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Classy ATM Spits Gold,
Not Cash, in Florida

Machine installed in a shopping mall

5 hours, 36 minutes ago

Classy ATM Spits Gold, Not Cash, in Florida

Machine installed in a shopping mall
(Newser) - An ATM at a posh Florida mall cuts out the paper and goes straight for gold. Slide in credit card or cash and get out a pile of gold bars and coins in a tidy black box, the AP reports. The German machine is primarily a novelty item, says its... More »

Guard Who Took Down Gunman: 'I'm No Hero'

Mike Jones says he'd been terrified he let school board down

Dec 16, 2010 2:10 PM CST

Guard Who Took Down Gunman: 'I'm No Hero'

Mike Jones says he'd been terrified he let school board down
(Newser) - When distraught ex-con Clay Duke took a school board meeting hostage on Tuesday, it was security guard Mike Jones who saved the day, shooting and wounding Duke, who then killed himself. But Jones says he was only doing his job. “I’m not a hero folks,” he said... More »

School Board Hostage-Taking Caught on Video

Fla. board member fought back against gunman Clay Duke

Dec 15, 2010 3:32 AM CST

School Board Hostage-Taking Caught on Video

Fla. board member fought back against gunman Clay Duke
(Newser) - If there was a prize for America's bravest school board member, Ginger Littleton would be a shoo-in. Video of yesterday's hostage-taking incident at a Florida school board meeting shows that after gunman Clay Duke ordered everybody apart from six men to leave the room, Littleton returned to the room and... More »

Gunman Kills Self at Florida
School Board Meeting

His motives remain unknown

Dec 14, 2010 5:53 PM CST

Gunman Kills Self at Florida School Board Meeting

His motives remain unknown
(AP) - A gunman shot himself to death at a Florida school board meeting today, police say. The still-unidentified man walked up to a podium to speak, then spray-painted a red "V" with a circle around it on a wall and began firing. His motives are unknown. No other injuries were... More »

Ohio, Wisconsin Spurn $1.2B
to Build Train Lines

Stimulus funds will go to other states

Dec 10, 2010 8:07 AM CST

Ohio, Wisconsin Spurn $1.2B to Build Train Lines

Stimulus funds will go to other states
(Newser) - The US is redistributing $1.2 billion in federal stimulus money that had been headed to Ohio and Wisconsin, after both states' Republican governors-elect called for an end to proposed train projects, arguing they were unnecessary and would cost millions to operate. “Wisconsin taxpayers were victorious today in defeating... More »

In 'Creepy' Disney Town,
Two Violent Deaths in Week

Murder over the holiday followed by standoff, suicide in Celebration

Dec 3, 2010 9:33 AM CST

In 'Creepy' Disney Town, Two Violent Deaths in Week

Murder over the holiday followed by standoff, suicide in Celebration
(Newser) - Celebration, Fla., a Disney-designed subdivision, has been relatively crime-free for 14 years—but this past week, two violent deaths marred the peaceful facade of a town that decorates with fake snow every holiday season. Yesterday, the town square—the scene of (yes, really) horse-and-carriage rides—featured a locked-down schoolhouse, and... More »

 Haiti's Cholera Reaches US 

Florida sees first case, but officials say it's not a big threat

Nov 17, 2010 4:34 PM CST

Haiti's Cholera Reaches US

Florida sees first case, but officials say it's not a big threat
(Newser) - Cholera has made its way to US shores, but health authorities in Florida say it's no cause for alarm, CNN reports. A woman who returned from a visit to Haiti fell ill with the disease, which has now killed 1,100 people there and spread to the neighboring Dominican Republic.... More »

 Dead Smoker's 
 Daughter 
 Awarded 
 $80M 

Jury finds RJ Reynolds 90% responsible for death

Nov 17, 2010 4:10 AM CST

Dead Smoker's Daughter Awarded $80M

Jury finds RJ Reynolds 90% responsible for death
(Newser) - The daughter of a man who died of lung cancer after smoking for 60 years has been awarded $80 million by a Florida jury. The jury decided that tobacco giant RJ Reynolds was 90% responsible for the man's death at the age of 76, and ordered the company to pay... More »

 Charlie Crist to Pardon 
 Jim Morrison? 

Door's open: 'anything possible' before Crist leaves office

Nov 8, 2010 6:45 AM CST

Charlie Crist to Pardon Jim Morrison?

Door's open: 'anything possible' before Crist leaves office
(Newser) - His Senate bid may have failed, but outgoing Florida Gov. Charlie Crist may still make his mark ... on rock and roll history: He’s considering pardoning Jim Morrison for indecent exposure charges at a 1969 concert. “It's something I’m willing to look into in the time I have... More »

Cops: Florida Woman Tried to Sell Grandson for $30K

She and boyfriend are charged in scheme

Nov 6, 2010 2:09 PM CDT

Cops: Florida Woman Tried to Sell Grandson for $30K

She and boyfriend are charged in scheme
(AP) - A Florida woman and her boyfriend have been charged with trying to sell her infant grandson for $30,000. Cops arrested 45-year-old Patty Bigbee and 42-year-old Lawrence Works yesterday in Daytona Beach after they met with an agent posing as a buyer. Both were charged with illegal sale or surrender... More »

