Tag Archives: Florida

• News

  12 now charged with manslaughter in FAMU drum major’s death

  Twelve people now face manslaughter charges in the November 2011 death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion Jr.
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  All walls razed at Florida home where sinkhole devoured man

  As a giant red backhoe gouged into the Florida home where a massive sinkhole swallowed a man whole, pieces of the family’s lives were pushed into public view.
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  Crews tear down Florida home where sinkhole devoured man

  Unable to rescue a man devoured by a giant sinkhole, workers started demolishing his Florida home Sunday — three days after the ground under his bedroom opened up and swallowed him.
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  Florida calls off search for man swallowed by sinkhole

  Jeff Bush is presumed dead after a sinkhole opened beneath his room
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  Florida man swallowed by sinkhole feared dead

  A man swallowed by sinkhole under his bedroom in Florida is believed dead
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  Child’s wish to see snow comes true

  The Make a Wish Foundation flew the child and her family from Florida to Maine.
• News / Offbeat

  History’s oldest tree The Senator cloned after druggy fire

  The infamous tree known as The Senator was destroyed last year. It was a tree with 35 centuries of history within its bark.
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  Russian scientists track down fragments of meteor

  People in the Russia region of Cheliabinsk have been keeping their eyes out for “souvenirs” from last week’s exploding meteor.
• Offbeat

  VIDEO: 68 pythons found

  Florida estimates up to 100,000 pythons live in the Everglades
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  Final take in Everglades snake hunt is 68 pythons

  By CNN Staff  (CNN) — They can reach lengths of 18 feet and their numbers are estimated to be in…
• News / Offbeat

  Owl gets stuck in truck’s grill

  An owl had a close call after being hit by an SUV on the Florida Turnpike.
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  Teen who flipped off judge apologizes

  A Florida teenager is out of jail after she made a tearful apology to the judge she flipped off.