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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House has approved a bill to boost safety standards for offshore drilling and remove a $75 million cap on economic liability for oil spills.

ATLANTA (AP) -- A federal appeals court has effectively blocked Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum's attempt to get the state to subsidize his campaign for every dollar beyond $24.9 million spent by his self-financed opponent.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- PricewaterhouseCoopers is laying off approximately 500 in-house information technology employees -- most from its offices in Tampa.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The United Nations has added Florida's Everglades National Park and rain forests in Madagascar to its list of World Heritage sites in danger.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- A serial bank robber was sentenced to 13 years in prison after admitting he committed a string of bank heists across South Florida.

ATLANTA (AP) -- A federal appeals court in Atlanta has reversed a Florida court's decision, effectively blocking Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum's attempt to get taxpayer money to bolster his campaign.