 Faithful Flock to Jesus 
 Theme Park 

Visitors can pose for 'walking on water' photo

Nov 6, 2010 8:26 AM CDT

Faithful Flock to Jesus Theme Park

Visitors can pose for 'walking on water' photo
(Newser) - Christians seeking a more hands-on religious experience would do well to check out the Holy Land Experience in Orlando, ABC News reports. The park, which has been open for 10 years but was recently bought by Trinity Broadcasting—the largest Christian broadcaster—features interactive New Testament attractions that border on... More »

 Sink Concedes 
 Fla. Governor's Race 

Rick Scott will take over from Charlie Crist

Nov 3, 2010 10:37 AM CDT

Sink Concedes Fla. Governor's Race

Rick Scott will take over from Charlie Crist
(Newser) - Alex Sink is taking her text messages and going home, conceding the Florida governor's race to Republican multimillionaire Rick Scott after his campaign called a win on her part a "mathematical impossibility." Scott, who ran on an anti-establishment platform with Tea Party blessings, had held what the AP... More »

THE HOUSE

 Grayson Falls to 'Taliban Dan' 

GOP's Dan Webster credits victory to positive campaign

Nov 3, 2010 1:20 AM CDT

Grayson Falls to 'Taliban Dan'

GOP's Dan Webster credits victory to positive campaign
(Newser) - In one of the nation's most keenly watched House races, voters in central Florida rejected combative liberal incumbent Rep. Alan Grayson in favor of veteran Republican state lawmaker Dan Webster. The Democrat—who drew the wrath of GOP leaders for saying the Republican health care plan was to "die... More »

Under Fire for Text, Fla. Gov Candidate Fires Staffer

Candidate caught breaking rules by viewing phone message

Oct 27, 2010 5:37 AM CDT

Under Fire for Text, Fla. Gov Candidate Fires Staffer

Candidate caught breaking rules by viewing phone message
(Newser) - Facing a ruckus after her campaign sneaked her a message during a debate Monday night, Florida's Democratic nominee for governor has fired a staffer for the rules violation. GOP candidate Rick Scott spotted Alex Sink being shown a message on a cell phone during a commercial break and informed moderators,... More »

Florida Law Firm Bribed Workers to Forge Foreclosures

...and big bribes at that: jewelry, cars, houses

Oct 19, 2010 11:42 AM CDT

Florida Law Firm Bribed Workers to Forge Foreclosures

...and big bribes at that: jewelry, cars, houses
(Newser) - Employees at Florida’s largest “foreclosure mill” routinely altered and forged documents to speed up the foreclosure process—and were rewarded with jewelry, cars, and other lavish gifts as a result, witnesses tell Florida’s Attorney General. Three former employees of the law offices of David J. Stern have... More »

 Teen Girl Accused 
 of Poisoning 
 Adoptive Family 

She allegedly used insecticide, dog feces

Oct 12, 2010 12:10 PM CDT

Teen Girl Accused of Poisoning Adoptive Family

She allegedly used insecticide, dog feces
(Newser) - A 13-year-old Florida girl is accused of poisoning her adoptive mother and possibly her siblings for more than a year, Fox News reports. The girl, who was adopted years ago from Mexico, confessed to putting insect poison and dog feces in food her mother ate, as well as hand soap... More »

CAMPAIGN HIJINKS

 Alan Grayson Dubs 
 Opponent 'Taliban Dan' 

It's really Daniel Webster, but whatever

Sep 27, 2010 5:30 PM CDT

Alan Grayson Dubs Opponent 'Taliban Dan'

It's really Daniel Webster, but whatever
(Newser) - Alan Grayson, he of "Die Quickly" fame, is taking an equally, er, unusual approach to dragging his opponent's name through the mud, reports Talking Points Memo. In a new campaign ad, the Florida Democrat compares the stances of patriotically named Daniel Webster to, say, a certain notorious Afghan fundamentalist... More »

Crist's GOP Donors Still Fighting to Get Their Cash Back

Appeal ruling denying class-action status

Sep 27, 2010 3:38 PM CDT

Crist's GOP Donors Still Fighting to Get Their Cash Back

Appeal ruling denying class-action status
(Newser) - Republicans who donated to see Charlie Crist become the next GOP senator from Florida are keeping up the fight to get their money back now that he's decided he wants to be the state's next independent senator. A lawyer for a pair of donors said today he'll appeal a court's... More »

Brazen Florida Bank Robbers Got $100K

Bomb strapped
to teller was fake; manhunt goes on

Sep 25, 2010 9:53 AM CDT

Brazen Florida Bank Robbers Got $100K

Bomb strapped to teller was fake; manhunt goes on
(Newser) - Here's the weirdest part about that bizarre bank robbery in Florida yesterday straight out of a movie plot: It seems to have worked. Today, the robbers remain at large with more than $100,000, reports the Miami Herald . The "bomb" they strapped to a bank teller turned out to... More »

UPDATED

 Bank Robbers at Large 
 After Strapping Bomb 
 to Kidnapped Teller  

Florida crisis ends with release of abducted employee

Sep 24, 2010 11:59 AM CDT

Bank Robbers at Large After Strapping Bomb to Kidnapped Teller

Florida crisis ends with release of abducted employee
(AP) - A bank teller was kidnapped early today from his home by robbers who strapped a suspected bomb to his chest and used him to steal money from a Bank of America branch near the University of Miami, according to the FBI. The suspected explosive device was safely removed after the... More »

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