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DeBary mayor can see you at diner, in his truck or at VFW post � just not at City Hall
If you want to meet with the mayor of this city of 19,000 residents, don't bother looking for him at City Hall.
He's being booted from his office there by his fellow council members. Instead |
FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL'S RACE
Aronberg, Gelber not so far apart in views
For two months a year, they sit 6 feet from each other on the floor of the Florida Senate, battling the Republican majority in the state Legislature. Now, two rising stars in the Democratic Party |
FCAT data may be OK after all, state says
The 2010 FCAT results may end up being correct, despite troubling "anomalies" cited by school districts across Florida. Though reviews by two private companies are not complete, early information |
2 researchers: Colonoscopy not better than cheaper test
Colonoscopy , for 20 years a recommended form of screening to catch precancerous polyps, appears no better at helping to reduce deaths from colorectal cancer than a less invasive test, say re |
A fresh look at the food pyramid
The USDA food pyramid, last revised in 2005, is designed to simplify and reflect the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which are reconsidered every five years. But data show that Americans continue to |
Arlington errors in thousands
The estimate of possibly mishandled graves at Arlington National Cemetery has soared into the thousands, and ousted cemetery officials conceded they knew about problems at least five years ago. A |
Arizona immigration law battle may go to the top
The U.S.
Supreme Court, where the legal controversy over Arizona's immigration law is likely to be decided, has taken a dim view in recent years of judges striking down state laws based on broad cha |
Court ruling brings out law and disorder in Phoenix
Hundreds of marchers protesting Arizona's hard-line stance against illegal immigration took to the streets Thursday , even as the local sheriff launched raids to arrest illegal immigrants -vivid sign |
SPOTLIGHT OBAMA ON "THE VIEW"
He won't Tweet about Snooki
President Barack Obama has Jay-Z on his iPod, does not Tweet and was not invited to Chelsea Clinton's wedding. He knows that Lindsay Lohan is in jail but confesses that he does not know of "Jersey Sho |
Smog chokes Moscow amid record heat wave
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peat fires raged on the outskirts of town, shrouding Moscow in a thick cloud of smog, residents sought to cope this week with a record heat wave. Public health officials urged workers in non |
Celebrities Ellen's off `Idol'
After days of furious rumors, Fox has made it official: Ellen DeGeneres' much-criticized tenure as the fourth judge on "American Idol" has sputtered to an end after just one season, with the show in t |
SPOTLIGHT MARINE LIFE Vital algae's `shocking' decline
The world's phytoplankton appear to have been disappearing at a rate of about 1 percent a year for the last century , researchers announced, a disturbing long-term trend for the microscopic alga |
Permanent fix to Gulf oil leak may be at hand
For more
than three months, the world has waited for a permanent solution to the BP oil leak. It may not have to wait much longer. As early as Sunday evening, the oil giant will take the first |
Venue, judge for claims considered
Like
civic boosters competing to host the Olympics, hundreds of lawyers representing Gulf oil spill victims converged on this mountain town Thursday , promoting their Southern cities as the b |
Baby-deaths confession
A 47-year-old French woman
confessed to suffocating eight newborn children and hiding her babies' bodies, a prosecutor said Thursday , in what experts declared as the country's worst known infan |
German, 88, charged in deaths at Nazi camp
-Prosecutors in Germany
have charged a suspected Nazi camp guard with helping to kill 430,000 Jews in the Holocaust and personally shooting 10 others. State prosecutors in the western city of D |
N.O. officers indicted
Two officers in the
troubled New Orleans Police Department have been indicted in connection with the beating death of a man in 2005, the Justice Department announced Thursday. The federal indictme |
Obama: Status quo on education `inexcusable'
Calling the status
quo "morally inexcusable" and "economically indefensible," President Barack Obama defended his administration's sweeping education initiative Thursday before an audience that has b |
4 airmen die in Alaska crash of Air Force plane
All four airmen on board an Air Force C-17 were killed when the cargo plane crashed during a training mission near Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, the Air Force reported Thursday. John Pennell, a |
No deal: Rangel could face House ethics trial
A House panel on
Thursday accused Rep. Charles Rangel of New York of 13 ethics rules violations, placing his storied 40-year political career in jeopardy and guaranteeing Democrats an election-yea |
Baghdad insurgents kill 16
Insurgents briefly raised
the black flag of al-Qaida in Iraq over a mostly Sunni Baghdad neighborhood Thursday during a brazen assault that killed 16 people and laid bare Iraq's fragility as the with |
150 killed as heavy rain, floods batter Pakistan
Roughly 150 people have been killed by flash floods and bad weather in Pakistan in the last week, with the country's northwest and southwest provinces bearing the brunt of the storms, officials |
Ferry accident leaves 80 dead in Congo
Eighty people were killed this week in a ferry accident in Congo, a government spokesman said Thursday . Spokesman Mende Omalanga said the accident occurred late Tuesday on the Congo River, a maj |
Gates: Leaks endanger U.S. sources, aid enemy
The disclosure of
classified reports about the Afghan war revealed tactics to the enemy and could endanger people who provided intelligence to the U.S. and its allies, Defense Secretary Robert Gates |
Second missing sailor found dead, U.S. says
-The second of two American servicemen who disappeared last week in an area south of the Afghan capital has been confirmed dead, a U.S. military official said Thursday . The body of Navy Petty Offi |
Fired official sees chance to discuss race anew
-Shirley Sherrod, the
African-American Agriculture Department official who was forced out of her job after a conservative blogger posted a heavily edited video of a speech she had made, said Thursda |
Craigslist iPhone theft nets 2 arrests
Two men have been accused of stealing an iPhone one had arranged to buy from a Craigslist seller, the Osceola County Sheriff's Office said. Joshua Starnes, 20, and Stephen Rudolphe, 23, both of Or |
Suspect jailed in 17-year-old's death during drive-by shooting
Orange County deputies have arrested a man in connection with a drive-by shooting in Orlo Vista that killed a 17-year-old boy earlier this week. Travis Jamal Allen, 25, is charged with first-degre |
Judge cuts health-care measure from ballot
A Leon County circuit judge on Thursday struck from the November ballot a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at exempting Florida from the federal health-care overhaul, calling the measure placed |
ORLANDO Hearing set in death-row case
A hearing is set for this morning on whether longtime death-row prisoner John Huggins can fire the legal team handling his appeal. OrangeOsceola Chief Circuit Judge Belvin Perry scheduled the hearing |
Tampa cancer center links up with Lake
Tampa-based Moffitt Cancer Center is partnering to bring cancer-care facilities to Leesburg Regional Medical Center and The Villages Health System, officials announced Thursday . The partnership b |
OCOEE Cops: Man says holdup story a hoax
A man who told police he was robbed at gunpoint at Wal-Mart in Ocoee was arrested Thursday after investigators said they determined the report was a hoax designed to collect insurance money . Jeffre |
DELAND Police catch suspect in store burglary
A dark store caught the eyes of a special team from the DeLand Police Department and led to the arrest of a teenager accused of burglarizing a downtown business. Justin Clark, 19, faces charges of bur |
Abducted Sumter girl found safe in Volusia
A 6-year-old Sumter County girl abducted from a street in Wildwood on Thursday afternoon was found safe in Orange City and her father was taken into custody . The two were found in the attic of a hou |
AERIAL HONOR FOR SHERIFF'S OFFICE PILOT
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Police ask help to ID 2 robbers at eatery
Orlando police on Thursday said they're searching for two men they say held up an Orlando Burger King restaurant this month. Photos released Thursday show two men in black pants and shirts, with b |
2 jump off burning boat in Intracoastal
Two men survived by jumping off a boat Thursday after it caught fire, authorities said. The shrimp boat burned for hours in the Intracoastal Waterway near Rockledge. The crew was taking the 6 |
LEROY BROWN JR.
