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Fla. teen dies in crash while racing another teen

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:12 EST

The Florida Highway Patrol says a teenager was killed while racing with another teen in Brooksville.

This Week in the Civil War

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:06 EST

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Fla. sheriff: 3 dead after RV park standoff

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:46 EST

Authorities say three people are dead and two critically injured after a hostage standoff at a quiet Florida recreational vehicle park.

Tampa teen shot by gun she found in bedroom

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:06 EST

Deputies say a 15-year-old girl is in critical condition after a handgun she found in her home went off while her mother's boyfriend tried to take it away from her.

Judge delays trial of suspect in NC hiker deaths

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:06 EST

A federal judge has again delayed the death penalty trial of a twice-convicted killer who's charged with killing a couple from Hendersonville in a national forest.

2 Tampa schools will close during GOP convention

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:21 EST

Officials at two Tampa schools say they'll be closing down when the Republican National Convention comes to town in late August because of potential protests and traffic concerns.

Teen, 17, critically injured in Miami shooting

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:51 EST

Police say a gunman opened fire on a group of teens walking home from school in Miami's Liberty City neighborhood.

3 dead, 2 injured in standoff in South Fla.

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:41 EST

Authorities say a barricaded man killed himself and two others following a standoff at a South Florida recreational vehicle park.

A guide to No Child Left Behind

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:06 EST

Ten states now have President Barack Obama's OK to scrap one of the most rigorous and unpopular mandates in American education - that all students measure up in reading and math by 2014. In exchange, the states had to promise they would raise standards and develop more creative ways to measure what students are learning.

Florida offers look at problems with No Child Left Behind

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:46 EST

By almost any measure, Norma Butler Bossard Elementary is a top performing school in Miami: It has consistently been rated an 'A' by the state, and students have achieved high scores on Florida's standardized math and reading exams.