Florida residents, just like people all over the United States are still angered over the Casey Anthony verdict and now they are not only mad, their paying the bills for her defense to the tune of $147,018 ...
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Although several notable figures stepped up to plead for leniency for reggae star Buju Banton- real name Mark Myrie- the singer was sentenced to ten years in federal prison on drug chargea in a Florida courtroom today.
Among ...
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Have you ever sat at home scarfing a warm, sugar free Jell-O Pudding Snack and imagined lots of other people were getting to eat fancy desserts at fancy restaurants, like stuff that's on fire?
The grass may really ...
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Here's a sobering statistic about the housing crash and subsequent financial mini-polcalypse.
Florida, the hardest-hit state in the real estate market, has a vacancy rate in housing stock of nearly 18%, or 1.6 million homes. (Arizona is not ...
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Okay this is a really cool idea and whoever thought of it deserves a raise.
It seems that Polk County has taken a page from the Redbox movie rental vending machine playbook as the Polk Library Cooperative has ...
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The massive Facebook-centric game Farmville, which in the past has gotten headlines for getting people fired, is in the news again for a less than positive reason.
A young Florida woman has pled guilty to second-degree murder for ...
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A few years back, teen Jennifer Mee made headlines for her chronic hiccups.
Mee's claim to fame in 2007 was an incurable case of the generally common but annoying hiccup lasting six weeks, but now she may face ...
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A total of seven people were shot earlier today in Gainesville, Florida, two of whom have since died.
Five people were wounded in a series of shootings that began around 4pm, and police believe that the person responsible ...
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A Florida woman says she plans to sue Tavares, Florida after the city arrested her for refusing to provide her name to law enforcement officers for a "database," even though the woman was not under arrest at ...
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A "high ranking employee" of the Orange County sheriff's department received a suspension of 120 hours and was demoted to captain after he allowed information not yet released to the public to be posted on reddit via ...
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The woman who captured the ire of right wing blogs last week for comments made to press about who should be responsible for providing for her 15 children has been jailed on contempt charges after refusing to ...
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Nadia Bloom, an 11-year-old girl who has been missing in a Florida swamp for five days, has been found in surprisingly good condition by volunteer searchers.
Bloom, who has Asperger's Syndrome, is reportedly suffering from "bug bites" and ...
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Grooming your lady garden is a challenge at the best times, requiring all manner of gymnastics and special tools to get the task at hand accomplished.
37-year-old Megan Barnes was convicted on a DUI charge the day before ...
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Parents who brushed off requests for Legoland visits because it was like, in Europe or something are going to have one less excuse when Legoland Florida opens sometime next year.
The site of aging Cypress Gardens near Winter ...
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Olivia Namath, 19, has been arrested in Florida on drug charges.
Namath, daughter of football star Joe Namath, was pulled over for speeding near Jupiter, FL, in her silver Mercedes. The officer reported the smell of marijuana in ...
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A Florida man has been arrested after authorities say he concocted a tale about being beaten and shot at in hopes of scoring a ride to another bar.
Gregory J. Oras, 37, is being charged with misusing the ...
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13-year-old Hope Witsell is one of a growing number of cell-phone equipped young teenagers who made a snap decision to send racy pictures to a crush via her cell phone.
But the recipient of Witsell's "sexting" affections, in ...
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Tiger Woods was hospitalized following a single car accident 2:25 a.m. near his home in Windermere, FL.
CNN says Woods was "seriously injured" when, while pulling out of his driveway, his Cadillac SUV struck a fire hydrant. The ...
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Police near Jupiter, Florida are seeking a man accused of gunning down four relatives at a family Thanksgiving gathering yesterday, including a six year old girl. Paul Michael Merhige, 35, is believed to be armed and ...
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Students in North Naples, Florida have delved into the history books to revive a once forgotten tradition that was last practiced in Germany in the 1930s: Kick A Jew Day.
Ten North Naples Middle School students kicked a ...
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A retiree in Florida is reporting a Loch Ness style creature in a local canal- at first thought by the man to be a snake before he says he spotted a caudal fin.
Pictures of the creature are, ...
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The case of a missing 7-month-old baby girl took a strange twist yesterday when the child was found unharmed beneath a sitter's bed, and her mother was arrested along with the sitter and the sitter's husband in ...
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