Provides the latest RSS feeds for Florida News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Florida Statesman.com http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/cat/3951354e01311858/ en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:35:55 -0400 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:35:55 -0400 30 A teenager from Florida has become the hot topic on the internet after he hitched a ride on the back of a 30ft shark. Chris Kreis, aged 19, grabbed the fin of a whale shark and was pulled through the water for 20 seconds before he let it go, The Mirror reported. Kreis was fishing in the Gulf of Mexico when the whale shark swam up alongside his boat. He then dived in and held on to the beast as ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215267801/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:40:02 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215267801/scat/3951354e01311858 Former Moccasins softball player Megan Brown was inducted to the Sunshine State Conference Hall of Fame on Monday and current Moccasins men's golfer Tim Crouch and swimmer Alli Crenshaw were named the recipients of the Hal Smeltzly Award as Florida Southern's Outstanding Male and Female Student-Athletes.Brown is now one of seven former Moccasins in the SSC Softball Hall of Fame. She ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215286859/scat/3951354e01311858 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:20:05 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215286859/scat/3951354e01311858 On Tuesday, Ellemberger was still in a neck brace and had her hand bandaged. Her husband Reynaldo Reyes says he hurt his head. The couple says the night of fun with their son, which turned into horror when the deck collapsed ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215286737/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:53:04 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215286737/scat/3951354e01311858 TAMPA -- Alex Sink barely lost the 2010 governor's race to Rick Scott, and as she weighs whether to take him on again there is no shortage of armchair shrinks speculating about her thinking: o The sudden death in December of her husband, former gubernatorial candidate Bill McBride, was too big a blow for her to run another grueling campaign without him. o Sink wants to run because she ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215286808/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:51:35 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215286808/scat/3951354e01311858 FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2012 file photo, New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez (81) holds his helmet as he steps onto the field before an NFL football game between the New England Patriots and the Houston Texans in Foxborough, Mass. State and local police spent hours at the home of Hernandez on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 as another group of officers searched an industrial park about a mile ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215285528/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:11:23 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215285528/scat/3951354e01311858 Jeff Counelis was dismissed from the jury pool in the George Zimmerman trial last Wednesday, reportedly because of a post he made on Facebook earlier this ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215286007/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:00:07 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215286007/scat/3951354e01311858 ORLANDO -- A lot of work went into making 2-year-old amputee Ireland Nugent's new legs. After days of fittings and measurements, prosthetists spend Tuesday put the finishing touches on the limbs, which are custom fit to size and style. What's a girl to do with so many fashion fabrics to choose from? Ireland didn't pick just one pattern, Minnie Mouse is on her right leg, Dora the ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215285743/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:00:06 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215285743/scat/3951354e01311858 Chickens living in a backyard. Orange County is considering a new ordinance to make it happen in unincorporated parts of the ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215286008/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:00:06 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215286008/scat/3951354e01311858 A 9-year-old boy found a loaded handgun inside an Ybor City movie theater bathroom on Sunday. Police say it belongs to a Hillsborough County Sheriff's detective, who was off-duty at the ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215285477/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:00:05 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215285477/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215285786/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:26:18 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215285786/scat/3951354e01311858 Celebrity finance advisor Suze Orman says regardless of how the Supreme Court rules on gay marriage, same-sex couples in Florida need to keep fighting to secure the same protection for their assets as those enjoyed by married heterosexual couples. “We have to gather our forces in this state and do what has to be done to make sure marriage equality is accepted in the great state of ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215285231/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:01:26 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215285231/scat/3951354e01311858 Usually, the superintendent makes one or two administrative appointments over the summer. During Tuesday's meeting of the Alachua County School Board, Superintendent Dan Boyd made 12 appointments.All the positions will be filled by people within the county."I have not had to go outside the school district to fill vacancies, and I don't intend to do so," Boyd said.The district ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215285232/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:30 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215285232/scat/3951354e01311858 A long-awaited, one-stop service site for the working poor and struggling families will be announced this week by the Community Food & Outreach Center. Dubbed "Compassion Central," the project would expand the center's campus on West Michigan Street to 54,000 square feet. There, as many as 30 fellow nonprofits would join in providing food, clothing, medical care, counseling, ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215285233/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:38:09 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215285233/scat/3951354e01311858 FORT LAUDERDALE— Commissioners hired Cynthia Everett as the new city attorney on Tuesday, approving a contract with a starting salary of $193,000.Commissioner Dean Trantalis opposed the agreement because of Everett's July 1 start date, saying Everett will be gone a significant amount of time in July and August to wrap up previous commitments, all while being paid by the city. He ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215284637/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:37:47 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215284637/scat/3951354e01311858 NEW ORLEANS -- Scientists in Michigan and Louisiana are predicting a big summer "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico unless a tropical storm hits the area shortly before or during the annual measurement. In the Chesapeake Bay, scientists expect a smaller-than-average area where there's too little oxygen to support fish, shellfish and other aquatic life.The hypoxic zone in the Gulf is ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215284109/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:54:14 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215284109/scat/3951354e01311858 Do you agree with Sen. Rubio's plan to add an English requirement to his immigration bill? To vote, call or text 305-600-5161 or vote on NBC 6 South ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215284110/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:33:27 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215284110/scat/3951354e01311858 FORT LAUDERDALE— Stars will be out at the former River House restaurant on the city's New River for the next five months. Their faces will be very familiar to telenovela fans. Gaby Espino, Aaron Diaz and Carlos Ponce will be filming the new series "Santa Diabla" - "Holy Devil" – at the historic site. The Spanish-language series, being produced ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215284061/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:31:52 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215284061/scat/3951354e01311858 Riviera Beach police Tuesday arrested one of two men suspected of being involved in a shooting that left a 2-year-old girl in critical condition. U.S. Marshals arrested Richard Thomas Jr., 28, of West Palm Beach, after he surrendered at ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215284060/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:31:51 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215284060/scat/3951354e01311858 Investigators have found a damaged SUV they say was involved in a hit-and-run that killed a Loxahatchee mom on Sunday. The crash happened around 7 p.m. as Katherine A. Rigby, 40, rode her bike west near the shoulder of Tangerine Boulevard just before 120th Avenue N ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215284062/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:31:50 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215284062/scat/3951354e01311858 Isaias Perez-Lopez, 24, of Lake Worth, is accused of punching a man and then chasing the man, another woman and a child with a machete on ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215284063/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:31:49 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215284063/scat/3951354e01311858 As if things aren’t bad enough for rapper Chief Keef, an arrest warrant is waiting for him in Florida.While Keith Cozart, better known as Chief Keef, was in Florida celebrating his 17th birthday on Aug. 18, he was living it up as he tooled around Miami Beach where he was arrested when cops found marijuana in his pocket while he sat in what police said was a stolen red convertible Ferrari.On ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215283534/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:29:50 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215283534/scat/3951354e01311858 The city of Miami Beach was ordered Tuesday to pay legal costs for violating a court order requiring it to turn over documents, photographs and recordings in connection to a fatal police-involved shooting on Memorial Day 2011.Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Victoria Sigler stopped short of sanctioning the city’s attorneys, but raised her voice and thoroughly scolded them for using excuses to ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215282414/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:48:14 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215282414/scat/3951354e01311858 Supervisor of Elections Pam Carpenter has asked for more office space since the mid-2000s, and the Alachua County Commission decided Tuesday that she'll have to wait a while ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215283099/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:44:36 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215283099/scat/3951354e01311858 DANIA BEACH — Longtime Commissioner Pat Flury's abrupt resignation has left the city in search of a qualified resident to fill her seat.Under the charter, commissioners have until Aug. 10 to appoint a ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215282912/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:27:02 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215282912/scat/3951354e01311858 Gwendolyne Nanette Vazquez might photograph models, but deputies are accusing her of not being a model mom.The 26-year-old substitute teacher and aspiring photographer is charged with leaving her 5-year-old son home alone in ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215282913/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:27:01 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215282913/scat/3951354e01311858 Coral Springs K-12 school of looking the other way while a young boy complained he was being molested by a music teacher.Miguel Cala, 40, is already serving a 23-year prison term after pleading no contest to lewd and lascivious molestation charges last year. But the lawsuit filed Monday by Miami attorney Jeffrey Herman outlines new allegations against the convicted pedophile."We are alleging ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215283100/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:26:47 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215283100/scat/3951354e01311858 TAMPA, Fla. -- County school superintendents told the state Board of Education on Tuesday that a recent legislative bill allowing high school students to take as many advanced placement courses as they can handle will cost districts millions of dollars that their budgets can't support.Pinellas School superintendent Michael Grego said the bill will cost districts between $40 million and $60 ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281772/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:44:55 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281772/scat/3951354e01311858 Charles "Randy" Oliver stands before the Alachua County Commission during his interview process for the job of county manager in the commission room of the County Administration ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281897/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:41:12 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281897/scat/3951354e01311858 TITUSVILLE -- The battle lines over teacher pay raises have been drawn -- in a school district besieged by budget woes. All of this happening as leaders grapple with a $30 million budget shortfall. Concerned teachers gather at Caffe' Chocolat in Titusville a day after pay raise negotiations with the school district came to a stalemate. All are members of the Brevard Federation of ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281900/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:38:39 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281900/scat/3951354e01311858 George Zimmerman arrives in Seminole circuit court on the 7th day of his trial, in Sanford, Fla., Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Zimmerman is accused in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin. (PHOTO/Joe Burbank, ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281899/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:38:37 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281899/scat/3951354e01311858 A customer at GT Gas and Go in Sanford knocks a bunch of candy tubs off a counter after an argument with the manager over gas. The manager got his gun and followed the customer. Now the manager is charged with aggravated ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281898/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:38:36 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281898/scat/3951354e01311858 CASSELBERRY -- Power has been restored to about 1,500 residents in the Casselberry area after an incident knocked power lines onto State Road 436. The incident happened at State Road 436 and Kewannee Trail. The road is back open and the power lines have been removed. Duke Energy, which used to be Progress Energy, said power should be back on within the ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281307/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:38:34 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281307/scat/3951354e01311858 CLERMONT -- A grassroots effort by moms to bring a community pool to Clermont is gaining momentum. They say a pair of drownings in South Lake County over the weekend show the campaign is about more than just family fun. Olivia Chapman is the mother of a two-year-old, and has another child on the way. On a hot summer day there's only one place she and her family want to be. "We all ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281901/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:38:32 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281901/scat/3951354e01311858 Dash cam video from a Florida Highway Patrol patrol car shows Corwin Mathis exposing herself in front of the trooper -- Friday, June 14, ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281902/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:38:30 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281902/scat/3951354e01311858 Natura Pet Products is voluntarily recalling specific lots of dry pet food and treats. The food could be contaminated ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281221/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:38:30 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281221/scat/3951354e01311858 ORLANDO -- Construction of a new entertainment, dining and shopping area called "I-Drive Live" is "well underway" in Orlando, according to developer Chuck Whittall, president of Unicorp National Developments Inc. I chatted with Whittall on Tuesday to see how the project is shaping up along International Drive. He said when the whole thing is done, I-Drive Live will be about ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281903/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:38:29 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281903/scat/3951354e01311858 An 11-year-old Newberry boy is out of the hospital two weeks after he was bitten on the leg by a 5-foot eastern diamond rattlesnake. ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281904/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:38:27 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281904/scat/3951354e01311858 BUNNELL -- A north Florida man says he needs surgery on his right eye after he was beaten and robbed during his first date with a woman he met at a convenience store. A Flagler County Sheriff's report says 34-year-old Shaun Williams met the woman he knew as "Tree" two weeks ago. The couple met at the store on Friday and she followed Williams to his nearby home. Williams, a ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281905/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:38:26 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281905/scat/3951354e01311858 That kind of apology is routine.Eitel was the 19th person at OIA arrested this year or issued an at-large charging affidavit for "carrying a firearm in a place prohibited by law," records ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281907/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:28:34 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281907/scat/3951354e01311858 TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Police say a gun found by a 9-year-old boy inside a bathroom stall at a movie theater in Tampa's Ybor City neighborhood belonged to a Hillsborough County ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281908/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:28:33 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281908/scat/3951354e01311858 Speaking in Washington, Senator Marco Rubio said: "When you apply for that green card after the tenyear period and more has expired, you're going to have to prove that you're proficient in English because I think assimilation is ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281776/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:25:05 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281776/scat/3951354e01311858 Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the February 2012 shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. He has pleaded not guilty, saying he acted in ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281775/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:25:04 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281775/scat/3951354e01311858 TAMPA -- Last year the Tampa Port Authority's governing board voted to hire Boyden Global Executive Search to help it look for a new CEO to lead the port. Boyden helped the board select and hire Paul Anderson, the former CEO of the Port of Jacksonville, to take over the Port of Tampa at the start of the year. Tampa paid Boyden $119,992 to help find Anderson. But the executive headhunter ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281852/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:23:32 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281852/scat/3951354e01311858 Port Everglades inlet a year ago Wednesday - the day he vanished, leaving behind an overwhelming tangle of business