Florida
'Dead zones' predicted for Gulf, Chesapeake Bay
Scientists in Michigan and Louisiana are predicting a big summer "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico unless a tropical storm hits the area shortly before or during the annual measurement. In the Chesapeake Bay, scientists expect a smaller-than-average area where there's too little oxygen to support fish, shellfish and ...
Zimmerman trial attorneys pick 40 potential jurors
Forty potential jurors in George Zimmerman's murder trial were asked Tuesday to return for further questioning, clearing the first round of interviews for a case that involves issues of race, equal justice and gun control. Prosecutors and defense attorneys whittled down the pool from hundreds of prospects on the seventh ...
More AP classes could cost districts millions
County school superintendents told the state Board of Education on Tuesday that a recent legislative bill allowing high school students to take as many advanced placement courses as they can handle will cost districts millions of dollars that their budgets can't support. Pinellas School superintendent Michael Grego said the bill ...
Cuban dissident: Repression forced family to flee
One of several Cuban dissidents recently allowed to visit Europe and the U.S. after Cuba changed its travel laws said Tuesday she decided to seek refuge in Miami after facing continued repression on the island. Rosa Maria Paya said she and her family have been the subject of threats, harassment ...
Spurs' coach puts Pop into news conferences
During his team's Game 3 rout of the Heat, Gregg Popovich was shown on TV talking to his players while they were in the process of burying Miami with a stirring offensive display. "When you're open, let it fly," the Spurs' coach told them. "Put your name in the paper." ...
NTSB rules in 2011 Mayo Clinic helicopter crash
Financial pressures contributed to a helicopter pilot's decision to continue flying through deteriorating weather before crashing in north Florida, killing a Mayo Clinic heart surgeon and technician on their way to retrieve a heart for transplant, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. Neither the Bell 206 helicopter nor pilot ...
Tropical depression heads toward southern Mexico
Forecasters say a tropical depression is dumping heavy rains on Central America as it trudges toward southern Mexico. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the Atlantic season's second tropical depression could bring up to 10 inches of rain across parts of Belize, Guatemala and southern Mexico. The depression formed ...
Heat have no room for error versus Spurs in Game 6
They lost three times in three months in one of the most overpowering stretches the NBA has ever seen. Now the Miami Heat have lost three times in five games. So superb during the regular season, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and the Heat have to be something even more for ...
PA Lottery
These Pennsylvania lotteries were drawn Tuesday: Cash 5 03-13-14-23-39 (three, thirteen, fourteen, twenty-three, thirty-nine) Estimated jackpot: $125,000 Evening Big 4 3-2-7-7 (three, two, seven, seven) Evening Daily Number 3-6-7 (three, six, seven) Evening Quinto 4-0-0-7-4 (four, zero, zero, seven, four) Mega Millions Estimated jackpot: $36 million Midday Big 4 0-5-0-2 ...
More possible Zimmerman jurors asked to return
Potential jurors' views on race were the focus of questioning Monday in the second week of jury selection for the Florida murder trial of George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin. A defense attorney questioned a potential juror extensively about her views on the racially charged case and ...
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