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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) – Students at the University of Virginia are demanding justice for a student who was injured during an arrest and appears in a photo with a bloody face as he is being held down by an officer. About 1,000 students showed up – more than expected, so the rally for Martese Johnson […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – A 33-year-old woman serving life without parole for the murder of a Panama City-area cab driver when she was 15 will get a new sentence under a ruling by the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday. The court ordered new sentencing hearings for Rebecca Falcon and three other people who committed felonies […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) – R.J. Hunter’s 3-pointer with 2.7 seconds remaining capped a comeback from a 12-point deficit and lifted 14th-seeded Georgia State to a 57-56 opening-game victory over third-seeded Baylor in the NCAA Tournament on Thursday. With Ron Hunter, his father and coach, working the sideline in a rolling chair less than a week […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – The UAB Blazers may not have a football program anymore. They do have the first big upset of the NCAA Tournament and hope they can give their university something to rally around. William Lee scored the last four points for 14th-seeded UAB, and the Blazers knocked off third-seeded Iowa State 60-59 […]

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Notre Dame was rocked on its heels one more time in March, a team with designs on playing another weekend or two staring straight into the grim prospect of one more early exit. The Irish held on, though, because they could hold on to the ball. Zach Auguste scored 25 points, Jerian […]

DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) – Jose Bautista hit a long home run for the Toronto Blue Jays in a 6-3 win over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday. Bautista’s first-inning drove off Henry Owens easily cleared the 333-foot mark in left field and landed in a patch of oak trees. The five-time All-Star batted .286 with […]

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) – Chris Tillman allowed one run in four innings and Adam Jones hit his first home run of the spring in the Baltimore Orioles’ 6-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday. Tillman, who was last season’s opening day starter and is likely to get the call to start at Tampa Bay […]

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla.- Firefighters battled a house fire near East 17th Street and Hamilton Avenue. A fierce house fire mystery after a Lehigh acres home goes up in flames. The people inside are now nowhere to be found. It took a team of firefighters nearly 4 hours to get the blaze under control. It happened […]

LARGO, Fla. (AP) – A Pinellas County judge reduced bail for a Clearwater High School teacher accused of killing her ex-husband. The Tampa Bay Times reports (http://bit.ly/1MNLkvn) that 45-year-old Cara Ryan had been held on $500,000 bail. A judge reduced it to $250,000. Authorities allege that she shot John “J.J.” Rush after calling him to […]

NEWTON, N.J. (AP) – Two New Jersey boys at the center of a custody dispute have been found unharmed in Florida with their father along with a fugitive wanted in Tennessee on sex charges, investigators say. The monthlong search for the 8- and 7-year-old boys ended at the Royal Palm Inn in New Port Richey, […]