Archive for August, 2009

MONROE, Mich. (AP) -- A Michigan soldier has been killed in Afghanistan.

MIAMI (AP) -- Prosecutors have dropped charges against a teenager who authorities had said shot and killed two people during party in Miami.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Gov. Charlie Crist and the Seminole Indians have agreed on a new deal to expand gaming at the tribe's Florida casinos.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities say a man who was smashed a boat and a cluster of pilings under the Sunshine Skyway in Tampa Bay is in critical condition.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities say two women were found dead in a Miami Beach apartment.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- An attorney for the Ohio teen who says she ran away from home because she feared punishment for converting from Islam to Christianity is alleging that the family's mosque in Ohio has ties to terrorists.