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News at noon: Poll: Putnam will win governor's race; mother of drowned teen announces legal action; debating the BP settlement money; how Lightning's run might affect other events

 
Omali Yeshitela, the founder of the Uhuru Movement, speaks during a news conference at The International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement at Akwaaba Hall, in St. Petersburg Tuesday morning. Yashica Clemmons, the mother of 16-year-old Dominque Battle -- one of the teens drowned to death in a pond after the stolen car she was riding in plunged into a pond on March 31 -- delivered a statement to the media.
Omali Yeshitela, the founder of the Uhuru Movement, speaks during a news conference at The International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement at Akwaaba Hall, in St. Petersburg Tuesday morning. Yashica Clemmons, the mother of 16-year-old Dominque Battle -- one of the teens drowned to death in a pond after the stolen car she was riding in plunged into a pond on March 31 -- delivered a statement to the media.
Published May 10, 2016

Adam Putnam wins the 2018 Governors race unless a Rick Scott type candidate puts in a hundred million to win, in the opinion of nearly 150 smart veterans of Florida politics who weighed in on our May Florida Insider Poll .

The mother of one of three teenagers who drowned in a stolen car in March announced legal action against the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office earlier today.

When county commissioners debate ways to spend the windfall of BP settlement cash next week, they say they will keep in mind the 807 ideas submitted by the public through a now-closed online survey. It is the first time uses for the money will be discussed publicly since the settlement was reached in July.

With the first medical marijuana in Florida expected to be available later this year and an expansion initiative on the November ballot, the nation's budding legal pot industry has descended on Orlando this week for a conference and trade show.

There are two kinds of summer movies; those that are sequels or reboots and those that aren't. Usually it's recent hits being reprised, but this season is a bit different. In some cases, a multiplex visit will feel so last century. Our annual Summer Movie Guide begins with those overdue sequels and reboots.

Ami Forte, the former prominent Morgan Stanley broker who handled hundreds of millions of dollars for Home Shopping Network co-founder Roy Speer, has filed a multimillion-dollar securities arbitration case against Morgan Stanley saying the company unjustly fired and penalized her.

A Florida man shot himself in the arm while cleaning a handgun, but didn't realize it until three days later when he finally changed shirts and found a bullet hole.

Tornadoes destroyed homes, overturned vehicles and stripped the bark from trees, as they churned across Oklahoma part of a strong series of storms that hit the Plains.

Officials say at least eight passengers were injured when a JetBlue flight experienced turbulence while flying from San Juan, Puerto Rico; to Orlando.

A German man was arrested after several people were stabbed at a train station near Munich early today, authorities said. One victim died in a hospital and three other people were wounded.

When Megyn Kelly sits down with Donald Trump for her prime-time special on the Fox broadcasting network, the Fox News Channel host hopes to call a truce to the war waged by the presumptive Republican nominee since he began slamming her after last August's Republican debate, where he was galled by her tough questioning as one of its moderators.

With the Lightning on its way back to the Eastern Conference finals — and possibly the Stanley Cup finals — it raises the question of what might happen to three upcoming events at Amalie Arena: Disney On Ice from Thursday through Sunday, and concerts by R. Kelly on May 27 and Ellie Goulding on June 2.

As a little girl in Russia, Marina McCourt loved to watch Disney characters like Ariel in The Little Mermaid and Belle in Beauty and the Beast. Now, the figure skater who calls Apollo Beach home twirls in Belle's blue dress and golden ball gown for children around the country, bringing the "tale as old as time" to life as a part of Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic, coming to the Amalie Arena starting Thursday.

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