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Hurricane Ike bore down on Cuba after roaring across low-lying islands Sunday, tearing apart houses, wiping out crops and worsening floods in Haiti that have already killed more than 300 people.

Posted by: MyWayOnNow 9 minutes ago 1.0 Scale of 1 to 10 Read: 0 Propped: 1 Prop it As Hurricane Ike barrels toward South Florida, Americans can be sure they won't have to endure another catastrophic failure of ...

Rain clouds begin to form over the upper Keys, Fla., Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Officials in the Florida Keys started a phased evacuation for residents Sunday morning after telling visitors a day earlier to get ...

Washington, Sep 7 : Residents of the Caribbean Turks and Caicos islands began surveying damage Sunday following the devastating impact of Hurricane Ike, as the "extremely dangerous" category 4 storm continued ...

Gov. Charlie Crist will speak to the media in Tallahassee as Hurricane Ike makes its way toward Florida.

With a fearsome Hurricane Ike not far in its wake, Tropical Storm Hanna cruised ashore here early Saturday, bringing soaking rains and near-hurricane force winds to the Carolina coast but doing little immediate ...

Tax reform will likely wait until at least 2010, following last week's decision by the Florida Supreme Court to remove a sweeping "tax swap" amendment from the November general election ballot.

A group trying to get a Hispanic specialty license plate filed a federal lawsuit today against Florida, claiming that an unconstitutional and discriminatory state rule is blocking it from getting the tag.

Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner seeks federal disaster declarations for Florida counties By LAURA LAYDEN 6:33 p.m., Wednesday, September 3, 2008 NAPLES - Florida Agriculture and Consumer ...

Tropical Storm Hanna cruised toward the Carolinas on Friday, forecast to hit land overnight and promising to deliver gusty winds and heavy rain during a dash up the Eastern Seaboard that could wash out the ...

Hurricane Ike moved on course Friday toward the Keys and South Florida, and forecasters projected it could hit the Keys on Tuesday as a vicious Category 4 storm.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 DOJ-human-trafficking WASHINGTON , /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Juan Luis Cadena-Sosa was sentenced today on federal civil rights violations for conspiring to smuggle Mexican women and girls ...

South Florida authorities have Tasered a 15-year-old teen who police say tried to help a friend evade being taken into custody.

The removal of a property tax-cutting amendment from Florida's ballot has left Gov.

Three Florida HMOs have said they will continue participating in a "Medicaid Reform" plan after the Agency for Health Care Administration agreed to reduce payments by an average of 3% on Sept.

As Hanna heads off towards the Carolinas by early tomorrow morning, Hurricane Ike is the storm that we will be tracking more closely.

Justice Raoul Cantero says the only legacy he cares about is whether he made the lives of others better while serving on the Florida Supreme Court.

Mother of Missing Toddler Caylee Anthony Posts Bond on New Charges After Alleged Chloroform Find Thursday , September 04, 2008 The mother of missing Florida toddler Caylee Anthony posted a $3,000 bond on new ...

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is getting his state ready for what could be back to back major storms.

The Spruce Creek Journal has partnered with Stormpulse to provide an incredible interactive storm tracking map. The beautifully-rendered map shows the current and projected tracks of all active named storms in the Atlantic basin. Additional features allow the historical display of storm paths from as far back as 1851. Users can click on the map to zoom and pan for a better view. The storm information box shows wind speed and other parameters from the National Weather Service for any point in the storm track. More at the Spruce Creek Journal