Florida News latest RSS headlines - Florida Statesman.comProvides the latest RSS feeds for Florida News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home pageFlags sales down, fireworks canceled- July 5, 2008 Budget woes are also turning the lights out on fireworks shows across the state. Several cities, including Cocoa Beach, Winter Springs, New Smyrna Beach and Bonita Springs, have canceled their annual ...http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/15976909/ Bacteria levels high in Venice beach- July 5, 2008 Sarasota County health officials don&039;t know what caused bacteria levels to hit 600 - nearly six times what is considered safe. The bacteria was found at four area beaches on June 16. Other Sarasota Co...http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/15976908/ New Orleans e-mail flurry about saving lighthouse- July 5, 2008 NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Stephanie Bruno remembers long summer days on the lakefront, picnics, playing in the water, and the old light house stacked in red-roofed layers, ending in a pert little cupola.http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/15976906/ Man discovers fossils of manatee-like creature- July 5, 2008 The paleontologist learned Friday that his discovery of a small manatee-like creature is an official species. It took decades and about 70 fossil pieces for Garcia to put together the long-extinct Nan...http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/15976905/ Spitzer call girl drops Girls Gone Wild lawsuit- July 5, 2008 MIAMI (AP) -- The call girl involved in a scandal that brought down New York&039;s former governor has dropped a lawsuit claiming "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis exploited her image and name on the ...http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/15976904/ Man Killed In Road Rage Shooting Brought Joy- July 5, 2008 Miami-Dade County .Figueroa&039;s family, though, said Figueroa brought joy to his family and his girlfriend."There is definitely more to my brother than just what has been written in the reports," said F...http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/15976860/ Fire Fighters Working To Contain Brush Fires In West Broward Co.- July 5, 2008 WEST BROWARD CO., Fla. -- Fire fighters were working on Friday to contain brush fires in West Broward, authorities said.More than 150 acres have burned near Holy Lakes Trailer Park, located offhttp://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/15976859/ Man Starts 5,000-Mile Motorcycle Journey For Charity- July 4, 2008 U.S. in Dead Horse, Alaska."Either I&039;m crazy or I&039;m a great guy," Betton said.Betton planned to take off on his motorcycle from his job at U.S. Southern Command in Doral on July 4.http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/15974431/ Helms Remembered As Unyielding- July 4, 2008 Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, die...http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/15973036/ Freed hostages meet families in seclusion- July 4, 2008 SAN ANTONIO - Three Americans held hostage by leftist insurgents for five years in the Colombian jungle were reunited with their families on Thursday, their first day of freedom in the United States a...http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3951354e01311858/id/15971563/ |