Officials: 2 swine flu deaths, state total now 9
Florida's Department of Health says two people have died of swine flu, bringing the total number of deaths in the state to nine.
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Police say they are investigating the death of a diver who was found floating in the waters off South Florida.
Florida's Department of Health says two people have died of swine flu, bringing the total number of deaths in the state to nine.
The Florida Press Association and the Florida Society of News Editors met for their annual convention this week at the Breakers Hotel & Resort in Palm Beach. Lane DeGregory, of the St. Petersburg Times, won the Paul Hansell Award, given annually to an outstanding reporter and writer.
In a July 9 story about a plane that crashed with five people aboard off Florida's Gulf Coast, The Associated Press erroneously reported that family members of two Quality Powder Coating LP employees were among those on the plane. No relatives of the employees of the Carrolton, Texas, company were on the flight.
Thunderstorms are threatening to delay NASA's planned launch Saturday night of space shuttle Endeavour, already running a month late.
EDITOR'S NOTE - An occasional look at assertions by government officials and how well they adhere to the facts.
At just 19 years old, Sahel Kazemi thought she had it all: She was dating former NFL star Steve McNair, partying in VIP rooms and vacationing in Las Vegas.
Newly released police records show that a suicidal western Maryland father left loving goodbye notes to the wife and three children he killed in April.
Even after a sheriff's sale, the financial and emotional strains that surround a foreclosure are rarely over.
The former principal of a central Florida elementary school has been sentenced to five years in prison, a month after he was found guilty of possessing child pornography.