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Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who had a tough time winning cooperation this past year from the Republican-led Legislature, struck back on Monday by vetoing nearly $400 million from the state's new budget.

I recently met Florida death penalty exonerees 23 and 24. They are, respectively, Herman Lindsey of Pompano Beach and Seth Penalver of Fort Lauderdale.

A national study by of federal data shows that Florida is the leader in identity theft incidents and its not even a close competition.

Heavy storms are expected to roll into South Florida again on Tuesday, bringing waves of rain, possible hail, strong winds, lightning and flooded streets.

Being a finalist on season nine of Bravo's Top Chef , may have brought Tastemaker number 9, Lindsay Autry into our living rooms, but the chef had been working on her culinary career long before that.

Gov. Rick Scott on Monday signed a bill requiring Florida school districts to start paying for the classes that teenagers take at local colleges through their high schools' dual-enrollment programs.

A South Florida woman has been charged with visa fraud after authorities say she falsely promised 143 Haitians and told the federal government there were jobs waiting for them in the U.S. Prosecutors say 59-year-old Jetta McPhee of Tamarac prepared a fake contract claiming a U.S. company needed construction workers under the H-2B guest worker visa ... (more)

For 10 years, political pros have taken it almost as gospel that the strongest statewide Democratic candidates are centrists from Florida's top battleground region of Tampa Bay.

In the early afternoon of April 4, 2012, Roy Cribb emerged from the smoke of one fire in the Ocala National Forest and entered another.

A 20-year-old woman has died after the scooter she was riding in was rear ended by a Hummer in southwest Florida.

As conferences go, this one was supposed to be pretty standard: a 7,000-person affair at the Orange County Convention Center that - although not among Orlando's biggest shows - still would have brought a $13 million economic boost to the Orlando area.

The Miami Herald reports the 10-month old child was not harmed. She's now in the custody of the Florida Department of Children & Families.

Kids are invited to learn about Florida's past through archaeology and the clues left behind by ancient societies Monday, May 20 at 6 p.m. at the North Tampa Branch Library, 8916 N. Boulevard, Tampa.

Florida Highway Patrol officials say they have arrested an inmate who escaped from a Mississippi state work camp.

Local governments in our region should follow Martin County's lead and make their own inquiries about the potential cost of this project in their jurisdictions.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott, seen in a recent interview with NBC 6, planned to sign the budget into law on Monday.

If she bought her ticket alone she will be the biggest personal lottery winner in American history winning half a BILLION dollars One lucky young woman in a suburban Florida town woke up yesterday to find herself richer than Simon Cowell, Elton John and Posh and Becks.

Kevin Foley stood before a judge in Broward County's drug court - fellow abusers sitting behind him in the benches - talking about the fitful life of a recovering addict, the random drug tests, the counseling and what he hoped was his next, clean chapter.

A woman prepares to choose her numbers on a lottery ticket Saturday, May 18, 2013, in the Chinatown district in Oakland, Calif.

But that doesn't change the fact that in 2000, stung that 13 inmates had been exonerated and freed from death row in the previous 23 years, Ryan committed an act of profound moral courage, imposing a moratorium on capital punishment.