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NTSB rules in 2011 Mayo Clinic helicopter crash

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:05:49 -0400

MIAMI - Financial pressures likely contributed to a helicopter pilot's decision to continue flying through deteriorating weather before crashing in north Florida, killing a Mayo Clinic heart surgeon and technician on their way to retrieve a heart for transplant in 2011, according to a report from the National Transportation Safety Board.

NTSB rules in 2011 Mayo Clinic helicopter crash

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:48:30 -0400

MIAMI - Financial pressures contributed to a helicopter pilot's decision to continue flying through deteriorating weather before crashing in north Florida, killing a Mayo Clinic heart surgeon and technician on their way to retrieve a heart for transplant, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

N. Fla. boy home from hospital after snake bite

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:07:22 -0400

GAINESVILLE, Florida - An 11-year-old boy is out of the hospital two weeks after a 5-foot-long eastern diamondback rattlesnake bit his leg.

Man killed after shooting deputy

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:49:32 -0400

GAINESVILLE, Florida - A north Florida deputy fatally shot a man after authorities say the deputy took a shot to his body armor.

Florida LB Morrison charged with simple battery

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:45:44 -0400

GAINESVILLE, Florida - Florida linebacker Antonio Morrison is accused of punching a bouncer and has been charged with simple battery. He was arrested at his dormitory.

UF basketball player Wilbekin suspended

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:44:50 -0400

GAINESVILLE, Florida - University of Florida basketball player Scottie Wilbekin has been suspended indefinitely from the team.

North Fla. county to allow atheist monument

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:49:27 -0400

STARKE, Florida - A North Florida county will soon be home to an atheist monument.

Scientists hope lab program saves Fla. butterfly

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 11:34:29 -0400

MIAMI - The fate of an endangered butterfly species in the Florida Keys may rest on the fragile wings of a single female Schaus swallowtail and a handful of caterpillars captured in Biscayne National Park, according to University of Florida researchers hoping they have a second chance to save it from extinction.

Fla. Gov. handing out awards to football stars

Thu, 30 May 2013 03:05:04 -0400

GAINESVILLE, Florida - Florida Gov. Rick Scott is calling famed football coach Steve Spurrier a "Great Floridian."

Fla. consumer confidence rises 3 months straight

Tue, 28 May 2013 13:59:04 -0400

GAINESVILLE, Florida - Consumer confidence continues to rise in Florida and is reaching its highest point since before the start of the Great Recession.

Florida F Yeguete has arthroscopic knee surgery

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:14:06 -0400

GAINESVILLE, Florida - Florida forward Will Yeguete is recovering from another knee surgery.

Fla. man suspected of faking death found in Wyo.

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:46:47 -0400

CODY, Wyoming - A Florida man suspected of faking his own death has been arrested in Wyoming.