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Officials ID officers killed in Fla. shootout

A state official has identified the two Florida officers shot and killed in an intense gunfight with a fugitive hiding in his attic.

January 24, 2011

2 officers, suspect killed during Miami shootout

A shootout erupted Thursday in a notoriously crime-ridden section of Miami as a team of heavily armed law enforcement agents tried to serve a murder warrant, leaving two officers and a suspect dead, authorities said.

January 20, 2011

Hurricanes RB James' mother killed in car crash

The mother of University of Miami sophomore running back Mike James was killed Monday in a central Florida car crash, authorities said.

December 20, 2010

Doors' Jim Morrison pardoned for indecent exposure

This is the end for the wild concert 41 years ago that left Jim Morrison marked with what today would be considered sex-offender status. Florida's Clemency Board, egged on by departing Gov. Charlie Crist, pardoned The Doors’ long-dead singer Thursday on indecent exposure and profanity charges stemming from the show.

December 09, 2010

Company is first to return spacecraft from orbit

NASA took a giant leap away from the spaceflight business Wednesday as a private company launched a spacecraft into orbit and for the first time guided it safely back to Earth, a feat previously achieved only by large national governments.

December 09, 2010

Ex-Yankee Leyritz gets probation, fine in Fla. DUI

Former New York Yankees World Series hero Jim Leyritz has been sentenced to a year of probation and fined $500 for a Florida drunk driving conviction.

December 02, 2010

Leak fixed, shuttle good for next Monday launch

Space shuttle Discovery has new seals and is no longer leaking. It also has an official launch date.

October 25, 2010

Space double: Astronaut twins to join up in orbit

The stars may have finally aligned for the world's only space sibling team.

October 09, 2010

Hurricane Julia becomes a Category 4 storm

Hurricane Julia has become a Category 4 storm far out over the Atlantic with maximum sustained winds near 135 mph.

September 15, 2010

Pastor cancels Quran-burning, then reconsiders

An anti-Islamic preacher backed off and then threatened to reconsider burning the Quran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, angrily accusing a Muslim leader of lying to him Thursday with a promise to move an Islamic center and mosque away from New York's ground zero. The imam planning the center denied there was ever such a deal.

September 10, 2010

Fla. minister determined to hold 9/11 Quran burn

A top general, the secretary of state, the White House and political and religious leaders from around the world have decried a plan by the leader of a small Florida church to burn copies of Islam's holiest text to mark the 9/11 attacks. The Rev. Terry Jones is not backing down.

September 08, 2010

Astronauts make a last inspection of Atlantis

Space shuttle Atlantis’ astronauts surveyed their ship using a newly repaired instrument that scanned for damage Monday, two days ahead of their return to Earth.

May 24, 2010

Missing 11-year-old girl found in Fla. swamp

A missing 11-year-old central Florida girl with an autism-related disorder was found alive Tuesday by a member of her family's church four days after she disappeared into an alligator-infested swamp a half-mile from her home.

April 14, 2010

13 astronauts celebrate 2 big space anniversaries

The astronauts aboard the orbiting shuttle-station complex celebrated two big anniversaries Monday as they geared up for the third and final spacewalk of their mission.

April 13, 2010

5 more states join lawsuit to stop health overhaul

Five new states are joining a lawsuit initiated by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum to overturn the massive health care overhaul recently signed into law.

April 07, 2010

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