Florida News
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Heat regroup, heading to take on confident Pacers
Indiana's mindset has not changed for several days. The Pacers were confident entering the series, confident after losing Game 1 to the Miami Heat and confident after winning Game 2. The Heat say they wouldn't have it any other way. And though they have lost home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference semifinal series that is now tied at a game
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Detective arrested for interfering with case
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Broward County Sheriff's detective has been arrested for interfering with an ongoing racketeering and extortion case against 2 officers from another agency. Federal prosecutors say Anthony Costanzo turned himself in and was booked into the county jail early Wednesday afternoon. He's charged with tampering with a witness, tampering with evidence, disclosure of confidential information
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911 tape: Confusion at home where mom shot kids
PORT ST. JOHN, Fla. (AP) - The neighbors of a Florida woman who fatally shot her four children before committing suicide were confused initially about who had been shot when they opened their front door in the middle of the night to find three of the kids outside. A 911 call released Wednesday shows that the neighbors weren't sure if
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Inmate charged with tax fraud in Tampa
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A 28-year-old who Hillsborough deputies said killed a Tampa man in October is accused of trying to steal his victim's identity to commit tax fraud. Hillsborough detectives announced Wednesday the arrest of Jason J. Whitfield, who is in jail awaiting trial on second-degree murder. Authorities say Whitfield provided the personal information of four people to a
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Federal jury convicts ex-postal worker in Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors say a former Florida postal worker ran in the Boston Marathon and participated in other athletic events while claiming her back was too badly hurt to deliver the mail. A U.S. District Court jury agreed on Tuesday. Jurors convicted 55-year-old Jacquelyn V. Myers of Tallahassee of health care fraud and making false statements to collect
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Nominating panel seeks applicants for Florida PSC
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A nominating panel is seeking applicants for the Florida Public Service Commission seat held by Lisa Polak Edger, whose term expires in January. A commission spokeswoman on Tuesday declined to say whether Edgar would seek reappointment to the utility regulating panel. Her only comment was that Edgar would abide by a law saying incumbents don't have
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Swofford: FSU situation not brought up at meetings
Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford says the possibility of Florida State leaving the league was not brought up during this week's meetings. Swofford spoke to The Associated Press by phone Wednesday from the meeting site in Amelia Island, Fla. He says Florida State's situation "wasn't brought up in any formal way" and says the meetings were "business as usual
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Romney endorses Mack in Fla. GOP Senate primary
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney says Connie Mack IV is his choice in Florida's GOP primary race for the U.S. Senate. Romney announced Wednesday his endorsement of Mack, a congressman from Fort Myers, over former Sen. George LeMieux. It's rare for presidential candidates to thrust themselves into primary races for other offices, but Romney said Mack
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2-time national champs back in SEC hunt
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina ace Michael Roth knew the two-time defending national champion Gamecocks would shake off their early struggles and find themselves in the thick of the Southeastern Conference title chase. The Gamecocks opened league play 1-5. Yet, entering the last regular-season series, South Carolina is a half-game behind Kentucky for the SEC crown and the top
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Fla. says more than 53,000 dead on voting rolls
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Florida is calling on county election supervisors to remove more than 53,000 dead people from the state's voting rolls. State officials this year checked Social Security files and concluded that people who died were still registered to vote. This was the first time the state checked the files. It was allowed under a controversial election law