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Fri, 18 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT

Bow hunter pleads guilty to killing Florida Panther
A 45-year-old Naples man faces as much as a year in prison and a fine of up to $100,000 for killing a Florida Panther with a bow and arrow in Collier County in 2009.



Fri, 18 May 2012 11:10:00 GMT

Monkey on the run in Gainesville area
GAINESVILLE — Florida wildlife officials are looking for a monkey that's been running loose in the Gainesville area for at least a month.



Fri, 18 May 2012 02:28:12 GMT

Piglets found safe, suspected thief tasered
Frantz Aboubaker accused of truck and pig thefts

Two pot-bellied piglets are back in the loving embrace of a Clewiston man after they were stolen in Hollywood on Wednesday.



Thu, 17 May 2012 21:47:20 GMT

Two FAMU band members admit hazing female clarinet player
Victim was punched on legs with fists, smacked with metal ruler

TALLAHASSEE — Two Florida A&M University band members, including one charged in the felony hazing death of drum major Robert Champion in Orlando, admitted Thursday to hazing a first-year female clarinet player who was treated at a hospital after being beaten last year.



Thu, 17 May 2012 14:04:00 GMT

Pit bull bites 3-year-old girl on face
PORT RICHEY — Deputies say a 3-year-old girl was bitten on the face by her family's pit bull.



Tue, 15 May 2012 22:22:00 GMT

Solantic Walk-in Urgent Care is becoming CareSpot Express Healthcare
Jacksonville-based Solantic LLC, the largest operator of urgent-care centers in Florida, is changing its name to CareSpot Express Healthcare.



Tue, 15 May 2012 21:46:22 GMT

Guns stolen in car burglaries linked to Cady Way killings
A pistol stolen from a car parked in a neighbor's driveway may have fired the bullets that killed two Winter Park High School students last month.



Tue, 15 May 2012 21:18:21 GMT

Schools won't be held accountable for this year's low FCAT writing scores
Florida will hold public schools harmless from this year's dramatic drop in FCAT writing scores, refiguring its calculations so the state's A-to-F grades aren't damaged by the low marks, the State Board of Education decided Tuesday.



Tue, 15 May 2012 02:24:00 GMT

FCAT writing scores are a 'disaster'; educators are stunned
Scores on Florida's writing test dropped dramatically this year, with student essays earning such poor marks that one superintendent called them a "disaster" and many educators demanded that the state study what happened.



Mon, 14 May 2012 13:19:00 GMT

12-year-old boy saves 4 younger siblings from house fire
Parents not home when kids lit candles after power went out

MILTON, Florida — Officials are crediting a 12-year-old boy for saving his four younger siblings from their burning home near Pensacola.



Sat, 12 May 2012 21:32:00 GMT

A month after gruesome deaths, suspects in Cady Way slayings behind bars
Two men with lengthy criminal histories are charged in the deaths of Winter Park High School students Nicholas Presha and Jeremy Stewart.

Almost a month after two high school students were killed and burned off Cady Way Trail, the charred earth where their bodies were found has faded. But details of their gruesome deaths are just beginning to come into focus.



Sat, 12 May 2012 04:06:00 GMT

Two 'evil and dangerous criminals' charged in Cady Way slayings
Two people were arrested in connection to the deaths of Winter Park High School students Nicholas Presha and Jeremy Stewart.

Two men with lengthy criminal histories are facing first-degree-murder charges in the slayings of two Winter Park High School students who were shot and set on fire along Cady Way Trail last month, Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings announced Friday night.



Fri, 11 May 2012 23:34:00 GMT

Amid FAMU breakdown, other schools say they constantly check band rosters
Administrators at several public universities in Florida say they constantly verify that members of their marching bands are eligible to participate — a process that suffered a breakdown at Florida A&M University last fall.



Fri, 11 May 2012 21:51:00 GMT

Polo mogul John Goodman gets 16 years in prison in death
4:20 p.m. Friday



Fri, 11 May 2012 15:54:00 GMT

Injured Florida panther kitten uses special walker to get around
A 12-week-old endangered Florida panther kitten that was rescued after being struck by a vehicle likely will not be able to be released back into the wild, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reported.



Fri, 11 May 2012 14:29:00 GMT

Alligators in southwest Florida on the move
PUNTA GORDA, Florida — A dry winter and spring in southwest Florida means that alligators are on the move, seeking fresh water and new food sources.


Thu, 10 May 2012 19:01:18 GMT

Decorated ex-Marine captain pleads guilty to DUI manslaughter
Case spurred military to acknowledge 'disturbing vulnerability' in soldiers' PTSD treatment

A former Marine captain who earned three Purple Hearts and the Bronze Star for heroism in Afghanistan and Iraq pleaded guilty on Thursday to killing a man while driving drunk in Tampa.



Thu, 10 May 2012 18:50:23 GMT

Sheriff's deputy shot, suspect killed near Fort Myers
FORT MYERS — A traffic stop on Interstate 75 turned deadly Wednesday during an altercation between a deputy with the Lee County Sheriff's Office and the driver of a Dodge Caravan, authorities said.



Thu, 10 May 2012 18:24:01 GMT

Report: Judge lowers bond for woman accused of sex with teen
A judge today lowered a bond for a 32-year-old woman accused of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old high-school student for more than a year, WFTV.com is reporting this afternoon.



Thu, 10 May 2012 16:51:00 GMT

Bradenton woman pleads guilty to sex trafficking
BRADENTON, Florida — A Bradenton woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to sex trafficking of minors, recruiting four underage girls to work as prostitutes and promoting the business by taking sexually explicit photos of the girls and posting them on the Internet.



Thu, 10 May 2012 12:33:00 GMT

Teacher accused of using 'cone of shame' dog collar on students
Administrators learned of incidents after seeing pictures on Facebook

ZEPHYRHILLS, Florida — A high school science teacher faces dismissal amid allegations that she used a "cone of shame" dog collar to discipline students.



Thu, 10 May 2012 09:12:00 GMT

Woman surrenders in death of pregnant South Florida tourist | Video
Driver's blood alcohol level three times the legal limit

A Plantation woman, accused in the death of a pregnant tourist, surrendered Wednesday to face DUI manslaughter charges.


Wed, 09 May 2012 23:25:46 GMT

2 charged in Robert Champion's hazing death not FAMU students
At least two of the people charged with felony hazing in connection with the beating death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion last fall should not have been traveling with the band because they were not enrolled in FAMU or one of the nearby schools that would allow participation in the band, according to school records obtained by the Orlando Sentinel.



Tue, 08 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT

Report: Cops stun Tampa woman pregnant with sixteenth child
A pregnant Tampa woman with 15 children says cops endangered the life of her unborn child when they recently used a stun gun on her during a scuffle, according to the Tampa Tribune.



Tue, 08 May 2012 00:22:23 GMT

Goodman conviction in doubt; Wellington polo mogul awaits judge's decision on new trial
The judge presiding over John Goodman's DUI-manslaughter trial denied him a new trial Monday, but left undecided a larger issue concerning a juror's drinking experiment before the guilty verdict — an allegation of misconduct that could still derail the conviction.