BROWARD SCHOOLS

Broward offers to rehire some laid-off teachers

Nearly a quarter of the Broward teachers who were laid off last month have received notice that they will h...

SUMMER GROOVE

Alonzo and Tracy Mourning build legacy of respect through charity work

Alonzo and Tracy Mourning have left an indelible footprint in South Florida -- and earned respect -- with f...

BROWARD SCHOOLS

Construction officials: Broward school repairs audit wrong

Contractors making repairs after Hurricane Wilma did not overcharge the school district, officials said.

BROWARD

Ex-Yankee Leyritz to spend weekend in Broward jail

Former Yankee Jim Leyritz will spend another weekend in jail awaiting trial on a DUI manslaughter charge.

LAUDERHILL

Pharmacy accused of filling fake prescriptions closed

A pharmacy that allegedly filled fake prescriptions and supplied pain pills to drug dealers has been shut d...

Deputies shoot armed, suicidal man in Pompano Beach, BSO says

Two Broward sheriff's deputies were drawn into a gunfight with a suicidal man in Pompano Beach late Wednesd...

Florida Supreme Court frees Death Row inmate in 1994 Broward murder

BROWARD COUNTY

Death Row inmate convicted in 1994 Broward murder will be set free

A man sentenced to die for a 1994 Broward murder was ordered freed by the Florida Supreme Court, which rule...

MIAMI

VA offers free care to vets who might have been infected in Miami hospital

The VA has promised free treatment to veterans infected by improperly cleaned equipment used in colonoscopies.

ALLEN STANFORD CASE

Alex Sink: Probe Allen Stanford deal

Florida's top financial regulator and several lawmakers want an investigation of the state's agreement with...

TALLAHASSEE

Local governments sue over Florida's new growth-management law

Led by the city of Weston, a group of local governments is suing to block the state's new growth-management...

HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE

Citizens Insurance premiums going up for most in South Florida

Most South Florida homeowners covered by the state-run insurance company will see a 10 percent increase in ...

FLORIDA ENVIRONMENT

South Florida's killer pythons capture U.S. attention

Sen. Bill Nelson told a congressional panel that the Burmese python, a killer pet thriving in the Everglade...

FLORIDA POLITICS

Attorney general candidate denies close ties to ex-con

Democratic attorney general candidate Dave Aronberg says he barely knows an ex-con who arranged a fundraise...

FLORIDA PRISONS

Florida Legislature gives OK to ship inmates out of state

Sending criminals to out-of-state prisons is a 'safety valve' for Florida's overpopulated prisons.

Crist's high court pick puts him in political center

Charlie Crist seated his fourth Supreme Court nominee, burnishing his reputation as a center-leaning governor

GOVERNMENT SPENDING

Senator criticizes Florida's privatization initiatives

A state senator is renewing his criticism of privatization over a no-bid contract.

OTHER LEGISLATION

Boost in tuition set for 11 Florida colleges

Gov. Charlie Crist on Monday signed into law one of his top priorities of 2009: a bill that allows all 11 s...

LAND DEVELOPMENT

Crist signs controversial growth-management bill

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist signed a controversial growth management bill that some say will stimulate the s...

TALLAHASSEE

Florida officials' salaries to be cut 2 percent

Though Gov. Charlie Crist bragged state worker pay wouldn't be cut, his salary and that of a thousand other...

Another indictment for former House Speaker Ray Sansom

A grand jury investigating Ray Sansom's ties to a Panhandle college issued a second round of indictments We...

Winners of the 2009 FSNE contests

The Florida Press Association and the Florida Society of News Editors met for their annual convention this ...

Correction: Florida Plane Crash story

In a July 9 story about a plane that crashed with five people aboard off Florida's Gulf Coast, The Associat...

Storms NASA's only worry for shuttle launch

Thunderstorms are threatening to delay NASA's planned launch Saturday night of space shuttle Endeavour, alr...

FACT CHECK: GOP joins spin game over stimulus jobs

EDITOR'S NOTE - An occasional look at assertions by government officials and how well they adhere to the fa...

McNair's girlfriend distraught over love and money

At just 19 years old, Sahel Kazemi thought she had it all: She was dating former NFL star Steve McNair, par...

APNewsBreak: Dad left notes to family he killed

After killing his wife and three children, and before taking his own life with a shotgun, Christopher Wood ...

4 families rebuilding finances post-foreclosure

Even after a sheriff's sale, the financial and emotional strains that surround a foreclosure are rarely over.