Provides the latest RSS feeds for Florida News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page The Orlando News.net http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/cat/3951354e01311858/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 13:39:19 -0400 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:39:19 -0400 30 Miranda Kerr bared her boobs while shooting an ad for her new make-up range 'Kora Organics' on Miami Beach, Florida. The Victoria's Secrets beauty, 30, was spotted giggling as she struck a pose, the Sun reported. However, an assistant covered the Aussie star, who is married to actor Orlando Bloom. ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214655657/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:10:02 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214655657/scat/3951354e01311858 Framegrab of video showing police approaching car with guns drawn during Miami Beach's Urban Beach Week last Memorial Day wknd, 2011. Video was shot on a phone by Narces ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214663583/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:07:56 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214663583/scat/3951354e01311858 TAMPA, Fla. -- Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO JPMorgan Chase, told shareholders Tuesday that last year's $6 billion trading loss had been expensive and "extremely embarrassing," but he also asked shareholders not to fixate on the issue."It would have been a terrible shame if that one issue were allowed to damage the company from doing all the things it was supposed to ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664350/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:07:55 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664350/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI -- The family of a 22-year-old man killed in a barrage of police gunfire during 2011's hip-hop Urban Beach Week festival is filing a civil rights and negligence lawsuit seeking damages for his death.Attorney Marwan Porter said Tuesday the family believes the killing of Raymond Herisse was unjustified. Officers fired more than 100 shots at Herisse's car after it was allegedly ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664351/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:07:55 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664351/scat/3951354e01311858 LAS VEGAS -- A Las Vegas man has pleaded guilty to fraud charges in connection with the embezzlement of $5.6 million from the prominent builder of residential high-rises in the Vegas area over nearly five years.U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden says Rocco Lazazzaro pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud at the Florida-based Turnberry Associates.He says Lazazzaro personally was ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664317/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:07:54 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664317/scat/3951354e01311858 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida Supreme Court says the execution of a man who killed a prison guard in 1987 can go forward.The court denied an appeal Tuesday and said that William Van Poyck's June 12 execution will not be delayed.In June 1987, Van Poyck and co-defendant Frank Valdes ambushed two guards who were taking inmate James O'Brien in a prison van to a doctor's office in ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214663585/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:07:54 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214663585/scat/3951354e01311858 took home the Nat Moore Community Service Award, it was announced today. This was the first time that Wake has won Dan Marino Most Valuable Player Award which is voted on by the South Florida media. In 2012, he started all 16 games and finished the year with 53 tackles and 15 sacks. Wake ranked third in the AFC and fourth in the NFL in sacks and also tied for the sixth highest single season sack ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664295/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:07:46 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664295/scat/3951354e01311858 Each city will get to make a 20-minute presentation inside the Hyatt Harborside Hotel on Boston Harbor. Super Bowl Bid Committee Chairman Rodney Barreto and former Miami Dolphins wide ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664296/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:07:46 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664296/scat/3951354e01311858 Florida .It's a new record for the longest Burmese python caught in the wild in Florida. The previous record was a 17ft 7in python caught in August in Everglades national park.According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the 18ft 8in snake was caught May 11 alongside a road in rural Miami-Dade County.Wildlife officials said Monday that a Miami man spotted about 3ft of ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214663549/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:56:44 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214663549/scat/3951354e01311858 An employee of Hyde N Seek Recovery, 1354 NW 53rd Ave., saw three people - later identified as Dalton Cassel, 18, Christopher Duval, 20, and Juanita Love, 36 - along the fence line of the closed business, according to a Gainesville Police Department report.The witness said Cassel was acting as a lookout while Love and Duval stood near the fence. All three walked away when they saw the employee, ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664540/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:54:23 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664540/scat/3951354e01311858 Governor Rick Scott said, "The priorities outlined in this budget will continue to make Florida the perfect climate for business. Florida's unemployment rate dropped faster than anywhere else in the country except one state and we've created more than 330,000 private sector jobs in the past two years. Our unemployment rate continues to decline and we learned last week that Florida ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664541/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:52:37 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664541/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI (AP) -- Mack Emerman, the founder of Criteria Recording Studios where acts including Eric Clapton, James Brown and the Bee Gees made some of their most famous records, has died after a long illness, according to his daughter. He was ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664542/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:51:14 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664542/scat/3951354e01311858 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The last of the suspects to be charged with the death of a Florida A & M University drum major during a hazing ritual has a date in ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664543/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:51:13 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664543/scat/3951354e01311858 TAMPA - The Rev. Terry Jones is planning to burn 2,998 Qurans on Sept. 11 in Tampa, though the exact location of the event has not been announced. But on Jones' Facebook ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664496/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:51:02 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664496/scat/3951354e01311858 snakes can grow to a terrifying size. Now, one man in Miami has found a record-setting snake that’s longer than three human adults are tall. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), a man named Jason Leon has found the longest Burmese python ever recorded in the state ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664199/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:45:44 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664199/scat/3951354e01311858 TAMPA -- Members of Tampa 912 and other tea party activists plan to protest from noon to 1 p.m. today in front of the Tampa office of the Internal Revenue Service at 3848 W Columbus Drive. Karen Jaroch, who co-founded the Tampa chapter of Glenn Beck's 9-12 group, last week told the Tampa Bay Times that when the group applied for tax-exempt status in 2010, it not only had to complete a ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664475/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:45:15 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664475/scat/3951354e01311858 TAMPA -- Security was heavy in the lead up to JPMorgan Chase's annual meeting at it's Highland Oaks campus in East Tampa on Tuesday morning. Drivers underwent two checks before being allowed to park. A couple dozen media members were cordoned off in a small tent outside the facility with national camera crews shooting morning updates. This is the second year in a row that the New York ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664473/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:45:15 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664473/scat/3951354e01311858 Have you ever tried tweeting at a major news organization? How often have they responded or retweeted? Probably not often -- and that corresponds to the findings offered by ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664200/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:44:53 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664200/scat/3951354e01311858 Florida Gov. Rick Scott. Gov. Rick Scott signed the states largest budget on Monday at $74.1 billion, even after breaking out his veto pen to strike $368 million worth of special projects. Many of those projects would have been in South Florida. One of the common themes was a refusal to pay for stormwater mitigation and drainage projects in municipalities. Some cultural, care for the elderly, ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664355/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:29:53 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664355/scat/3951354e01311858 A resident surveys the damage after the tornado hit the area near 149th and Drexel on Monday, May 20, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Okla. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Chris ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214662253/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:02:01 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214662253/scat/3951354e01311858 Florida Governor Rick Scott has killed funding for a controversial ';violence prevention program'; in Florida which caused a public backlash after the Sheriff’s office in Palm Beach County encouraged people to report on their neighbors for anti-government ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214662928/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:00:06 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214662928/scat/3951354e01311858 Ocala police officers look over the tree that fell and killed a man while he waited in his car for a thunderstorm to pass at his Northeast 10th Court home in Ocala on ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214662929/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:51:06 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214662929/scat/3951354e01311858 A Gainesville man was arrested Monday on allegations he tried to steal a purse and did steal a bicycle during an illegal drug deal, according to an arrest ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214662930/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:51:06 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214662930/scat/3951354e01311858 A high temperature of 87 is forecast with light easterly winds and a 30 percent chance of afternoon rain. Tonight's low will be about 66 degrees.