, hit a Florida Department of Transportation sign and flipped over. Westbook, 35, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver in the other car, Candelaria M. Perez, ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651320/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:52:44 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651320/scat/3951354e01311858 A South Florida woman has been charged with visa fraud after authorities say she falsely promised 143 Haitians and told the federal government there were jobs waiting for them in the ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651678/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:52:44 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651678/scat/3951354e01311858 The price of admission keeps rising at Universal Orlando. Both Universal theme parks — Universal Studios Florida and Universal's Islands of Adventure — announced a $3 increase for a single-day ticket to $92, plus tax. This move makes Universal tickets more expensive than its rival Walt Disney World, which hasn't announced a price increase. Universal Studios has seen a ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651832/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:52:41 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651832/scat/3951354e01311858 Nearly 80,000 supporters since Friday have signed an Internet petition demanding felony sex charges be dropped against an 18-year-old lesbian who dated a 14-year-old high-school basketball teammate.Kaitlyn Hunt of Indian River County is charged with two felony counts of lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12 to 16 years old. If convicted, she would be given a sentence ranging from probation to ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651411/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:47:26 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651411/scat/3951354e01311858 A Florida man with experience handling snakes captured and killed a 128-pound Burmese python he discovered on the side of the road in Miami-Dade County, ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651430/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:15:16 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651430/scat/3951354e01311858 A child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along to rescuers Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650702/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:48:54 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650702/scat/3951354e01311858 Authorities have identified the man who died Sunday afternoon after he lost control of his motorbike.Florida Highways Patrol said Gardy Louissaint, 31, of Miami was driving an Honda 1000 on Ives Dairy Road east of Northeast 10th Avenue at 1.50 PM when he attempted to change lanes to overtake another vehicle and lost control.He slammed into a utility pole and was pronounced dead at the scene, ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650514/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:41:18 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650514/scat/3951354e01311858 Catalina Marista Bruno had been arrested three times on charges involving drugs or alcohol. She had been drinking last July when police arrested her husband for beating her in front of her children. And she was deemed to be drunk in November when she reportedly clipped several walls before passing out with her infant son untethered in the front seat with her.Still, state child welfare ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650678/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:41:18 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650678/scat/3951354e01311858 North Miami Beach’s runoff election will be held Tuesday, but with one caveat: The city’s canvassing board cannot certify the official results until further order from the courts. Judge Darrin Gayles of the 11th Judicial Circuit Court made that decision Monday after a hearing in which Seat 4 candidate Yvenoline Dargenson’s residency came under question due to a lawsuit ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650180/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:41:14 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650180/scat/3951354e01311858 BATON ROUGE, La. -- A Louisiana judge has ordered former Miami Dolphins running back Cecil Collins held without bond until a probation hearing July 1.The Advocate ( http://bit.ly/12pRZDO) reports that District Judge Mike Caldwell will decide whether Collins violated probation on Louisiana charges by committing a burglary in Florida in late 1999.Collins was released from a Florida prison May 1 ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650836/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:41:14 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650836/scat/3951354e01311858 Kevin Foley stood before a judge in Broward County's drug court - fellow abusers sitting behind him in the benches - talking about the fitful life of a recovering addict, the random drug tests, the counseling and what he hoped was his next, clean chapter. Foley, 21, has been hooked on heroin for nearly two years. Before that, he was popping oxycodone and other prescription pills ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650837/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:38:37 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650837/scat/3951354e01311858 A previously captured 13-foot Burmese python is held in the Everglades, Florida in this January 17, 2013 file photo. A 19-foot python has been killed in Florida this month, according to reports.A man from Miami-Dade County is reported to have killed the huge Burmese Python. The species is known to be quite an invasive species in the state, and it is common for people to go out of their way to ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650838/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:35:03 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650838/scat/3951354e01311858 Magic senior vice president Pat Williams is seen kissing the ping-pong ball after Orlando won the No. 1 overall pick in the 2004 draft and chose Dwight Howard. The NBA is hoping for the same Tuesday night to jump-start the rebuilding process. (Steve Freeman/NBAE via Getty ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650401/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:28:04 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650401/scat/3951354e01311858 CLEARWATER — If the Tampa Bay Water board approves his contract, the new general manager of the wholesale utility serving Pinellas, Pasco and Hillsborough counties will be Matthew Jordan, an engineer from North Carolina. After negotiations with the utility's attorney, Jordan, currently the CEO of the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, has accepted the $180,000 a year job, according to ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650778/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:19:29 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650778/scat/3951354e01311858 Richard Bohl, 47, of Loxahatchee Groves, faces a homicide charge after shooting his neighbor, Gary Jorglewich twice in the face, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office arrest ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650620/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:19:25 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650620/scat/3951354e01311858 Attorneys for Dennis DeMartin, the former John Goodman juror fighting a criminal contempt charge, on Monday filed their strongest attack yet against ... http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650176/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:19:23 -0400 http://www.florida.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650176/scat/3951354e01311858