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Former north NJ man charged in infant son's death

A former northern New Jersey man stands accused of causing his infant son's death last year. Bergen County prosecutors say 32-year-old Michael Marrara Jr. was charged with aggravated manslaughter, child endangerment and hindering apprehension. A former Fort Lee resident who now lives in Boca Raton, Fla., Marrara turned himself on ...

Fla. group seeks to build support for gay marriage

A group that supports same-sex marriage in Florida isn't confident an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling will nullify the state's gay marriage ban and is preparing a public opinion campaign while waiting for the court to decide. Equality Florida said it is starting a new effort to increase support among ...

Mass. couple's 2001 message in a bottle found

The couple from Massachusetts had just finished off a bottle of champagne to celebrate their engagement on a Florida beach in August 2001 when they got a crazy idea. They wrote a message, shoved the cork back into the bottle, and tossed it into the waves off Tampa. The message ...

UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01:  Photo of Slim WHITMAN;   (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns)

Family: Country singer Slim Whitman dies at age 90

Country singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeler who sold millions of records through ever-present TV ads in the 1980s and 1990s and whose song saved the world in the film comedy "Mars Attacks!," died Wednesday at a Florida hospital. He was 90. Whitman died of heart failure at Orange Park ...

Tropical depression heads toward Mexican coast

Forecasters say a tropical depression crossing Mexico's Bay of Campeche is getting better organized and is expected to become a tropical storm before making landfall along Mexico's Gulf Coast. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the Atlantic season's second tropical depression is drenching areas in its path with up ...

Boston Red Sox's David Ortiz jogs off the field during a rain delay in the fifth inning of the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Tampa Bay Rays in Boston, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Gomes' HR lifts Red Sox to doubleheader sweep

The Boston Red Sox had just enough energy left to celebrate Jonny Gomes' big swing. Gomes hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to lift the Red Sox to a 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night, completing a doubleheader sweep. Daniel Nava was aboard on ...

Todashev's body brought to Russia for burial

The father of a Russian man killed while being questioned about ties to the Boston Marathon bombing suspects says he has brought the body to Russia for burial. Ibragim Todashev, 27, was fatally shot in late May in Florida while being questioned by an FBI agent and two Massachusetts troopers. ...

Family: Country singer Slim Whitman, famous for his signature yodel, dies in Fla. at age 90

Family: Country singer Slim Whitman, famous for his signature yodel, dies in Fla. at age 90.

W.Va. fugitive caught in Fla. faces new charge

A West Virginia fugitive captured in Florida is facing a new charge. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin's office says a Fayette County grand jury charged 34-year-old Brett David Bowyer of Scarbro on Tuesday with failing to appear for sentencing. The former high school guidance counselor had pleaded guilty in October 2011 ...

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra smiles during a post-game news conference following Game 6 in the NBA Finals basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs,  Wednesday, June 19, 2013 in Miami. The Heat defeated the Spurs 103-100. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Column: Spurs' collapse starts at top with Pop

The sly smile on Erik Spoelstra's lips said it all. If only this once, the Miami coach couldn't wait to field questions. This was just minutes after a magical Game 6, when the memories of how his Heat defied the longest of odds to steal a win in overtime were ...

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