- Cindy SwirkoNational Weather Service 7-Day Forecast Today A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 87. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214662931/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:51:05 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214662931/scat/3951354e01311858 HOLLY HILL -- The Holly Hill School has been evacuated after reports of a bomb threat in County . Volusia County deputies said a student overheard another talking about a pipe bomb. The sheriff's office has evacuated the school, which is located ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214662932/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:47:54 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214662932/scat/3951354e01311858 FLAGLER BEACH -- Some County residents will experience water service interruption and then be under a boil water advisory next week. The city of Flagler Beach said crews will be working on the main water line and water service will be shut off at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 28 for approximately four to six hours. The service will affect the following residents: Residents on Ocean Palm Drive with ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214662207/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:47:53 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214662207/scat/3951354e01311858 United Paradyne Corporation, a California based rocket fuel supplier, is moving in to a former shuttle building. The building will be retrofitted to provide aerospace fuel for commercial space projects at KSC. ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214662737/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:47:51 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214662737/scat/3951354e01311858 Andrew Robert Fatzinger, 21, was arrested on charges of burglary, grand theft, criminal mischief and resisting an officer following the incident early Sunday, according to a Lighthouse Point Police ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214662785/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:31:31 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214662785/scat/3951354e01311858 SUNRISE (CBSMiami) - Area companies will be looking to fill more than 2,500 job positions at a career fair in Miami Lakes on Tuesday. The event will be held at the Don Shula Hotel on Main Street from 10 a.m. to 2 ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214662652/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:24:05 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214662652/scat/3951354e01311858 The Kendall mother charged with aggravated manslaughter in the death of her 11-month-old son had been diagnosed with postpartum depression soon after the baby was born, her attorneys revealed in court Monday. Lonnie Richardson, attorney for Catalina Bruno, and DCF regional director Esther Jacobo ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214661449/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:21:23 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214661449/scat/3951354e01311858 Florida has a long list of problematic invasive species, from the vervet monkey to the lionfish, but the Burmese python might be the state's public enemy No. 1 so much so that residents will hop out of their cars at night to catch one double the normal size. A Miami man wrangled and killed the ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214661074/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:20:19 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214661074/scat/3951354e01311858 Super Bowl derby may be to snag the consolation prize. The consensus is that the recent failure to obtain tax money to help fund an extensive overhaul ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214661558/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:19:30 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214661558/scat/3951354e01311858 Florida's hospitals, like those across the rest of the nation, have received their spring report cards and more than a third earned an A, according to a nonprofit organization that advocates for safer health-care delivery. In the Sunshine State, 37 percent of all hospitals scored an A, allowing Florida to retain its 10th-place ranking among states. Florida also ranked ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214660919/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:19:30 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214660919/scat/3951354e01311858 Gov. Rick Scott Gov. Rick Scott spread the pain. As Scott signed a $74.1 billion state budget Monday, he used his line-item veto power to eliminate proposals that ranged from spending $14 million on a building project at Gulf Coast State College in the Panhandle to earmarking $20,000 for the Hialeah Junior Fire Academy in South Florida. "My filter was this,'' Scott said. "One, is ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214661559/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:52:40 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214661559/scat/3951354e01311858 A proposed mobility fee was presented in draft form to Nassau county officials Monday, which would steer the countys growth in a more efficient direction. County traffic consultants presented the idea to the county commission, which would replace transportation impact fees and concurrency, the Fernandina Beach News Leader reports. The proposed fee would target traffic needs east and west of ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214660827/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:46:33 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214660827/scat/3951354e01311858 Hemming Plaza is an unofficial gathering spot for the citys homeless population. The Jacksonville Day Resource Center at City Rescue Mission will open in July, the Financial News & Daily Record reports. Plans for the center were announced last November, which will include services such as showers, washing machines and other services to the homeless. A homeless day center was the center of ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214661562/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:35:47 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214661562/scat/3951354e01311858 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Two winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $95,813.71 each, the Florida Lottery said Tuesday.The winning tickets were bought in Fort Myers and Winter Park, lottery officials reported.The 256 tickets matching four numbers won $120.50 each. Another 8,625 tickets matching three numbers won $10 each, and 83,718 tickets won a Quick Pick ticket for picking two ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214660166/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:35:18 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214660166/scat/3951354e01311858 DELAND, Fla. -- A central Florida attorney wants a DeLand police officer to show up in court to explain why he skipped a traffic hearing after pulling him over for "impolitely" honking his horn.It started in February when DeLand Detective Christopher Jusick stopped Michael Lambert and gave him a warning for honking his horn at him after the traffic light turned green. Lambert, a ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214660165/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:35:17 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214660165/scat/3951354e01311858 Orlando City Soccer Club owners met with Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs to come up with a Plan B to fund the city's Major League Soccer stadium. Orlando City Soccer Club owners met with Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs Monday in an effort to come up with a Plan B to help save plans for a soccer stadium in downtown Orlando, WFTV reports. The citys Major League Soccer stadium suffered a ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214661561/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:32:53 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214661561/scat/3951354e01311858 Orange County deputies say a man wanted in several local robberies and burglaries who has been on the run for weeks is in custody after he crashed the stolen truck he's been driving into a tree. It happened early Tuesday morning on 17th Street between Orange Blossom Trail and Westmoreland Drive. Orange County Deputies said they had been on the lookout for the man and the truck for ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214659444/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:26:54 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214659444/scat/3951354e01311858 The arguments both for and against the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as ObamaCare, have been exchanged ever since the legislation was proposed. Supporters of the act say that everybody will benefit from having health insurance, while critics of the act argue that the government should not interfere or mandate decisions that should be made individually by people, and that the costs of the ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214659544/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:26:54 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214659544/scat/3951354e01311858 New pictures of a homeless man whose face was virtually chewed off in a horrifying attack in Miami last year are to be released. Doctors and care workers who are treating Ronald Poppo in Jackson will also give an update on his recovery from his gruesome injuries. They will play a taped message from the victim and show new photos of his face, which continues to heal after the attack on the ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214659437/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:19:23 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214659437/scat/3951354e01311858 New York City , starting at 8:30 p.m. The Magic -- by virtue of finishing with the worst record in the league -- have the best chance to win the No. 1 pick. But should the Magic and even their fans be hoping to get the pick or hope some other team moves up and grabs the top ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214660242/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:11:02 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214660242/scat/3951354e01311858 Ressi An institute created to support entrepreneurial projects, the Founder Institute, had announced it would be holding a boot camp in the Tampa Bay-area, but has now cancelled it due to a lack of qualified applicants, it said. The Institute was created by Adeo Ressi, a college dropout who has had started eight businesses including a New York