Coast Guard rescues 13 from sinking boat in Fla.

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued 13 people after their boat sank in the waters off Clearwater.Luckily the family's boat sank close to the Coast Guard station at Sand Key on Saturday morning. Everyone onboard was also wearing a life jacket.Rescuers escorted the boaters safely to shore. The Tampa Bay Times (http://www.ittybittyurl.com/1jPF) reports the 20-foot boat was ...

Weather updates Storms build over Central Florida

rain already drenched parts of Volusia and Marion counties and more is on the way for parts of Central Florida. Scattered showers and storms are expected as the east coast sea breeze and other outflows push inland. Those storms should push south and southeast at 10 to 15 mph bringing heavy rainfall. The heaviest amounts of rain are forecast near the coast, with additional showers in Volusia, ...

Fla. girl who lost feet in lawnmower meets dolphin

TAMPA, Fla. -- A toddler whose feet were amputated after her father accidentally backed over her with a riding lawnmower had a special meeting with her hero.Ireland Nugent has often been seen clutching a stuffed animal of Winter, the dolphin with a prosthetic tail, in her wheelchair since the April 11 accident. She even carried the toy with her when she left the hospital nearly a month after ...

Fla. gov. steps up pace on signing death warrants

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Gov. Rick Scott is signing death warrants at a pace rarely seen in Florida since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.Scott already has signed five death warrants this year, including three in a recent span of less than four weeks."I go through them and when people have exhausted their appeals and when they're finished with their clemency process, then I ...

Deltona man ejected in Flagler County crash

BUNNELL -- A 50-year-old Deltona man is dead after he was ejected from a car in County . Florida Highway Patrol troopers said Christina Laming, 41, was traveling northbound on U.S. 1 north of Otis Stone Hunter Road when she drifted onto the grassy median. Laming then over-corrected, crossed over both northbound lanes and overturned partially on the east shoulder. Joseph Drenner was ejected ...