Educator helped kids be their best
Students came and went. New school buildings replaced old ones.
Teaching styles and curriculums evolved. But Leroy Brown Jr. of Winter Park did not change. The large and humble man never fo |
LeRoy Collins Jr., son of former governor, killed while riding bike
-LeRoy "Roy" Collins Jr., a
former U.S. Senate candidate, retired twostar Navy admiral and son of a former Florida governor, died Thursday when an SUV hit him as he rode his bike in south Tampa Thur |
Romance writers bring love to town
The setting: a crowded ballroom on a sultry Florida night. A longing look. An eager glance. Could this be anything but a convention for romance writers and fans?
But the excitement in the a |
Fighting the heat
How much more of punishing weather will we have to
take?
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Judge blocks Arizona in immigration battle
What happened: A federal judge prevented Arizona from implementing most of its controversial immigration law.
Why: The judge said the law would inevitably have led to legal immigrants being "swept |
Public pays for Grayson `action' DVD
-If U.S. Rep. Alan
Grayson were a rock star, his latest PR blitz -a DVD sent to tens of thousands of Central Florida residents -would be called Grayson's Greatest Hits. The 90-minute disc feature |
WHAT MAKES UCF'S NEW MED SCHOOL TICK?
IT DEBUTS MONDAY -HERE'S PEEK
Students at the University of Central Florida's College of Medicine will enjoy the latest in technolo gy when they begin classes at a new $65 million medical-education building in Lak |
State-of-the-art labs await students
The Anatomy Lab:
There are 22
dissection tables, two preparation rooms, cold storage and ceiling-mounted computer terminals that provide easy access to anatomical information during dissection. Di |
VA to let vets use medical pot in states where legal
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is changing a rule that penalizes veterans using medical marijuana in the 14 states and Washington where the practice is legal. The change, which had been s |
Study
No mouth-to-mouth needed: Hands-only CPR saves lives
More bystanders are willing to
attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions -especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according t |
Recalls of tainted food often fall far short
Until three years ago, Kenneth Maxwell enjoyed Banquet chicken and turkey pot pies so much he ate them three or four times a week. They were easy to prepare, and Maxwell could eat one for lunch and qu |
Health officials say swine flu is in decline
MIAMI -Swine flu, which nearly caused a national panic last year before collaps ing by year's end, remains very low across the U.S., with no indication it will worsen as the fall flu season nea |
Arizona's crackdown reined in
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked most of a controversial Arizona immigration law just hours before it was to take effect, handing the Obama administration a win in the first stage of a legal batt |
Immigration ruling won't echo loudly in D.C.
A federal judge's rejection of the most controversial elements of Arizona's immigration law is unlikely to change the entrenched calculus of immigration politics in Washington, where not a single Repu |
Wasserman Schultz leads Dems' effort to tie GOP to Tea Party
South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz will help lead a nationwide Democratic campaign this fall that will try to tie Republican candidates to extreme elements of the Tea Party movement. |
THE NEWSMAKER
Secret of English muffins a federal case
Muffin man Chris Botticella is staying put, at least for now. A federal appeals court has upheld an injunction blocking Botticella -called one of only seven people who know the secret recipe for Thoma |
Probe finds governor didn't commit crime
-New York Gov. David
Paterson exercised poor judgment but committed no apparent crime when he entered a dispute involving a woman who had accused one of his top aides of domestic violence, a retired |
WORLD 8 babies found dead; French couple is held
French police have
detained a husband and wife after discovering the corpses of eight new-born babies in the northern village of Villersau-Tertre, officials said. The couple, in their 40s, have be |
NATION Bear attacks kill 1, hurt 2 near Yellowstone park
One man was killed and a man and a woman were injured by bear attacks early Wednesday at a popular campground on the edge of Yellowstone National Park, Montana wildlife officials said. Montana Fis |
Blagojevich case to jury
-Jurors in the federal
corruption trial of former Illinois Gov.
Rod Blagojevich began deliberating Wednesday . The jury members were instructed by the judge before they received the case. Bl |
U.S. open to Iran talks
The United States is
ready to follow up with Iran on a plan to provide fuel for a research reactor in Tehran in exchange for some of Iran's low-enriched uranium, the State Department spokesman P |
Homes, Sequoia forest hit by Calif. wildfires
A firefighter helps Wednesday in the effort against a blaze that has
destroyed 30 to 40 homes and buildings in Tehachapi, with more than 150 structures threatened . More than 1,000 firefighters, mea |
U.N. calls clean water a right
The U.N. General
Assembly asserted a global right to water and sanitation in a resolution Wednesday , but 41 countries, including the U.S., abstained, saying no such right existed in international |
Oil spill officials stress the work that lies ahead
With BP's troubled oil well
temporarily capped and a permanent fix progressing, government officials marked the 100th day of the Gulf crisis Wednesday by emphasizing the challenges ahead in resolvin |
Big oil leak in Michigan oozing way downstream
One of the biggest oil spills ever in the Midwest is fouling a scenic, pristine stretch of the Kalamazoo River that has long been favorably compared to areas downstream. For three decades, scientis |
Spain's defiant Catalonia region outlaws bullfights
The independence-minded region of Catalonia became the first on the Spanish mainland to outlaw bullfighting Wednesday , a move some say is as much about nationalist politics as animal rights. L |
Bullfighting
Modern bullfighting dates from the 1700s when the first permanent bullring was built in Spain.
The sport is popular in many other Spanish-speaking countries, in Portugal and in southern France. In |
After fight, state returns newborn to blind parents
-Erika Johnson can't see her baby , Mikaela Sinnett. But for 57 days she also couldn't keep her newborn close, smell her baby's breath, feel her downy hair. The state put her 2-dayold infant i |
SPOTLIGHT
Obama tries to reach vital audience
Rob Schneid
er. 50 Cent. Barack Obama. The guest list for Thursday's installment of ABC's "The View" includes the comedian, the rapper and the leader of the free world, and it reflects an unpr |
More women call shots on money
-Nearly all
women in the United States are involved in household finance decisions and onefourth of them are in control, yet many lack confidence in their fiscal management abilities, according to a |
Nays increasingly blocking sports yays in Congress
It's not enough for lawmakers to bicker over war, taxes, immigration, global warming and the federal deficit. Now they're fighting over measures that congratulate college sports teams for winning |
Jet crashes in Pakistan, killing 152
Plane made sudden ascent before hitting forested ridge
All 152 people aboard a Pakistani passenger jet were killed Wednesday when it slammed into a forested ridge outside Islamabad, in what is belie |
Congress narrows crack cocaine sentencing gap
Addressing what
Democrats and Republicans agreed was a quarter-century-old injustice in drug sentencing, Congress gave final approval Wednesday to a bill reducing the penalty for crack cocaine offen |
Foreclosure rates are only growing worse across U.S.
