WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people who signed contracts to buy homes rose in August for the second straight month but remained far below last year's pace. The weak economy and ..

MARIANNA, Fla. (AP) - Farmers in the Florida Panhandle say they're expecting a smaller crop of cotton and peanuts because of low rainfall levels and the simmering summer heat. A Ja..

BOSTON (AP) - A winner of the CBS reality show "Big Brother 9" plans to change his plea in a drug case in Boston. Adam Jasinski, of Delray Beach, Fla., pleaded not guilty to posses..

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A Florida man will spend two years in federal prison for smuggling marijuana into that state after it was shipped to Pittsburgh from a Canadian source. Twenty-six..

MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) - A message in a bottle sent by a Melbourne high school student as part of his marine science class has come ashore in Ireland. The bottle was released into th..

BAREFOOT BAY, Fla. (AP) - A 60-year-old woman has been found dead in a mobile home fire. Brevard County Fire and Rescue says the home in Barefoot Bay, about 15 miles south of Melbo..

DAVIE, Fla. (AP) - A 9-year-old girl inside a minivan was shot in the head and killed in what detectives say was the violent culmination of a domestic dispute. Police in Davie say ..

MIRAMAR, Fla. (AP) - Police say a 1-year-old girl is dead after being left for several hours in a hot car. Miramar police in South Florida say Kimberly James was found Sunday after..

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A southwest Florida man has been charged with kidnapping and killing another man and dumping his body in a trash bin. Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies said..

OCHOPEE, Fla. (AP) - A 3-year-old panther has died after being hit by a car in southwest Florida. The body of the female panther was found Friday on Ochopee. It's the 15th panther ..

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - Two central Florida residents are behind bars after authorities say they fled the scene of a fatal car crash. Lakeland Police say Michael Rosales ran a red li..

PARKER, Fla. (AP) - A Panhandle area police officer has been charged with killing a woman. Bay County Sheriff Frank McKeithen said 43-year-old Mark Alan Bomia was arrested Saturday..

MIAMI (AP) - The FBI says one man has been arrested in the robbery and killing of an armored truck guard outside a South Florida bank. The FBI said at a Sunday news conference that..

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) - A southwest Florida man is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the face while trying to fight off a skunk. Thirty-one year-old Daniel McDaniels..

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A South Florida judge has recused himself from the case of a teenager who was doused with rubbing alcohol and set on fire last year. Broward Circuit Ju..

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A south Florida man has been charged with beating a man during a bar fight because he was gay. John Richard Shannon was out with friends in West Palm B..

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Authorities are looking for a red car that struck and killed a pedestrian in southwest Florida. Florida Highway Patrol officials said the red vehicle hi..

OAKLAND PARK, Fla. (AP) - Three people have been taken to a South Florida hospital after a car rammed through a beauty supply store. Broward Sheriff's deputies are investigating wh..

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - Coast Guard officials have rescued two people and a dog from their sinking shrimp boat. The Jacksonville, Fla. couple, were fishing Friday when their net got ..

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Authorities are investigating after a man was found unresponsive from a gunshot wound outside an Orlando home. Michael Hutto was pronounced dead at the hospita..