Archive for December, 2009

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) -- A South Florida man has been charged with first-degree murder after authorities say he fatally beat a 1-year old baby.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A Florida judge has denied a request from two football fans to make sure the Sugar Bowl game between Florida and Cincinnati can be seen on television.

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. (AP) -- The Air Force's special operations command at Hurlburt Field in the Panhandle is taking precautions against a mass shooting like the one that killed 13 at Foot Hood Army Base in Texas.

MULBERRY, Fla. (AP) -- A central Florida teen is in critical condition after authorities say he was electrocuted while trying to steal cooper wire with his older sister.

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities say military jets forced down a plane being flown by a French pilot, who was advised to not get behind the controls of the aircraft because he could not speak in English with officials.

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities have arrested a mother of two after she allegedly tried committing an armed robbery, telling the victim she nothing to give her children for Christmas.