Florida
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Officer accused of having Trayvon Martin target
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A police officer accused of bringing targets resembling Trayvon Martin to a gun range has been fired.
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Joshua Hakken, Sharyn Hakken arrested and charged after fleeing to Cuba with children
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Joshua Michael Hakken and his wife, Sharyn, were being held at the Hillsborough County Jail on a number of charges including kidnapping, child neglect and interference with custody, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said on its website.
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Cuba turns over Florida couple and children, parents arrested
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The couple accused of kidnapping their two young sons and fleeing by boat to Cuba has been booked into a Florida jail after being handed over to U.S. authorities.
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Casey Anthony objects to selling her life story
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Casey Anthony is objecting to a proposal that she sell her life story as part of her bankruptcy.
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Florida wins 62-50 to end FGCU's NCAA run
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SEC champion Florida is going to its third straight NCAA regional final, while the improbable tournament journey for Florida Gulf Coast is over.
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Thunderstorm stops Tiger's march at Bay Hill until Monday
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Moments after Tiger Woods made a 10-foot birdie putt on the second hole, a vicious thunderstorm packing gusts that topped out at 62 mph interrupted the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational and wiped out play until Monday.
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Tiger Woods takes over at Bay Hill
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Across a small lake, Tiger Woods eyed a large scoreboard that showed Justin Rose five shots ahead of him. But within minutes - after two great shots followed by birdie and eagle putts - Woods was atop the leaderboard.
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James Seevakumaran wanted to attack classmates after pulling fire alarm
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The former student behind an aborted attack plot at a Florida university was working off a checklist that included plans to get drunk, pull a fire alarm and then "give them hell," authorities said Tuesday.
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University of Central Florida dorm evacuated after explosives found
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Authorities investigating an apparent suicide discovered weapons and explosive devices in a dorm on the University of Central Florida campus in Orlando
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Donte Stallworth injured in hot-air balloon crash
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NFL free agent Donte Stallworth is hospitalized with serious burns after the hot air balloon carrying him and two other people crashed into power lines in South Florida. His agent, Drew Rosenhaus, says one of the passengers was Stallworth's girlfriend.
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Small plane crashes at Fort Lauderdale parking lot
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A small plane crashed into a parking lot near a South Florida airport Friday, killing three people on board and burning about a dozen cars. There were no injuries on the ground.
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Florida may be plagued by 'supermosquitoes' this summer
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With sunshine comes warm weather and happier dispositions, usually, but they also sometimes bring something a bit peskier—mosquitoes.
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Sharks: South Florida beaches closed intermittently on shark sightings
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Lifeguards had to close several South Florida beaches this week to keep people out of the water. Thousands of sharks have been migrating north near the beaches, later than usual this year.
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Sinkhole: House, debris over Fla. sinkhole to be removed
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Authorities hope to get a better look at a sinkhole that swallowed a man in his Florida home once demolition crews knock down the remaining walls of the house Monday and begin clearing away the debris.
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Miami bakery truck dangles over I-95, one dead in incident
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A bakery truck in Miami hung over an I-95 ramp Wednesday morning in a crash that killed one person and injured another.
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Casey Anthony files bankruptcy in Florida
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Court records show that Casey Anthony, who was acquitted of killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in 2011, sought Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection in federal court in Tampa.
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Tolliver brothers arrested for allegedly killing Tasheka Leavell
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The three brothers who were allegedly involved in the Jan. 17 murder of a woman in her Dumfries trailer home are all in custody after the remaining two were arrested in Florida Wednesday.
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Manuel Pardo, former police officer, executed in Florida
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A former police officer who murdered nine people during a 1986 crime spree was executed Tuesday after his attorneys' last-minute appeals were rejected.
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