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 Discovery Lands Safely in Calif. 

14-day mission ends on West Coast after poor weather scrubs Florida attempt again

Sep 11, 09 8:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - After bad weather kept it from heading to Florida for the second consecutive day, the space shuttle Discovery touched down safely in California moments ago, Space.com reports. The crew returns after a 14-day mission that including resupplying and repairing the International Space Station. More »

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Florida • California • space • space shuttle • International Space Station • Discovery space shuttle • Discovery • Edwards Air Force Base

 Bad Fla. Weather 
 Keeps Discovery in Orbit 

Today's attempts scrubbed; NASA aims for tomorrow afternoon, which looks little better

Sep 10, 09 6:56 PM CDT
(AP) - Bad weather has delayed space shuttle Discovery's homecoming for at least a day. NASA decided conditions were too poor to bring Discovery back to Florida tonight, skipping both landing windows and ordered the seven astronauts to keep circling the world for a 14th day. Their next chance at returning will... More »

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Florida • California • severe weather • delay • Discovery • Earth orbit

(Newser) - The shuttle Discovery detached from the International Space Station today and began its journey home to Earth, Space.com reports. The 13-day mission help resupply and repair the station; the seven crewmembers are scheduled to return to Florida’s Kennedy Space Center at 7:05pm Thursday. More »

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Florida • space shuttle • Earth • Kennedy Space Center • International Space Station • landing • Discovery space shuttle • Discovery • Earth orbit

OPINION

 
 Florida's a Dying 
 Ponzi Scheme, 
 But I Love It  

Tax base erodes as tourists, snowbirds dwindle

Sep 6, 09 3:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Florida resident Diane Roberts isn’t surprised—or even upset—that her state is collapsing. The Sunshine State's population is dwindling for the first time since World War II as tourists and snowbirds pull out, eroding the tax base that funded just about everything. "Our whole economy is more... More »

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climate change • Florida • recession • population • collapse • Ponzi scheme

Crazy Ants Swarm
Gulf Coast 

Tiny, frenetic munchers invade homes, snack on  electrical wiring

Sep 5, 09 5:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Billions of "crazy ants" are munching their way through Gulf Coast counties in Florida and Texas, the Wall Street Journal reports. The tiny insects, believed to have originated in the Caribbean, happily make their homes in human dwellings and are tough to dislodge once they move in. The... More »

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Florida • Texas • ants • infestation • insects • exterminators

 Crist Names Aide to Senate 

LeMieux is the Florida governor's former chief of staff

Aug 28, 09 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Florida Governor Charlie Crist has appointed his former campaign manager and chief of staff to fill the Senate seat of Mel Martinez, MSNBC reports. George LeMieux will represent the state until next year's election, when Crist himself will vie for the GOP nod. “George is bright, capable, and an... More »

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Florida • Senate • Charlie Crist • Mel Martinez • governor • Election 2010 • political appointment • Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee • George LeMieux

glossies

Fla. Couple Murder Looks Like Contract Hit

Parents of 13 special needs kids 'hated'
by businessman

Aug 21, 09 3:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - The murder of Bud Billings and his wife Melanie is looking more like a contract hit than an In Cold Blood-style robbery gone wrong, Tim Padgett writes in Time. The tale centers on a boastful ex-Karate instructor in Pensacola, Fla., Leonard Gonzalez, who tells police he turned down the murder-for-hire... More »

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Florida • murder • conspiracy • killings • loan • contract hit • Pensacola

(AP) - Tropical Storm Claudette made landfall on the Florida Panhandle near Fort Walton Beach early this morning after dumping heavy rains on the area. The storm has been weakening as it moves farther inland, with winds at around 40mph, and forecasters said it would probably become a tropical depression later in... More »

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Florida • storm • El Nino • hurricane • Tropical Storm

(Newser) - Tropical Storm Claudette lashed the Florida Panhandle with heavy rain today and is expected to make landfall by midnight, the Pensacola News Journal reports. Moving northwest at 14 mph with maximum winds near 50 mph, the storm will likely land between Panama City and Destin. Authorities have put the area... More »

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Florida • rain • Tropical Storm • high winds • Pensacola

 Tropical Storms 
 Ana, Bill Aim 
 for US Shores 

Ana is the season's first named system; Bill could morph into a hurricane

Aug 15, 09 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ana and Bill are on the move, but meteorologists aren't worried just yet, the Miami Herald reports. Both tropical storms formed in the Atlantic today and are moving westward, but a possible US landing is 5 or more days away. The National Hurricane Center says they could strike anywhere from... More »

