ENVIRONMENT
Florida coalition targets pending federal pollution rules
Business organizations and other influential interests say new rules to protect Florida's waterways and beaches wouldn't be worth the cost.
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A dog of war who was saved in Iraq by a career Marine and brought to live in the United States has become something of a celebrity.
Business organizations and other influential interests say new rules to protect Florida's waterways and beaches wouldn't be worth the cost.
Students at Key West High School are learning about alternative energy firsthand -- by making biodiesel to power a school bus and participating in a wind turbine pilot program.
The HMS Bounty sailed up to the Palm Beach Maritime Museum Saturday, flanked by a flotilla of recreational boats welcoming it to Peanut Island.
Onlookers lined up along the inlet jetties and on the docks at the Maritime Museum, exclaiming over the beauty of the ship as it rode in under sunny skies.A couple who professed admiration for Fidel Castro are sentenced to prison and will pay the federal government $1.7 million for spying for Cuba.
Florida's jobless rate ticked up to 11.2 percent last month. But employers are starting to hire more temps nationally, so they may start hiring more permanent workers in the months ahead.
Citizens' windstorm rates are heading up for most people.
For Florida candidates, social-networking tools are keys to campaign outreach.
A new tobacco tax is doing just what its proponents envisioned: reducing cigarette sales while fattening st...
A Coconut Grove businessman says he invested $2.16 million with Scott Rothstein after a friend solicited hi...
A blogger in Cuba who's not afraid to take on the authorities has gained attention at the White House and o...
Can homosexuality be cured? Two groups with opposing opinions will hold dueling conferences beginning Frida...
A year after an alleged robber from North Miami was killed by his victim in Lake Worth, his Broward accompl...
As they hit the campaign trail, state Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink and Attorney General Bill McCollum ...
Facing another shortfall of more than $2 billion, Florida lawmakers may crack down on corporate fees.
The FBI's top agent said Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein's alleged investment scheme was not a `on...
U.S. Senate contender Marco Rubio advocates getting tough with illegal immigrants, but when he was the stat...
Senate candidate Marco Rubio appeals to conservatives -- but his legislative record in Florida offers a dif...
The State Board of Administration is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
A bank connected to the case of attorney Scott Rothstein was ordered to release files by Monday.
For lawmakers in Tallahassee this week, many big questions remained unresolved, but fundraising for campaig...
There will be no delay in a Florida House committee's probe into allegations that former Speaker Ray Sansom...
Gov. Charlie Crist, a U.S. Senate candidate, has been trying to distance himself from President Barack Obam...
The NRA wants to stop adoption agencies from asking prospective parents about whether they own guns, saying...
A 6-year-old girl was injured when she fell out of a second-story window.
The jackpot in the Florida Lotto game has grown to $9 million after no one matched the six winning numbers ...
Four winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $64,702.89 each, the Florida Lottery said Sunday.
A Jacksonville detective reportedly shot a suspect during a a prearranged drug buy.
A 7-year-old male jaguar has died at the Brevard Zoo.
Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Ins...
Otis "Nicki" Beckford's death left those who came to bury him Saturday remembering how the 26-year-old love...