5/23/13
Many Floridians know about the fight to save endangered panthers that roam the state. So they're sure to take heart at this success story from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Biologists there have released two endangered Florida panthers this year, a brother and sister that they rescued as ki …
TALLAHASSEE
Senate President Don Gaetz calls her the Margaret Thatcher of the Florida Senate — "tough, principled, independent and absolutely fearless." Valerie Guenther, chairman of the Charlotte County Democratic Party, notes she's a "tough target" because she doesn't just vote the party line. And Sen. Tom …
A judge in Jackson County has denied a request for a court order permitting the exhumation of more than 50 unmarked graves at the former Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, saying state law already gives a medical examiner authority to do so.
ORLANDO
Trying to keep pace with princesses at Disney World and Potter at Universal Studios, SeaWorld has bet its future on making penguins from Antarctica at home in the middle of a former swamp. It was no picnic. Designers could fake the glaciers and icicles. But they had to lower temperatures in the birds' …
Charlie Crist, almost unique among political figures of his stature, has never had a consistent inner circle of advisers at his side.
MIAMI
There are many Vanderbilt mansions, all of them grander, and certainly larger, than the manse on Miami's Fisher Island that bears the famous family name.
In the months and days before his shooting death, Trayvon Martin was getting into fights, getting high on marijuana, getting suspended from school and talking with friends about getting a gun, according to cellphone text messages that defense lawyers for shooter George Zimmerman released Thursday.
KISSIMMEE — Ibragim Todashev, the Chechen martial-arts fighter killed by an FBI agent in Orlando on Tuesday, was a bit of a mystery to his neighbors in a modest gated community here.
Many Floridians know about the fight to save endangered panthers that roam the state.
Universal's theme parks have made a big success of Butterbeer, so next up: Duff Beer! Universal Orlando confirmed Thursday that the theme park is building a Simpsons-themed Springfield street to open this summer at Universal Studios Florida. You'll be able to walk the streets of Springfield, grab a Krusty Burger, eat …
By Robbyn Mitchell
Times Staff Writer
Prepare to get very wet in the pursuit of the all-powerful Chi energy source at Legoland Florida.
