AIDS Walk Orlando raises hope and help for awareness prevention

AIDS Walk Orlando, the second-largest annual fundraiser for the Hope and Help Center of Central Florida, Inc. Last year, the event raised more than $207,000 for the group. Early Saturday, the event had raised $116,150, but that amount was expected to grow. U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando, delivered the event's opening remarks before leading the roughly two-mile walk through ...

Mother Facing Aggravated Manslaughter Charge Held Without Bond

A mother charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child in the death of her 11-month-old son was ordered held without bond Saturday. Miami-Dade Judge Andrew Hague ordered Catalina Marista Bruno, 30, held on no bond in connection with a previous case involving her son. He set her bond at $250,000 for the new case, and set numerous conditions if she posts ...

MLB Arizona 1 Miami 0

Brandon McCarthy fired his second career shutout Saturday, baffling the Marlins on three hits in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 1-0 decision over Miami. McCarthy (1-3) earned his first win of the season in his ninth start after firing eight shutout frames in his previous outing -- a no-decision against the Phillies. The right-hander allowed two walks and struck out five in the 100-pitch ...

Miami student takes Heats Wade to senior prom

The Heat have cruised so easily through the 2013 playoffs that you can’t blame Dwyane Wade for lining up some events on his social calendar. Wade spent Friday night attending Archbishop Coleman Carroll High School’s senior prom with Nicole Muxo, a fan ...

Tampa historian Leland Hawes dies at 83

TAMPA -- The love affair between Leland Hawes and newspapers began in the 1930s, with an old L.C. Smith typewriter in his father's office in their Thonotosassa home. Mr. Hawes, then a boy of 8 or 9, was fascinated by the typewriter, he told an interviewer later. His father, who worked in the citrus business, had an idea -- the boy could put out a newspaper in their rural community. That ...