An appeals court Monday rejected a North Florida jury's call for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. to pay $79.2 million to the daughter of a dead smoker -- overturning what could have been the largest verdict in a barrage of lawsuits against cigarette makers
The 1st District Court of Appeal sent the case back to Levy County Circuit Court to determine a reduced amount of damages in the 1996 lung-cancer death of James Cayce Horner.
As the 40th anniversary of Watergate impends, we are to be bathed again in the great myth and morality play about the finest hour in all of American journalism.
It isn't easy to argue with selective-memory Democrats like Debbie Wasserman Schultz. But when she wagged her finger at Republicans for waging "a war on women," I decided to have a go.
The Florida Supreme Court wont stay the scheduled execution of David Alan Gore.
The justices rejected Gores appeal request Monday to halt his planned April 12 execution.
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Ozzie Guillen, the manager of the Miami Marlins, will be flying back to Miami Tuesday, during a break in the ongoing series in Philadelphia, to address remarks he made in a Time magazine story, where he is quoted as saying, I love Fidel Castro.
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A recall drive against Osceola County Commissioner John Quinones has stalled -- and perhaps fizzled.
Petition papers were filed last week with the Osceola County Supervisor of Elections by local businessman Jorge Coronado. The campaign was launched just days after Quinones announced his intention to seek the Republican nomination for the new 9th Congressional District.
But recall organizers quickly withdrew their petition, citing "technical" glitches in the paperwork. On Monday, Coronado told Sunshine State News that he is "no longer involved."
When it comes to spending, no one does it like congressional Democrats.
And that includes their outlays at the office.
A survey of all 435 House members found that the 21 who expended the biggest percentage of their office budgets were all Democrats.
Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., went so far as to dive into the red. The 13-term civil-rights veteran racked up $1,482,469 in office expenses last year -- $8.563 more than he budgeted.
There will be no grand jury called for the Feb. 26 shooting of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, the Miami Herald is reporting.
The grand jury -- called by the former prosecutor on the case, Seminole County State Attorney Norm Wolfinger -- was scheduled to meet on Tuesday.
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U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio on Monday welcomed the visit of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to the White House on Monday as a step toward boosting trade ties between the U.S. -- particularly Florida -- and the Sunshine States biggest South American business partner.
In a statement released Monday, Rubio said the visit could have wider implications as well.
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