guide program bought by AOL in 1997. Ressi came to ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214660711/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:06:54 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214660711/scat/3951354e01311858 Florida Hospital Waterman CEO Ken Mattison (shown) will swap jobs with Florida Hospital Flagler CEO David Ottati. Florida Hospital Waterman CEO Ken Mattison and Florida Hospital Flagler CEO David Ottati are swapping jobs, Orlando Sentinel reports. Mattison announced in April he would be leaving the Lake County hospital for another position within the Adventist Health System. Now, Ottati will ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214659669/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:03:23 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214659669/scat/3951354e01311858 After a series of headlines about major department store departures, Westfield Group created some buzz with plans to renovate Sarasotas Southgate Mall with an outdoor project including retail, restaurants and nightlife. The one-acre addition will add 46,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space to the existing mall building in a space that is currently being used as a parking lot, the ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214661529/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:00:31 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214661529/scat/3951354e01311858 May 20 (Bloomberg) -- In today's "Movers & Shakers," Bloomberg's Betty Liu highlights comments on the benefits of innovation from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's commencement speech at Bard College. She speaks on Bloomberg Television's "In The Loop." Wichita Business Journal employee Gary Nickel received this photo from his son, Justin Nickel, who was in ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214659513/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:46:21 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214659513/scat/3951354e01311858 The internationally-famed athletics training school, the IMG Academy of Bradenton, opened its new $15 million residence hall on Monday. The academy is a private school for elite athletes from around the world with about 700 students from pre-kindergarten to post-graduate age-levels, the Bradenton Herald said. The state-of-the-art dorm is accessible only by security badges. It has more than ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664544/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:44:41 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214664544/scat/3951354e01311858 OCALA, Fla. -- Police say a 28-year-old Ocala man died when a large oak tree fell on his vehicle during a thunderstorm.Ocala police Maj. Dennis Yonce told the Ocala Star-Banner ( http://bit.ly/17XE7af) that Christopher Harris was sitting in his Mitsubishi in the driveway of his home while a storm passed about 4:30 p.m. Monday.The storm which brought torrential rain and strong gusts uprooted a ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214659068/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:26:40 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214659068/scat/3951354e01311858 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jacksonville's 24 Head Start centers are set to reopen after being shuttered when the federal government stopped providing the Jacksonville Urban League funding because of safety issues.The Florida Times-Union ( http://bit.ly/118ntMg) reports officials with the Florida Department of Children and Families spend the weekend pleading with federal officials to reopen the ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214659067/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:26:40 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214659067/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI -- Six months before a baby boy died after being left strapped in his car seat, the Florida Department of Children and Families concluded there was no evidence his mother's drinking endangered his life.The Miami Herald ( http://hrld.us/118kLX9) reports the agency closed the case on Catalina Marista Bruno in November following two incidents. Eleven-month-old Bryan Miguel Osceola died ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214659069/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:26:40 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214659069/scat/3951354e01311858 Caryn Kelley is expected to take the stand in her own defense. She's faces up to 30 years in prison if she is found guilty of ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214659127/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:18:26 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214659127/scat/3951354e01311858 Zach Cooney, the lifeguard on duty Sunday, took action when a shark swam into shallow waters in Cocoa Beach Sunday, May 20, ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214659128/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:18:22 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214659128/scat/3951354e01311858 Orlando Police Department 's on-going efforts to confiscate illegal firearms that has removed more than 150 this year, records show.Shortly after 6 p.m., a gun reported stolen from Orange County was taken from a passenger in a car that initially failed to stop after being spotted speeding by police.The loaded 9 mm. pistol and a small amount of marijuana were seized from Fridland Mondesir, ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214658503/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:07:52 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214658503/scat/3951354e01311858 A flood watch was in effect for parts of Miami-Dade and Broward through 10 p.m. Tuesday after heavy rains swept through the area overnight and more downpours were expected throughout the ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214659021/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:04:54 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214659021/scat/3951354e01311858 A Burmese python measuring nearly 19ft has been captured in South Florida. About 3ft of the 18ft 8in (569cm) snake was spotted sticking out of some roadside brush on May 11 by Jason Leon and some friends, as they drove late at night through a rural area of southeast Miami-Dade County. The 23-year-old got out of his car, grabbed the snake behind its head and dragged it into the open. When ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214657740/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:04:03 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214657740/scat/3951354e01311858 ORLANDO, Fla. -- The last of the suspects to be charged with the death of a Florida A & M University drum major during a hazing ritual has a date in court.Darryl Cearnel has an arraignment Tuesday in state court in Orlando.Cearnel was charged with manslaughter and felony hazing last March, almost a year and a half after drum major Robert Champion died. Most of the other dozen or so other ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214657091/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:12:07 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214657091/scat/3951354e01311858 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida Gov. Rick Scott is leaving the country for his eighth overseas trade-related trip in the last two-and-half years.The governor left late Monday for a trip to Chile in South America. He has previously visited far-flung places such as Brazil, Spain, Israel, and England. He heads to Paris next month.Scott has already taken more trips than former Gov. Charlie Crist. ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214656861/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:12:06 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214656861/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI -- Two female police officers with the Miami-Dade County school system have settled lawsuits accusing the former police chief of sexually harassing them.Cmdr. Deanna Fox-Williams and Officer Yewande Gibson claimed in the lawsuits that former chief Charles Hurley asked them for dates and then retaliated against them when they refused his advances over several years.Hurley denied the claims ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214657015/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:12:05 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214657015/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI -- Several Florida former foster youth are joining dozens of foster youth from around the country on Capitol Hill to shadow U.S. lawmakers.Members of Congress will be paired with the youth, who are 18-22 years old, on Tuesdays morning. The former foster youth will attend hearings, meetings and witness floor votes.They will also sit down with members of the Obama Administration at the White ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214657184/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:12:05 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214657184/scat/3951354e01311858 A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year in Miami has learned to play guitar as he continues treatment for his ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214656834/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:12:04 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214656834/scat/3951354e01311858 As NBC 6’s cameras followed FHP troopers at ground level, Telemundo 51 flew with a FHP pilot 2,000 feet above Florida’s Turnpike – high enough where drivers had no idea the agency had an eye in the ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214657093/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:51:53 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214657093/scat/3951354e01311858 Consumer Reports' medical experts say starting testosterone is a big deal. It should only be done after a long and careful conversation between doctor and ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214655293/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:44:55 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214655293/scat/3951354e01311858 TALLAHASSEE | Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who had a tough time winning cooperation this past year from the Republican-led Legislature, struck back on Monday by vetoing nearly $400 million from the state's new ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214654561/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:05:55 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214654561/scat/3951354e01311858 Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Cole Hamels throws in the first inning during a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Miami, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Lynne ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214654318/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:03:35 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214654318/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI (CBSMiami) -Fallon Fox, a controversial mixed martial arts fighter, is in South Florida. Recently, Fox has made headlines as some critics argue she shouldn’t be able to fight other women. Professional mixed martial arts cage fighter Fallon Fox's biography is different from other female fighters in the MMA. Fox was actually born a man. "I am a post-operative transsexual ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214654416/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:34:01 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214654416/scat/3951354e01311858 PLANT CITY | VSI Tampa Bay FC will take on the Tampa Bay Rowdies tonight at at Plant City Stadium after Tampa Bay FC edged Orlando City U23s this past Tuesday night in the first round of the US Open ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214653648/scat/3951354e01311858 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:02:30 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214653648/scat/3951354e01311858 LONGWOOD -- A new dress code at some local banks hopes to curb the rising number of bank robberies. A sign posted at Fairwinds Credit Union in Longwood asks customers to removed sunglasses, hats and hoods. It's a move customers are adjusting to. "What's it to remove your sunglasses? You can't see. You don't need them inside anyway. So, I can see maybe the ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214652224/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:46:08 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214652224/scat/3951354e01311858 OKLAHOMA CITY -- [UPDATE 9 p.m.] Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin says "hearts are broken'' for parents who are wondering about the fate of their children after the tornado that devastated suburban Oklahoma City. Fallin says a communications center has been set up Monday at a church in Moore, where an afternoon tornado flattened entire neighborhoods and destroyed an elementary school ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214652654/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:46:08 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214652654/scat/3951354e01311858 ORLANDO -- Since the beginning of 2013, there have been 109 missing persons cases reported in Orlando. Of those cases, 103 have been solved. Monday, detectives with the Orlando Police Department hoped new attention brought to those unsolved cases will help those who are missing be found. Back in November ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214652754/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:46:06 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214652754/scat/3951354e01311858 OCALA -- A man is dead after a tree fell on a car he was sitting in during severe weather in Marion County Monday afternoon. According to the Ocala Police Department, the man, later identified at 28-year-old Christopher Harris, was in his car near the driveway of a home on NE 10th Court in Ocala. Police said around 4:20 p.m., a tree from a neighbor's yard fell on his car and another ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214652753/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:46:06 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214652753/scat/3951354e01311858 PIERSON -- Deputies in Volusia County arrested an 18-year-old accused of breaking into a teenage girl's home to have sex with her. It happened early Monday morning in Pierson. Deputies said Eduardo Rodriguez broke into the girl's room just after 1 a.m. and touched her. The girl woke up and screamed for her mother, and according to the sheriff's office, they both fought ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214652755/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:46:04 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214652755/scat/3951354e01311858 More jail employees have been disciplined for not properly reporting home confinement violations by Bessman Okafor. ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214652756/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:46:01 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214652756/scat/3951354e01311858 This May 15, 2013 photo provided by the University of Florida shows unidentified staff next to a dead Burmese python on the campus in Gainesville, Fla. The python, the longest ever caught in the state, measured 18 feet, 8 inches and weighed 128 pounds. It was caught along a South Florida road on May 11, 2013. The University of Florida researchers performed a necropsy on the female snake and found ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214652757/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:28:17 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214652757/scat/3951354e01311858 Justin Ruggiano knocked in a pair of runs Monday in the Miami Marlins' 5-1 win over Philadelphia. Sanabia (3-6) broke a five-start losing streak with his first victory since April 16. The right-hander limited the Phillies to one run on seven hits, walking one while fanning three. Ruggiano's RBI double in the sixth inning broke a 1-1 tie and he doubled the advantage with a run-scoring ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214652684/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:20:35 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214652684/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI | The longest Burmese python ever caught in the state -- 18 feet, 8 inches long and 128 pounds -- was found alongside a rural South Florida road, wildlife officials said ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214651677/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:52:45 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214651677/scat/3951354e01311858 Youth librarians throughout the county are preparing for the annual Florida Youth Library Program Summer Reading promotion "Dig into Reading" for kids and "Beneath the Surface" for teens. The idea is to keep young people reading and learning through the summer break. This is a "home-grown" program; librarians around the state contribute ideas for the programs, ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214651316/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:52:45 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214651316/scat/3951354e01311858 Staff Sgt. Cheryl Westbrook was driving in the center lane on Interstate 75 near Riverview on Saturday when another car tried to change lanes and the two collided. Florida Highway Patrol officials said she lost control of the vehicle, hit a Florida Department of Transportation sign and flipped over. Westbook, 35, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver in the other car, Candelaria M. Perez, ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214651320/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:52:44 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214651320/scat/3951354e01311858 A South Florida woman has been charged with visa fraud after authorities say she falsely promised 143 Haitians and told the federal government there were jobs waiting for them in the ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214651678/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:52:44 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214651678/scat/3951354e01311858 The price of admission keeps rising at Universal Orlando. Both Universal theme parks — Universal Studios Florida and Universal's Islands of Adventure — announced a $3 increase for a single-day ticket to $92, plus tax. This move makes Universal tickets more expensive than its rival Walt Disney World, which hasn't announced a price increase. Universal Studios has seen a ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214651832/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:52:41 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214651832/scat/3951354e01311858 Nearly 80,000 supporters since Friday have signed an Internet petition demanding felony sex charges be dropped against an 18-year-old lesbian who dated a 14-year-old high-school basketball teammate.Kaitlyn Hunt of Indian River County is charged with two felony counts of lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12 to 16 years old. If convicted, she would be given a sentence ranging from probation to ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214651411/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:47:26 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214651411/scat/3951354e01311858 A Florida man with experience handling snakes captured and killed a 128-pound Burmese python he discovered on the side of the road in Miami-Dade County, ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214651430/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:15:16 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214651430/scat/3951354e01311858 A child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along to rescuers Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214650702/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:48:54 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214650702/scat/3951354e01311858 Authorities have identified the man who died Sunday afternoon after he lost control of his motorbike.Florida Highways Patrol said Gardy Louissaint, 31, of Miami was driving an Honda 1000 on Ives Dairy Road east of Northeast 10th Avenue at 1.50 PM when he attempted to change lanes to overtake another vehicle and lost control.He slammed into a utility pole and was pronounced dead at the scene, ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214650514/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:41:18 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214650514/scat/3951354e01311858 Catalina Marista Bruno had been arrested three times on charges involving drugs or alcohol. She had been drinking last July when police arrested her husband for beating her in front of her children. And she was deemed to be drunk in November when she reportedly clipped several walls before passing out with her infant son untethered in the front seat with her.Still, state child welfare ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214650678/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:41:18 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214650678/scat/3951354e01311858 North Miami Beach’s runoff election will be held Tuesday, but with one caveat: The city’s canvassing board cannot certify the official results until further order from the courts. Judge Darrin Gayles of the 11th Judicial Circuit Court made that decision Monday after a hearing in which Seat 4 candidate Yvenoline Dargenson’s residency came under question due to a lawsuit ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214650180/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:41:14 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214650180/scat/3951354e01311858 BATON ROUGE, La. -- A Louisiana judge has ordered former Miami Dolphins running back Cecil Collins held without bond until a probation hearing July 1.The Advocate ( http://bit.ly/12pRZDO) reports that District Judge Mike Caldwell will decide whether Collins violated probation on Louisiana charges by committing a burglary in Florida in late 1999.Collins was released from a Florida prison May 1 ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214650836/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:41:14 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214650836/scat/3951354e01311858 Kevin Foley stood before a judge in Broward County's drug court - fellow abusers sitting behind him in the benches - talking about the fitful life of a recovering addict, the random drug tests, the counseling and what he hoped was his next, clean chapter. Foley, 21, has been hooked on heroin for nearly two years. Before that, he was popping oxycodone and other prescription pills ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214650837/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:38:37 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214650837/scat/3951354e01311858 A previously captured 13-foot Burmese python is held in the Everglades, Florida in this January 17, 2013 file photo. A 19-foot python has been killed in Florida this month, according to reports.A man from Miami-Dade County is reported to have killed the huge Burmese Python. The species is known to be quite an invasive species in the state, and it is common for people to go out of their way to ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214650838/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:35:03 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214650838/scat/3951354e01311858 Magic senior vice president Pat Williams is seen kissing the ping-pong ball after Orlando won the No. 1 overall pick in the 2004 draft and chose Dwight Howard. The NBA is hoping for the same Tuesday night to jump-start the rebuilding process. (Steve Freeman/NBAE via Getty ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214650401/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:28:04 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214650401/scat/3951354e01311858 CLEARWATER — If the Tampa Bay Water board approves his contract, the new general manager of the wholesale utility serving Pinellas, Pasco and Hillsborough counties will be Matthew Jordan, an engineer from North Carolina. After negotiations with the utility's attorney, Jordan, currently the CEO of the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, has accepted the $180,000 a year job, according to ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214650778/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:19:29 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214650778/scat/3951354e01311858 Richard Bohl, 47, of Loxahatchee Groves, faces a homicide charge after shooting his neighbor, Gary Jorglewich twice in the face, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office arrest ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214650620/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:19:25 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214650620/scat/3951354e01311858 Attorneys for Dennis DeMartin, the former John Goodman juror fighting a criminal contempt charge, on Monday filed their strongest attack yet against ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214650176/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:19:23 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214650176/scat/3951354e01311858 LOS ANGELES -; U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Los Angeles have made some unusual seizures, including elephant meat, a dead primate and hundreds of handbags made from the skin of snakes, lizards and ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214648959/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:32:07 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214648959/scat/3951354e01311858 Credit the wisdom of Miami-Dade voters. They saw through Julio Robaina.Two years ago, county mayoral candidate Robaina had twice as much money in his campaign account as rival Carlos Gimenez. Robaina had endorsements from Jeb Bush and from Mario and Lincoln Diaz-Balart and other powerbrokers in South Florida’s political establishment.And Robaina had a ready retort for his critics. When ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214649386/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:28:25 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214649386/scat/3951354e01311858 Wells Fargo Bank and insurer QBE have agreed to pay an estimated $19.25 million to more than 24,000 Florida homeowners under a proposed settlement that plaintiff attorneys call “unprecedented.”Without admitting wrongdoing, the firms would settle claims they inflated premiums — often to five or six times above normal rates — for “force-placed” insurance. Lenders ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214649662/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:28:22 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214649662/scat/3951354e01311858 TAMPA, Fla. -- The parents of a Tampa woman who says she was tricked by her boyfriend into taking a pill that led to a miscarriage spoke out Monday, saying no woman should ever have to endure such a "horrific act."James and Rosa Lee told a news conference their 26-year-old daughter Remee is struggling after losing her 6-week-old embryo, but is holding up. Remee Lee is not speaking to ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214649509/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:28:20 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214649509/scat/3951354e01311858 Law enforcement officials around the state kicked off their annual ';Click It or Ticket'; campaign Monday as part of a nationwide effort to boost seatbelt ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214649663/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:24:34 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214649663/scat/3951354e01311858 Two boys, a 16-year-old and 17-year-old, are charged with burglary and grand theft of a home in Lighthouse Point, according to Police Chief Ross ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214649513/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:06:31 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214649513/scat/3951354e01311858 Haiti with false promises of steady paying jobs in construction or on farms, the hope of getting permanent residency and making a life in the U.S., they said.But when they arrived, they found the jobs didn't exist, and they were left to fend for themselves — the victims of a fraud perpetrated by two Broward women, prosecutors said.The plot was so audacious that one of the women, Jetta ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214649214/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:04:40 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214649214/scat/3951354e01311858 NORTH MIAMI (CBS4) – In a return to primitive election tabulation, North Miami candidates painstakingly hand counted almost 7,000 ballots Monday. Doctor Joseph Smith, who came in third place for the mayoral vote, paid almost $500 fee to see every vote. When CBS4's David Sutta commented to Smith about reverting to this old school way of counting votes, he responded, "Correct. And ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214649396/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:58:35 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214649396/scat/3951354e01311858 NEW ORLEANS -; A federal judge on Monday dismissed one of the two counts in the indictment of a former BP executive who was charged with concealing information from Congress about the amount of oil that was leaking from the company's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico in ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643909/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:24:49 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643909/scat/3951354e01311858 City National Bank of Florida’s net income: 2007: $68.4 million 2008: $42.5 million 2009: ($9.0 million) 2010: ($436.5 million) 2011: $34.4 million 2012: $190.2 ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214644068/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:21:07 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214644068/scat/3951354e01311858 has made available a $2 million Quick Response Training Challenge Grant for employers in Florida's logistics and trade industry, according to Chris Hart IV, president and CEO of the statewide work force policy board.The ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643823/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:19:22 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643823/scat/3951354e01311858 Several thousand tombstone replicas will line Northwest Eighth Avenue this Memorial Day weekend as a tribute and remembrance to those who died serving in the Iraq and Afghanistan ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214644524/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:17:29 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214644524/scat/3951354e01311858 Miami Police said they have recovered the 2010 Mazda involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed Ana Mares, 52, in Brickell on March 22. Miami Police spokesman Sgt. Freddie Cruz said the car was turned over through the owner's attorney. Police said they are still investigating who was behind the wheel on the night of the crash. The victim's sister, Adriana Mares, spoke about the ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214644396/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:01:57 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214644396/scat/3951354e01311858 Delray Beach . Once conceived as a way to attract visitors to downtown shops and restaurants, special events are now viewed as a nuisance keeping regular patrons and Delray residents from visiting businesses downtown. "We don't need them anymore," said Bruce Gimmy, owner of the Trouser Shop on Atlantic Avenue, at a recent workshop meeting. "They are counterproductive to ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214644339/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:00:11 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214644339/scat/3951354e01311858 TAMPA -- Tampa Police detectives have identified a man they say was murdered Friday. Patrick A. Richardson, 38, was found dead in the 4800 block of North 30th Street in Tampa at about 11:30 p.m. Friday. Richardson was a native of Jamaica, according to police. The investigation is still ongoing and anyone with information should call the Tampa Police Department at (813) ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214644483/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:00:07 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214644483/scat/3951354e01311858 SUNRISE — A seeing-eye dog had bleach squirted in its eyes at a Publix grocery store when a 67-year-old woman intentionally sprayed the animal in an unprovoked attack, a police report says.The 5-year-old yellow Labrador retriever appeared uninjured, the report said, but Patricia Lawler, of Sunrise, was cited for animal cruelty and given a notice to appear after the 4:15 p.m. Saturday ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214644341/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:00:04 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214644341/scat/3951354e01311858 A resident who did not want to give his name, searches through the rubble of his mobile home in the Steelman Estates Mobile Home Park, destroyed by Sunday's tornado, near Shawnee, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. The tornado that slammed into Oklahoma on Sunday is now blamed for two deaths. Authorities say two men in their 70s have been found dead in or