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• ORLANDO

  Orlando shooting witnesses describe events, fear

  Witnesses describe the fear and tension in an Orlando office building where a gunman opened fire on former colleagues.
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  1 dead, 5 hurt in shooting at Orlando office building

  A gunman opened fire Friday in the offices of an engineering firm where he was let go more than two years ago. At least one person was killed and five others injured in the shooting at a downtown Orlando office building.

• MARATHON | THE KEYS BOOGIE

  Sky divers descend on Florida Keys

  Sky divers plummeted through the clouds in the Florida Keys as part of a four-day sky-diving event.

• TOLL ROADS

  SunPass alternative unveiled

  Highway managers plan to tear down toll plazas at all major South Florida expressways -- and implement a plan for those who want to continue paying cash.

• ENVIRONMENT

  Bob Graham, Jeb Bush join campaign to restore Florida land-buying funds

  With shrinking revenues and widening deficits, state lawmakers will be sharpening their budget axes when the Legislature meets in March. Odds are that they'll once again target Florida Forever, the state's widely praised land preservation program.

• THE PANHANDLE

  Missing baby found in box under sitter's bed

  After five days of searching, police found a missing 7-month-old girl in a box under her baby sitter's bed.
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  SCOTT ROTHSTEIN SCANDAL

  Tour of Scott Rothstein's office reveals gallery of who's who

  To show they `aren't hiding from the public,' lawyer Scott Rothstein's partners gave reporters a tour of his private office -- hours after federal agents seized 44 boxes of documents.

• FLORIDA POLITICS

  U.S. Senate race likely to create more friction for Florida's GOP

  Florida voters can expect to see more anti-President Obama `tea parties' as conservatives nationwide turn their attention to the U.S. Senate race.
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  FORT LAUDERDALE

  Federal agents raid Scott Rothstein's law offices

  Federal authorities turned up the heat on Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein as he sought to cooperate with prosecutors investigating his alleged multimillion-dollar investment scam.

• DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES

  Disabled foster child granted U.S. residency

  Selim Isimer, a severely disabled teen who entered foster care after his parents brought him to Miami from Turkey, will be able to remain permanently in the United States -- ending fears the teen would be deported to an uncertain future.

• PUBLIC CORRUPTION

  Florida Sen. Dan Gelber pushing for tougher public corruption laws

  Citing a rash of corruption cases, a state senator is pushing for laws to combat bribery and restrict contact between the Public Service Commission and the utilities it regulates.

• REPUBLICANS

  GOP official fired due to fake Twitter account

  A Twitter account that impersonated the chairman of Brevard County's Republican Party was linked to a state GOP official, who has been fired.
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  CAMPAIGN 2010 | U.S. SENATE

  Marco Rubio attracting lots of small contributors

  Marco Rubio may be trailing Gov. Charlie Crist in Senate campaign contributions, but he considers it an advantage that he has attracted a multitude of small donors.
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  MIAMI-DADE

  Miami-Dade looks to cash in on old Everglades jetport

  Faced with a looming half-billion-dollar deficit from the expansion of Miami International Airport, the Miami-Dade Aviation Department wants to cash in on an Everglades jetport it was forced to abandon decades ago.
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  BROWARD COUNTY

  Feds probe prominent Broward attorney Scott Rothstein

  Federal officials stepped up their probe into lawyer Scott Rothstein's business dealings as candidates who received contributions weighed returning the money.
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  FORWARD LOOK | U.S. SENATE RACE

  Marco Rubio warming up Panhandle voters

  Marco Rubio, the first Cuban-American Republican from Miami to seek statewide office, got a warm reception from Panhandle voters during a campaign swing last week.

• PUBLIC OPINION

  Jeb Bush overshadows Charlie Crist in poll

  Almost three years after leaving office, Jeb Bush remains popular among large groups of Floridians. That could spell trouble for Gov. Charlie Crist's campaign for the U.S. Senate.
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  POLITICS

  Voters' love affair with Gov. Charlie Crist cools off

  Gov. Charlie Crist's political troubles are reflected in new poll numbers that show even most fellow Republicans don't like the job he's doing in Florida.

• UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

  University of Florida professor, wife accused of fraud

  (AP) -- A University of Florida professor and his wife have been arrested and accused of receiving fraudulent government contracts from NASA and other government agencies and moving the funds to their personal bank accounts, authorities said.

• LOTTERY

  Ticket sold in Hallandale Beach wins Fantasy 5 jackpot

  A Fantasy 5 ticket sold in Hallandale Beach was the only one to hit all five numbers in Friday night's drawing, and is worth $232,997.55, the Florida Lottery said Saturday.

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