House
holds across a majority of large U.S. cities received more foreclosure warnings in the first six months of this year than in the first half of 2009, new data shows. The trend is the latest |
Celebrities Murphy woes continue
The controversy surrounding the death of Brittany Murphy has taken a grim turn with an allegation
by Murphy's former business manager that her late husband, Simon Monjack, may have
drained Murphy' |
House may hold off new Afghan aid
House
lawmakers Wednesday voiced deep doubts about the Obama administration's efforts to fight corruption in Afghanistan, and warned that they may block $4 billion in U.S. aid unless they are convin |
Buried bomb kills 25 on bus in Afghanistan
A bomb blast
tore through a crowded passenger bus on a desert highway in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday , killing 25 people on board and injuring about 20 others, some seriously , governmen |
Expect rush-hour delay for funeral
Officers from several local law-enforcement agencies will participate in a funeral procession for a fallen Orange County sheriff's helicopter pilot
ange County sheriff's this morning. The pilot, |
Funding fight awaits new leader for Lynx
When Linda Watson quits Central Florida's bus system for a job in Texas next week, she'll leave behind a problem that perplexed her for six years as the chief executive of Lynx. The agency gets by |
ORLANDO Anthony jail fund back in the black
Casey Anthony's jail account was back in the black Wednesday after her mother deposited $140. A money order dated Tuesday replenished the account, which dipped into red ink recently . Inmates use thei |
ORANGE COUNTY Teen in attack to be charged as adult
A teenager accused of attacking a librarian this month will be charged as an adult, prosecutors said. Angel Luis Rios Labrador, who turns 18 next month, faces charges that include attempted first-degr |
SANFORD Man held after fire destroys 2 houses
A man has been arrested in connection with a fire that destroyed two homes Wednesday morning.
Investigators suspect arson is behind the blaze. State fire officials are investigating. Earl Stanly Wi |
DELTONA Girl hit by car, airlifted to hospital
A 6-year-old Deltona girl was hospitalized Wednesday night after she was hit by a car, a Volusia County Sheriff's Office spokesman reported in an e-mail. It also indicated the girl suffers from autism |
Anthony defense attorney faces foreclosure in Osceola
The Osceola County home of Casey Anthony attorney Jose Baez is in foreclosure proceedings in court, the now well-known defense attorney confirmed Wednesday. Osceola County Clerk of Courts online re |
CENTRAL FLORIDA Census winding down, but count continues
Time is about up for those who think they've been left out of the 2010 Census. The U.S. Census Bureau plans to shut down its toll-free telephone help line on Friday . More than 130,000 people have |
How clean is your beach?
Beaches in Volusia County posted bacteria advisories 47 days last year, but the county's record on clean beaches is stronger than it appears, according to a report by a national environmental group.
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JIM BOZEMAN Physician known for lake parties
From grand celebrations to impromptu dinner parties, Jim Bozeman and his wife were known for entertaining at their Orlando home on Lake Jessamine. Their guests ranged from former strangers |
Police: Woman got cosmetic treatments, left owing $3,300
-Police are
looking for a woman who they say received Botox and other treatments at a cosmetic dermatology center and didn't pay . According to Dr. Shino bay Aguilera, a woman who walked into h |
McCollum, Scott debate still in doubt
-The
fate of the only scheduled statewide TV debate between the Republican candidates for governor remained in doubt Wednesday, despite Bill McCollum bowing to Rick Scott's demand that the event be |
Cardio tennis is not for faint of heart
Tennis can be an intimidating sport for newbies and klutzes. Mastering it requires speed and stamina, agility and hand-eye coordination, strength and finesse, smarts and prolonged mental focus. |
Van Gundy stays put
The Orlando Magic extend the contracts of coach Stan Van Gundy and GM Otis Smith
through the 2012-13 season.
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NEXT ON AIRTRAN'S RADAR: PILOT BASE
AirTran Airways, which unveiled a new $6.9 million operations control center near Orlando International Airport on Tuesday, said it plans to base 100 pilots in Orlando this fall, in addition to the 12 |
Florida in finals for Race to Top cash
Florida is again a finalist in the federal Race to the Top competition -one of 19 vying for a chunk of the $3.4 billion education-reform grant. The state was a finalist in the first round, too, bu |
More gamblers are calling for help
With more and more opportunities to wager their money -from the Florida Lottery to slot machines to Internet cafes -Floridians are looking for help with gambling problems in record numbers. Calls |
Baby thought to be stillborn breathes
Kansas City (Mo.) Police Officer Anna Occhipinto had just arrived at a medical call at a home early Monday when a woman handed her a bloody towel. "My daughter had a miscarriage," the woman said. "Her |
Study For very disabled, a breath of hope
-The severely disabled, in
cluding those "locked in" to their bodies as a result of accidents or disease, may soon have a new way to communicate and move around, Israeli scientists said. By inhal |
Raid displays raw debate over unprocessed foods
With no warning one weekday morning, investigators entered an organic grocery with a search warrant and ordered the hemp-clad workers to put down their buckets of mashed coconut cream and step away fr |
Losses caused by fear of oil may also be covered by spill fund
-Some of
Florida's tourism, fishing and recreational businesses should be compensated for losses caused by the BP spill even if they are far from an oil-soaked beach, the man who will decide private |
Democrats' bill would kill oil spill liability cap
Senate Democrats
unveiled a slimmed-down bill Tuesday aimed at overhauling offshore drilling regulation as doubts grew that Congress would be able to pass any substantial energy legislation this yea |
Fate may rest with Pakistan
Despite a
wealth of detail in leaked U.S.
documents about suspected collusion between Pakistani intelligence agents and the Afghan Taliban, experts here say the U.S.
and Afghanistan have littl |
U.S. leak probe centers on Army intel analyst
-A criminal
investigation into the leaking of thousands of secret reports about the Afghan war is focused on an Army intelligence analyst already charged with disclosing classified information, ac |
1 missing sailor is confirmed dead
One of two American
servicemen who disappeared last week in a dangerous area south of the Afghan capital has been confirmed dead, the Western military command said Tuesday . The Taliban had s |
House sends war funding bill to Obama
Members of
Congress ended a standoff Tuesday and agreed to financial support for President Barack Obama's Afghanistan troop surge, but not without a debate on withdrawing U.S. troops in Pakistan. |
Kickboxer dies after bout in Orange
Akickboxer who took a strong blow during a fight Sunday has died. Adrienne Simmons received a left hook during the third and final round of a bout at the Orlando Marriott World Center resort, accordin |
CLOSED AUTO DEALERSHIPS
MANY LOTS SIT IDLE AS ECONOMY STALLS
The dealership has been closed for just a year, but already weeds grow uncontrolled, the paint is fading and chains surrounding the parking lot are covered in rust. Beneath the covered walkway of w |
State Department plans to have own army in Iraq
-Can
diplomats field their own army? The State Department is laying plans to do precisely that in Iraq, in an unprecedented experiment that U.S. officials and some nervous lawmakers say could be ris |
SPOTLIGHT
$45 photos worth $200 million?
