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One winner of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $209,361.60, the Florida Lottery said Friday.

Kimpton's new EPIC hotel is celebrating the 25th anniversary of White Party Week in Miami, the world's oldest and largest HIV/AIDS fundraiser, with special hotel rates and a donation from each room booked going to Care Resource, South Florida's oldest and largest HIV/AIDS service organization serving clients in both Miami-Dade and Broward Counties.

That includes a fatal police shooting, the discovery of a missing girl in a landfill, a double homicide and the murders of two children killed by their father, who committed suicide.

A gunman opened fire Friday in the offices of an engineering firm where he was let go more than two years ago, killing one person and injuring five others.

Though some banking companies have soured on Florida because of its severe economic problems, BB&T Corp.

A Florida thief with a peculiar penchant for Rolex watches faces up to 25 years in prison.

A great deal of misinformation is being circulated about efforts by water management districts, numerous cities and counties, utilities throughout Florida and industries across the state in response to efforts by the federal government, through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , to impose arbitrary nutrient standards for nitrogen and ...

No bars or razor wire hold former Florida inmate No. 082629. Instead, William Dillon sits on furniture the color of ripe lemons, surrounded by cheerful animal statues and blooming plants, a prisoner no longer after 27 years.

The developments in New York's 23rd district are cataclysm of a nationwide struggle within the Republican party between hard-line conservatives and more moderate candidates.

When former Lt. Gov. Frank Brogan became the state university system's chancellor three months ago, he faced an imposing list of financial and political problems.

A baby who had been missing for several days was found alive late Wednesday in a box underneath the bed of the child's sitter, Florida authorities announced early Thursday.

The baby sitter of a missing infant sent a letter to Florida Gov. Charlie Crist months before she disappeared asking him to save the child from her drug-abusing parents.

Ryan Keith Skipper's brutal murder in 2007 is one of many anti-LGBT hate crimes that have motivated Florida activists to push for tougher statutes.

Gov. Charlie Crist is saying he did not endorse the $787 billion federal stimulus bill, a statement that might confuse some voters.

Random drug tests will begin next year for horses in polo matches in the U.S. after the deaths of 21 elite horses in Florida that were injected with an incorrectly mixed supplement shortly before a championship match, the United States Polo Association said Wednesday.

Pat Buchanan was talking with Chris Matthews about Florida Governor Charlie Crist on MSNBC's Hardball yesterday.

Police in Conway say two containers of feminine hygiene products stolen from a distribution center in Conway have been found in Florida and Mississippi.

BB&T Insurance Services said yesterday that it has bought the insurance agency of Oswald Trippe and Co.

A federal prosecutor says a crackdown on organized mortgage fraud this year has yielded 105 arrests from Jacksonville to Fort Myers.

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 7:56 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 7:58 a.m. TAMPA Private elevator inspectors in Florida are missing violations, and more of the machines are going uninspected each year.