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- Suspect in couple's slaying takes the stand
- Federal probe lingers in Florida boot camp death
- Nana weakens, new depression forms in Caribbean
- Patrol cars shot at during rodeo
- Man shot in leg while borrowing gun
- Giant Confederate flag gets bigger
- Man crushed by car in driveway
- Convicted felons remain on voter rolls
- Softball players rescue man in crashed plane
- Baby dangled by feet during carjacking
- Sheriff: man offered marijuana for McDonald's meal
- Fla. offering $15 million in energy grants
- Suspect in couple's slaying takes the stand
- Ex-Broward sheriff lands new job
- Bottled water company threatens lawsuit over ad
- Big Brown's racing career over after injury
- Federal probe lingers in Florida boot camp death
- Ga. lottery numbers
- Correction Florida How They Fared
- Nana weakens, new depression forms in Caribbean
- Man arrested in shooting deaths of 2 brothers
- 2 Fantasy 5 players share $180,534 top prize
- Unbeaten filly Zarkava is retired
- Patrol cars shot at during rodeo
- Man shot in leg while borrowing gun
- Giant Confederate flag gets bigger
- Man crushed by car in driveway
- Softball players rescue man in crashed plane
- Convicted felons remain on voter rolls
- Baby dangled by feet during carjacking
Congressman Tim Mahoney accused of having an affair
Monday, Oct. 13, 2008
The Florida Congressman who campaigned on a motto of “Restoring America's Values Begins at Home” and “a world that is safer, more moral” is accused of having an affair and paying off his former mistress. Full story »
Early voting begins October 20
Monday, Oct. 13, 2008
Early voting begins October 20 and runs through November 1. Here is a list of early voting places in Collier and Lee counties. Full story »
TD 15 forms in Caribbean; may spin into Atlantic
Monday, Oct. 13, 2008
The National Hurricane Center in Miami says a new tropical depression has formed over the eastern Caribbean even as what had been Tropical Storm Nana lost strength over the Atlantic. Full story »
Obama leads McCain 48 to 44 percent in latest poll
Monday, Oct. 13, 2008
Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama slipped back into a statistical dead heat with Republican Party nominee John McCain, but still holds the advantage over McCain, the latest Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby likely voter poll released Monday morning shows. Full story »
Bank stock purchase pushed; 'no' to protectionism
Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told international leaders on Sunday that isolationism and protectionism could worsen the spreading financial crisis. With a new trading week dawning, U.S. lawmakers urged quick action by the Bush administration on measures to make direct purchases of bank stock to help unlock lending. Full story »
Obama makes move as McCain slips in polls
Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008
Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama took a step into rarified air this weekend, standing for the first time outside the statistical margin of error in a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby likely voter poll. Full story »
Lake Placid woman dies in car crash
Friday, Oct. 10, 2008
A 65-year-old Lake Placid woman died on the scene Friday afternoon after two vehicles crashed on US 27, the Florida Highway Patrol reports. Full story »
DOW FALLS 128: Stocks end wild session mixed
Friday, Oct. 10, 2008
Wall Street capped one of its worst weeks ever with a wild session Friday that saw the Dow Jones industrials gyrate within a 1,000 point range before closing with a relatively mild loss and the Nasdaq composite index actually ending with a modest advance. Investors were still agonizing over frozen credit markets, but seven days of massive losses and the possibility of further government support for the markets tempted some investors late in the session. Full story »
Oil plunges to 13-month low on global slowdown
Friday, Oct. 10, 2008
The stunning collapse in oil markets accelerated Friday, sending a barrel of crude plunging below $78 as investors grow more pessimistic about resolving a mushrooming global economic crisis. Oil hasn't been this cheap in 13 months — a rare silver lining for consumers amid a rapidly imploding financial landscape. Crude prices have almost been cut in half since surging to a record near $150 barrel over the summer.
Energy experts believe prices could go even lower.
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Energy experts believe prices could go even lower.
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U.S. to take stake in banks, first since Depression
Friday, Oct. 10, 2008
The government will buy an ownership stake in a broad array of American banks for the first time since the Great Depression, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said late Friday, announcing the historic step after stock markets jolted still lower around the world despite all efforts to slow the selling stampede. Full story »
Republicans to give Saunders environmental award
Friday, Oct. 10, 2008
The Florida Chapter of Republicans for Environmental Protection will present state Sen. Burt Saunders with a 2008 Green Elephant award for his efforts and accomplishments in environmental protection and stewardship. Full story »
State pension fund takes a hit, but overseers still confident
Friday, Oct. 10, 2008
Florida’s $115 billion pension fund has taken its own hit from the recent financial market tailspin, but overseers say they remain vigilant and aren’t panicking as they manage the fourth largest retirement portfolio in the country.
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State Sen. Saunders to be honored with Green Elephant award
Friday, Oct. 10, 2008
The Florida Chapter of Republicans for Environmental Protection will present State Sen. Burt Saunders with a 2008 Green Elephant award for his efforts and accomplishments in environmental protection and stewardship. Full story »
Florida citrus acreage down to lowest number since 1966
Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008
Call it the citrus squeeze. Statewide, citrus acreage is down 11 percent from two years ago. It’s at 576,577 acres — the lowest number since record-keeping began in 1966 with the first tree inventory. Southwest Florida has lost 11,277 acres of citrus since 2006. In that time, more than 2 million trees have disappeared, according to the most recent tree census by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Full story »
Fla. boater knocked unconscious by leaping dolphin
Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008
A boater is hospitalized after being knocked unconscious by a leaping dolphin along the Atlantic coast of central Florida. Full story »
