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One of West Melbourne's police dogs is a little safer thanks to the efforts of a Meadowlane Elementary School student.

Two 9-year-olds are the latest arrests in connection with some acid bomb incidents on Valencia College's west campus in Orange County.

Dwight Howard scored 19 points, had 16 rebounds and blocked eight shots as the Orlando Magic outlasted the Cleveland Cavaliers 102-94 on Friday night.

For Kimberley Ebersole, her home means everything. It's a place of comfort, especially at a time when she's recovering from a battle with cancer.
 

Seminole County parent have tried just about everything to keep the district from closing school, including a bake sale, picketing in front of school and even asking for additional taxes.

Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Dave Rodriguez has been keeping Florida roads safe for nine year, but last week his was nearly killed while on the job.

A Florida congressman from Ocala overseeing the investigation into Planned Parenthood speaks out.

Richardson scores 19 in return to back Howard's double-double

If the Orlando Magic are going to go anywhere in the playoffs, the team probably will need more from its starting shooting guard, Jason Richardson.

It took the jury a little less than an hour to decide that Megan Vermeer, an Occupy Orlando protester, is not guilty of trespassing, but guilty of being in a city park after hours.

His friends died in a fiery car-surfing crash, and now the man who was driving will not serve any jail time.

A 14-year-old girl missing from her Seminole County foster home since Wednesday suffers from mental illness and may be in considerable danger, her former guardians said Friday.

Coach is practicing recruiting tactics he railed against at ESPN

Running off at the typewriter. …

Tampa native Francisco Sanchez, now a top White House official, brought other members of President Obama's staff to UT to discuss Hispanic issues Friday.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida is criticizing Florida A&M University's decision to cancel a summer band camp and block students from joining clubs during a hazing investigation.

Florida's house has approved its redistricting plan.

A central Florida teen will not go to jail for a car crash that left two of his friends dead.

Republicans hailed passage of legislative and congressional redistricting maps Friday in the Florida House as historic because they are the first to be drawn under new anti-gerrymandering standards, but Democrats and other critics said it's too soon to celebrate.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economy created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months in January and the unemployment rate dropped to a near three-year low of 8.3 percent, indicating last quarter's growth carried into early 2012.

The fight for delegates continues in Florida, days after the last votes were cast in the state’s primary.

 Florida lawmakers can't be forced to testify about why they voted for a new Republican-backed elections law that its opponents say suppresses voting by minorities, young people and the elderly, a federal judge ruled on Friday.