Florida

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Opinion: Republicans Are Creating Poll Taxes 2.0

Republicans by creating onerous barriers to voting, including strict ID requirements and shortening of early vote periods have created what amounts to a new version of Jim Crow era poll taxes.

2012/07/03

NY Girl, 11, Electrocuted While Playing Mini Golf In Orlando

Authorities say an 11-year-old New York girl was electrocuted while trying to retrieve a ball from a pond at a time-share resort’s miniature golf course near Orlando.

2012/06/28

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Rothstein: This And That Around College Basketball

Dorian Finney-Smith’s decision to transfer to Florida is just another example of a quality player the Gators didn’t get out of high school but eventually landed.

2012/06/15

Transform Father’s Day Into The Adventure Of A Lifetime

Want to do something fun with your dad for Father’s Day? Check out these exciting activities that are sure to be an adventure!

2012/06/07

Trayvon Martin (credit: Handout via CBS 2)

Sharpton Promises Protests Over Shooting Of Fla. Teenager Trayvon Martin

Rev. Al Sharpton says organizers would hold a series of nonviolent protests calling for the arrest of the crime watch volunteer who confronted the unarmed black teenager because he thought he looked “suspicious,” and then shot him.

2012/03/24

Amar'e Stoudemire (credit: David Liam Kyle/NBAE via Getty Images)

Brother Of Knicks’ Amar’e Stoudemire Dies In Florida Car Crash

Authorities are still investigating and awaiting test results to find out if alcohol was a factor.

WFAN–2012/02/06

Rothstein Files: What To Watch This Weekend In College Hoops

The return of Orange center Fab Melo ensures that Madison Square Garden will be a pro-Syracuse crowd, like usual.

WFAN–2012/02/03

Republican presidential candidates, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (L) listens to former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney (R) during the Florida Republican Presidential debate January 26, 2012 at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida.(Photo credit: PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)

Mitt Romney Wins Big In Florida, Routing Newt Gingrich

“Thank you FL!” an exuberant Romney tweeted minutes after the race was called. “While we celebrate this victory, we must not forget what this election is really about: defeating Barack Obama.”

2012/01/31

Rothstein Files: Monday Morning College Hoops Notebook

Let’s face it, if the three pointer by Indiana’s Christian Watford rimmed out at the buzzer on December 10th against Kentucky, we’d be talking about the possibility of the Wildcats going through the season undefeated.

WFAN–2012/01/30

Rothstein Files: What To Watch This Weekend In College Hoops

It feels like every year Jim Boeheim’s team gets off to a monster roll in November and December. That could all change on Saturday.

WFAN–2011/12/16

Teaneck Stabbing Suspect Arrested In Florida Before Escaping To Colombia

Customs agents in Florida arrested a suspect in a fatal New Jersey stabbing minutes before his flight took off for Colombia. Authorities found Pedro Guittierez had flown from JFK Airport to Orlando on Tuesday.

2011/10/05

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New York TSA Officers Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Painkillers

You trust them to protect you, but on Tuesday Transportation Security Agency agents were accused of betraying the public and helping drug smugglers.

2011/09/13

Diana Nyad swims from Cuba to Florida (credit: CBS2)

New York Native Diana Nyad Attempting Cuba To Florida Swim

The endurance swimmer stroked through the Florida Straits early Monday, trying to accomplish at 61 years old what she failed to do at 28: swim more than 100 miles from Havana to Key West.

2011/08/08

No Death Penalty In Narcy Novak Hotel Heir Killing Case

Prosecutors have decided not to seek the death penalty in the case of a Florida woman accused of arranging the killings of her husband and mother-in-law.

2011/08/03

Casey Anthony (credit: AP Photo/Joe Burbank, Pool)

Casey Anthony, Acquitted Of Murder, Freed From Jail

Anthony, wearing a pink T-shirt with blue jeans, left the jail at 12:14 a.m. with her attorney, Jose Baez. She was given $537.68 in cash from her jail account and escorted outside. She said nothing to reporters and others gathered outside.

2011/07/17

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