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Florida stories: 378 news summaries

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'I'm Only 11 Years Old,
and I Have Bad Credit'

Florida thief uses pre-teen's identity to buy home, cars

Apr 2, 09 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - While 11-year-old Jake LeGette was saving the money he earned mowing lawns, a Florida woman was busy using his Social Security number to splurge on a house and nine cars, ABC News reports. Jake and his mother, a Miami-area police officer, discovered the ID theft after trying to open a... More »

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(Newser) - While seizing Bernie Madoff's Palm Beach possessions yesterday, US Marshals got an eyeful of the fraudster's home furnishings, reports the Palm Beach Post. And they weren't impressed. "I've never seen so much bull in my life," said one deputy. "Pictures of bulls, bull statues, even bulls on... More »

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Florida • fraud • crime • bulls • Palm Beach • U.S. Marshals Service • Bernard Madoff • Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities

Feds Set to Indict Blago
—and He's at Disney World

Former governor on vacation in Florida

Apr 2, 09 10:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - A federal grand-jury indictment against former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich could come today, but if it is, he’ll have to wait to see it. That’s because Blago took his family to Disney World, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. A coincidence? Probably not. But there’s no reason he needs... More »

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Florida • Disney World • corruption • Illinois • indictment • governor • Rod Blagojevich

(Newser) - So-called "python patrols" are scouring the Florida Keys for rogue snakes that gobble up endangered species, CNN reports. Conservation manager Alison Higgins started assembling the teams after pythons, some 20 feet long, were found eating birds, bobcats, and even alligators. The snakes are often released by pet owners... More »

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Florida • endangered species • snake • Florida Keys • pythons

(Newser) - The fishing boat that capsized earlier this month leaving three football players presumed dead was improperly anchored, the AP reports. After interviewing the lone survivor, a Florida agency has determined that when the passengers attempted to free the anchor by gunning the boat’s motor, the craft was swamped and... More »

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Florida • NFL • Gulf of Mexico • Arab Israeli conflict • anchor • fishing boat • report • Corey Smith • Marquis Cooper • Nick Schuyler • William Bleakley • capsize • state agency

 Obama Inspires School's 
 'Pull Up Your Pants' Day 

Florida school hands out belts to tighten waistbands

Mar 26, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Among Barack Obama’s many inspirational quips, it’s “Brothers should pull up their pants” that stuck with the Florida high school teacher behind today’s Pull Up Your Pants Day. Fed up with droopy drawers, she enlisted community members to hand out belts to kids who could use... More »

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Florida • high school • African Americans • teenager • President Obama • Howard Stern Grid

(Newser) - Remember Miss Cleo? Her thick Caribbean accent is familiar to many late-night TV watchers, from pitches for the Psychic Readers Network. The Miami Herald finds that since the lawsuit that took down Youree Dell Cleomili Harris’ former employer, she’s come out as a lesbian, voice-acted in a video game,... More »

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Florida • television • lesbians • lawsuit • video games • psychic • Miss Cleo • Howard Stern Grid

Alaska and Florida Move to Ban Bestiality

Shocking cases
spur legislators
to protect Fido

Mar 21, 09 12:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - When a man in Klawock, Alaska, was spotted luring a Labrador into the woods, where he allegedly tied it to a tree and had sex with it, the authorities didn’t have much to charge him with. The DA settled on criminal mischief and theft. But that case, and others... More »

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Florida • Alaska • animal cruelty • bestiality

 Teen Uses 
 YouTube to 
 Help Dad 

14-year-old's video a heartfelt tribute to his dad

Mar 18, 09 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Mark Gullett lost his job as a marketing executive for the Tampa Bay Lightning, his son Ben, 14, knew what to do. He made a somber YouTube video in which he told Mark’s story in short sentences on poster boards. Now, after only 6 days, the video has... More »

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Florida • YouTube • family • video • unemployment • job • Tampa Bay

Caylee Grandpa Suicide Note Stays Private: Judge

Defense requests DNA info at pre-trial hearing for Casey Anthony

Mar 13, 09 2:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - A judge has ruled that a note written by Caylee Anthony's grandfather the night he threatened suicide should not be made public, CNN reports. George Anthony wrote that he wished to end his life and be with his granddaughter, whose body had been found weeks earlier. The ruling came yesterday... More »

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Florida • suicide • trial • suicide note • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony • George Anthony

