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Teen convicted of fatally shooting another teen

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) -- A Manatee County teen has been found guilty of fatally shooting another teen armed with a bat.

Fiona weakens to a tropical depression in Atlantic

MIAMI (AP) -- To the southeast of Earl in the Atlantic, Fiona is weakening and has become a tropical depression as it heads toward Bermuda.

Fla. law banning Cuba travel, research upheld

MIAMI (AP) -- A federal appellate court has upheld a Florida law that prohibits funding for academic and research travel to nations that are considered "sponsors of terrorism."

State economists predict Fla. budget gap to narrow

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- State economists say Florida's budget gap for the next fiscal year will drop by more than half.

Crist responds to Fla. rail holocaust protest

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Gov. Charlie Crist has directed state transportation secretary to check for Holocaust involvement by companies bidding for Florida's high-speed rail contract.

Witness recants statements in Anna Nicole case

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A witness in the Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy trial has recanted statements critical of the former model's lawyer-boyfriend Howard K. Stern, a defendant in the case.