near a mobile home park outside of ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214644425/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:55:30 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214644425/scat/3951354e01311858 Rick Scott has ramped up execution orders of late, approving three death penalty warrants in less than a month, officials said. Scott signed off on only six death penalty warrants in the first three years of his term. Critics say the governor is trying to burnish his law-and-order credentials ahead of his re-election bid next year. Scott's office denied the charge, saying he'd done ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214644525/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:52:01 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214644525/scat/3951354e01311858 A female Florida high school student, accused of lewd behavior with an underage female, has been offered a plea deal, authorities said Monday. Kaitlyn Hunt, 18, was arrested in February and charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious behavior toward her unidentified girlfriend, 14, a fellow student at Sebastian River High School in Sebastian, Fla. A court affidavit referred to kissing and ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214644526/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:52:00 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214644526/scat/3951354e01311858 A south Florida woman was suffering from postpartum depression when she left her baby to die shut in a sweltering car, her lawyer said. Police have charged Carla Bruno of West Miami-Dade with aggravated manslaughter after she left her 11-month-old baby in the back seat of a Chevrolet Impala alongside her purse and a case of beer. It took the baby's father four hours to realize the baby was ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214644003/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:51:59 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214644003/scat/3951354e01311858 A look at the Inn's exterior. History and hipness are beautifully blended at The Birchwood Inn on St. Petersburgs popular Beach Drive NE. Chuck and Dr. Kathy Reilly Prather bought the former Grayls Hotel two years ago for $1.85 million cash. Tampa-based Ed Taylor Construction began gutting the three-story, 19,0000-square-foot building in January 2012. Two floors have been added to the ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214660846/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:25:54 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214660846/scat/3951354e01311858 One year after surviving a savage, bizarre attack in Miami that left him blind, beaten and facially disfigured, Ronald Poppo is continuing his recovery at a long-term care facility in Cutler Bay. Poppo’s caregivers said he is in good spirits and plays guitar every day in his room at Jackson Memorial Perdue Medical Center, and he has put on about 50 pounds since the Memorial Day weekend ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214642706/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:17:34 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214642706/scat/3951354e01311858 SAFETY HARBOR, Fla. -- — For 10 years, political pros have taken it almost as gospel that the strongest statewide Democratic candidates are centrists from Florida’s top battleground region of Tampa Bay.2014 gubernatorial hopeful Nan Rich says that’s bunk.“We tried that three times, and we had three good candidates — we had Jim Davis, Alex Sink and Bill ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643161/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:17:33 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643161/scat/3951354e01311858 WASHINGTON -- A new government report details 87 shipwrecks - most sunk during World War II decades ago - that could pollute U.S. waters with tens of millions of gallons of oil.Even so, the potential for pollution is less than scientists had expected. The report released Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration concludes "the scope of the problem is much more manageable ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643162/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:17:32 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643162/scat/3951354e01311858 "I just love to paint. Just like those boys love to play basketball, I just love to paint," said Serge Toussaint, who painted the mural on a wall along Northeast 29th Street between Miami Avenue and 1st Avenue. "I definitely think I am part of the Heat team. Only thing -- I don't have a ring ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643163/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:16:11 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643163/scat/3951354e01311858 UF President Bernie Machen said Monday that because of the increased funding in the state budget, he would not seek a tuition hike for next ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643321/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:14:10 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643321/scat/3951354e01311858 Vine Bread & Pasta opened last week in its new location at 627 N. Main St., offering organic sourdough bread, pastries, fresh pasta to go, coffee, tea and natural ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643322/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:14:09 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643322/scat/3951354e01311858 May 20 (Bloomberg) -- Bloombergs Trish Regan, Adam Johnson and Matt Miller report on todays ten most important stocks including Activis, Red Hat and Yahoo. (Source: Bloomberg) It was a day of nominal losses and gains on Wall Street Monday. Tech Data (NASDAQ: TECD) had the highest gain with 1.31 percent. WellCare Health Plans (NYSE: WCG) had the largest loss, 1.48 percent. This comes after the ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643815/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:11:48 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643815/scat/3951354e01311858 OCALA -- A County man is under arrest after holding his wife captive in their home. Deputies responded to a home in the 5300 block of SW 87th Place on Sunday, May 19 in reference to domestic violence. The victim told deputies from approximately 11 p.m. on May 18 to 6 a.m. on May 19, her husband, Donald Palko, physically abused her and held her captive in their home. She said Palko physically ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643323/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:11:44 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643323/scat/3951354e01311858 Left: Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer. Right: Tumblr founder David Karp. Yahoo announced Monday, May 20, 2013 that it is acquiring Tumblr for $1.1 billion, adding it promises 'not to screw it up.' ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643325/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:11:41 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643325/scat/3951354e01311858 State Road 417 , east of Lake Nona. Traffic is not blocked, and visibility is reported as clear. The size of the brush fire is not yet available. This is a developing story. Refresh this page and watch News 13 for ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643324/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:11:41 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643324/scat/3951354e01311858 CLERMONT -- The winners are in for the annual Drop Saver Poster Contest in County . More than 1,300 students in second through fifth grades from Clermont Elementary, Cypress Ridge Elementary and Imagine South Lake Charter School participated for the chance to have their poster in a statewide contest. Entries from second and third graders were combined, along with fourth and fifth graders. The ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643326/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:11:39 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643326/scat/3951354e01311858 By Daniel Arkin, Staff Writer, NBC News A teenage girl in Florida faces criminal charges for an alleged sexual relationship with a 15-year-old female student in a case the defendant’s family says stems from anti-gay prejudice.Kaitlyn Hunt, 18, has been charged with two felony counts of "lewd and lascivious battery of a child 12 to 16 years old" related to conduct with a minor she ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643011/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:06:37 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643011/scat/3951354e01311858 The impact caused the Hyundai to burst into flame, police said. Soto and another witness helped pull the driver, Jeffrey Steven Bryce Jr., 33, to safety but were unable to rescue Vazquez, said police. Bryce was in critical condition Sunday at Jackson Memorial Hospital's Burn Center in Miami, according to FHP. Hospital officials said Monday they did not have permission to update his ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643111/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:56:41 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643111/scat/3951354e01311858 TAMPA -- The National Football League Tuesday picks its host cities for Super Bowls L and LI -- that's 50 and 51, for the Roman numeral-challenged -- and Tampa Bay is not in the conversation. No surprise there, because the NFL did not invite the bay area to submit a bid for either game. Instead, invitations for those two games went to San Francisco, South Florida and Houston. The league ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643266/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:56:33 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643266/scat/3951354e01311858 The weather? Perfect. Rip currents? No. What about bacteria in the water? You can answer this one with a few taps of your smart phone, thanks to a new app that will allow you to find the closest beach and check its water quality. The Waterkeeper Alliance has launched a new app, available ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643327/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:56:31 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643327/scat/3951354e01311858 Tampa Bay Rays . Dickey (4-5) allowed four hits and walked four in eight innings. Tampa Bay managed three runs -- two earned -- in the first three innings but didn't score off Dickey again. He struck out five Toronto reached Rays' starter Jake Odorizzi for three runs in the first two innings and, ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643330/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:48:01 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214643330/scat/3951354e01311858 By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE | Mon May 20, 2013 4:24pm EDT TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) - Florida Governor Rick Scott signed the largest budget in his state's history on Monday while vetoing a college tuition increase and axing $368 million in projects he said did not meet his Republican criteria of job creation, education improvement and holding down the cost of government. Scott, who ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214642583/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:24:13 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214642583/scat/3951354e01311858 WASHINGTON — Cars that steer themselves through bumper-to-bumper traffic will hit the market by the end of this year, and self-parking vehicles aren’t far behind. Fully autonomous models that don’t need human drivers at all are less than a decade from dealerships. But laws lag behind the rise of the robo-car. Only three states — Nevada, California and Florida — have ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214641359/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:14:03 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214641359/scat/3951354e01311858 ORLANDO, Fla. -- Universal Orlando has raised the price of a one-day, single-park ticket to $92.The price increase, up from $89, went into effect this past weekend.Single-day admission for both Universal parks - Universal Studios Florida and Universal's Islands of Adventure - went from $124 to $128. Similar increases were applied to multiday passes. Universal spokesman Tom Schroder says ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214641958/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:13:57 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214641958/scat/3951354e01311858 Timothy Goldfarb, CEO of Shands HealthCare, and Dr. Michael Good, dean of the University of Florida College of Medicine, leave a press conference held to announce the changing of the name "UF&Shands" to "UF Health" at the UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital Monday. Goldfarb left the press conference with a keepsake, a sign with the old logo on ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214642078/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:10:13 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214642078/scat/3951354e01311858 TAMPA-- The head of the country's biggest bank finds out Tuesday if he gets to keep both of his titles. And the drama will unfold right here in Tampa. Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, faces a growing shareholder push to relinquish the title of board chairman during the New York banking conglomerate's annual meeting. Slated to begin at 10 a.m. at the bank's ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214642042/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:53:08 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214642042/scat/3951354e01311858 The cost of a one-day, one-park ticket to Universal Orlando has gone up three bucks to $92, plus tax. The increase made over the weekend makes Universal the first Orlando theme park to top the $90 threshold. Tickets for children ages 3 to 9 jumped to $86, plus tax. This is the second year in a row that Universal has rolled out price increases that put it ahead of Disney World. Universal has ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214642045/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:53:08 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214642045/scat/3951354e01311858 Fort Lauderdale Police are seeking the drivers of a red Volkswagen Beetle and a black pickup truck in connection with a hit-and-run crash that injured a toddler last ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214641905/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:53:04 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214641905/scat/3951354e01311858 Lottery officials in Florida are waiting for the person holding a winning Powerball ticket worth $590.5 million to come forward. The ticket was purchased at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills in the days before Saturday's winning numbers were called, ABC News reported. Monday was the earliest the ticket holder was able to come forward, as the Florida's lottery headquarters in ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214642079/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:44:24 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214642079/scat/3951354e01311858 FedEx Corp. said its FedEx Express unit recently launched an upgraded version of its SameDay City service in Miami. The Memphis-based delivery giant has provided same-day delivery in Miami and 27 other U.S. cities since 2008, but now provides pickup and delivery in as short as three hours in the Miami area, the company said.Miami is among nine U.S. cities getting the faster service. Others are ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214640524/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:09:37 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214640524/scat/3951354e01311858 The Miami-Dade school district has settled two lawsuits by female officers who said the former chief of schools police sexually harassed them for years.An attorney representing Cmdr. Deanna Fox-Williams and Officer Yewande Gibson announced in court Friday that they’d reached a settlement and agreed to dismiss their cases. The women filed suit in January against former police chief Charles ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214639996/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:09:35 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214639996/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI -- The longest Burmese python ever caught in the state - 18 feet, 8 inches long and 128 pounds - was found alongside a rural South Florida road, wildlife officials said Monday.About 3 feet of the snake was spotted sticking out of some roadside brush May 11 by Jason Leon of Miami and some friends as they drove late at night through a rural area of southeast Miami-Dade County, according to ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214640729/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:09:34 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214640729/scat/3951354e01311858 The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission said Jason Leon, of Hialeah, found the 18-foot, 8-inch beast while riding in a rural area in southeast Miami-Dade County on May 11. About 3 feet of the snake was spotted sticking out of some roadside ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214640731/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:08:00 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214640731/scat/3951354e01311858 Head Coach Greg Schiano repeated on Monday that Josh Freeman is the Bucs' starter, and both he and his quarterback dismissed the notion that Mike Glennon's arrival has Freeman looking over his ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214640838/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:02:17 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214640838/scat/3951354e01311858 A 14-year-old boy who jumped onto the outside of a Broward County bus was hospitalized after he was run over by the bus in Pompano Beach Friday morning, officials said. Bus rider Brian Clark and Broward Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Dani Moschella spoke about the ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214640635/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:47:16 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214640635/scat/3951354e01311858 Stopping to steal beer while running away from cops may sound silly, but this is South Florida. The illegal beer run occurred early Sunday morning after a burglary suspect was allegedly caught in the middle of looting ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214639954/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:45:38 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214639954/scat/3951354e01311858 TAMPA -- A 300-pound black bear captured by wildlife officials Friday is back at his home: the Ocala National Forest. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission released a photo Monday of the bear as it was released into the wild once more. On Friday morning, a resident near Egypt Lake called deputies when he noticed the bear in his back yard. Within four hours, officials ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214640839/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:45:36 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214640839/scat/3951354e01311858 Slow Progress on GAAP and IFRS Convergence; Optionality for Impairments Increases Significant differences will remain between the GAAP and IFRS accounting standards in 2013, although cooperation and progress continues on some remaining joint projects, according to Fitch Ratings. The pipeline of new standards promises increasing commonality between the two platforms over coming years. Progress ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214640887/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:45:14 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214640887/scat/3951354e01311858 Jason Leon (left) captured and killed record-setting Burmese python in Miami-Dade. it measured 18-feet, 8-inches and weighed 128 pounds. (Source: ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214640296/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:40:15 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214640296/scat/3951354e01311858 Learning In A War Zone Discussion (Source: CBS4) We devote the entire half-hour of this week’s Facing South Florida with Jim DeFede to what life is like for students at Booker T. Washington High School, both at school and away from school. The format is roundtable with Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, as well as Booker T’s principal, and one of its teachers. To ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214640733/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:40:14 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214640733/scat/3951354e01311858 Chad Johnson was arrested Monday morning after twice not reporting to his probation officer, court records said. A warrant was issued after Johnson left the Miami area and missed two check-ins, in February and March. The Broward County Sheriff's Office confirmed Johnson appeared in court Monday to answer to his probation violations, and was subsequently ordered to jail. His Twitter account ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214640224/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:36:03 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214640224/scat/3951354e01311858 Crowne Plaza Jacksonville Riverfront fireworks at night. With nominations for the Social Madness challenge closed, and the competition actually starting in a month, we are offering up a quick introduction to some of the competitors this year. Next up is Crowne Plaza Jacksonville Riverfront. Crowne Plaza Jacksonville Riverfronts Kerry Boatwright offers insight. Number of followers: Who are the ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214639930/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:21:24 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214639930/scat/3951354e01311858 About 7.000 acres will be auctioned off in June and July. The assets of East Coast Brokers and Packers, including farms, packing houses, the Red Rose Hotel in Plant City, a former Bible college and labor camps, will be offered for sale in a sealed bid process in June and July. The Mulberry-based company, once one of Floridas largest tomato growers and shippers, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214640049/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:12:12 