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Bondi urges company to stop selling prescription look-alike products

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:46:48 GMT

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is not happy with a company that makes coasters, mugs and drink holders that look like prescription pill bottles.

Defense releases photos, texts of Trayvon Martin

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:39:07 GMT

George Zimmerman's defense attorneys have released photos and text messages from 17-year-old Trayvon Martin's cell phone ahead of a hearing that will determine whether they can be used at the neighborhood watch leader's trial.

Florida's top elections official says mission accomplished

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:17:28 GMT

Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner says he believes Florida's new election law will solve the problems that plagued the presidential election last year.

620-pound black bear captured and relocated

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:12:21 GMT

One of the biggest black bears in the Florida history books was captured recently in Lake County, sedated and relocated.

Urban Outfitters urged to stop selling prescription-looking products

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:21:39 GMT

Attorney General Pam Bondi, along with other attorneys general, is not laughing at a popular retailer's housewares line made to look like prescription bottles.

Man charged with selling African elephant tusks

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:51:12 GMT

A New Mexico man is facing federal charges in the Florida Panhandle after authorities say he sold two African elephant tusks.

Florida man arrested in death of plum-eating bird

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:44:17 GMT

A north Florida man faces charges after fatally shooting a red-bellied woodpecker that was eating the plums from his trees.

Woman breaks into home with machete, threatens children

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:29:53 GMT

A woman is being held without bond after authorities say she broke into her ex-boyfriend's central Florida home and threatened to cut off the heads of their three small children.

Tsarnaev friend implicates dead brother, self in murders

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:51:58 GMT

Friend of Tamerlan Tsarnaev shot dead by FBI agent during questioning about unsolved homicides.

Man linked to Boston suspect killed by FBI

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:31:02 GMT

Friend says victim was an acquaintance of Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

Visit Florida reaps benefits of red hot tourism industry

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:07:57 GMT

Florida tourism is on a roll right now and state leaders want to keep up the momentum by spending more on marketing.

Man claims to be cop, gets free admission to strip club

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:07:22 GMT

He walked into a strip club, waved an invalid police badge and they waived the cover charge for him and a friend.

Fatal FBI shooting in Orlando linked to Boston bombing

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:58:23 GMT

A man from Chechnya with links to one of the Boston bombing suspects was shot and killed by a FBI agent early Wednesday after becoming violent during questioning at an Orlando apartment.

Survivor of cannibalistic attack thanks community, doctors

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:46:28 GMT

Nearly one year ago Ronald Poppo was the target of one of the most gruesome attacks in South Florida's history.

Man kills Pit Bull to thwart attack

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:44:48 GMT

A sixty-eight-year-old Hialeah man says he was forced to stab a Pit Bull mix who was attacking him and his cat inside his home because, "I could have been killed if I didn't do it."

Devil in the details for distributing teacher pay raises in Florida

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:09:44 GMT

Florida teachers could start receiving raises soon, now that Gov. Rick Scott has signed the state budget for next year. The $74 billion budget takes effect July 1.

Barbara Walters' daughter arrested for DUI

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:08:32 GMT

The 44-year-old daughter of Barbara Walters was arrested early Sunday following a bizarre scene on Interstate 75.

Men may face charges after 'cannonballing' manatees

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:16:25 GMT

Wildlife investigators are considering charges against two Cocoa Beach men after a video surfaced online of one man jumping onto a manatee and her calf.

Online support grows for student facing sex charges

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:47:39 GMT

A Florida man says a case of love versus the law has left his daughter, a high school student, facing criminal charges that could land her in prison and require her to register as a sex offender.

Lawyer challenges 'impolitely' blowing horn ticket

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:25:57 GMT

A central Florida attorney wants a DeLand police officer to show up in court to explain why he skipped a traffic hearing after pulling him over for "impolitely" honking his horn.