Archive for November, 2009

PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) -- A man on death row for killing six people and wounding 14 others in a 1987 Palm Bay shooting spree has died in prison.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida's Republican legislative leaders are telling their members to be in town Thursday and ready to work on a proposal that would expand commuter rail in the state.

MIAMI (AP) -- A Deerfield Beach teen doused with rubbing alcohol and set on fire by a group of other teens has received his first skin graft.

Miami (AP) -- A world renowned Cuban umpire has defected to the U.S.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- The Florida Supreme Court is denying a request by Gov. Charlie Crist to impanel a statewide grand jury to investigate public corruption.

MIAMI (AP) -- Honduran activist Jose Lagos, who championed the rights of Central American and other immigrants from South Florida to the halls of Congress, has died.