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Trayvoning: Stirs controversy, is it the new fad?
There is a new fad that has appeared on the popular social website Facebook that has stirred controversy across the net. The fad is similar to “planking” but goes much deeper. It imitates the death of Trayvon Martin, who was shot and killed by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman. In pictures ...
Dems redoubling money efforts to keep edge
His cash advantage threatened, President Barack Obama and his party are redoubling their fundraising efforts after robust hauls by Republican rival Mitt Romney and a slew of GOP-leaning super PACs that are raking in cash from the party faithful highly motivated to topple the Democrat. Obama still has a significant ...
Jurors in Edwards trial to deliberate for 5th day
As jurors in the John Edwards campaign corruption trial get set for a fifth day of deliberations, legal experts caution it's still too early to read too much into their discussions. While the former presidential candidate, the media and court observers look for clues to what the jury is thinking, ...
ACLU: 11 districts get 'F' on enrollment rules
A civil rights organization says a number of Florida school districts are asking for social security numbers or clearly giving the impression one is required in order to enroll a child in class. The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida filed public records requests for enrollment forms and procedures at ...
Zimmerman complained about Sanford PD in 2011
George Zimmerman accused the Sanford police department of corruption more than a year before he shot Trayvon Martin, saying at a public forum the agency covered up the beating of a black homeless man by the son of a white officer. "I would just like to state that the law ...
Cops: Dad arrested after drugs found child's bag
Authorities say a father showed up at an elementary school to retrieve a bag containing 3 ounces of marijuana and a scale he put in his child's backpack. St. Petersburg police say the kindergartener had given the items to the teacher by the time 25-year-old Larry Cornelius Stephens arrived at ...
Gov't taking new steps to combat food stamp fraud
The government is trying to crack down on food stamp recipients who are ripping off taxpayers by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash. The Agriculture Department wants to curb the practice by giving states more power to investigate people who repeatedly claim to lose their benefit cards and then ...
Legal experts discuss FAMU band interviews
Band members' statements to investigators that a Florida A & M University drum major willingly got on a bus where he endured a beating with drumsticks, mallets and fists helps explain why the nearly dozen defendants charged in his death face felony hazing counts and not more severe charges such ...
New info expected on missing mom Michelle Parker
There could be a major break in the case of missing Orlando mother Michelle Parker on Thursday. WFTV found out that a group assigned to take a fresh look at the evidence in the case is expected to reveal new information that could help investigators figure out what happened to ...
Doctor bangs face into glass, spits blood on trooper
Graphic video from inside a Florida Highway Patrol cruiser shows an Orlando doctor bashing his head against the back seat divider as he lost his temper with troopers during a DUI arrest. The suspect, Zach Bird, who works as an anesthesiologist in Titusville, goes berserk inside the FHP cruiser after troopers searched ...
Elderly woman scammed out of her cash
Police are looking for two suspects who convinced an elderly woman to give them $62,000 cash from her bank account and a home safe. The scam began, investigators say, outside a Publix on Beville Road where the victim was approached by a black woman and asked for a ride. They ...
FAMU band members detail hazing ritual that resulted in student's death
A Florida A&M drum major who died after being hazed on a bus asked to go through the ordeal because it was seen as an honor, a defendant in the case said in a deposition released on Wednesday. Robert Champion, 26, had asked all season to go through the ...
Student pleads guilty to online Obama threat
MIAMI — A 20-year-old college student who told investigators he was merely trying to get a reaction from President Barack Obama's supporters pleaded guilty Wednesday to posting threatening messages against the president on Facebook. Joaquin Amador Serrapio Jr. could get up to five years in federal prison for pleading guilty ...
Official: Hurricane threat could affect convention
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Rick Scott calls off the Republican National Convention in Tampa as a Category 3 storm bears down on Florida's west coast in a fictitious scenario worked by state emergency employees this week in preparation for the upcoming hurricane season. Florida heads into the storm season that ...
Future UCF student punished for 'Tebowing'
A graduating senior at a Fort Myers high school was punished for "Tebowing" on stage Saturday prior to receiving his diploma. Chuck Shriner, who said he was acting on a $5 bet with a classmate, took a knee and bowed his head in the prayer pose of New York Jets ...
Man leading ethics probe of Baptist leader resigns
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The head of a group investigating the comments of Southern Baptist Convention ethics leader Richard Land has resigned. Arkansas pastor Richard Piles said he has taken over as Trustee Board chairman for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission after Steve Faith left in order to commit more ...
Dwight Howard makes ALL NBA Defensive Team
Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team for the fourth consecutive season, the NBA announced today. This marks Howard’s fifth overall NBA All-Defensive selection (2007-08 Second Team). Joining Howard (41 points) on the NBA All-Defensive First Team are forwards LeBron James of the Miami ...
Parents skeptical of FAMU hazing probe statements
ORLANDO, Fla. — The parents of a Florida A&M drum major who died during a hazing ritual say they are having a hard time believing other band members' statements to detectives that Robert Champion volunteered to be hazed. Pam and Robert Champion Sr. said at a news conference Wednesday ...
Secret Service Boss: I apologize
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New poll shows Romney up by 6 in Fla.
TALLAHASSEE — Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is moving ahead of President Barack Obama among Florida voters in the latest Quinnipiac University Polling Institute poll released Wednesday. The survey also shows most voters disapprove of the way the president is doing his job. The poll shows Romney leading Obama 47-41 ...
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