and personal lawsuits, a family in turmoil and questions about his survival. Since then, many of his legal troubles have been resolved, but the people closest to Aguiar - who would be 36 if he's still alive - continue to wrangle over his wealth, estimated last year to be about ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281715/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:23:31 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281715/scat/3951354e01311858 Investigators and K-9 officers from several law enforcement agencies search 180 acres, including a canal, about a mile west of Sun Life Stadium on Monday, June 20, 2011, for clues in the disappearance of Lynda Robin Meier. Meier, 40, from Hallandale Beach, vanished June 4, ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281245/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:23:29 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215281245/scat/3951354e01311858 As of Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at least 2,103 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280293/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:44:47 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280293/scat/3951354e01311858 The heads of three county labor unions fired up their troops outside County Hall on Tuesday afternoon, castigating Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s administration for carrying a $42 million surplus in the county’s health-insurance account while asking employees to contribute more toward healthcare costs. Police Benevolent Association President John Rivera, Service Employees International Union ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215279998/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:40:32 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215279998/scat/3951354e01311858 MELBOURNE, Fla. -- A French company is expanding its operations in Florida.Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who is on a week-long trade mission in Paris, announced on Tuesday that Vision Systems would create its first U.S. subsidiary in Melbourne.Scott said that the company will eventually hire 40 people over the next three years. The company based in Lyon, France, is a supplier for the aeronautics, ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280423/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:40:31 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280423/scat/3951354e01311858 Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday announced a lawsuit against Nationwide Pools and Keith Stuart, who owns the pool-construction company accused of ripping off its customers and leaving their pools ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280628/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:38:52 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280628/scat/3951354e01311858 Vacant property at the intersection of West University Avenue and 13th Street, the proposed site of University Corners, is shown in this April 30, 2013 file ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280755/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:36:35 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280755/scat/3951354e01311858 He could also be silly as MT Noggin the clown, entertaining at children’s birthday parties and nursing homes.In a life spanning 74 years, he also served as a state legislator, consulted funeral businesses throughout the U.S. and Canada and helped community organizations wherever he lived.Thomas died June 12 after being diagnosed in January with acute myeloid leukemia, said his wife, ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280754/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:36:35 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280754/scat/3951354e01311858 'First Annual 2013 Miami Style Fusion Charity Event' on June 22, 2013. The event that will be hosted by Mi Boudoir will take place at Nina Torres Fine Art Gallery located at 1800 N Bayshore Drive Suite CP1 in Miami; from 7:00 PM to 3:00 ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280756/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:35:57 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280756/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI. - Adding to Miami neighborhoods such as "Little Havana" or "Little Haiti" that already draw tourists to southern Florida's multicultural city, will be its own "Little Santo Domingo" before year end," EFE reports. "Right now I'm working on a concept to create a "Little Santo Domingo" in District 1 of Miami," the commissioner ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280412/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:35:09 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280412/scat/3951354e01311858 George Zimmerman arrives in Seminole circuit court on the sixth day of his murder trial on June 17, 2013 in Sanford, Florida. (Photo by Joe Burbank-Pool/Getty ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280757/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:32:02 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280757/scat/3951354e01311858 Starting Sept. 30, Cousteau will lead Mission 31, where he and his team will live underwater and conduct research experiments, according to his ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280630/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:19:23 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280630/scat/3951354e01311858 TAMPA -- The Tampa Port Authority's governing board on Tuesday approved a new contract with Carnival Corporation that will keep the world's largest cruise ship operator in Tampa. Officials said the new agreement is expected to generate an extra $1 million in cruise revenue a year for the Port of Tampa. Carnival's pervious 10-year contract with the port had expired a year ago but ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280710/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:17:50 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280710/scat/3951354e01311858 CLEARWATER -- Century Oaks, the opulent 14-bedroom estate that birthed one of Clearwater's wealthiest neighborhoods, is up for sale at $17.5 million, making it the priciest home on the market in Tampa Bay. The 30,000-square-foot estate was listed for sale Friday by businessman and world-champion powerboat racer Hugh Fuller, who bought it for $5.5 million in 1996 from British Formula 1 ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280712/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:17:50 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280712/scat/3951354e01311858 Conax Florida, a division of British defense contractor Cobham plc, is closing it St. Petersburg plant by September, idling 141 workers. The shutdown was disclosed in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (or WARN) notice filed with state and local officials Tuesday. The company, which does business under the name Cobham Life Support, blamed the closing on "a continuing downturn ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280714/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:17:49 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280714/scat/3951354e01311858 Miami Beach police have confirmed that a gun was found in the car of man who was shot to death in a police involved shooting early Monday ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280072/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:13:47 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280072/scat/3951354e01311858 A 9-year-old Florida boy who went with his family to see the new Superman movie saved the day himself when he found a loaded handgun in the theater restroom. Wesley Noland said his son, Zane, came out of the restroom at the Ybor City Muvico theater and said, "Dad, there's a gun in the bathroom." Noland, a former Marine, went into the restroom and saw a Glock 26 9-mm sitting on ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280084/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:09:56 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215280084/scat/3951354e01311858 As Miami Beach moves closer to selecting a development team to execute a $1 billion overhaul of the city’s convention center district, advisory boards are weighing in with their own recommendations. On Tuesday, a slim majority of the Miami Beach Convention Center Advisory Board voted 4-3 to endorse the Portman-CMC plan over South Beach ACE’s. Both teams are finalists for the project, ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215279259/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:34:11 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215279259/scat/3951354e01311858 NEW ORLEANS -- Scientists in Michigan and Louisiana are predicting a big summer "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico. In the Chesapeake Bay, a smaller than average dead zone is expected.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released predictions Tuesday for areas with too little oxygen to support life.It says the Gulf zone prediction is 7,286 to 8,561 square miles - anywhere ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215279431/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:34:10 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215279431/scat/3951354e01311858 A North Florida man and his wife will both spend about three decades in federal prison for sexually abusing children, capturing it on video and posting their illegal acts online for millions to see.Brandon Gillreath, 33, was sentenced Monday to 35 years in prison and lifetime probation. His wife, 25-year-old Corine Motley, was sentenced to 29 years and six months in prison followed by 20 years of ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278940/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:17:11 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278940/scat/3951354e01311858 French connections to Florida. Scott, who traveled to France on Friday as part of a weeklong Enterprise Florida trade mission, has made three business-related announcements: •Lyon, France-based Vision Systems, which supplies aircraft and automotive components, intends to spend $1.2 million to open a subsidiary ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215279178/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:17:07 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215279178/scat/3951354e01311858 The high-tech, sophisticated Broward Sheriff's Office crime lab is itself under the