Rick Norsigian's hobby of picking through items at garage sales in search of antiques has paid off for the painter from Fresno, Calif. Two small boxes he bought 10 years ago for $45 -negotiated dow |
ESPN reporter touts tough anti-stalking bill
The man convicted of videotaping her through a hotel peephole was sentenced to 30 months in prison, ESPN reporter Erin Andrews said, but in a way, she was sentenced to a lifetime of looking over her s |
Obama signs safety bill for cruise line industry
In response to a series of high-profile assaults and disappearances on cruise ships in recent years, President Barack Obama signed into law Tuesday tougher new rules for reporting crimes at sea, impro |
Celebrities
Moving in: Country singer LeAnn Rimes and her actor boyfriend, Eddie Cibrian, are moving in together, her rep confirmed to People .com. Rimes and Cibrian have drawn heat for their relationship, having |
Poll: 24% of Hispanics support new Ariz. law
Nearly a quarter of
Hispanics support Arizona's controversial immigration law, according to a new national poll. Twenty-four percent of Hispanics questioned in the poll favor the law, with 71 per |
Circuits blamed in crash
-A year after a
subway crash killed nine people and injured dozens, federal investigators Tuesday blamed faulty track circuits, but also criticized local and federal entities entrusted with keeping |
Polygamist's conviction reversed by Utah court
The Utah Supreme Court
on Tuesday reversed the 2007 conviction of Warren Jeffs, a self-proclaimed prophet and polygamist who was found guilty of being an accomplice to the rape of a 14-year-old br |
THE NEWSMAKER When approaching Panjo, bring chicken
A 17-month-old tiger named Panjo escaped from the back of a pickup truck while it was being driven to a veterinary clinic in South Africa, triggering a helicopter search by police and wildlife experts |
N.Y. shooting suit settled
-The family of an
unarmed black man killed in a hail of 50 bullets fired by New York City police officers will receive $3.25 million in a settlement announced Tuesday . Sean Bell, 23, wa |
TV: Gore questioned
The Portland Police Bureau interviewed former Vice President Al Gore last week in connection with a reopened investigation into charges he attempted to sexually assault a massage therapist, KATU-TV re |
WORLD Britain's Cameron calls Gaza `a prison camp'
British Prime Minister David Cameron called Gaza a "prison camp" Tuesday , a blunt description from a major Western leader about the besieged Palestinian territory . Cameron made the remarks i |
Seminole schools predict class-size chaos this fall
Students,
teachers and parents should expect "constant turmoil" in Seminole County public schools this fall as strict class-size requirements go into effect, district officials cautioned Tuesday. < |
Shuttle workers get layoff notice
United Space Alliance is giving notice this week to roughly 900 shuttle program employees at Kennedy Space Center who will be laid off by Oct. 1. The company announced the layoffs earlier this mon |
Stepgrandparents of missing girl now face cocaine charges
The step-grandparents of missing North Florida girl Haleigh Cummings are in jail after buying crack cocaine from undercover cops, officials said. Arrest reports show Lisa Carmen Croslin, 40, and Ha |
Dancing woman loses arm to train
A 27-year-old Melbourne woman who appeared to be dancing along a darkened stretch of railroad tracks is recovering after an oncoming train severed her arm, officials said. Melbourne Police Officer |
Volusia deputies searching for dead sex offender's girlfriend
Authorities are searching for the live-in girlfriend of a sex offender who committed suicide while deputies were preparing to search his home Monday near DeLand. Jacqueline Delrey hasn't been seen |
U.S. Senate candidate Meek to launch bus tour
Looking for some mojo in his campaign against a Palm Beach billionaire, U.S.
Rep. Kendrick Meek is launching a 10-day bus tour that will start in Orlando next Wednesday . Meek, who faces a su |
County hopefuls heading to capital
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist invited a small group to Tallahassee on Thursday to interview for the vacant seat of suspended Orange County Commissioner Mildred Fern�ndez, various sources said late Tuesda |
Prosecution: Anthony's lawyer knew call was being recorded
The chief prosecutor in the Casey Anthony case says defense attorney Jose Baez knew that a call he received from a prison inmate about his high-profile murder case was being recorded, according to a n |
Cracked I-4 slab damages vehicles; police say contractor to pay costs
Several vehicles were damaged Tuesday morning by a crack in a slab of westbound Interstate 4 in Orange County. About eight cars were affected in the incident near Fairbanks Avenue, which happened i |
Records fall in 2 cities -more sizzle on way
Here's a record we'd probably just as soon not have broken: The mercury on Tuesday hit 98 degrees in Orlando and a sweltering 99 degrees in Sanford, cracking previous ceilings. The temperatures wer |
DELTONA Cops: Man, teen set off acid bombs
A Deltona man and teenager used their neighborhood as the testing ground for homemade acid bombs, deputies said. Volusia sheriff's investigators said John Wells, 25, and the teen, 15, tossed the chemi |
Daytona firefighter charged with rape
A Daytona Beach firefighter was arrested Tuesday night after DNA tests showed he impregnated a woman who told police she was raped, Daytona Beach police Chief Mike Chitwood said. Adam Silva, 30, wa |
PALM BAY Police: Husband lied to protect wife
Police arrested Lonnie Fowler's wife Monday on charges she killed his sister. Tuesday, they charged Fowler with lying to investigators to protect his wife, police said. He was charged Tuesday with obs |
DAYTONA BEACH Body of man washes ashore near condo
A decomposed body of a man washed ashore Tuesday in the 900 block of Sickler Drive. A Holly Hill worker doing yard work at a nearby condominium told authorities he spotted the body after hearing a noi |
ORANGE COUNTY Drive-by victim had been arrested earlier
An Orange County teen killed in a drive-by shooting Monday in the Orlo Vista area was involved in a similar incident in the same neighborhood earlier this year, records show. Jonathon McIntosh, 17, wa |
SANFORD Man accused in death of robber
A Sanford man was jailed Tuesday , accused of killing the man who had come to his home to rob him. Jason Eugene Woods, 26, was arrested Monday by Sanford police. He's charged with shooting Jason Allbr |
All eyes on FSU's Fisher
How Seminoles coach Jimbo Fisher handles his first major player arrest is a crucial test, Mike
Bianchi says.
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FLORIDA GOVERNOR'S RACE McCollum faces fight for his political life
In April, with Florida's agitated electorate seemingly trending Republican, a curious thing happened en route to Bill McCollum's expected coronation as the GOP gubernatorial standard-bearer. |
If health giants split, what to do?
While officials from United Healthcare and Florida Hospital are deadlocked in contract negotiations, thousands of Central Floridians are waiting in a health-care limbo. If the two health-care gian |
Lobster lovers can rejoice: No oil impact
When lobster miniseason opens at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday , there's no fear the tasty crustaceans snagged by divers off South Florida will be tainted from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. "It |
Assisted-living facility in Orange gives up license
An Orange County assisted-living facility where an 82-year-old woman died after employees failed to give her her heart medicine gave up its fight Monday to save its state license. Instead, Emeritu |
Kids at camp: Web lets parents in on the fun
Michael Slone missed his kids -12-year-old Alana and 7-year-old Harrison -when they were at summer camp in Pennsylvania for three weeks. Despite being 1,100 miles away , the Winter Park father go |
Study As smoking drops, states are suffering
A mericans are smoking less and less. That's good news for public health, but it creates an ironically nasty side effect for many state budgets. They have grown dependent on an annual stream of money |
Recall Procter & Gamble recalls 2 lots of Iams cat food
Consumer products giant Procter & Gamble Co. said Sunday that it is voluntarily recalling two lots of Iams brand prescription renal dry cat food because it could be contaminated with salmonella. T |
Controversial supplement for autism gets yanked
Pharmacies are halting sales of OSR#1, a compound marketed as a dietary supple ment to parents of children with autism, six weeks after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration called the product an unap |
WikiLeaks, sources shrouded in mystery
Though pro
pelled to fame by its recent disclosures about the U.S. military , WikiLeaks has homed in on targets as wide-ranging as corruption in the family of a former Kenyan ruler to alleged ille |
Admiral: Oil so broken up now, it's hard to find
With the BP oil well
sealed for 11 days, federal officials said Monday that much of the surface oil has broken up into thousands of small patches that are proving difficult to hunt down and clean up |
Leak puts heat on Obama
The leaking
of a trove of U.S. documents about the Afghanistan war has put the Obama administration on the defensive and may deepen doubts in Congress about prospects for turning around the confli |
Full-face transplant patient meets media
Oscar, the world's first full-face transplant patient, speaks at a news conference Monday at Vall d'Hebron Hospital where he had the surgery, led by Dr. Joan Pere Barret, right. Oscar, who underwent t |
Campaign finance bill push
On the eve of a
crucial Senate vote, President Barack Obama pushed Republicans on Monday to cross party lines and support campaign finance legislation, in yet another White House foray into congress |
U.N. report offers warning on Sudan
There is a risk of
increased instability in Sudan due to a lack of a peace deal for Darfur and a looming referendum on whether South Sudan should secede from the North, the U.N. chief said Monda |
Iran ready for talks; new sanctions OK'd
Iran said Monday it was ready to return to talks on a nuclear fuel swap, a surprise that came shortly after the European Union agreed to tougher sanctions, including a block on oil and gas investment. |
10 die in Yemen clashes
Shiite rebels cap
tured an army base and several soldiers Monday in clashes with the army and tribesmen that killed 10 people and threatened a fragile truce in northern Yemen, rebel and officials sai |
Minnesota targets bars' ladies nights
The new head of the
Minnesota Department of Human Rights is cracking down on bars and restaurants that offer free or cut-price drinks and other giveaways to female customers. In an e-mail obtain |
Blagojevich's lawyer could face contempt
Closing arguments at the
corruption trial of Rod Blagojevich took a sharp detour Monday as one of the former Illinois governor's lawyers all but vowed to defy an order barring him from calling out t |
We won't be rushed into reform, Cuba says
Cuban leaders will not be rushed into decisions about economic reforms and whatever they do will be faithful to the ideals of the Cuban revolution, Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura said Monda |
Pentagon can't account for billions in oil money
The Defense Department is unable to properly account for $8.7 billion out of $9.1billion in Iraqi oil revenues entrusted to it from 2004 to 2007, according to a newly released audit. Of that amount |
Karzai points finger at NATO
KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai asserted Monday that up to 52 civilians had been killed by NATO rocket fire in southern Afghanistan, a controversy that erupted as leaked military documents depic |
Bombings in Iraq
An Iraqi soldier stands Monday at the site of a suicide bomb attack near the Al-Arabiya news channel offices in Baghdad that left at least four other people dead. Separately, an Iraqi official said tw |
HARRY WHITFIELD RICHARD Movies led first to war, then to TV
Seeing John Wayne in war movies had a lasting impression on 17year-old Harry Whitfield Richard.
