Drunken father abandons infant near Universal Studios to look for drunken mother

A 4-month-old baby girl was abandoned for two hours in a stroller in bushes near the Universal Studios employee parking lot late Saturday night while her drunken father searched for her drunken mother, according to Orlando police. An off-duty Orlando police officer working at Universal Studios Read More

Pats coach Bill Belichick in drama over keys

Belichick with galpal Linda Holliday (Courtesy ballhype.com) Three squad cars — count’em, three — converged on a restaurant parking lot in Jupiter late Sunday: New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick raised the alarm when the keys of his home-away-from-home disappeared! It Read More

Video machines plot goes tilt after two arrests

Missing a video machine, by any chance? The Wilton Manors Police Department may have the answer. Wilton Manors cops got a report of a stolen video machine from Mickey’s 19th Hole Bar & Grill on Dixie Highway. The suspect, who posed as a video-game repairman, showed a fake work order and Read More

Seniors pinched by new charges for home care help

Rising property taxes, failing eyesight and even a tumble that cracked her tailbone haven’t forced 89-year-old Angeline DiBeneditto from the home she’s had for more than six decades.

More:
Read More

Controversial merit pay plan for Florida teachers

Some Florida teachers say they are afraid of proposed legislation that would award merit pay based on how their students perform in class.

Original post:
Read More

Casey Anthony trial set for May 2011

The murder trial of a Florida mother charged with murdering her 2-year-old daughter won’t start until May 2011, almost three years after the toddler disappeared.

See the original post here:�
Read More

Fla. slipping as a spring break hot spot?

As they stripped off their sweatshirts and began to toss around a football, Justin Gibson and three college friends had just what they needed to kick off a weeklong vacation from snow and studying for exams.

View original here:�
Read More

Man finds out the hard way that "criminal mischief" is a crime

Some people have to learn things the hard way. This homeowner is a classic example. The 59-year-old man was not satisfied with the job bricklayers were doing on his Fort Walton Beach home. He used one of the worker’s phones to speak to the man’s supervisor, then threw the phone into his pond Read More