After 10 Glorious Years, Sunshine State News and I Are Passing the Baton

Brian Burgess, communications director for Gov. Rick Scott, released the following statement late Friday about the bill-signing event in The Villages, in which Democrats were told by a governor's staffer to leave: Governor Scott did not make, nor was he aware of, any decision regarding who would be allowed to attend the recent event at The Villages.

Florida's deepening drought is raising red flags, and fires. State Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam said the long-burning 168,000-acre fire in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge straddling the Florida-Georgia border could spread to 300,000 acres or more if rainfall isn't forthcoming. Erupting in late April, the Honey Prairie Fire was declared 80 percent contained on Friday, but it has already consumed roughly half of the refuge, and tinder-dry conditions have hampered firefighters' efforts.

It's been nearly five years since the once high-flying John Edwards' life was entirely seamless. Finally -- on Friday morning -- the former presidential candidate was indicted on criminal charges by a federal grand jury in Raleigh, N.C. The charges involve an elaborate and secret scheme to misuse more than $900,000 in campaign funds from wealthy donors to cover up his extramarital affair. Edwards faces six counts --four of illegal campaign contributions, one of conspiracy, and one of false statements. He is set to appear in court in Winston-Salem on Friday afternoon.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released a discouraging May jobs report Friday, with 54,000 jobs added last month -- more than 100,000 fewer than expected.