Towns' HR lifts UVa past FSU, 7-4 in 12 innings

Kenny Towns' three-run homer in the bottom of the 12th inning lifted Virginia past Florida State 7-4 on Saturday at the Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament. 1369513061

Texas authorities searching for escaped prisoner

North Texas authorities are searching for a prisoner who escaped from a van transporting him and others from Louisiana to Florida. 1369505774
S Florida town puts unwanted bridge up for sale

For sale in South Florida: A brand-new but unwanted bridge that has never been crossed. 1369504620
4-year-old, grandfather drown in Panhandle river

Authorities say a 4-year-old girl and her grandfather have drowned in the Apalachicola River in Florida's Panhandle. 1369500054
Ex-Hialeah mayor pleads not guilty to tax evasion

Hialeah's former mayor has pleaded not guilty to federal tax evasion charges.
Man who killed longest python gets its snakeskin

The South Florida man who caught and killed the longest Burmese python ever found in Florida gets to keep the snakeskin.
2 Tampa Bay deputies shoot suspect several times

A man is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being shot in a confrontation with two sheriff's deputies in the Tampa Bay area.
No ticket wins Mega Money game; next jackpot $1M

No tickets matched all four numbers plus the Mega Ball in the Mega Money game so the jackpot rolled over to $1 million, the Florida Lottery said Saturday.
3 Fantasy 5 players win $76,438.04 top prize

Three winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $76,438.04 each, the Florida Lottery said Saturday.
Suspicious bag investigated at Tallahassee airport

Restrictions have been lifted at Tallahassee Regional Airport after authorities removed a suspicious bag discovered in one of the terminals. 1369501252