It prompted him to join the Marine Corps and inspired him to seek out a career in the enter |
Man held in deadly Polk home invasion
Orlando police on Monday arrested a man wanted in a Poinciana armed home invasion that left another suspect dead. Deputies in Polk County charged Steeve Vernet with armed burglary , robbery |
How to control pets in parks continues to dog commission
Mayor Kenneth Bradley urged city commissioners Monday to finally "let a sleeping dog lie." But just when it seemed as though the matter of dogs in city parks had been settled, commissioners agreed to |
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Homeless policies draw protest
took no action. Advocates and homeless people carried signs saying "Free Food for Those in Need," "Parks Are Not Just for the Privileged," and "Food: By Any Means Necessary ." "No matter if you stop feeding them, the homeless are still going to be around. We need to find a solution," said Migdalia Pagan, whose New Vision Ministries caters to the homeless. "They are children of God just like you and me." Mark Schlueb can be reached at 407-420-5417
Nearly 100 homeless people and their advocates picketed in front of City Hall on Monday to protest Orlando's regulations against feeding people in downtown parks. The gathering included one man wh |
VOLUSIA COUNTY
Rape inquiry ends in suspect's death
A Volusia County man killed himself Monday as deputy sheriffs were about to serve a search warrant at his home near DeLand as part of a rape investigation. The 40-year-old sex offender shot himself as |
SANFORD
Wounded man dies -discovered in bushes
A gunshot victim died Monday after being found in the bushes of an apartment complex. Sgt. David Morgenstern said the man was shot several times about 5:30 a.m. and wa s found near Building 6 of the S |
OCOEE
Police seeking driver who struck woman
Police are looking for a driver who fled the scene Monday after fatally injuring a pedestrian. Lenora Louise Bowen, 36, was struck by a car while crossing Franklin Street at Silver Star Extension arou |
ORANGE COUNTY
Bicycle rider killed in drive-by shooting
An 18-year-old was killed Monday in a drive-by shooting in the Pine Hills area, the Sheriff's Office said.
The man's identity was not released. He was on his bike outside 304 Hope Circle about 2 p. |
ORANGE COUNTY
Child-death inquiry closed, deputies say
A toddler who died this month at an after-hours pediatrics office had a serious health condition that caused his death, the Sheriff's Office said Monday . Jacob Magnuson, 2, was not breathing when h |
Orange School Board to study tax increase
The Orange County School Board tonight is set to approve its $1.4 billion operating budget for the 201011 school year. It includes an increase of 25 cents per $1,000 of taxable property value that |
Winter Park woman missing; $5K reward
Winter Park police announced a $5,000 reward is now being offered for information in the case of a woman who disappeared under suspicious circumstances in May. Stephanie Edwards, 51, was last seen |
Boil-water notice lifted in east Orange County
Orange County Utilities on Monday lifted a boil-water notice for the 70,000 customers in east Orange County who had been under alert for two days. Water in the affected area is safe now for all use |
RESALES
ing phone numbers or websites available. The Attorney General has filed 10 lawsuits against timeshare resellers since last year, has 48 open investigations and created a multiagency task force to c |
DARDEN
more than 100 employees who travel frequently and work out of their homes. Darden has been trying to get a two-year deadline extension from the state on job-growth goals at its new headquarters, wh |
CAMPAIGN 2010
Rubio rolls out program to cut federal spending
Republican U.S. Senate contender Marco Rubio rolled out a dozen proposals to reduce federal spending Monday, becoming the latest Florida GOP candidate to call for shrinking government. Among Rubio' |
Scott: Offshore drilling could be OK if it's safe
GOP gubernatorial front runner Rick Scott left open the possibility of future oil drilling in Florida waters as he campaigned Monday across the state's oil-threatened Emerald Coast. "If we figure o |
How to treat a fever
Here's some measured advice from doctors on handling a fever: Resist panic. A fever is a sign that your immune system is doing its job: fighting an infection. Consider going without medicine unless yo |
Cut calories without sacrificing taste
Dieting doesn't have to mean giving up taste - and that's for real, nutritionists say. A few tips: Wait to remove skin. Cooking chicken without its skin can leave the meat too dry. Take the skin off o |
All in her head?
Debate on female sexual dysfunction continues
A little pink pill to solve women's sexual problems probably won't be hitting drugstore shelves anytime soon. But that doesn't mean discussion of the need for it, or lack thereof, is likely to end. |
PEOPLE'S PHARMACY Treating toenail fungus with Listerine, cornmeal
I have a doctorate in mycology (study Q of fungi) and probably picked up my toenail fungus on a research visit to the tropics. I heard a physician on one of your radio shows note that Listerine wa |
Faster, Better, Stronger
Sleep really does matter for the athlete: If you don't snooze, you lose
Longer days -at least for me -mean time for long evening workouts, but I need to be careful. Enthusiasm for exercise is fabulous, but athletes can sabotage their fitness goals if it causes them to hit |
The Fitness Center
Exercising minus a reliance on equipment
A Bowflex. Dumbbells, in five-pound increments, up to 50 pounds. An adjustable dumbbell that goes up to 95 pounds. A weight bench and barbell . . . and on and on. Sounds like a pretty good setup? And |
Arts & Entertainment
Tom Jones dials down the camp and tries to act his age on new CD.
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Faster, slower, faster, repeat
J.A. Abels, 66, is a financial planner by day. But when he's not working, Abels is a serious Masters track competitor. In fact, he's a national champion, winner of the 2009 indoor 400-meter run in |
Musical movements
Sweaty fans jammed the Vans Warped Tour this weekend. Not your cup of tea? Then perhaps you'd like to know whatOrlando Ballet School has in store. Both
Ballet School has in store in Arts & Entertain |
RESULTS ALARM COUNTIES `Puzzling' FCAT data may swell F schools
O range County school administrators have crunched their numbers and spotted the same FCAT "anomalies" seen across the state.
