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Have you herd? Cattle drive will be downtown Saturday

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:28:00 EST

If you happen to be walking downtown on Saturday morning, you better watch your step, or you could be ankle deep in ... well, back West they call them cow pies and meadow muffins.

McCarty approves rate hikes for Citizens Property

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:25:00 EST

More than 15,000 mobile home owners insured by state-backed Citizens Property insurance Corp. will see an 11 percent increase on their insurance policies in 2010.

Couple charged with animal cruelty

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:13:00 EST

Man went to court to reclaim one of his horses; was charged with eight misdemeanor counts.

Get writing, kids: Senator says North Pole Santa letters will resume

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:12:00 EST

An Alaska senator says the U.S. Postal Service is resuming a program allowing volunteers to respond to letters sent to Santa Claus in care of the North Pole, Alaska, post office.

New cervical cancer guidelines causing concern

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:03:00 EST

New guidelines say women don't need Pap smears as often as previously thought. Some doctors and women disagree.

Americans save more but earn less as rates fall

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:58:00 EST

We're finally becoming a nation of savers. Now if only we could get something for our money.

Pa. university students upset about fitness class

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:15:00 EST

A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.

Terror plot leader gets 13-year prison term

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:57:00 EST

A Miami federal judge has imposed a 13 1/2-year sentence on the convicted ringleader of a plot to stage terror attacks against Chicago's Sears Tower and FBI offices.

Orlando radio host faces jail time

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:56:00 EST

A central Florida radio host accused of shooting his wife while aiming at her dog has pleaded guilty.

Mother claims school aide forgot about son in timeout room

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:39:00 EST

The mother of a special needs student says a Lockhart Elementary teacher's aide left her son in the school's timeout room last year for nearly four hours. The aide went home and forgot about the 9-year-old boy, who sat alone in the dark on the floor of a windowless 3-foot by 5-foot room before a janitor freed him, his mother said. His pants were soaked in urine.

Times sells magazine to publisher with ties to Scientology

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:33:00 EST

The Times Publishing Company announced a deal selling "Governing" magazine to e.Republic, a Sacramento, Calif.-based media company that publishes "Government Technology" magazine and has ties to the Church of Scientology.

Foreclosure added to Graziano's legal troubles

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:28:00 EST

While Edward Graziano sits in jail awaiting trial on charges he tried to have his wife killed, a bank is foreclosing on his Dunedin home.

Pasco County moves foreclosure auctions to the Web

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:22:00 EST

Pasco County is moving its foreclosure auctions from the courthouse to the Internet.

Road rage may have led to stabbing, deputies say

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:19:00 EST

Pasco County deputies are investigating a possible road-rage incident that ended in a stabbing this afternoon.

Body found near Port Richey flea market

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:14:00 EST

Pasco County sheriff's deputies are investigating the circumstances surrounding a decomposed body found this afternoon near the USA Flea Market in Port Richey.

Work release escapee forging drug prescriptions, cops say

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:05:00 EST

Pinellas Sheriff's narcotics investigators are looking for a man they say slipped away from a work release program and resumed the activity that got him in the program in the first place – passing fraudulent prescriptions for painkillers.

Swine flu vaccine delays could extend well into the holidays

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:59:00 EST

Health officials remain unable to say when doses of the vaccine will reach an increasingly frustrated public.

Gunman opens fire on Pacific island Saipan; 5 dead

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:36:00 EST

The Pacific resort island of Saipan was reeling Saturday from one of the most violent attacks in its history, when a gunman killed five people, including two small children and himself, in a rampage that ended at a World War II historical site.

Police: N.C. girl raped, killed on day she was taken

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:34:00 EST

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday.

Senate Dems moving ahead on crucial health vote

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:26:00 EST

WASHINGTON - A wavering centrist Democrat said Friday he'd stand with Senate Democratic leaders on a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping health care bill amid indications other moderates would fall in line.