Missing Miami-Dade teen found unharmed

A 16-year-old girl, who had been missing since Friday afternoon, was reported found and unharmed, Miami-Dad...

U.S. SENATE RACE

Kendrick Meek adds name to NASCAR race car

Kendrick Meek hopes to get his name before a new segment of the electorate by paying to have his name splas...

Fantasy 5 ticket sold in Pinecrest worth $45,829

A Fantasy 5 ticket sold in Pinecrest was one of four to match all five numbers in Sunday night's drawing, a...

Homestead man gets 2 years for smuggling cigarettes

A Homestead man was sentenced to two years in prison last week for smuggling cigarettes into Europe to avoi...

Miami Beach hopes red-light cameras boost coffers

Cash-strapped Miami Beach is hoping newly installed red light cameras will not only make driving safer at c...

MEXICO

Family of Coral Gables man kidnapped in Mexico remains hopeful

PUBLICITY

Postcard perfect South Florida weather lost on TV audience

This time, the Super Bowl weather conspired in South Florida's favor. As the Mid-Atlantic dug out from a hi...

POLITIFACT | SORTING OUT THE TRUTH IN POLITICS

Politifact: Class-size claim misleading

Even with Florida's class size amendment, are the state's classrooms averaging more students than other sou...

THE EVERGLADES

Cold took heavy toll on Florida wildlife

January's cold took a heavy toll on Everglades plants and animals. In the case of the pythons, that's a goo...

SOUTH FLORIDA | PETS

Dead iguanas may prove fatal to dogs, vets warn

Dogs love to eat stinky things, a habit that vets worry might be linked to the potentially lethal botulism ...

TALLAHASSEE

Florida transportation chief cleared in e-mail inquiry

Florida's transportation secretary didn't duck the state public records law, despite e-mails with subjects ...

TALLAHASSEE

Records: Fundraiser charged big tab to Florida GOP-issued credit card

A Florida GOP fundraiser put everything from golfing fees to $3,000 meal tabs on his party-issued credit ca...

REPUBLICAN PARTY

Payments to GOP official irk state Republican leaders

Lucrative payments to a party official anger state Republican leaders as the GOP's finances remain in the red.

CAMPAIGN 2010 | U.S. SENATE

Marco Rubio, Charlie Crist clash on who should be counted in Census

U.S. Senate rivals Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio are staking out different positions on whether the U.S. Ce...

TALLAHASSEE

FPL pressed to explain project-suspension statement

Utility regulators have asked FPL to justify its claim that it will suspend projects after it didn't get th...

Sansom claims prosecutors' misconduct, wants charges dropped

State Rep. Ray Sansom on Tuesday accused a state prosecutor of misconduct and asked that charges of misusin...

EDUCATION

Gov. Charlie Crist backs easing class-size rules

The governor announced he supports a plan to loosen the class-size limits imposed by a state constitutional...

FLORIDA POLITICS

Florida attorney general race: Beyond a common surface, a political divide

In another neck-and-neck political battle, two ambitious senators vie for the Democratic nomination for Flo...

AUCTION

In Fort Lauderdale, Scott Rothstein's items go to the highest bidder

Hundreds packed an auction to buy alleged Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein's personal items and pick through t...

SCOTT ROTHSTEIN SCANDAL

Scott Rothstein leaves a lasting legacy of ruin

As he prepares to plead guilty to massive fraud, disbarred attorney Scott Rothstein leaves a legacy of dest...

ENVIRONMENT

Charlie Crist unveils environmental budget short on cash and new ideas

Gov. Charlie Crist announced his environmental-protection budget. But the Legislature might end up cutting...

2 Fantasy 5 players each win $106,251.88 top prize

Two winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $106,251.88 each, the Florida Lottery said Tuesday.

San Antonio landfill search for missing baby

San Antonio Police Chief William McManus says officers have begun excavating a landfill for evidence in the...

Crist: Fla. GOP should open credit card records

Republican Gov. Charlie Crist said Tuesday that the state GOP should release records of credit cards used b...

Freeze damages 4 percent of Fla. oranges

Florida citrus growers lost more than 4 percent of their orange crop and more than 3 percent of their grape...

1 dead after truck full of farm animals crashes

Authorities are investigating a traffic accident in which a truck full of goats, pigs and chickens crashed ...

Woman dies after jumping from Sunshine Skyway

A Gibsonton woman died after jumping from the Sunshine Skyway bridge in St. Petersburg.

Deputies shoot pit bull after attack

Orange County deputies fatally shot a pit bull after it attacked a small boy.