Now they fear the fallout: fewer A-rated campuses and more sc |
Released documents paint critical picture of war in Afghanistan
The White House
late Sunday condemned the public release of what appear to be some 90,000 U.S. military records, as a handful of international media organizations provided early access to the docume |
CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS ECONOMY WEIGHS ON DISNEY, ITS UNIONS
A gainst the worst economic backdrop since the Great Depression, Walt Disney World and the coalition of unions that represent half of the giant resort's 58,000 workers have begun negotiating |
SEEKING $70M Creative Village hinges on cash
A key date comes today for Orlando's "Creative Village," the urban mix of high-tech businesses, students and residents that so far remains in the dream stage. Today is the preliminary deadline for |
Study U.S. hepatitis C rate seems to have fallen
A study finds that the percentage of U.S. blood donors with evidence of hepatitis C infection is substantially lower now than in the early 1990s -in what researchers say probably reflects an |
U.S. farmers might face crackdown on pesticides
The nation's farmers could face severe restrictions on the use of pesticides, as envi ronmentalists want the courts to force federal regulators to protect endangered species from the ill effects |
`Sanctuaries' fuel cries of hypocrisy
Critics of
the Obama administration's decision to sue Arizona over its new law to control illegal immigration accuse the government of overlooking a more obvious target: the dozens of cities that ca |
BP chief may exit in days
After a bruising
week of Gulf oil spill hearings and more scrutiny to come, some members of the BP board moved Sunday to accelerate the departure of Chief Executive Tony Hayward, who has become a li |
Ariz. migrants flee before law takes effect
Nicaraguan
mother Lorena Aguilar hawks a television set and a few clothes outside her west Phoenix apartment block. Up the street, her Mexican neighbor Wendi Villasenor touts kitchen supplies as |
SPOTLIGHT DRIVING STUDY He shoots! Scores! Crashes!
We love our pro
football, basketball, baseball and college teams. But do we love them so much that it's dangerous to listen to them on the radio as we drive? Maybe so, says a new study. "You s |
THE NEWSMAKER Chavez's oil threat raises ante in spat
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened Sunday to cut oil supplies to the U.S. in case of a military attack from Colombia in a dispute over
charges his country harbors Colombian rebels. Last wee |
African leaders vow larger force in Somalia
African leaders condemned Somalia's al-Shabab rebels Sunday at a summit officials say will beef up an African force fighting the group behind attacks that killed 76 people in Uganda this month. Th |
WORLD Iran gives timetable for resuming nuke talks
Iran will be ready to hold negotiations with world powers on its nuclear program after the month of Ramadan ends in early September, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Sunday . Separately, |
Drones kill 8 suspected militants in Pakistan
Two U.S. drone strikes killed eight suspected militants in Pakistan's tribal region Sunday , officials said. Two Pakistani intelligence officials said the first drone fired at least four missiles |
German prosecutors investigate stampede
State prosecutors in Duisburg began an investigation Sunday into the circumstances that led to the deaths of at least 19 people and hundreds of injuries at Saturday's Love Parade music festival, offic |
NATION 200 buildings destroyed after dam fails in Iowa
At least 200 structures have been destroyed and 1,100 damaged after a dam on an eastern Iowa lake failed, unleashing a torrent of floodwaters, a spokesman for the governor said Sunday . The Lake |
Battle brews over tax rate
As the White House geared up for a fight to end controversial tax cuts of the last administration, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Sunday that allowing the expiration of those cuts targeted a |
OIL SPILL IN THE GULF
Plumber claims credit for BP's cap
While thousands labored for months to quell the gusher spewing oil into the Gulf, there's one unsung hero who claims he designed the cap that finally stanched the flow: Les the Plumber. "I am very |
SPOTLIGHT BACHELORS AND BACHELORETTES
Nearly-weds party on, and on
Why wait for the honey
moon?
Couples are turning bachelor and bachelorette parties into multiday events and flying off to Las Vegas, Mexico and the Bahamas to celebrate before they tie the kn |
1 U.S. sailor dead, 1 in our hands, Taliban say
The Taliban and Afghan officials said Sunday that one U.S. service member was killed and another captured in a firefight after they went missing Friday - a claim that, if true, would mark yet another |
Friends pay tribute to UCF graduate
Dressed in blue T-shirts bearing the name Scott Wilson, more than 40 friends and relatives of the Orlando man gathered Saturday at the site of his death, where they picked up trash and paid tribute to |
LESTER SCHMOYER
`Can Man' recycled -rain or shine
Lester Schmoyer started recycling cans in 1992.
Few east Orange County residents knew Lester Schmoyer by name. But for nearly 20 years, many knew him by sight. He was the guy on the beat-u |
Day 1 of S. Korea, U.S.
drills without incident
SEOUL, South Korea -The first of four days of a powerful show of joint U.S. and South Korean sea and air power ended without incident Sunday , despite North Korea's pledge to start a "sacred war" |
Celebrities
Kardashian sends empowering tweet
Kim Kardashian is known for her body , but the reality TV star doesn't necessarily think it's healthy for anyone else to be known for the same body . Posting on Twitter on Saturday , Kar |
Cambodians prepare for verdict in genocide tribunal
Relatives of Khmer Rouge victims take part in a prayer ceremony at the Tuol Sleng Genocide museum Sunday. The U.N.-backed tribunal is set to announce its first verdict Monday, against Kaing Guek Eav, |
Ups and downs of waves, from seas to stadiums
"There's a regular rhythm to waves that calms us," says British author Gavin Pretor-Pinney, explaining how he came to be fascinated by the science behind the movement of the ocean. In "The Wave Watche |
$100K to fill yacht's tank
like a 14-story building turned on its side - accommodates about 10 guests in five suites. Greene boasted to Forbes in 2008 that he practically stole it for $6 million in 2002. It may have been a b |
Greene's yacht tore up reef, left up to $1.87M in fines, Belize says
On a Tuesday morning five years ago, Summerwind, a three-story, 145-foot luxury yacht, maneuvered above the celebrated barrier reef that lines the coast of Belize. There it dropped anchor - and plu |
U.S. terrorism case baffles remote Alaska town
He was the local weatherman, sending up weather balloons twice a day above this remote community of 450 full-time residents near Bristol Bay and preparing short-term forecasts for pilots and fishermen |
WORK-VISA WAR
While more than a million Floridians look for work during a crippling recession, tens of thousands of foreign "guest workers" are streaming into the state and other parts of the country to fill jobs |
Conservative minister R.C. Sproul `cool again'
The pulpit of Saint Andrew's Chapel isn't off to one side in deference to the altar, as it is in a Catholic church. It isn't a lectern wheeled onto the stage after the Christian rock band sits do |
CAMPAIGN 2010: U.S. SENATE RACE
Meek remains question mark to many Dems
The e-mail, from a Seminole County voter, exposed the problem facing Democratic Senate candidate Kendrick Meek. Commenting on a story about Meek's rival, the writer asked, "How 'bout the sam |
Congress losing confidence in Obama's war plan
With military progress scarce and doubts remaining about the reliability of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, confidence in the Obama administration's strategy in Afghanistan is deteriorating on Capitol |
2 GIs feared taken, killed by Taliban
By any measure, Saturday was a very bad day in Afghanistan for U.S. forces: a convergence of two dreaded battlefield events. Two U.S. soldiers were missing and feared captured or killed by the Tal |
Conservatives slam move in Philadelphia Black Panther case
The incident occurred more than a year and a half ago at a polling place on Fairmont Street in Philadelphia. "Minister King" Samir Shabazz, a leader in the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, |
Women take steps, not leaps
By Kathleen Hennessey TRIBUNE WASHINGTON BUREAU
As Sarah Palin warns the country to make way for a "stampede of pink elephants" and conservative women grab barrier-breaking victories, many have dubb |
Search for survivors of plane crash ends
The Coast Guard and
other agencies looking for four people missing after their small plane crashed into Lake Michigan have ended the search, the Coast Guard said Saturday . The pilot of the plan |
Study
Preemies born at night aren't at higher risk, study finds
Though studies have found that infants born during hospital off-hours may have a heightened risk of death, the same may not be true of the tiniest premature infants cared for at major medical centers, |
Eating fish every day might lower health risks
Middle-aged and older men who eat fish every day are less likely than infrequent fish eaters to develop a collection of risk factors for heart disease, diabetes and stroke, a new study suggests. Wheth |
ON NEW CALVINISM
"New Calvinism" describes a return to the principles expressed by Martin Luther and John Calvin, among them that God takes the initiative in the salvation of people. The 16th-century reformers objecte |
18 die in stampede at Love Parade music fest
A music festival rooted in the heady days that followed the fall of the Berlin Wall ended in tragedy Saturday when at least 18 people attending the hugely popular Love Parade were crushed to death as |
THE QUOTE
Putin is back in black at Ukraine biker event
"This is cool that we have all gathered here today because we came here not on party or state orders ...
