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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Florida Statesman.com http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/10/id/3951354e01311858/ en-us Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:29:02 -0500 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:29:02 -0500 30 The humble papaya is gaining recognition in Western medicine for its anticancer powers, with a University of Florida researcher claiming that the power fruit thwarted growth of cancer cells in lab tests. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/610543/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:00:03 -0500 ANI http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/610543/cs/1/ Miami accountant Lewis Freeman, who for years garnered the reputation of a trusted civic leader, is expected to plead guilty Wednesday morning to a federal fraud charge alleging that he embezzled at l... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32983548/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:11:16 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32983548/ Firing teachers. Gambling. Banning dangerous reptiles and texting while driving. Wednesday will feature a grab-bag of legislation in the second week of the Legislature's 60-day lawmaking session. The ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32982794/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:11:15 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32982794/ MIAMI -- The major hospital network Miami relies on for trauma care is close to insolvency and could be cut off by suppliers.Executives for Jackson Health System surprised its governing board Tuesday... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32983489/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:11:11 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32983489/ OCALA, Fla. -- Ocala police say they arrested a wanted U.S. military deserter after he brought his battered child to a hospital.Ryan Lee Hunt was allegedly ordered to ship off with the U.S. Navy in D... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32983551/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:11:10 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32983551/ A delegation of Chinese tour operators arrive in Miami this week for some hotel shopping. The group of wholesalers from Beijing and Shanghai will tour the Everglades, inspect the Four Seasons and othe... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32983628/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:10:43 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32983628/ The humble papaya is gaining credibility in Western medicine for anticancer powers that folk cultures have recognized for generations. University of Florida researcher Nam Dang, M.D., Ph.D., and coll... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32983216/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:10:12 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32983216/ Rev. Alexios Marakis told police he approached Bruce for directions and ended up beaten with a tire iron.Bruce says he thought he was being robbed in the parking garage, and Marakis grabbed his genita... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32984589/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:03:08 -0500 Examiner http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32984589/ -- A man is dead after he was hit by a car while crossing the road after his own vehicle broke down early Wednesday.Investigators said the victim’s car was disabled on Boggy Creek Road,  http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32984584/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:59:52 -0500 News 13 http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32984584/ -- As cities and counties across Florida continue to deal with dwindling water supplies, there’s a plan that could possibly help, but not everyone likes it.On the the surface, the Aquifer Storage an... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32984585/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:59:51 -0500 News 13 http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32984585/ Casey Anthony at a hearing on August 21, 2009. ORLANDO, FL -- The Orange County Clerk of Courts has declared Casey Anthony indigent. The determination, which was made on Tuesday, means that taxpayer... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32984582/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:56:49 -0500 ABC Action News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32984582/ KISSIMMEE, FL -- A mailman is accused of delivering much more than letters. Prosecutors say Juan Fonseca used his job to ship cocaine and marijuana through the mail from Puerto Rico to Kissimmee.Accor... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32983234/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:56:48 -0500 ABC Action News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32983234/ Polk County employees banned from texting while driving TALLAHASSEE -- If you keep your eyes on your phone instead of on the road, it could soon cost you.Wednesday, http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32984583/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:56:47 -0500 ABC Action News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32984583/ FT LAUDERDALE, FL -- More Floridians are looking to the state for help. More than 2.5 million state residents are now on food stamps. That's up from three years ago, when 1.5 million people were getti... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32982787/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:56:46 -0500 ABC Action News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32982787/ Top recruit Latwan Anderson, a defensive back from Glenville, Ohio, will commit to Miami at a press conference at his high school this morning. Anderson, a U.S. Army All-American, was ranked as the No... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32984125/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:51:39 -0500 Sports Illustrated http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32984125/ '); so.addVariable("skinURL", "http://media.nbcmiami.com/designvideo/skinGlass-413.swf"); // !! This has to be added to the CMS !! so.addVariable("layoutURL", "/templates/nbc_video_player_meta_layo... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32984249/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:42:37 -0500 NBC 6 http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32984249/ Limbaugh doesn't like that he has to cut his back porch lights off so the sea turtles can nest and the hatchlings can safely return to the ocean. So he is taking out full page ads in the Palm Beach Po... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32984348/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:42:35 -0500 NBC 6 http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32984348/ TAMPA — A 50-year-old sex offender on probation for sexual battery was chased, shot with a Taser and arrested after an officer discovered the man had not updated his address on his driver's lice... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32984510/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:40:07 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32984510/ Doug Brooks, president of the International Peace Operations Association, was in Turkey recently, working on an event on Afghanistan reconstruction, when an idea struck: Why not organize a conference ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32983638/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:40:02 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32983638/ Jackson Health System is close to insolvency and facing the specter of having one of its major vendors, Johnson & Johnson, shut off supplies unless the company receives a $1 million payment this w... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32982819/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:39:59 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32982819/ cats taken from a St. Lucie County home to the county's Humane Society are expected to be healthy and flea-free for adoption by the end of the week."Remarkably, most of the cats are in very good healt... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32984581/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:39:57 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32984581/ Doug Brooks, president of the International Peace Operations Association, was in Turkey recently, working on an event on Afghanistan reconstruction, when an idea struck: Why not organize a conference ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32983637/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:39:55 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32983637/ Some Plantation Acres residents plan to ask the City Council on Wednesday night for money to help catch a pack of wild hogs that have been tearing up lawns, http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32984253/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:39:54 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32984253/ Jackson Health System is close to insolvency and facing the specter of having one of its major vendors, Johnson & Johnson, shut off supplies unless the company receives a $1 million payment this w... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32982818/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:39:52 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32982818/ cats taken from a St. Lucie County home to the county's Humane Society are expected to be healthy and flea-free for adoption by the end of the week."Remarkably, most of the cats are in very good healt... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32984254/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:39:51 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32984254/ Article Reprints Several more small startup property insurers in Florida are headed for insolvency, according to The Associated Press. The bankruptcies could leave tens of thousands of homeowners loo... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32982830/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:25:23 -0500 Insurance Journal http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32982830/ TAMPA | The Hillsborough State Attorney's Office will not pursue an aggravated battery charge against the Marine reservist accused last fall of beating a Greek Orthodox priest with a tire iron. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981723/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:44:26 -0500 The Ledger http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981723/ www.fullsail.edu ), an award- winning entertainment institution located near Orlando, FL, is proud to return as primary sponsor of the 19th Annual Florida Film Festival, ( http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981825/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:38:29 -0500 PR Web http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981825/ Scattered outbreaks of norovirus are taking place in South Florida and around the state, health officials say. Norovirus, also called ``stomach flu,'' causes nausea, diarrhea, vomiting and stomach cra... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981599/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:33:47 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981599/ Bradford County deputies following a tip in a seven-year-old cold case discovered on Monday the skeletal remains of a woman believed to be in her early 20s while searching a small, rural Bradford Coun... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981827/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:27:29 -0500 The Gainsville Sun http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981827/ In years past, Gatornationals has been a boost for Gainesville hotels and restaurants during an otherwise quiet week with colleges on spring break. But the recession meant an off year last year as som... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981826/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:27:28 -0500 The Gainsville Sun http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981826/ TALLAHASSEE - Four Oak Hall High School science students received a lesson in government Tuesday when they persuaded a Senate committee to approve a measure designed to cut government red tape. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981828/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:27:27 -0500 The Gainsville Sun http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981828/ TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Cabinet has unanimously approved the purchase of 506.7 acres of property adjacent to the Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981833/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:27:25 -0500 The Gainsville Sun http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981833/ The Alachua County Fairgrounds opened Tuesday for Gatornationals camping after the Alachua County Fair Association and Gainesville Regional Utilities reached an agreement on the payment of the fair as... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981832/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:27:24 -0500 The Gainsville Sun http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981832/ Francisco Arias, right, walks his children, Kalani, 8, center, and Mateo, 5, left, to their classes on the first day of the FCAT at Evergreen Elementary School on West Anthony Road in Ocala, Fla. on T... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981830/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:27:23 -0500 The Gainsville Sun http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981830/ Water conservation has been the focus of the St. Johns River Water Management District lately as the agency moves toward establishing tough goals for the 16 counties under its jurisdiction, including ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981831/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:27:23 -0500 The Gainsville Sun http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981831/ Ryan Akridge, back center, weeps over the death of his dog, Rocky, following a house fire in Gainesville on Tuesday morning. His mother, Leslie Florence, in red, kneels next to him. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981829/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:27:21 -0500 The Gainsville Sun http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981829/ In his campaign headquarters on Northwest Sixth Street, Craig Lowe recently sat under a "Craig Lowe for Mayor" sign, tacked up next to a map of Gainesville, while three volunteers ran a phone bank. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981836/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:27:19 -0500 The Gainsville Sun http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981836/ Carlton Ford, 23, was being treated at an area hospital on Tuesday, as officials said they were working to unravel the details of what occurred."The forensic evidence at the scene does not match the s... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981835/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:27:17 -0500 The Gainsville Sun http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981835/ (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez warms up before a spring training baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Bradenton, Fla., Monday, March 8, 2010. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981840/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:25:44 -0500 Examiner http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981840/ -- Here’s another reason to keep your thumbs on the wheel and your eyes on the road: Texting while driving could soon be illegal in Florida.The possibility of a ban has been brought up numerous time... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981838/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:22:15 -0500 News 13 http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981838/ -- City commissioners have voted to allow same-sex spouses of city employees to apply for health and dental benefits.The vote Tuesday night makes Kissimmee the latest Florida city to extend health ins... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32980661/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:22:14 -0500 News 13 http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32980661/ Man arrested for throwing baby into wall ORLANDO, FL -- The stepfather of a 7-month-old boy admitted to hitting the child's head against a wall at least four times, according to documents obtained by ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32980070/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:18:35 -0500 ABC Action News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32980070/ "You know I lost like 50 pounds, I was missing hair and I was going through a tough battle but my goal was always to come back and coach," Odio said yesterday. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981596/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:04:22 -0500 NBC 6 http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981596/ A Pennsylvania woman who called herself "Jihad Jane" allegedly plotted to kill a Swedish cartoonist and used the Internet to incite terrorism in Europe and South Asia. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981597/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:04:15 -0500 NBC 6 http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981597/ Internal Revenue Service of about $115,000 in a scam that involved phony tax returns.Clarke, 37, allegedly began ripping off the IRS while behind bars at the Stock Island Detention Center near Key Wes... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981837/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:01:48 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981837/ A new think-tank study released on the eve of the 2010 Census has some eye-opening news about the decennial count's import for Floridians: In a national ranking, the amount of Census-based aid flowing... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981598/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:01:46 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981598/ A new think-tank study released on the eve of the 2010 Census has some eye-opening news about the decennial count's import for Floridians: In a national ranking, the amount of Census-based aid flowing... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981467/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:01:44 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981467/ Internal Revenue Service of about $115,000 in a scam that involved phony tax returns.Clarke, 37, allegedly began ripping off the IRS while behind bars at the Stock Island Detention Center near Key Wes... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981470/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:01:44 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981470/ A new think-tank study released on the eve of the 2010 Census has some eye-opening news about the decennial count's import for Floridians: In a national ranking, the amount of Census-based aid flowing... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981469/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:01:43 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981469/ WEST PALM BEACH — Former H.L. Watkins Middle School band booster Franklin King was acting like a juvenile and just playing "grab-ass" with the teenage girl who says she was molested by him, King... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981468/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:01:42 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981468/ (MCT) Mar. 10--It turns out facing down a barrage of top-flight hitters isn't the best way to snap out of a slump. UCF (7-6) lost its fifth consecutive game, losing 19-2 to No. 13 Miami (8-3) Tues... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981343/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:51:37 -0500 New Jersey Online http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32981343/ (MCT) Mar. 10--Topeka renamed itself " Google, Kan." The mayor of Duluth, Minn., jumped into frigid Lake Superior, hoping to attract the attention of the Internet-search giant. And today, Orlando ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32979964/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:51:34 -0500 New Jersey Online http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32979964/ The fleet, led by the 74-foot-long Schooner Wolf, arrived Monday at Gros Mangle, a tiny village on the island of La Gonave, situated west, northwest of Port-au-Prince.The relief project was carried ou... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32978363/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:08:02 -0500 The Ledger http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32978363/ The state agency that tracks the number of jobless in Florida is readying its January unemployment numbers.The Agency for Workforce Innovation can only hope that some turnaround is indicated in Wednes... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32979258/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:30:19 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32979258/ The state agency that tracks the number of jobless in Florida is readying its January unemployment numbers.The Agency for Workforce Innovation can only hope that some turnaround is indicated in Wednes... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32978976/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:30:16 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32978976/ Florida laws. The Broward Sheriff's Office Tamarac District Motor Unit will be conducting a traffic checkpoint operation from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. along the 6700 block of northbound University Drive. ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32978978/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:30:13 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32978978/ SANFORD, Fla. -- A veteran Apopka police officer has been charged with shooting at her husband during an argument at their Sanford home.Police in Sanford say 36-year-old Tanya Culver, who just marrie... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32975934/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:28:19 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32975934/ MELBOURNE, Fla. -- Two men have been charged in Brevard County of going a crime spree earlier this month that ended with the burning of a fire-rescue service truck.The sheriff's office reports that 2... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32975936/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:28:17 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32975936/ Brevard County of going a crime spree earlier this month that ended with the burning of a fire-rescue service truck.The sheriff's office reports that 20-year-old http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32977121/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:21:05 -0500 Examiner http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32977121/ Brevard Zoo has a new baby giraffe.The zoo reports that a Masai giraffe named Johari gave birth to a male last Wednesday. The father's name is Raffiki.While the baby and its mother remain separated fr... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32977123/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:21:01 -0500 Examiner http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32977123/ MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) -- Two men have been charged in Brevard County of going a crime spree earlier this month that ended with the burning of a fire-rescue service truck. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32977115/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:04:06 -0500 Associated Press http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32977115/ Two state agencies are looking into apparent discrepancies over the timing of a private conversation between a public service commissioner, a PSC staff member and a utility attorney in 2008. The Fl... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32975864/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:58:25 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32975864/ Hallandale Beach Police are searching for the person who attacked and robbed a man outside Gulfstream Race Track and Casino and then got away by getting on a public transit bus, http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32976727/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:58:25 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32976727/ chemotherapy for a tumor in his bile duct, a tube that reaches from the liver to the small intestine. He hopes to know in a couple weeks how effectively the chemotherapy is working. ``I was led to ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32975880/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:58:23 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32975880/ Two sisters who started a Miami Beach footwear company have launched a legal battle against alleged knockoff brands, and their lawsuit also refers to search engine http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32975679/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:54:59 -0500 Business Journal http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32975679/ TALLAHASSEE | The Florida economy has hit bottom but the slow recovery will hinder lawmakers as they try to write a new state budget. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32974529/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:06:56 -0500 The Ledger http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32974529/ An inmate and three relatives have been charged with tax fraud in a second federal indictment stemming from an IRS tax scam that was run out of a jail near Key West. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32972254/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:33:33 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32972254/ Generic drugmaker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries said Tuesday it has appointed Vice Chairman Dr. Phillip Frost to serve as chairman of its board. The world's largest generic drugmaker by revenue said ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32971769/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:33:32 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32971769/ TALLAHASSEE -- John Hoblick was out of town when his 16-year-old son died after a night of drinking and illegal prescription drugs. The next day, he heard the 911 call on Orlando-area TV news. ``It c... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32972256/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:33:31 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32972256/ Republican lawmakers are reviving leadership funds, which legislators used in the past as a place to funnel unspent campaign money in return for choice committee chairmanships. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32972255/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:33:28 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32972255/ Last summer, there was a premature announcement of the presence of a tiny beetle that has the power to spread fungus that can severely damage avocado trees. That turned out to be an unfortunate mistak... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32971523/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:33:27 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32971523/ A Miami attorney almost killed in the Thanksgiving night massacre in Jupiter that left four dead has emerged from a months-long coma to learn that his wife and unborn child died in the attack. Patrick... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32972257/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:33:27 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32972257/ TALLAHASSEE -- The picture, spread virally on the Web, was the last straw for state Sen. Frederica Wilson. It showed a man posing in front of the White House with a noose wrapped around an American f... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32972258/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:33:23 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32972258/ Lawyers will be on hand to answer questions at a free forum on the housing crisis Saturday at Florida International University. The Florida attorney general's office and the Florida InterAgency Mortga... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32970861/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:33:21 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32970861/ TALLAHASSEE -- Florida's oldest reform school has survived a century of failure and scandal. Now lawmakers once again are confronted with an uncomfortable question: Is it time to shut the place down?... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32971679/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:33:20 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32971679/ TALLAHASSEE -- After an internal review requested by the Public Service Commission's chairwoman, the agency's inspector general has asked state law enforcement officials to consider investigating all... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32971681/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:33:17 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32971681/ This week, AT&T has activated a new cell site on East 25th Street in Hialeah as part of its lastest investment to its Florida network. It will boost coverage to Hialeah Hospital and the surrounding ar... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32972259/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:33:11 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32972259/ Quince on Thursday at the Margulies Collection in Miami's Wynwood Arts District. Not a quince to celebrate a young lady's 15th birthday. This is about Chief Justice http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32970825/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:33:09 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32970825/ Virginia and recovering from elbow surgery.The former All-Star closer, signed by the Braves in the offseason, retired all three batters he faced Tuesday night in http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32972260/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:26:38 -0500 Examiner http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32972260/ Dwight Howard had 22 points and 15 rebounds to help the Magic roll past the Clippers, 113-87 on Tuesday night to tie a season high with their sixth straight victory. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32972261/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:26:36 -0500 Examiner http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32972261/ Gadsden County high school student died from injuries sustained in a bus crash.The sheriff's office reports that De'Sherrime Murray died Tuesday evening, a day after a school bus she was riding in cra... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32972262/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:26:34 -0500 Examiner http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32972262/ ORLANDO | Dwight Howard had 22 points and 15 rebounds, and the Orlando Magic rolled past the Los Angeles Clippers, 113-87 on Tuesday night to tie a season high with their sixth straight victory. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32969589/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:07:24 -0500 The Ledger http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32969589/ WEST PALM BEACH, FL -- Prosecutors have decided not to seek the death penalty against a man accused in the deadly beating of his 4-year-old stepson.D'Andre Bannister's case is set for trial in June. H... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32969908/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:42:51 -0500 ABC Action News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32969908/ Pinellas man calls 911 for ride to bar TALLAHASSEE, FL -- A proposal that would drastically cut public access to emergency 911 calls is scheduled for debate by a House committee Wednesday.Representati... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32969909/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:42:50 -0500 ABC Action News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32969909/ Man arrested for throwing baby into wall ORLANDO, FL -- The stepfather of a 7-month-old boy admitted to hitting the child's head against a wall at least four times, according to documents obtained by ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32969910/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:42:49 -0500 ABC Action News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32969910/ MONTREAL — Lightning players will tell you they are still in the playoff hunt. But after Tuesday night's 5-3 loss to the Canadiens at the Bell Centre, it is a long shot.Fighting for its playoff ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32969803/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:26:38 -0500 St Petersburg Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32969803/ (AP Photo/John Raoux)Los Angeles Clippers center Chris Kaman, right, tries to get around Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, M... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32967844/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:13:26 -0500 Examiner http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32967844/ Disney reached its goal Tuesday of getting 1 million people to sign up for a day of volunteer work in exchange for a free one-day ticket to a Disney park.Under the "Give a Day, Get a Disney Day" progr... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32967845/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:13:24 -0500 Examiner http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32967845/ Tampa . She is chief executive officer of WRSCompass, a construction and environmental remediation company. Bush originally appointed her in 2006.The new appointees are http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32967846/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:13:23 -0500 Examiner http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32967846/ Kaz Matsui hit a solo homer for the first of four straight hits in the first inning off Santana, who struck out one and walked one.The left-hander made it through the short outing with no setbacks as ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32967847/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:13:22 -0500 Examiner http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32967847/ Miami Dolphins , even though he faces a suspension for the first eight games of this season.The Dolphins announced the signing Tuesday in a news release that made no reference to Ferguson's suspension... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32967848/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:13:20 -0500 Examiner http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32967848/ Toronto 's minor league complex while the rest of the team had the day off."Absolutely. I think that's the biggest one, the next two days, to see how I feel," McGowan said after throwing the equivalen... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32967849/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:13:19 -0500 Examiner http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32967849/ Tom Watson shot identical scores each day until Watson closed with a 65 - one last birdie on the 18th hole - to win by one shot."I think one of the biggest things that I took from it was patience, and... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32967850/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:13:17 -0500 Examiner http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32967850/ Mark Newman , the Yankees' senior vice president of baseball operations, was arrested Monday night. He reportedly refused to take a blood-alcohol test. He was released several hours later on $500 bail... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32967851/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:13:16 -0500 Examiner http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32967851/ CC Sabathia is trying to refine his pitching motion.Their results couldn't have been more dissimilar Tuesday.Johnson pulled homers to right in each of his at-bats, while Sabathia was rocked for five r... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32967852/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:13:15 -0500 Examiner http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32967852/ (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg throws during the second inning of a spring training baseball game against the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday, March 9, 2010, in Vier... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32967853/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:13:13 -0500 Examiner http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32967853/ We now have an idea of exactly when the Lake Eola fountain will be fixed.Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said it will be fixed by July 4, 2010.The iconic fountain has sat broken ever since it was fried by a ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32967843/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:09:59 -0500 News 13 http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32967843/ cats , and a pet Jack Russell on the Adams' property — all from the teeth and claws of what many consider Florida's wiliest and most successful predator."The predation on everything was out of c... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32967342/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:50:10 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32967342/ -- Thousands of SeaWorld parkgoers will soon receive a message from above, courtesy of PETA, when a small plane pulling a gigantic banner that reads, "SeaWorld: Let Whales and Dolphins Out of Prison. ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32967664/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:40:58 -0500 PETA http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/32967664/