microscope after losing evidence in a drug case. Assistant Public Defender Gordon Weekes and Jeff Marcus of the Broward State Attorney's Office spoke about the ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215279435/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:13:26 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215279435/scat/3951354e01311858 AIDS , cancer, anti-psychotic and other pharmaceutical drugs is being held in Broward's Main Jail on $3.5 million bond. Jorge Castillo, 43, is believed to have operated a trafficking ring that brought in more than $26 million from drugs acquired from unlicensed sources that were then sold to retail pharmacies in at least 18 states, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278919/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:11:50 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278919/scat/3951354e01311858 Glass pipes and -- popular amongst donors could be a lot harder to come by in Florida but a law that bans them. Doesn't make it easy for police to clear them off store shelves -- -- takes effect ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215279091/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:09:10 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215279091/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A Miami Lakes man, his wife and his mother accused of trafficking in pharmaceutical drugs have been taken into custody and charged. Jorge and Vicky Castillo of Miami Lakes, along with his 60-year old mother Graciela Quevedo, were arrested Monday and charged with trafficking in contraband prescription drugs, conspiracy to traffic in contraband prescription drugs, money ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215279270/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:07:57 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215279270/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI (CBSMiami) -Miami-Dade County Commissioners, on Tuesday, voted to approve The Pets' Trust, a popular citizen initiative that could save the lives of thousands of unwanted pets. The commission approved the $20 million funding package for the Animal ServicesDepartment which will underwrite high-volume spay/neuter clinics in parts of the county where veterinary care is hard to find or ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215279271/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:07:55 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215279271/scat/3951354e01311858 A pre-dawn blast at a natural gas line lit up the eastern Louisiana sky Tuesday, but no injuries or significant property damage were reported, officials said. The explosion occurred about 5:30 a.m. CDT south of Franklinton, the seat of Washington Parish, The (New Orleans) Time Picayune reported. The 30-inch line was quickly shut down and the fire extinguished, said Vicki Granado, a spokeswoman ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215279306/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:04:03 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215279306/scat/3951354e01311858 Eden Roc Hotel in Miami, hotel owner Eden Roc LLLP said Tuesday.Destination Hotels & Resorts will begin management of the property July 11. The 21-floor, 631-room hotel, formerly known as the Eden Roc Renaissance Hotel, has been renamed as the Eden Roc Miami Beach."This transition marks the beginning of a new era for Eden Roc Miami Beach, one of the most iconic luxury hotels on Miami ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215279272/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:02:24 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215279272/scat/3951354e01311858 View results Five fisherman on a commercial expedition off the Florida panhandle on Wednesday found a package containing 55 pounds of cocaine floating in the water, worth an estimated $2.5 million, before handing it over to police, FoxNews.com reported.Okaloosa County ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278296/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:35:58 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278296/scat/3951354e01311858 OCEAN CITY, Md. -- A Baltimore police commander has been named the chief of the Ocean City department.Lt. Col. Ross Buzzuro will assume his duties in the resort town on July 2, overseeing nearly 100 full-time officers and 100 seasonal officers.Buzzuro began his law-enforcement career in 1985 as a police cadet in Baltimore. He was named lieutenant colonel in 2007. Buzzuro has a bachelor's ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215277398/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:27:46 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215277398/scat/3951354e01311858 Two weeks ago, volunteers with the local turtle patrol corralled another alligator into a pet carrier after watching it scramble up the handicap ramp of a beachside ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278606/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:21:33 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278606/scat/3951354e01311858 LB Jon Beason made it back onto the field before the end of the Panthers' workouts, but in New Orleans LB Victor Butler was likely lost for the season after a practice mishap...That news and more from around the Bucs' division as offseason programs wrap ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278267/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:20:17 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278267/scat/3951354e01311858 DETROIT (AP) -- Chrysler says it has resolved its differences with the government and will recall older Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty SUVs that could be at risk of a fuel tank fire. Earlier this month the company refused the government’s request to recall the Jeeps. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration contended that the gas tanks could rupture if hit from the rear, ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278227/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:10:55 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278227/scat/3951354e01311858 Daytona Beach .The public is being asked to help find Marcus Lewis, 22, who is serving a 30-month sentence for a burglary and grand-theft conviction out of Putnam County.Lewis and another inmate were fired from their jobs at McDonald's after they showed up two hours late on ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278298/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:10:26 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278298/scat/3951354e01311858 The suspect is described as a Latin male with a thin beard wearing a red and blue striped shirt and jeans. He was seen leaving in a gray car, police ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278177/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:06:45 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278177/scat/3951354e01311858 The Miami-Dade County commission has approved a plan that will stop the killing of adoptable dogs and cats from county shelters. But to stop the killings, the county will have to budget about $20 million. Taxes will increase, costing taxpayers about $20 a year per ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278178/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:06:44 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278178/scat/3951354e01311858 A Florida boy is back on his feet after spending two weeks in the hospital recovering from a snakebite, an he is now contemplating what to do with the serpent's skin. Eleven-year-old Benjamin Smith of Newberry received what doctors said may be a record 80 vials of antivenin at University of Florida Health Shands Hospital for a bite on his right leg from a five-foot long eastern diamondback ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278299/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:05:28 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278299/scat/3951354e01311858 An undercover detective intercepted text messages Richard Lee Marcelino II, 34, of Parkland, sent to a girl, 13, trying to lure her into sex, police ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278116/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:04:56 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278116/scat/3951354e01311858 Hillsborough Sheriff's deputies arrested a Riverview man Monday night after he allegedly battered a deputy who tried to serve him with felony warrants and ran free for more than 15 hours, the sheriff's office said. Kieron Jamla Lewis and James Beasley came to the door at 13312 Evening Sunset Lane in Riverview when deputies knocked at 1:30 a.m. Monday. Deputies asked for Beasley, whom ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278269/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:04:52 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278269/scat/3951354e01311858 If changes to the city's strict transportation laws are implemented, the San Francisco-based black car service gets to start sending out cars in ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215277488/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:03:40 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215277488/scat/3951354e01311858 This artist rendering released by U.S. Thrill Rides LLC shows a tower called the Polercoaster at the Tropicana Las Vegas hotel-casino on the south end of the ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278020/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:02:36 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278020/scat/3951354e01311858 Chris Kreis, 19, was fishing with his family off the coast of Captiva, Fla., when they saw a 30-foot, 50,000-pound whale shark swim past the boat. Since whale sharks are gentle creatures, Kreis decided to go for a swim. "I decided, you know what, maybe I should go try and swim with him. I might not be able to do it ever again," ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278300/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:56:42 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278300/scat/3951354e01311858 A man accused of kidnapping a boy, 14, and luring him from California to Florida faces federal charges in addition to state charges, an FBI statement said. Tony Lee McLeod, 36, of Tampa, Fla., faces five charges in San Diego County, Calif., including child abduction, meeting with a minor to commit a sex offense and online enticement of a minor. McLeod was