but because we all wanted to be together, here
and today."-Russian Prime Minister Vladi |
Mullen in Pakistan at start of 10-day trip
-America's top mil
itary officer arrived in Pakistan on Saturday as part of an international tour, officials said. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Is |
Refugees from Iran arrive in Germany
-Twelve Iranians granted
BERLIN - Twelve Iranians granted asylum after fleeing to Turkey following opposition protests last year have arrived in Germany, the interior ministry said Saturday. Conf |
Bolivia steps in as South American peacemaker
Bolivian President
Evo Morales called Saturday for an emergency meeting of South American presidents to resolve a standoff between Colombia and neighboring Venezuela that has raised tensions in the |
War families honor loved ones at Arlington
Hundreds of Gold Star families - whose loved ones were killed while serving their country - on Saturday joined members of the support organization Families United at Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb |
NATION Early release for teen in `Bling Ring' case
A 19-year-old sen
tenced to six months in jail for burglarizing actor Orlando Bloom's Los Angeles home was released from jail late Friday after serving less than a month of her sentence. Alexis Ne |
A stand against stoning
A member of the International Committee Against Stoning protests in
Trafalgar Square on Saturday to demand the release of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned to death |
Obama, GOP spar over jobs
President Barack
Obama took a shot Saturday at a House Republican economic plan he said would kill jobs and endanger the country's economic recovery . But Republicans fired back against Obama' |
Strong storms lash Midwest, causing major floods, outages
Powerful storms unleashed tornadoes and flooding across the Midwest on Saturday and forced the evacuation of a small Iowa town after a major break in a nearby dam. Hopkinton, a town of about 640 in |
Storm near oil spill site peters out, may do good
The fleet tending
the blown-out BP well headed back to the oil spill site Saturday after a tropical storm fizzled, eliminating the threat of dangerously high seas. What had been Tropical Storm B |
In China, keys to house, not the heart, matter
Mike Zhang considered himself serious boyfriend material. He knew what to order at an Italian restaurant. He could mix a tasty margarita. And he always volunteered to carry his girlfriend's handbag.
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SPOTLIGHT JAPAN'S FIRST COUPLE
Writing the book on his faults
Japanese Prime Minister
Naoto Kan is used to political lashings. But the latest one is not from an opposition party -it's from his own wife. In a book released last week -"What On Earth Will Cha |
A hijacking ordeal that never ends
The sisters
slumped against the bulkhead of the Boeing 747, pretending they were dead. As five terrorists sprayed the darkened cabin with gunfire and lobbed grenades, someone opened an over-win |
Study finds water crisis on horizon
One-third of U.S.
counties are facing a high risk that water demand will outstrip supplies, spelling potential disaster for central and Southwest states and the crops grown there, a study by an envi |
RICHARD F. SIBLEY Man's life marked by creativity
With a knack for art and design and after years at Walt Disney World as director of creative services, Richard F.
Sibley launched an advertising and marketing agency in Orlando. Sibley, of L |
Audubon of Florida creates fund for birds, wildlife in post-BP Gulf
-Audubon of
Florida has created a fund to help birds and wildlife threatened by the massive BP oil spill swirling in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil company is paying to clean up the oiled birds now |
2 boaters presumed drowned in Lake Harris
Rescuers plan to resume their search this morning for two boaters who vanished Saturday in Lake Harris and are presumed drowned, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said. The men |
Taking Names
Volusia beaches: Our deadly playgrounds
Last weekend's death of 4-year-old Aiden Patrick was heartbreaking.It also was predictable. Another 4-year-old also had been run over and killed this year by a car on the beach in Volusia County |
NEW SURGERY QUIETS STORM OF SEIZURES
S
tarting at age 3, Breanna Hopps had 40 to 60 epileptic seizures every day of her life. Some were quick -the blond girl whom her family calls "Weeble" shook her hands, smiled and moaned.
Other |
`America's Got Talent' boosts Orlando group
When an Orlando dance group performs Tuesday in Los Angeles on America's Got Talent, the routine will be more than just a bid to win a $1 million prize. The eight members of Studio One Young Beast |
Census workers see jobs go away
When the U.S. Census Bureau gave Kevin Latterell a job two years ago, it was a lifesaver for the father of three. "If it hadn't been for working for the census, I don't know where we would be," sa |
CAMPAIGN 2010: GOVERNOR'S RACE
Scott fields questions on NASA, Columbia/HCA
Naples milhas trekked
lionaire Rick Scott has trekked across Florida this week to talk about a jobs plan the Republican gubernatorial front-runner predicts will create 700,000 new jobs by dismantlin |
ORLANDO `Gesturing' sparks crash
Two drivers were "gesturing" at each other on eastbound Interstate 4 when one of the women, distracted by the exchange, smashed into a concrete median Saturday, Orlando police said. The two left lanes |
ORANGE COUNTY Funeral escort hurt
A deputy escorting the funeral procession for an Orlando police officer suffered serious injuries Saturday when he lost control of his motorcycle and was thrown down a highway embankment. Deputy Mitch |
ORANGE COUNTY Phone charger spurs fire
An overheated cell-phone charger sparked a fire that scared the residents of an Orange County house early Saturday .
Fire Rescue crews responded to Wagner Drive about 2:45 a.m. and found smoke |
ORANGE COUNTY Rape attempt reported
A woman told Orange County deputy sheriffs that a man tried to rape her Friday near Barber Park. The woman said she was walking along Gatlin Avenue when the man forced her into bushes about 11 p.m. an |
U.S. Chamber of Commerce endorses Rubio
Citing his defense of smaller government and advocacy for reduced taxes, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Saturday endorsed Marco Rubio in the U.S. Senate race. Rubio and Chamber officials appeared |
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Paul has eye on Magic
The buzz is growing louder that Chris Paul wants to be traded, preferably to
the Orlando Magic
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Scott's $22M obliterates state record in spending
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott has shattered. Charlie Crist's record for spending on a rida election, reporting Friday that he burned through $22.6 million -almost all of it his own wea |
Out-of-network care may be good option if no deal
Next month, more than 400,000 United Healthcare consumers in Central Florida could be forced to choose between switching doctors or paying out-of-network prices to stick with their current Florida Hos |
Cyclists, motorists: Can we all get along?
