An American Airlines flight to Miami was grounded Friday evening after an engine part stalled, causing sparks, authorities said.
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Anna Nicole Smith's lawyer-turned-companion recalled her in worshipful terms Friday at a memorial in the Bahamas, the island nation where a bitter custody dispute broke out after the reality TV star's death in Florida a year ago.
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Tallahassee Police say a small plane crashed in an intersection of a heavily populated residential area Friday and the pilot was injured.
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A man was given a life sentence Friday in the shooting death of a 13-year-old honors student who was struck by a stray bullet while she read in her bedroom.
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Standing in a museum dedicated to the son of a slave, Gov. Charlie Crist on Friday appointed St. Petersburg Rep. Frank Peterman to be the next secretary of the Department of Juvenile Justice.
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The longer a Latino is in the United States, the more likely he or she will identify with the Democratic Party -- possibly even in Florida, where the Republican leanings of Cuban Americans have made it an exception to the national trend, a new study states.
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A rare meteorite was stolen this week during a star-gazing party held at a Girl Scout camp in the Keys. ''It's just beautiful,'' said the meteorite's owner, Bob Summerfield of Melrose, Pa. ``I describe it as celestial stained glass. I'm devastated. It's like losing a child to me.''
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A former American soldier's widow, who was facing deportation to Venezuela after her husband was killed while working as a contractor in Iraq, has finally been awarded permanent residency in the United States.
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Gov. Charlie Crist will announce the appointment of a Democratic state representative to take over the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice on Friday, another legislator and others said.
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Gov. Charlie Crist on Friday will again give the reins of a troubled state agency to a Democrat, naming St. Petersburg Rep. Frank Peterman as the next secretary of the Department of Juvenile Justice.
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Local governments disgruntled with the state-run pool that invests cash for cities and counties now have an alternative pool that promises to avoid some types of securities that were downgraded and caused a run last year on the state pool.
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State officials have decided to deny former Broward County Sheriff Ken Jenne his state pension because of his criminal convictions.
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A federal judge on Thursday set the sentencing date for actor Wesley Snipes, who was convicted last week of failing to file tax returns.
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Disney World is about to get a little pitchy, dawg.
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Joe Garcia, the brash Democratic strategist and former director of the Cuban American National Foundation, will challenge U.S. Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart in the November election, setting the stage for a second South Florida grudge match.
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Mission managers Wednesday declared shuttle Atlantis and its crew ready for their long-delayed launch -- if the weather cooperates.
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As Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama face a long hard slog for the Democratic nomination, with no winner likely anytime soon, about 800 party insiders in Florida and across the country loom as potential dealmakers.
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A radical proposal promoted by House Speaker Marco Rubio to cap all property taxes is going to get a hearing in both the House and Senate when the lawmaking session begins in March, but there is no guarantee it will make it to the November ballot.
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A Senate committee gave swift approval Wednesday to a bill that would allow slot machines at every racetrack and jai-alai fronton in Florida, and bring the state an estimated $354 million more in additional annual tax revenues for education.
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A radical proposal promoted by House Speaker Marco Rubio to cap all property taxes is going to get a hearing in both the House and Senate when the lawmaking session begins in March, but there is no guarantee it will make it to the November ballot.
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