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One of Sarasota's first female firefighters retires
Chief Abbott will not be fired from police department
SARASOTA - Sarasota Police Chief Peter Abbott will keep his job as head of the Sarasota Police Department, but the officer who was shown on surveillance video kicking an inmate man will be fired.
Plane crash lands in Port Charlotte
PORT CHARLOTTE - The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office released more details of the blue and white Cherokee plane that crashed around 11:30 a.m. this morning in Port Charlotte.
Man shot by Charlotte deputies released from hospital
CHARLOTTE COUNTY - Charlotte County Sheriff's Major Crimes Unit detectives report George Wayne Lafferty, 62, was arrested by Lee County Sheriff's Deputies
Rabid raccoon alert in Venice
VENICE - On Thursday, Sarasota County Sheriff's Office Animal Services received a report that a raccoon attacked two people in the 100 block of Rimini Way in Venice.
Florida State Headlines
Joe Francis out sick for Panhandle court hearing
Neb.-based student loan company to hire 250
Probation for teen who helped in murder plot
NJ man charged in fatal fire captured in Florida
Small plane crashes in Charlotte Co.; no injuries
2 fatally wounded in shooting on Miami road
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Orlando radio host faces jail time
Terror plot leader gets 13-year prison term
Missing hunter found alive in Big Cypress
National News
Astronauts await word of baby girl on Earth
Calif. requires TVs to be more energy-efficient
Biologists save fish after landslide
Measure to change U. of Neb. stem-cell rule fails
Robbery motive in deaths of 5 in rural Arkansas
Fate of black teacher in Mo. case rests with jury
FAA says equipment outage caused 819 flight delays
Couple pleads guilty in Cuban spying case
Pentagon looking for Fort Hood management lapses
Ethics committee: No punishment for Burris
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CA man allegedly paid teens to spit in his face
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) - A 39-year-old Thousand Oaks man has been arrested for misdemeanor child annoyance after allegedly paying a teenager $31 to spit in his face.
Teens taped themselves stealing presents
UPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) - A suburban Philadelphia police chief says two teenagers are being held after officers arrested them and found video recordings they made
Colo. man comes home, finds squatter in underwear
GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) - Authorities in Colorado say a homeowner who was selling his house returned to the property to find a 24-year-old squatter wearing only underwear.
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