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Supreme Court bids farewell to Justice Cantero
Justice Raoul Cantero says the only legacy he cares about is whether he made the lives of others better while serving on the Florida Supreme Court.
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Chloroform???? Toddler Caylee Anthony update...
Mother of Missing Toddler Caylee Anthony Posts Bond on New Charges After Alleged Chloroform Find Thursday , September 04, 2008 The mother of missing Florida toddler Caylee Anthony posted a $3,000 bond on new ...
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Gov. Crist Watching Hanna, Waiting on Ike
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is getting his state ready for what could be back to back major storms.
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Florida Interactive Storm and Hurricane Tracking Map
The Spruce Creek Journal has partnered with Stormpulse to provide an incredible interactive storm tracking map. The beautifully-rendered map shows the current and projected tracks of all active named storms in the Atlantic basin. Additional features allow the historical display of storm paths from as far back as 1851. Users can click on the map to zoom and pan for a better view. The storm information box shows wind speed and other parameters from the National Weather Service for any point in the storm track. More at the Spruce Creek Journal
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Court strikes down Amendment 5 tax swap plan
The state Supreme Court today struck the Amendment 5 tax swap from the Nov. 4 ballot, after morning arguments in which a clear majority of justices argued that the ballot summary is misleading about its ...
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Woman gets 10 days jail in car crash case that killed 5
A college student will serve three weekends of jail time after pleading no contest to giving false information to investigators about a crash that killed five men in central Florida.
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Fla. Bright Futures scholarships are controversial
At first, Frank Jaffe thought he'd go to college out of state until he heard about Florida's Bright Futures scholarship.
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Storms swirl in Atlantic, deadly floods hit Haiti
Heavy rains flooded parts of Haiti with head-high water on Tuesday and sent walls of mud down the hillsides, killing at least 25 people as Tropical Storm Hanna swirled over the Bahamas and took aim at the ...
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There's work to do
On the day when America honors its working men and women, the job outlook in Florida, at least for a while, is not rosy.
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Offer to mother of missing Fla. girl expires
The mother of a missing toddler did not respond by Tuesday to an offer that would have given her some protection from prosecution if she told investigators what she knows about her daughter's disappearance.
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Officials warn beachgoers against rip currents
Holiday beachgoers beware. Florida officials are warning of dangerous rip currents along the coast.
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New Cold Case Playing Cards
THIRD EDITION DECK OF STATEWIDE COLD CASE PLAYING CARDS UNVEILED ~206,000 decks of cards to be distributed to county jail inmates, state probationers~ TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Florida Department of Law Enforcement ...
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Poll: Amendments too close to call
The tax-swap proposal to cut property taxes by an average 25 percent is in trouble in both the courts and with voters while the defense-of-marriage amendment is on the statistical cusp of passage or defeat.
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Poll: Florida response to Fay was good
Floridians think state and local response to the winds and flooding of Tropical Storm Fay was pretty darn good, according to a poll released today.
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Storms Dampen Party Mood for Florida Delegates
Published: Sunday, August 31, 2008 at 11:40 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, August 31, 2008 at 11:40 p.m. BLOOMINGTON, Minn.
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Hanna Gains Hurricane Strength, May Strike the U.S. Mainland
Hurricane Hanna formed Monday, bringing fierce winds, wind and battering waves to the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos islands.
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Residents searching for missing Florida girl
Central Florida residents are still searching for clues about a missing 3-year-old girl who was last seen alive in mid-June. More than 200 people searched an area near Orlando International Airport for Caylee ...
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Bond Rescinded For Mother Of Missing Girl
A bondsman has rescinded bail for mother of a missing Florida girl after the woman was carted back to the Orange County Jail on new charges.
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Powerful Gustav roars toward Cuba, gulf
By Jeff Franks HAVANA (Reuters) - Hurricane Gustav, now a major storm picking up steam over warm sea waters, roared toward western Cuba on Saturday en route to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean. Gustav ripped across the Cayman Islands and took aim at Cuba's Isle of Youth before it was set to strike the Cuban mainland later in the day. Forecasters predicted Gustav would cross the Gulf of Mexico and hit central Louisiana on Tuesday with the same brutal force Hurricane Katrina delivered three years ago.
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Shelters open along Fla. Panhandle as Gustav looms
About nine shelters opened in the area Sunday as many evacuees crossed state lines seeking refuge in Florida.
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