 After Record 
 US Drought, Bleak 
 Summer Looms 

Texas farmers fear poor crops, Calif. preps for increased wildfires

Mar 11, 09 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The first two months of this year have been the driest on record in the US, foreshadowing a summer of poor crops and brutal wildfires. Texas farmers have delayed planting corn and cotton, while cattle ranchers have sold off cows they can no longer feed. “It might take me... More »

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Florida • weather • Texas • drought • California wildfires • farmers

(AP) - The family of NFL player Marquis Cooper said today they have decided to discontinue their search for the 26-year-old man and two friends still missing in the Gulf of Mexico. In a statement, Bruce Cooper said his family is beginning the healing process, and needs time to be together and... More »

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Florida • NFL • Gulf of Mexico • boat accident • Marquis Cooper • Nick Schuyler

ANALYSIS

Most Foreclosures Come From a Few Counties

Crisis affects former boom areas the most

Mar 6, 09 12:05 PM CST
(Newser) - The majority of US home foreclosures last year happened in just 35 counties, USA Today reports. Though the effects of the mortgage crisis have been felt nationwide, foreclosures have been from the start clustered in formerly booming areas in Florida, California, Nevada, Arizona, and around Washington DC. The 35 most-affected... More »

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Florida • California • Las Vegas • foreclosure • default • housing crisis • mortgage defaults

Die-Hard Gator Alums May Find Final Resting Place at UF

Dedicated Gators want to spend eternity on campus

Mar 5, 09 12:15 PM CST
(Newser) - University of Florida alums who want their final resting place to be somewhere on the campus of their alma mater will likely get their wish, the Gainesville Sun reports. A bill that cleared a Florida Senate committee today would allow any of Florida’s state universities to build a columbarium—... More »

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Florida • Florida Gators • cremation • University of Florida • college • alumni • ashes

 At the Mall? Pick Up 
 Some Health Care 

Blue Cross sells coverage from a Fla. storefront

Mar 5, 09 11:18 AM CST
(Newser) - The nation's largest health provider is trying a new tack: selling insurance from a stripmall storefront. The suburban Florida Blue Cross shop hopes to attract some of the state's 4 million uninsured residents, and it's part of an "overall retail transformation" of the industry, a spokesman tells NPR. Consumers... More »

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Florida • health care • health care industry • uninsured • Blue Cross • Bill Maher Grid

 Private Search 
 for NFL Players 
 Wanes 

Family asks volunteer boaters to keep looking

Mar 5, 09 10:59 AM CST
(Newser) - The private search for two missing NFL players and their friend off Florida's coast is winding down, 2 days after the official rescue ended. The family of Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper asked volunteer boat captains to keep looking, but—compared to the dozens of boats combing the area yesterday—... More »

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Florida • NFL • fishing • missing boater • search and rescue • Marquis Cooper

(Newser) - The apparent lone survivor of the boat accident that has left three football players missing gave investigators a harrowing version of his ordeal, the St. Petersburg Times reports. Nick Schuyler says the two NFL players with him gave up hope within hours of each other, stripped off their life jackets,... More »

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Florida • boat • Gulf of Mexico • missing boater • Corey Smith • Marquis Cooper • Nick Schuyler • William Bleakley

 Families Launch Private Search for NFL Players 

Coast Guard search was called off yesterday, and they were presumed dead

Mar 4, 09 5:14 PM CST
(AP) - The families of the missing football players aren't giving up. Private boats and planes were searching today for two NFL players and a third man after the Coast Guard called off its search yesterday. The men—Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper, NFL defensive lineman Corey Smith and former South Florida... More »

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Florida • NFL • Coast Guard • missing boater • fishermen • Corey Smith • Marquis Cooper • William Bleakley

(Newser) - The Coast Guard has ended its search for two NFL players and another man whose boat overturned Saturday off the Florida coast, CNN reports. Presumed dead are Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper, former Detroit Lions player Corey Smith, and a former college football player, William Bleakley. A fourth man was... More »

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Florida • Coast Guard • missing boater • fishermen • Corey Smith • Marquis Cooper • William Bleakley

(Newser) - The judge tentatively set Oct. 12 as the date for Casey Anthony's first-degree murder trial, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Today’s court appearance also featured wrangling among lawyers over the release of Anthony’s online photos, and a video that shows her reacting emotionally to the news that daughter Caylee’... More »

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Florida • Orlando • missing child • murder trial • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony • evidence • court appearance

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