Keri Caffrey scoffs at the widely held notion that it is too dangerous for cars and bicyclists to share the jammed roads of Central Florida. Don't believe her? Ride south with Caffrey down Orange A |
Rising tide of needy alarms food pantries
The state's unemployment rate may be easing and home sales starting to pick up, but don't talk to Central Florida's food pantries about an economic recovery . There, demand continues to soar. In f |
Study
Heart-attack patients who go straight to catheter labs get faster care
If you're having a heart attack, you may not need an emergency room at all, according to a new study . Researchers found that patients receive faster care, and are more likely to survive, if an ambu |
`Mystery patients' help uncover medical errors
The elderly man was emaciated, so hospital physicians were running tests for cancer, a common cause of weight loss in older patients. Dr. Saul Weiner suspected something else might be going on. "Where |
Witness: Safety systems disabled on rig before blast
-Key safety
systems were bypassed or disabled on the doomed Deepwater Horizon drilling rig -some for months or years -a top technician on the vessel testified Friday , as offshore cleanup crews hurr |
Nuclear treaty faces hurdles
The Obama
administration's proposed nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia, which for months seemed headed for swift approval in the Senate, now is encountering delays that some supporters fear c |
SPOTLIGHT LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT
Obama encourages girl in struggle with bullying
When faced with bullies at school, one 11-year-old girl decided not to fight back with her fists. Instead she sought help from a higher source: She wrote to President Barack Obama. To her surprise, |
Service will help locate detained immigrants
Responding to criticism of secrecy within the immigration detention system, federal officials launched an online service Friday to help relatives and attorneys find detainees in the sprawling networks |
`Mafia cops' conviction upheld by appeals court
-The conviction of two
police detectives dubbed the "mafia cops" for their role as mob hit men was upheld Friday by a federal appeals court. The former New York Police Department detectives were |
U.S. knocks Venezuela on tiff with Colombia
-The United
States on Friday criticized Venezuela's breaking of ties with U.S. ally Colombia as "petulant" and urged President Hugo Chavez to address charges by Bogota of Colombian rebels hiding in |
Transfer of Marines from Okinawa delayed
Washington has given up on
moving 8,000 U.S. Marines to the U.S.
territory of Guam from Japan by 2014, media said Friday , a potential blow to Prime Minister Naoto Kan who is already struggling |
Train derails, 1 killed
-One pas
senger died and 42 were injured Friday when one of Switzerland's best-known tourist trains, the Glacier Express, derailed with 210 people aboard, a railway official said. Swiss media said |
Coast Guard christening
-First lady Michelle Obama reacts as she is sprayed with champagne
Friday during the christening of the National Security Cutter Stratton. Obama broke the bottle on her second swing before 3,000 peo |
Med transport plane crashes
A medical transport airplane bound for the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota with five people aboard crashed into Lake Michigan near west-central Michigan on Friday morning, and the aircraft's owner was saved |
NASA ambitions now waste of space?
-In a
cavernous structure at NASA's Plum Brook Station near Lake Erie, a concrete chamber five stories high rises from the ground.
Its walls are 2 feet thick, all the better to withstand the blas |
Iran's goal: Put man in space by 2019
-Presi
dent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday that Iran would send its first manned shuttle into space by 2019, Iran's English-language Press TV reported. In February Iran testfired its domest |
Medigap plans safe if sides fail to agree, United Healthcare says
United Healthcare officials said Friday that senior citizens who buy the company's Medicare supplemental policies would not be affected if the insurer does not reach an agreement by Aug. 15 with the F |
Beirut braces for report on Hariri assassination
Reports that a U.N. tribunal will blame the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on the Shiite Muslim militia Hezbollah has triggered fears of violence in this small, unst |
Israel returning ships in bid to repair Turkish ties
Israel will return the Turkish ships on which its troops killed nine activists trying to break through a blockade of the Gaza Strip, officials said Friday , in what appeared to be a new effort to rep |
U.N. rights council names panel to probe Israeli raid
The United Nations Human Rights Council appointed an international team Friday to investigate Israel's raid on an aid flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip that left nine people dead. A U.N. statement |
Judge throws Amendment 3 off ballot
A circuit judge on Friday threw out a proposed constitutional amendment he said could mislead property owners who wouldn't be eligible for the benefits promised by the proposal. Judge John Cooper o |
ANWAR WISSA Pioneer in geotechnical engineering
Anwar Wissa, an engineer whose research and inventions transformed the geotechnical field, died last month. He was 75. Wissa died in Boston after complications from heart surgery , his |
State camps to help kids cope with oil spill
Florida's Department of Children and Families is co-sponsoring a series of camps for Panhandle kids feeling anxious or fearful in the wake of the massive BP oil spill. Camp Beyond the Horizon -nam |
Judge hears challenge to red-light-camera law
Orange County Circuit Judge Frederick Lauten heard oral arguments Friday in a class-action lawsuit challenging Orlando's red-light camera ordinance. The hearing featured attorneys for Orlando and |
ORANGE CITY Dozens attend service for boy
Dozens of mourners gathered Friday for a private memorial service for Aiden Patrick, the 4-year-old Deltona boy killed last weekend in a beachdriving crash on New Smyrna Beach. He was the second 4-yea |
OSCEOLA COUNTY Boy, 2, dies; another in critical condition
One toddler died Friday and another remained in critical condition after they were found Thursday in a pool at a home in Buenaventura Lakes. One boy , 2, was on a ventilator at Florida Hospital, Os |
VOLUSIA COUNTY Man spots pair at neighbor's house
Recycling paid twice Thursday for two Pierson men, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said. The men first received $18.53 for selling scrap metal. Then they got an expenses-paid trip -right to the Vo |
LAKELAND High-school dean resigns amid probe
Lakeland High School's dean of students has agreed to resign and surrender his teaching certificate after an investigation into inappropriate sexual conversations police say he had with underage stude |
Police: Arrested lawyer taunted former client
A Longwood lawyer arrested on charges of burglarizing the home of a former client taunted his victim with several text messages threatening "all-out war," according to a Lake Mary police report releas |
Potter ride glitch prompts evacuation
Patrons at Universal Orlando's new Wizarding World of Harry Potter were helped off a ride Friday night after a glitch caused it to stop and a rider called the Fire Department. Harry Potter and the |
Speedway's repaving project moves along
Workers at Daytona International Speedway on Friday lay the first section of new pavement at the historic racetrack. The $20 million project was prompted by a pothole that opened during the Daytona 50 |
Spirit Airlines pilots approve new contract with pay raises
After four years of talks and a five-day strike in June, Spirit Airlines pilots ratified a five-year contract that includes pay raises and "industryleading" work rules, the union said Friday . Ab |
State fines FCAT contractor another $11.7M for late results
Florida Education Commissioner Eric Smith has fined the state's testing contractor another $11.7 million for delivering late FCAT results this year. That brings the total penalty against Pearson P |
Tropical storm splashes Florida with slight dose of heavy rain
As a low-end tropical storm, Bonnie brushed South Florida with a smattering of heavy rain and some flooding Friday , hardly as fierce as some late-afternoon summer thunderstorms. By day's |
Burglary suspect has trouble keeping pants up, video shows
Surveillance images show a burglary suspect at an Altamonte Springs spa having trouble keeping his shorts on and shirt buttoned while stealing cash from the register. Police said the July 9 in |
McChrystal retires after stellar career, final gaffe
Gen. Stanley
McChrystal said goodbye to the Army on Friday in a poignant retirement ceremony that paid tribute to his three decades of military service and barely mentioned his firing by President |
Celebrities
All right now: The Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan tweeted that he was bruised and moving slowly after collapsing during a show Thursday in Tampa, Fla.
Corgan also tweeted that he is "totally fine" |
Death in Afghanistan raises fear of new threat
-Pvt. Brandon King was standing regular guard duty in a watchtower near the village of Charqulba in southern Afghanistan on July 14 when he was killed by a single shot that seemed anything but normal. |
Lawyer for Snipes asks to probe jury bias
A lawyer for movie star Wesley Snipes says he received an e-mail from a juror who claims three fellow jurors presumed the actor to be guilty of tax crimes before the trial began in Ocala two years ago |