arrested June 11 when he and the boy ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278291/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:56:40 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215278291/scat/3951354e01311858 When Neyleen Calejo works out, she puts on makeup and heels. “I have two kids and I kind of lost my mojo,” Calejo said. “This is my club experience and me time.” Calejo, 24, is a regular at the Vixen Workout, a 60-minute cardio session where women dance to hip-hop in heels and mimic the performances of video vixens like Beyoncé. “It’s very ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215276855/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:19:40 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215276855/scat/3951354e01311858 has opened a new sales and service center in Miami.The facility will be a major hub for the German equipment manufacturer's maritime cranes division and will strengthen business relations to Central America, South America and the Caribbean region, according to Liebherr. The center, situated on a total property area covering about 431,000 square feet, is located in Hialeah Gardens, Fla., near ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215276679/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:17:52 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215276679/scat/3951354e01311858 education al seminars for small business owners. The center, which is home to 11 different business organizations and service providers, will mark the occasion with a private event in the morning followed by ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215276984/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:17:39 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215276984/scat/3951354e01311858 Co-owner Adam Reinhard said the hope is to open in about five weeks.He described it as a California-style quick and healthy eatery with a Southern flavor.The menu will include vegan, vegetarian and meat selections, such as sandwiches in waffle cones, including a chicken pot pie in a cone and better-than-chicken salad, plus regular sandwiches. Other choices will include kale chips, green tomatoes, ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215276985/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:15:36 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215276985/scat/3951354e01311858 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- How many wildlife agents does it take to catch a wild hog? Only one - under a new remote system used by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215276987/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:01:31 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215276987/scat/3951354e01311858 Osceola County Sheriff's Office .Elxio Rafael Colon, 40, "told detectives he downloaded the videos out of curiosity but he knew they were illegal," a report states.The videos were stored on multiple computers and storage files that were seized in February from Colon's home on Dartmouth Court, according to the sheriff's ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215276289/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:01:12 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215276289/scat/3951354e01311858 A Miami Lakes man, his wife and his mother have all been arrested in a $25 million prescription drug trafficking scheme, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215276859/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:57:43 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215276859/scat/3951354e01311858 VERO BEACH, Fla. -; The attorney for an 18-year-old Florida teen who was charged with a felony for having sexual contact with her 14-year-old girlfriend is asking the judge to remove himself from the ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215274708/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:16:06 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215274708/scat/3951354e01311858 PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A Florida married couple is going to prison for producing child pornography.The U.S. Attorney office said that 33-year-old Brandon Gillreath was sentenced Monday to 35 years in prison. His wife, 29-year-old Corine Motley, was sentenced to nearly 30 years.The investigation of the Mary Esther couple was triggered by police in Denmark who discovered a video showing an adult ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215275624/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:11:48 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215275624/scat/3951354e01311858 FedEx Ground Shipping Service will move its Jacksonville, Fla., distribution hub to a new facility it is planning to build at the Cecil Commerce ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215275625/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:10:02 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215275625/scat/3951354e01311858 Florida see Costa Rica as a safe place to do business, as it is a high-consumption market that is conveniently located less than three hours away by ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215274971/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:09:11 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215274971/scat/3951354e01311858 Three out-of-county residents have been arrested on allegations they are members of a large criminal ring and enlisted homeless men in Gainesville to try to fraudulently obtain iPhones from the Walmart Supercenter off Waldo ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215275626/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:07:42 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215275626/scat/3951354e01311858 A Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday shows 43 percent of voters approve of the job Scott is doing and 40 percent have a favorable opinion of ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215275934/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:05:21 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215275934/scat/3951354e01311858 Villanueva was expected to begin serving the sentence Tuesday morning but there was a delay over her mandatory urine drug test. She's due back in court ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215275494/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:50:51 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215275494/scat/3951354e01311858 A North Florida man is recovering after being beaten, robbed, forced to strip naked and abandoned during his first date with "Tree," a woman he had recently met at a convenience store, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215275493/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:50:51 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215275493/scat/3951354e01311858 ST. PETERSBURG -- City activist Lorraine Margeson wants to run against Jim Kennedy for his District 2 council seat. However, city officials appear to be trying to stop her. Margeson said city official warned her Monday that she could face a criminal perjury charge if she signs a campaign affidavit required to run against ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215275591/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:49:04 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215275591/scat/3951354e01311858 TAMPA -- City Hall is seeking a private vendor to provide free Wi-Fi access in Tampa's downtown parks. As outlined in a new request for proposals, the provider would make free, outdoor wireless Internet access available along the Riverwalk, as well as in Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Water Works Park, Cotanchobee Park and Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park. And what's in it for the ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215275595/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:49:03 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215275595/scat/3951354e01311858 VERO BEACH (CBSMiami/AP) -- The attorney for Kaitlyn Hunt, the 18-year-old charged with a felony for herrelationship with a 14-year-old basketball teammate, is asking for the judge to remove himself from the case. Kaitlyn Hunt was a high school cheerleader and star basketball player in Indian River County before her relationship with another girl came to light. Hunt was charged with two felony ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215274714/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:44:24 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215274714/scat/3951354e01311858 Republican Mike Hill has defeated Democrat Jeremy Lau for the vacant state House District 2 seat. The Miami Herald reported that Hill carried about 58 percent of the vote in the Northwest Florida district, which includes Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. The 55-year old Hill is a State Farm insurance agent in Pensacola and a tea party favorite. He will fill the seat left by the death of Rep. ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215274688/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:39:26 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215274688/scat/3951354e01311858 If you go The 62nd Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition is on display through July 14 at the Boca Museum of Art, 501 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. The museum is open Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, noon-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors, $5 for students, free for children under 12. The museum is open 10 a.m.