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214640049/scat/3951354e01311858 Aerovent is building an 8,500-square-foot warehouse behind its 75,000-square-foot air handling system manufacturing facility in Covington. A manufacturing plant in Covington is expanding to accommodate a new product line and almost doubling its employment. Aerovent, a subsidiary of Minneapolis-based Twin City Fan Company, is building an 8,500-square-foot warehouse behind its 75,000-square-foot ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214640048/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:56:18 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214640048/scat/3951354e01311858 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida shoppers this August will get to buy computers without having to pay sales taxes.Gov. Rick Scott on Monday signed into law a bill reauthorizing the state's popular back-to-school sales tax holiday. This year's sales tax holiday will take place from Aug. 2 to Aug. 4.Shoppers will not have to pay the state's 6 percent sales tax on clothes worth $75 or ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214639458/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:53:30 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214639458/scat/3951354e01311858 Drivers in the Southeast will see little change, if any, in pump prices this week. State averages for a gallon of regular retail gasoline moved less than a penny in ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214639459/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:49:36 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214639459/scat/3951354e01311858 A Miami man caught a record-setting 18-foot, 8-inch Burmese python, larger than the one in this photo, in a rural area of southeast Miami-Dade County. (PHOTO: National Park ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214639166/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:47:04 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214639166/scat/3951354e01311858 Orlando Police responded to the intersection of S. Semoran Boulevard and Yew Drive just before 11 a.m. after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214639460/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:47:02 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214639460/scat/3951354e01311858 Martin Medlong was reported missing Saturday by his mother and was last seen Sunday at the Daytona Beach Salvation Army. (PHOTO/Volusia County Sheriff's ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214639462/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:47:02 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214639462/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI (CBSMiami) - As President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act begins to take effect, the costs of health care are finally being revealed to customers. The numbers show wildly different charges for similar procedures across the country and no real explanation of why the prices vary so much. ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214638797/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:26:57 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214638797/scat/3951354e01311858 Dr. Omar Monteagudo, SAS Principal (Source: CBS4) South Florida’s School for Advanced Studies is honored by Newsweek magazine as the sixth best in the nation. We take you inside SAS to see what makes it so special and talk with the school’s principal and two of its students. Click on above picture to watch entire ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214639337/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:26:57 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214639337/scat/3951354e01311858 Tia Frost, Ms. Florida Plus America 2011 (Source: CBS4) The second annual event presented by the Center for Independent Living Broward supports the 20-year mission of the center: to empower and offer asistance to people with disabilities. We focus on how the unique fashion show changes lives. Click on above picture to watch entire ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214639336/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:26:57 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214639336/scat/3951354e01311858 MIAMI (CBS4) – The average start date for the rainy season is today, May 20th, and starting this afternoon through the middle of the week South Florida will see plenty of rain. Scattered showers have been sweeping in across the area since the morning hours and throughout the day the storm chance will remain high due to a surge of deep tropical moisture across the peninsula. A short wave ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214638750/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:26:56 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214638750/scat/3951354e01311858 Janine Lutz, mother of veteran whose PTSD drove him to suicide (Source: CBS4) Janine Lutz has started up a nonprofit to help troubled veterans and their families, after her own son, who was suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, committed suicide. Click on above picture to watch entire ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214639338/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:26:56 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214639338/scat/3951354e01311858 MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Officials at MacDill Air Force base say a member of their medical operations squadron has died in a traffic accident.Staff Sgt. Cheryl Westbrook's car collided with another car on I-75 Saturday near Riverview. She lost control of the vehicle, hit a traffic sign and flipped over. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Florida Highway Patrol officials identified ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214637394/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:47:23 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214637394/scat/3951354e01311858 Monday, May 20, 2013 | 8:38 a.m. ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. -- It could be an anxious wait of up to two months for people in a small Florida city to find out who won the highest Powerball jackpot in history: an estimated $590.5 million. The lucky ticket was bought sometime Saturday or earlier at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, a city of about 13,000 people best known around the state for its brand of ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214638066/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:46:58 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214638066/scat/3951354e01311858 "It's a whole lot of money, a great opportunity for someone to realize their dream, and that's what Powerball is all about," said Cindy O'Connell, the secretary of the Florida ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214637934/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:45:58 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214637934/scat/3951354e01311858 Johnson received a year of probation last September after pleading no contest to a domestic violence charge involving his former wife, reality TV star Evelyn ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214637466/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:38:54 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214637466/scat/3951354e01311858 ST. PETERSBURG, May 20 (R-Sport) - St. Petersburg's vice governor responsible for construction on Monday denied claims by Russia's federal Audit Chamber that the city's 2018 World Cup football stadium might not be complete until 2017. Audit Chamber head Sergei Stepashin said earlier on Monday that the best-case scenario is for construction of the $1.1 billion arena to be finished ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214637710/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:35:33 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214637710/scat/3951354e01311858 Just in time for hurricane season, one of the fastest growing property insurers in the state is opening its new, three-story headquarters in St. Petersburg. American Strategic Insurance is planning a ribbon-cutting ceremony for 3 p.m. Tuesday for its 110,000-square foot headquarters at the newly named 1 ASI Way, located near the intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street N and Gandy ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214638018/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:25:38 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214638018/scat/3951354e01311858 Police went to a woman's home in the early morning hours Sunday after she told authorities that her son broke in and threatened to "cut her with a knife" if she called police, a complaint affidavit states.Christopher Daniel Ducharme, 27, was arrested at 3 a.m. on the 700 block of Ponce de Leon Drive and charged with false imprisonment and aggravated assault on a person 65 or older. ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214637868/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:25:38 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214637868/scat/3951354e01311858 Want to know about more events where readers can learn and connect? The Tampa Bay business community loves to network and there is not always enough space in the Tampa Bay Business Journal print edition to include a deeper offering of events coming up the next week. We will now begin sharing extra events for the upcoming week. In general, were interested in including events that are ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214638019/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:44:35 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214638019/scat/3951354e01311858 Transportation $291.9 million to add managed lanes on State Road 826 (Dolphin) and I-75 in Miami-Dade County $154 million for Homestead Extension of the Florida Turnpike $236 million to add lanes on I-75 $143 million to add lanes and rehabilitate pavement in Pasco ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214636358/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:42:45 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214636358/scat/3951354e01311858 RALEIGH, N.C. -- The North Carolina Press Association is claiming victory in a battle to maintain government notices in newspapers, but the war isn't yet over.Two bills in the North Carolina House that would have chipped away at newspaper monopolies over notices of public meetings failed to meet a deadline for the two-year legislative session ending in 2014. But a Senate version of one bill ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214636361/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:42:44 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214636361/scat/3951354e01311858 Former Miami Dolphins receiver Chad Johnson was arrested about 10:30 a.m. today in Fort Lauderdale when a court hearing at the Broward County courthouse turned out nasty for the out-of-work NFLer.For more, see the story ... http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214636362/scat/3951354e01311858 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:42:43 -0400 http://www.theorlandonews.net/index.php/sid/214636362/scat/3951354e01311858