Some husbands shower their wives with gifts when they win the Lotto. Arnim Ramdass kept the good news to himself. And when Donna Campbell found out on her own, her husband went AWOL, leaving the former beauty queen emotionally drained and financially desperate.
FLORIDA LOTTERY
An extra dollar spent on a Lotto ticket meant an extra $10 million for the one player who hit all six numbers in Saturday night's drawing, the Florida Lottery said Sunday.
SEMINOLE
Authorities say a 77-year-old Central Florida man used a wrench to fight off a 22-year-old woman during an attempted robbery. According to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, Walter Funk discovered Nicole Mason-Suares in his home Saturday morning after his wife, Ingebord, 81, heard noises.
CENTRAL FLORIDA
Smoke from brush fires in Brevard County forced the Florida Highway Patrol to close a 25-mile stretch of Interstate 95 on Sunday, officials said.
CAMPAIGN 2008 | REPUBLICANS
For a sign of Florida Republicans' all-out effort to attract black voters, look no farther than the glossy full-colored The Black Republican magazine that launches broadsides like these:
The tough-girl names of these new steel-wheels teams tell it all: Divas De Las Muertas, Sunshine Smashers, Beach Bruisers and Swamp City Vixens.
MURDER AT THE MALL
A man who appeared to fit the description of the killer wanted in the unsolved murders of a Boca Raton woman and her 7-year-old daughter last December is not the kidnapper, authorities said Friday.
For 11 years, Larry Wexler of Orlando has been perfecting his head-turning, solar-powered, three-wheeled vehicle that can cruise up to 85 miles an hour and never has to stop at a gas station.
CENTRAL FLORIDA
More than 80 people were arrested in a federal sweep of four companies that allegedly arranged fraudulent marriages to earn immigrants citizenship, even organizing wedding photos with bridal gowns and elaborate -- but fake -- wedding cakes, federal officials said Friday.
BOCA RATON
Detectives are combing through surveillance video from the Aventura Mall, hoping it will lead them to the killer of a Boca Raton woman and her 7-year-old daughter.