-8 p.m. July 3 with free ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215274090/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:04:44 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215274090/scat/3951354e01311858 where to celebrate and watch fireworks from Palm Beach to Key West this 4th of July . Have fun, party safe and Happy 4th of July! Check out our ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215274092/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:00:04 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215274092/scat/3951354e01311858 put them on the Florida map for best new production company to watch. This theatre company has embraced local talent, made tickets affordable, created some of the best production values that includes sets, sound, costumes, choreography, best choice of musicals and wonderful direction. Florida is the "fun in the sun arts destination". Slow Burn Theatre ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215274091/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:00:04 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215274091/scat/3951354e01311858 Crews work to fix a water main break at Sheoah Boulevard and Macduff Lane in Winter Springs -- Sunday, June 16, 2013. (PHOTO/Bakari Savage, ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215273276/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:58:16 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215273276/scat/3951354e01311858 ORLANDO -- The Orlando Magic has partnered with Fresh for Florida Kids to create an online summer cooking series as part of the team's focus on health and wellness. The Summer Cooking Series features nutritional recipes for kids using local fresh fruits and vegetables. Five instructional videos were produced at the Amway Center and feature Magic Team Nutritionist Tara Gidus, Amway ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215274093/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:58:14 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215274093/scat/3951354e01311858 Legal analyst Vanessa Braeley with NeJame Law explains the strategy behind the lengthy questioning of a potential juror in the George Zimmerman trial who will most likely not make it to the next round of ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215274094/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:58:14 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215274094/scat/3951354e01311858 DAYTONA BEACH -- A multimillion dollar renovation project at Daytona International Speedway has been approved and we're getting a first look at what it will all look like. The project will include a redevelopment of the front stretch of Daytona International Speedway. Designers say the vision for the redevelopment places an emphasis on enhancing the complete fan experience, beginning with ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215273358/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:58:11 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215273358/scat/3951354e01311858 The famed Autobot duo rolled through Universal Studios Florida Monday looking for recruits to join them in the battle to save Planet Earth from the Decepticons. (PHOTO/Universal ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215274096/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:58:08 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215274096/scat/3951354e01311858 Tony McLeod of Tampa already faced a slew of Florida and California state charges, including child abduction and meeting with a minor to commit a sex offense. He now also faces the federal charge of enticement of a ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215274097/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:58:06 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215274097/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI - Financial pressures contributed to a helicopter pilot's decision to continue flying through deteriorating weather before crashing in north Florida, killing a Mayo Clinic heart surgeon and technician on their way to retrieve a heart for transplant, according to the National Transportation Safety ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215274098/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:56:28 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215274098/scat/3951354e01311858 Firefighters quickly set backfires to prevent the fire from spreading and responded to nearby Robert Morgan Educational Center to protect the school in case the fire changed direction, officials ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215273970/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:43:58 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215273970/scat/3951354e01311858 SANTA ANA, Calif. -; A California grand jury has indicted a Florida man on charges he strangled his ex-wife and tossed her off a cruise ship in ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215271739/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:02:26 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215271739/scat/3951354e01311858 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A bus carrying a minor league team affiliated with the Minnesota Twins was involved in a wrong-way interstate crash in Florida that killed the driver of the other car.Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Dylan Bryan says no one on the Fort Myers Twins bus was injured in the crash that occurred about 4:25 a.m. Tuesday near Jacksonville. A second bus picked up the team and went on to ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215272541/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:58:12 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215272541/scat/3951354e01311858 The woman's mother was also present during the alleged beating.David Kornmann, 21, became angry with the victim while in their home on 4000 block of Archer Road on Monday afternoon just before 3 p.m., according to police. Kornmann is accused of striking the woman twice in the legs and punching her at least once in the stomach as she was holding the baby.Kornmann is also a caregiver of the ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215272542/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:54:15 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215272542/scat/3951354e01311858 Manama, June 18th (BNA) -Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) participates in the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which is held under the title "Global Economic Prospects: The time for a decisive action" during the period from June 20 to 22, 2013 under the patronage of the Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the participation of more than 5,400 economic ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215271851/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:50:48 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215271851/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI (AP) -- Federal officials investigating a helicopter crash that a killed Mayo Clinic heart surgeon and technician say financial pressures contributed to the pilot’s decision to continue flying through deteriorating ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215272424/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:49:04 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215272424/scat/3951354e01311858 Scandal Gazprom's plans to construct a new $226 million headquarters in St Petersburg have been scuppered by a local court. The Kommersant daily says a judge has upheld local objections the site had cultural significance and could not be built on. The 400 metre high Okhta Center was to be the crown jewel of Gazprom close to the city center. Activists objected after the city planning ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215272495/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:47:18 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215272495/scat/3951354e01311858 A Tampa Bay man was killed Monday when a tree he was trying to pull down fell on him.Dan Paul Butts, 63, of Palm Harbor was impaled by a branch in his back yard sometime before 3:15 p.m.The death appears to be an accident, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215272494/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:40:49 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215272494/scat/3951354e01311858 More than three years after Lynda Meier of Hallandale Beach disappeared, law enforcement agents were once again searching for her at an empty lot in Opa-locka Monday. Sharon Solano spoke about her friend. Hallandale Beach Police Chief Dwayne Flournoy discussed the ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215272415/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:37:56 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215272415/scat/3951354e01311858 Members of the Minnesota Twins' Elizabethton, Tenn., minor league team transfer their equipment after the bus they were in was struck head-on by a car in Florida. The car's driver died. (FCN-TV: Jacob ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215272426/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:33:25 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215272426/scat/3951354e01311858 NEW YORK, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 10:05am EDT NEW YORK, June 18 (Reuters) - Energy Transfer Partners LP said an explosion occurred on its Florida Gas Transmission pipeline in Washington County in Louisiana on Tuesday, shutting a section of the line. No injuries were reported, a company spokeswoman said. Natural gas was rerouted to customers along other sections of the Florida Gas ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215271714/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:05:36 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215271714/scat/3951354e01311858 A man who a witness said was repeatedly falling off his bicycle into traffic on Archer Road Monday night was drunk and in possession of marijuana, says a Gainesville Police ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215271110/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:48:03 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215271110/scat/3951354e01311858 Lynn Good, 54, has been CFO since 2009. She will also take a seat on the company board.Rogers will retain his board chairman seat until he steps down at the end of the year.The board plans to name one of its independent directors as chair-elect in the coming weeks. That person will become chairman when Rogers departs.Rogers, 65, has been president and CEO at Duke Energy Corp. since 2006. In ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215271111/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:48:02 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215271111/scat/3951354e01311858 A teenager from Florida has become the hot topic on the internet after he hitched a ride on the back of a 30ft shark.Chris Kreis, aged 19, grabbed the fin of a whale shark and was pulled through the water for 20 seconds before he let it go, The Mirror reported.Kreis was fishing in the Gulf of Mexico when the whale shark swam up alongside his boat. He then dived in and held on to the beast as his ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215271113/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:35:17 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215271113/scat/3951354e01311858 