The backlash over the national Democratic Party's shutout of Florida appears to have deflated donors' willingness to pony up campaign cash, resulting in a year-end drop in contributions to the Democratic presidential contenders.
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The Federal Aviation Administration has yet to implement recommendations stemming from several instances in which smoke was reported in the cockpit of a Boeing 757 aircraft, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday.
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U.S. Rep. Lincoln Díaz-Balart has banked $900,000 for his first serious reelection challenge, according to campaign finance reports filed ahead of a midnight Thursday deadline.
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A Florida district court of appeal will allow Allstate to continue writing new policies in Florida, but it sped up the appeal of its insurance license suspension.
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Fresh off a major tax-cut victory at the polls, Gov. Charlie Crist on Thursday proposed a $70 billion state budget that relies on schools to collect more property taxes, raids dedicated trust funds and depends on more money from gambling to avoid deep cuts.
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An Ocala jury has gone home without reaching a verdict in the tax evasion trial of Wesley Snipes.
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Miami Police Chief John Timoney was fined $500 plus costs and given a written reprimand Thursday by the county ethics commission over his free use of a $54,000 sport utility vehicle for more than a year. He also will lose a week's pay.
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A young man who says he fatally shot a retired police officer because he thought the "A" on the victim's cap meant he was the "Antichrist" had his death sentence reduced Thursday by the Florida Supreme Court.
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An American bald eagle was struggling to survive Wednesday after it was shot and left for dead in the Everglades. An employee at an area sugar mill found the bird in a sugar cane field on Sunday and called authorities, said Paul Miller, a spokesman for the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.
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The deadline to enroll in the Florida Prepaid College Plan and lock in current tuition rates is Thursday. For those who wait until next year to start investing in their child's education, the cost of tuition could rise as much as 8 percent, on top of other fees.
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Florida Power & Light began making its case to state regulators on Wednesday that the two nuclear reactors it wants to add at Turkey Point are the best option for keeping South Florida humming.
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To hear Mitt Romney tell it, Florida didn't anoint John McCain. It merely narrowed a scrambled Republican field to a two-man race.
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Walking through the lunch line at Oriole Elementary in Lauderdale Lakes, second-grader Marie Handberry picked up an all-beef hot dog on a whole-grain bun, low-fat milk, baked fries and an orange.
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Mission managers Wednesday tentatively cleared Atlantis for its long-delayed flight to the International Space Station, the first of six shuttle liftoffs on NASA's ambitious 2008 schedule.
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Florida voters sent a loud message Tuesday that they want lower property taxes, but will the new constitutional amendment mean reductions on their next tax bill? Are more tax cuts likely?
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The high-stakes pact struck between Gov. Charlie Crist and the Seminole Tribe of Florida to let the Indians expand their gambling operations appeared to be on shaky ground Wednesday, after the state's highest court questioned the validity of the deal.
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The winning strategy for slot machines in Miami-Dade County, crafted last fall, focused on locking down as many early and absentee votes as possible to hedge against potential last-minute attacks from a powerful opponent, à la Jeb Bush in 2005.
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Smoke filled the cockpit of an American Airlines flight from Puerto Rico on Wednesday, forcing an emergency landing, an airport official said.
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In a Jan. 29 story about a man who was struck and killed by a car outside a golf course, The Associated Press in one instance mistakenly used the driver's last name when referring to the victim. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says Valerie Green was driving when the car struck Earl Hamm.
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Boy band creator Lou Pearlman's federal trial in Orlando won't start in March, as previously scheduled.
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