Source: local6.com
Four schools in Orange County earned an "F" grade from the state this year, according to the newly released 2006 FCAT results Wednesday.
Source: chron.com
Fed up with the inability of two lawyers to agree on a trivial issue in an insurance lawsuit, a federal judge in Florida this week ordered them to "convene at a neutral site" and "engage in one (1) game of 'rock, paper, scissors'" to settle the matter.
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You all remember the kid that was left at the Chuck E. Cheese, right? Well, now he's sent off to a relative's.
Source: upi.com
NEW YORK, June 8 (UPI) -- Advertising sex for sale on the Craigslist.com online classified site has led to the arrest of five people from New York, Georgia and Florida.
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Tampa, Florida - Hillsborough County Sheriff's deputies arrested a 37-year-old man, accusing him of waving his genitals at passing drivers and then punching in a car window when one of the motorists complained.
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Curt Broome, 50, of Jensen Beach reportedly was slashed on the throat during a confrontation with Dan Stewart, 52, at U.S. 1 and Palm City Avenue.
Source: community.emeraldcoast.com
Ronald McDonald, a character statue kidnapped from his bench outside the McDonalds restaurant in Miramar Beach, has been recovered in Niceville.
Source: local6.com
A former U.S. soldier living in some woods in DeLand, Fla., was ambushed by four teens in the city's third attack on a homeless man, according to Local 6 News. Police said Bill Railsback, 51, was drinking a beer at a homeless camp when the teens jumped and began to beat him.
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MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida man drowned after jumping onto an inflatable raft and paddling out to the middle of a lake to try to retrieve a stalled, radio-controlled toy boat, police said Tuesday.
Source: local6.com
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Dogs may soon be allowed to accompany their owners out to dinner.
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MIAMI -- Remove the hats and glasses. That's the demand of some banks in South Florida worried about robberies. The banks want surveillance cameras to get a better look at patrons and any would-be robbers.
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Largo, Florida -- What first started as out as a car accident ended with the chase of a naked man acting crazy. Police say 21-year-old Joshua Orcutt crashed his car into a fire hydrant on Walsingham Road near Indian Rocks Road in Largo. Orcutt broke a water main flooding the area.
Source: telegram.com
LAND O' LAKES, Fla.— The photo of the attractive brunette is strategically cropped, but the ad makes it clear she's wearing nothing but a smile. The pitch: she swims nude at Paradise Lakes Resort and so can you.
Source: gainesville.com
atal alligator and shark attacks have been big news in Florida over the past few years. But there's an animal 300 times more dangerous, despite its innocent face and bushy white tail.
Source: local6.com
Doctors said sexually transmitted diseases among senior citizens are running rampant at a popular Central Florida retirement community, according to a Local 6 News report.
Source: orlandosentinel.com
A Winter Park home owned by Orange County Sheriff Kevin Beary is such a neighborhood eyesore that city officials cleaned up the lawn Thursday on the taxpayers' dime, officials said.