Orange County just beyond Osceola Parkway.Four people managed to escape the fire unharmed. The fire initially shutdown all northbound lanes of the highway.A crash ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215271114/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:34:47 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215271114/scat/3951354e01311858 Tropical Depression 2, with 30 mph winds, is moving out of Belize Tuesday morning. The system is a rainmaker and is not likely to have much of a window to attempt a run at becoming a tropical ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215271032/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:31:45 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215271032/scat/3951354e01311858 ST. PETERSBURG - A 65-year-old woman was killed Monday night when she was hit by a Hummer on State Road 693 N, authorities said. Linda Mae Lambert, of St. Petersburg, was crossing the road around 51st Avenue N when she was struck at about 9 p.m., the Florida Highway Patrol said. Jeremy Allen Burch, 35, of St. Petersburg, was driving the 2005 Hummer and allegedly tried to steer away from Lambert ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215271088/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:30:15 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215271088/scat/3951354e01311858 TAMPA -- A federal charge has been filed against Tony Lee McLeod, the man accused of sending sexually explicit photos to a California teen and then kidnapping him last week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced Monday. McLeod, 36, faces a charge of enticement of a minor after he befriended the 14-year-old boy "for the purpose of engaging in unlawful sexual activity," officials ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215271090/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:30:14 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215271090/scat/3951354e01311858 Do you like the "Bachelor" and "Bachelorette" series? Do you think looking for love on reality TV is the way to go? Would you like to star ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215271115/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:30:07 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215271115/scat/3951354e01311858 The question of what to do with leftover cash from the Miami Dolphins’ short-lived referendum on stadium improvements will once again be before Miami-Dade commissioners Tuesday.But this time there’s a new wrinkle: Instead of two competing board proposals on how to spend the money, now there are three.The latest plan, sponsored by Chairwoman Rebeca Sosa, Vice Chairwoman Lynda Bell and ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215269576/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:47:55 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215269576/scat/3951354e01311858 Davie Police are asking for the public's help in finding a group of graffitti artists who were caught on video spray-painting gay slurs on the walls of a Davie Chick-Fil-A ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215269702/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:27:30 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215269702/scat/3951354e01311858 Gov. Rick Scott's poll numbers are showing signs of improvement, but he would still lose to former Gov. Charlie Crist by 10 points if the 2014 election were held today, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll. Still one of America's least popular governors, Scott trails Crist 47 percent to 37 percent in a face-off between the Republican governor and his possible now-Democratic ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215269769/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:26:00 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215269769/scat/3951354e01311858 PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. -- Deputies say one person is dead following a shooting on Pensacola Beach.Escambia County Sheriff's deputies are investigating after responding to a 911 call early Tuesday.The Pensacola News Journal ( http://on.pnj.com/1bQSASJ) reports deputies found the body of a man in his 20s. They say he had been shot. Sheriff's spokesman Sena Maddison says the man was ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215268519/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:44:06 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215268519/scat/3951354e01311858 GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- An 11-year-old boy is out of the hospital two weeks after a 5-foot-long eastern diamondback rattlesnake bit his leg.Ben Smith left the University of Florida Health Shands Hospital on Saturday and is recovering at home.He was running through the woods while attending a friend's birthday party in Newberry when the snake bit him on May 30. The Gainesville Sun ( ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215268089/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:44:05 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215268089/scat/3951354e01311858 LONGWOOD -- A massive tree fell on a Longwood duplex Monday night after a major storm with heavy wind and rain swept through the area. The large oak tree fell onto the home ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215268597/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:37:43 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215268597/scat/3951354e01311858 The staff at PolitiFact took a look at a statement by Florida Senate President Don Gaetz this week. He said: "More than half of last year's U.S. college graduates are unemployed or underemployed." The PolitiFact team rated this claim "half true." PolitiFact's Angie Holan said there is a big problem with the statement: While it's based on reputable research, ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215268079/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:37:43 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215268079/scat/3951354e01311858 WEST MELBOURNE -- West Melbourne Police are looking for a man accused of firing shots at pet store employees during a failed robbery attempt. Detectives say the suspect went inside the PetCo on Palm Bay Road on Saturday asking about potential employment and then pulled a handgun demanding to be taken to the money. Police said as he walked backwards, the man tripped and fell. The manager ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215268598/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:37:42 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215268598/scat/3951354e01311858 MASON, Ohio (AP) -- A new report says Ohio's Cedar Point and Kings Island were the most-visited theme parks in the nation last year outside of the usual hot spots in Florida and ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215268471/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:27:12 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215268471/scat/3951354e01311858 The Broward State s Attorney on Monday released shocking video of an Alternative Education Foundation employee accused of child abuse charges. David Baier, 50, was arrested last August on three counts of cruelty to a ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215268522/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:23:38 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215268522/scat/3951354e01311858 TALLAHASSEE | Although the details are still sketchy, Amazon's decision to build facilities in Florida and begin paying the state sales tax on its Internet transactions is a significant development in the ongoing battle between Florida retailers and their online ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215266979/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:47:00 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215266979/scat/3951354e01311858 PALM HARBOR, Fla. -- A man is dead after the branch from a falling tree impaled him while he was doing yard work.Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies say 63-year-old Dan Paul Butts and his girlfriend Beverly Drew were clearing trees in their back yard Monday afternoon.The Tampa Tribune ( http://bit.ly/16DcEYn) reports Butts cut a tree with his chainsaw and tied a rope around it. Drew got into ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215267467/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:41:10 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215267467/scat/3951354e01311858 BUNNELL, Fla. -- A north Florida man says he needs surgery on his right eye after he was beaten and robbed during his first date with a woman he met at a convenience store.A Flagler County Sheriff's report says 34-year-old Shaun Williams met the woman he knew as "Tree" two weeks ago. The couple met at the store on Friday and she followed Williams to his nearby home.Williams told ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215267523/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:41:09 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215267523/scat/3951354e01311858 The big challenge for the University of Florida in its pursuit of top 10 status as a public research university will be funding, President Bernie Machen ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215267524/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:37:28 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215267524/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI, FL (AP) - Forecasters said a tropical depression is expected to bring at least three to five inches of rain to parts of Guatemala, Belize, Honduras and southern Mexico. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the Atlantic season's second tropical depression formed Monday off Belize and was moving early Tuesday over parts of Belize and northern Guatemala. At 4 a.m. Tuesday, it ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215267394/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:19:11 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215267394/scat/3951354e01311858 Coming home from Texas with their season on the line in 2011 was one thing. They were at the end of their first year together -- LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh still trying to figure it all out and clearly a long way from it.But this season they were the NBA's best team, one that lost three games in three months and made losing three times in one series look unlikely, if not ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215266409/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:42:51 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215266409/scat/3951354e01311858 MOSCOW, June 18 (Itar-Tass) - Issues of support of small- and medium-size business will be for the first time separately discussed at one of the grounds within the framework of the 17th Economic Forum which will be held in St. Petersburg on June 20-22, president of the organization of support of small- and medium-size business "Support of Russia" Alexander Brechalov told ITAR-TASS. ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215266523/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:35:21 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215266523/scat/3951354e01311858 George Zimmerman trial , a voice expert testifying for the defense says samples of screams from a 911 call made the night Trayvon Martin was shot and killed are not sufficient enough to analyze for a possible match. Lawyers on both sides spent most of Monday interviewing eight new potential jurors. Four of them were retained, increasing the pool to 32 for the next round of traditional voir dire ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215266539/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:30:28 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215266539/scat/3951354e01311858 ORLANDO -- High pressure remains in place across Central Florida through the week. Inland-moving sea breezes and interactions will produce showers and storms each afternoon. Temperatures will stay near to just above normal. Today, both sea breeze boundaries will push inland, producing showers and storms. Strongest storms will be inland, where boundary collisions occur. Expect heavy rain, gusty ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215266540/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:30:26 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215266540/scat/3951354e01311858 NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- How many wildlife agents does it take to catch a wild hog? One, under a new remote system in use by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.Richard Kirk of TWRA said the new method alerts an on-call agent, who can watch feral hogs in real time and spring the trap by pushing a virtual button on a computer or smartphone from miles away.Agents set up a corral that is 35 feet in ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215265499/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:34:05 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215265499/scat/3951354e01311858 State health officials credit improved prenatal and infant health care for the good news. The infant mortality rate dropped from 6.4 out of every 1,000 live births in 2011 to 6 in 2012. Florida's Department of Health announced the news on Monday.The department said four factors that are key in keeping the infant mortality rate low include women who are healthy before they get pregnant, early ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215264690/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:35:07 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215264690/scat/3951354e01311858 Just as he pulled his baby into his arms, paramedics arrived on the scene. At 5 pounds, 15 ounces Jacob was born premature, but healthy. The entire process took 17 ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215264580/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:08:12 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215264580/scat/3951354e01311858 Giancarlo Stanton drove in all three Miami runs with a pair of homers Monday, powering the Marlins to a 3-2 decision over Arizona. Stanton's two-run shot in the sixth inning erased a 2-0 deficit and his solo blast in the ninth off Diamondbacks ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215264693/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:58:36 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215264693/scat/3951354e01311858 Moss posts her "before" and "after" pictures on her personal Instagram account. Users she's never met before comment on her ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215263682/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:05:44 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215263682/scat/3951354e01311858 Noah Waddell is a little boy with huge talent -- and a big heart to match. The 12-year-old piano prodigy has been dedicating his time and skill to soothing patients at a Florida hospital, according to ABC. He began ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215263342/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:05:03 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215263342/scat/3951354e01311858 A UF football player was arrested Sunday after police say he punched a bouncer over cover charge. Antonio Morrison, 19, walked up to a bouncer at Kava Lounge, located at 1007 W. University Avenue, to ask about the entrance fee, according to an email from Gainesville Police Department spokesman Officer Ben Tobias. Morrison started arguing with the bouncer and yelling because he didn't want to ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215262969/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:09:57 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215262969/scat/3951354e01311858 Orlando's National Entrepreneur Center is celebrating its 10th anniversary Tuesday with an afternoon of free educational seminars for small business owners.The center, which is home to 11 different business organizations and service providers, will mark the occasion with a private event in the morning followed by three educational sessions in the afternoon, including:"Disruptive ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215262970/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:06:24 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215262970/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI - The Miami Heat weren’t supposed to be in this situation. Not now, anyway.Coming home from Texas with their season on the line in 2011 was one thing. They were at the end of their first year together, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh still trying to figure it all out and clearly a long way from it.But this season they were the NBA’s best team, one that lost three games ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215262751/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:00:04 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215262751/scat/3951354e01311858 Bystanders called 911 at 7:43 p.m., and rescuers arrived two minutes later. They found the victim not breathing and intubated him, and then got a pulse, Garcia ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215261982/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:59:25 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215261982/scat/3951354e01311858 MDMA , 597 grams of it. Better known as ecstasy, the illegal drug is often associated with enthusiasts of electronic music and all-night dance ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215261943/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:58:06 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215261943/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI (CBS4) - Panhandling and trespassing are the targets of possible new ordinances by the South Miami City Commission, Tuesday. The first of two new ordinances would make it illegal to panhandle, "by trick or fraud," or to help someone violate the ordinance and prohibit panhandling while trespassing. To go along with the first ordinance, CBS4 News partner ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215261881/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:54:02 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215261881/scat/3951354e01311858 An aspiring New York City actress has finally faced down the suspect she helped police capture in connection with her father's 1986 ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215260921/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:17:07 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215260921/scat/3951354e01311858 ORLANDO -- Some 1,000 jobs are up for grabs at a job fair Tuesday in Orlando. The event, sponsored by The Continental Group and Workforce Central Florida, is happening from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Doubletree by Hilton Orlando at Seaworld. That's on International Drive. Among the 30 companies expected are the Peabody Hotel, Hilton Grand Vacations, Macys, Allstate and Universal Orlando. ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215261283/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:10:22 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215261283/scat/3951354e01311858 This spot along the Indian River is part of a two-mile stretch that will eventually be home to a new downtown area for Palm ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215260737/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:10:22 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215260737/scat/3951354e01311858 Orlando Police had to arrest an elderly St. Augustine man because he had a loaded gun in his carry-on luggage through a security checkpoint at Orlando International ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215261284/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:10:21 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215261284/scat/3951354e01311858 recently shook his hips to demonstrate his excitement for this Friday's concert. 98 Degrees' Jeff Timmons is also pretty stoked, giving us the rundown on what we will -- and hopefully will not -- see on stage at the Amway Center. Timmons was in town recently for Full Sail University's Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. ALLISON WALKER: So what's your connection with Full Sail, ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215260713/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:10:19 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215260713/scat/3951354e01311858 TAMPA, Fla. - Every week, Polly Bates goes to the park to watch her daughter practice lacrosse. But lately, it hasn't been easy. "It's just terrible. It's hard to play out here," she said. Bates says the mosquitoes have gotten so bad, bug spray has become a practice ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215261285/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:08:46 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215261285/scat/3951354e01311858