Sat Nov 7, 2009 9:16 AM EST
A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army psychiatrist allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree at the military post.
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Sat Nov 7, 2009 3:19 AM EST
A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army psychiatrist allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree at the military base.
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Wed Nov 4, 2009 10:54 AM EST
Random drug tests will begin next year for horses in polo matches in the U.S. after the deaths of 21 elite horses in Florida that were injected with an incorrectly mixed supplement shortly before a championship match, the United States Polo Association said Wednesday.
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Wed Oct 28, 2009 4:51 PM EDT
Two teenage brothers were home alone in their suburban neighborhood when an argument over loud music spiraled out of control, police said, leaving one brother dead from a knife to the chest and the other accused of killing him.
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Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:43 AM EDT
James and Maria Ivory's dreams of a relaxing retirement on Florida's Gulf Coast were put on hold when they discovered their new home had been built with Chinese drywall that emits sulfuric fumes and corrodes pipes. It got worse when they asked their insurer for help — and not only was their claim denied, but they've been told their entire policy won't be renewed.
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Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:20 AM EDT
Two men were convicted Friday in the brutal gang rape attack on a woman and her young son in a South Florida housing project and could be sentenced to life in prison.
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Fri Aug 21, 2009 1:09 PM EDT
A Florida pharmacy that mixed a deadly concoction of vitamin supplements that killed 21 elite polo horses fired a lab technician who prepared the mix after she spoke with federal investigators, according to a whistleblower complaint filed against the business.
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Tue Aug 18, 2009 5:40 AM EDT
Deep beneath the crystalline blue surface of the Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern U.S. lies a virtual rain forest of coral reefs so expansive the network is believed to be the world's largest.
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Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:45 AM EDT
Opening statements will begin in the trial of two suspects accused in the 2007 rape and assault of a mother and her son in Florida.
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Wed Aug 5, 2009 5:53 AM EDT
Boat captain Tad Burke looks out over Florida Bay and sees an ecosystem that's dying as politicians, land owners and environmentalists bicker.
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Wed Jun 3, 2009 10:16 AM EDT
Air France Flight 447 vanished in a zone of ferocious weather over the Atlantic Ocean known as the birthplace of some of the world's strongest storms — just as the plane was encountering a 400-mile-long maze of lightning, hail, driving rain and fierce 100-mph updrafts.
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Mon May 25, 2009 10:11 AM EDT
A 13-year project to create a new artificial reef off the Florida Keys for sport divers and anglers culminated Wednesday with the scuttling of a 523-foot-long former U.S. Air Force missile tracking ship.
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Thu Apr 30, 2009 2:17 PM EDT
Pharmacist Ephrem Degefu's shelves are stocked with clean, white bottles of powdered chemicals, all essential ingredients in hundreds of commonly used medications.
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Tue Apr 28, 2009 3:14 PM EDT
Florida's top veterinarian on Tuesday blamed the deaths of 21 elite polo horses on an overdose of a common mineral that helps muscles recover from fatigue.
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Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:32 AM EDT
After the death of 21 horses in Florida, the United States Polo Association says it will examine safeguards for polo horses, including developing a prohibited substance policy.
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Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:30 AM EDT
At the height of the U.S. housing boom, when building materials were in short supply, American construction companies used millions of pounds of Chinese-made drywall because it was abundant and cheap.
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Thu Apr 9, 2009 3:06 PM EDT
The head of the U.S. Central Command says the American military will increase its presence near the Horn of Africa within 48 hours.
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Tue Apr 7, 2009 7:10 AM EDT
Three dead dogs, and Chris Marin has had it. He's lived with his family along a canal just south of Miami for several years, and never had a fear of the water — until now.
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Fri Apr 3, 2009 5:11 PM EDT
A former hedge fund manager accused of swindling investors out of nearly $200 million was ordered held without bail Friday after being extradited from South Korea.
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Thu Mar 26, 2009 12:25 PM EDT
Gov. Charlie Crist's celebrated $1.34 billion deal to buy 180,000 acres of U.S. Sugar Corp. land to help restore the Everglades is being scaled back by more than half because the state can't afford the original deal, the governor announced Wednesday.
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Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:00 PM EDT
Nearly seven million pounds of debris was collected from waterways and shorelines around the world during a single day last year, illustrating that careless people are discarding trash just about everywhere, with much of it eventually finding an aquatic home, according to a report released Tuesday.
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Mon Mar 2, 2009 4:11 PM EST
Just five years ago, Port St. Lucie was America's fastest-growing large city. Then the foreclosure crisis slammed it like a hurricane.
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Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:36 PM EST
A historic land deal aimed at helping restore the dying Everglades, and lauded by Gov. Charlie Crist as "monumental as the creation of our nation's first national park," may end up dead in the water.
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Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:53 AM EST
Doug Updike has a lot on his mind as he slips beneath the brown, murky surface of South Florida's 2,000 miles of flood control canals.
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Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:13 PM EST
A jury convicted a Florida priest on Monday of stealing from his church, but the panel found that he embezzled far less than the $488,000 prosecutors charged.
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