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  • Kerr suffers wardrobe malfunction

    Supermodel Miranda Kerr suffered a wardrobe malfunction at the Miami Beach while she was shooting an ad campaign. The 30-year-old was shooting a campaign for her KORA Organics make-up line when her top fell down accidentally, exposing her breasts, reports dailystar.co.uk. She laughed off the blunder after covering up her ...

  • Gov. Scott Vetoes Almost $400 Million From Floridas New Budget

    TALLAHASSEE | Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who had a tough time winning cooperation this past year from the Republican-led Legislature, struck back on Monday by vetoing nearly $400 million from the state's new ...

  • Hamels gets 10 Ks but falls to 1-7 with Miami loss

    Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Cole Hamels throws in the first inning during a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Miami, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Lynne ...

  • Controversial MMA Fighter Fallon Fox In South Florida

    MIAMI (CBSMiami) -Fallon Fox, a controversial mixed martial arts fighter, is in South Florida. Recently, Fox has made headlines as some critics argue she shouldn’t be able to fight other women. Professional mixed martial arts cage fighter Fallon Fox's biography is different from other female fighters in the MMA. Fox was actually born a man. "I am a post-operative transsexual ...

  • VSI Tampa Bay FC Set to Battle The Rowdies

    PLANT CITY | VSI Tampa Bay FC will take on the Tampa Bay Rowdies tonight at at Plant City Stadium after Tampa Bay FC edged Orlando City U23s this past Tuesday night in the first round of the US Open ...

Movie Review

Head-On (Gegen die Wand)

Head-On (Gegen die Wand)

Fatih Akins blistering Head-On (Gegen die Wand) isnt your typical love story. It has plenty of passion and even a warped sense of the romantic divine, but Akins main goal seems to be turning the pretensions of movie-style love on their head. The film has the same basic concept as Pet ... ...

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  • Longwood banks ask customers to take off hats hoods sunglasses

    LONGWOOD -- A new dress code at some local banks hopes to curb the rising number of bank robberies. A sign posted at Fairwinds Credit Union in Longwood asks customers to removed sunglasses, hats and hoods. It's a move customers are adjusting to. "What's it to remove your sunglasses? You can't see. You don't need them inside anyway. So, I can see maybe the ...

  • 51 killed in Oklahoma tornado including at least 7 children

    OKLAHOMA CITY -- [UPDATE 9 p.m.] Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin says "hearts are broken'' for parents who are wondering about the fate of their children after the tornado that devastated suburban Oklahoma City. Fallin says a communications center has been set up Monday at a church in Moore, where an afternoon tornado flattened entire neighborhoods and destroyed an elementary school ...

  • Detectives committed to solving open Central Florida missing persons cases

    ORLANDO -- Since the beginning of 2013, there have been 109 missing persons cases reported in Orlando. Of those cases, 103 have been solved. Monday, detectives with the Orlando Police Department hoped new attention brought to those unsolved cases will help those who are missing be found. Back in November ...

  • 1 killed after tree falls on car in Ocala

    OCALA -- A man is dead after a tree fell on a car he was sitting in during severe weather in Marion County Monday afternoon. According to the Ocala Police Department, the man, later identified at 28-year-old Christopher Harris, was in his car near the driveway of a home on NE 10th Court in Ocala. Police said around 4:20 p.m., a tree from a neighbor's yard fell on his car and another ...

  • Man accused of breaking into home attacking teen

    PIERSON -- Deputies in Volusia County arrested an 18-year-old accused of breaking into a teenage girl's home to have sex with her. It happened early Monday morning in Pierson. Deputies said Eduardo Rodriguez broke into the girl's room just after 1 a.m. and touched her. The girl woke up and screamed for her mother, and according to the sheriff's office, they both fought ...

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