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Florida • weather • hurricane season • meteorology • tropical storms • hurricane

(Newser) - A Florida man has been arrested on charges of possessing child pornography, but he claims the cat did it, reports WPBF-TV. Keith Griffin told police that his feline companion would habitually mash the keys on his keyboard while he was away from his computer, causing strange things to appear. More... More »

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Florida • Internet • child pornography • computer • cat • pet owners • criminal charges • keyboard

No Blood Found in Casey Anthony's Trunk

Officials release
video, documents in capital murder case

Aug 7, 09 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Prosecutors in the Casey Anthony case released a flurry of documents today, including a three-dimensional animated movie of the area where her daughter’s body was found, crime scene photos, and a 1,100-page report by investigators, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Among the revelations: No blood was found in... More »

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death penalty • Florida • blood • forensics • murder trial • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony • evidence

 Florida Sen. 
 Martinez 
 to Resign: 
 Insiders 

Announcement could come today

Aug 7, 09 11:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Florida Sen. Mel Martinez will resign, perhaps as soon as today, sources tell the Miami Herald. “It's a deeply personal decision that he will expand on later today. He decided it's time to move to another stage of his life,” one said. The Republican has previously refuted word... More »

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Florida • Republican • resignation • Charlie Crist • Mel Martinez • senator

Tampa Town
Hall on Health
Turns Ugly

Forum turns into
rowdy shouting,
shoving match

Aug 7, 09 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rowdy protesters turned a Tampa town hall meeting on health care reform into a near-riot last night, reports the St. Petersburg Times, whose reporter at the scene likened the atmosphere to a wrestling cage match. Local Democratic Rep. Kathy Castor was shouted down by audience members crying "Tyranny!"... More »

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Florida • Republican Party • Tampa • Glenn Beck • health care reform • town hall meeting

(Newser) - If online ads are the future of political campaigning, then a legal snafu in the St. Petersburg mayoral race bears watching. Florida election officials have ruled that one candidate’s Google and Facebook ads violate state election laws because they don’t clearly state who paid for the ad, the... More »

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Florida • Internet • online advertising • St. Petersburg • online ads • campaign fundraising • political advertising • campaign advertising

 Miami Cops Hunt Horse Killers 


Jul 31, 09 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Miami police have a mystery on their hands. Someone, or a group of people, is slaughtering horses and making off with the meat, the AP reports. Since January, 17 horses have been found dead, their butchered bodies generally left by the roadside or in pastures. Animal rights groups believe the... More »

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Florida • horses

 Shuttle Returns to Earth 


Jul 31, 09 10:14 AM CDT
(AP) - Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts are back on Earth. Endeavour landed at Florida's Kennedy Space Center this morning after a 16-day mission that saw the crew complete its major construction goals at the International Space Station. Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, back after 4½ months in space, says he... More »

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Florida • NASA • space shuttle • Kennedy Space Center • International Space Station • Space Shuttle Endeavour

ANALYSIS

 Fla. Python Hunt 
 More Wild Goose Chase 


Jul 30, 09 12:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The “Great Florida Python Hunt” is on, but the prey population is likely smaller—and less dangerous—than advertised, Paul Quinlan writes in the Palm Beach Post. Proponents have said there could be 100-150,000 Burmese pythons in the Everglades, a figure the media has seized upon. But the... More »

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Florida • snake • Bill Nelson • Everglades • predators • burmese python • national park • hunt

(Newser) - California gets most of the attention when it comes to marijuana headlines, but Florida leads the nation in indoor pot cultivation, reports Time. Last year, police raided more than 1,000 so-called grow houses, more than double the number in 2006. The trend has the attention of authorities because pot... More »

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Florida • marijuana • drug dealing • pot

 Disease Threatens 
 Florida Oranges 

Scientists search for solutions to citrus greening disease

Jul 28, 09 5:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Florida’s orange growers face a powerful adversary in a disease know by its shorthand of HLB that causes citrus trees to “green”—produce only sour, misshapen fruit, Scientific American reports. With every county in the state affected, the citrus industry has dedicated $10 million this year... More »

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Florida • trees • disease • harvest • insects • oranges • fruit and vegetables • citrus greening disease

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