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A new era in space exploration dawned Tuesday as a slender rocket powered into the dark Florida sky before sunrise, carrying the first private spacecraft bound for the International Space Station. "We're now back on the brink of a new future, a future that embraces the innovation the private sector brings to the table," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said. "The significance of this day cannot be overstated."

A Florida mother who fatally shot her four children before killing herself Tuesday called three of the kids who had sought help from a neighbor back to the house before firing the fatal shots, authorities said....

There is no reason Marissa Alexander should spend the next 20 years in prison. If you are the most hardened law-and-order person in the world, even you should have some compassion for Alexander, the Jacksonville, Florida, woman who has been struck by the ridiculous Florida law known as 10-20-life.

George Zimmerman’s not guilty plea on a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin was accepted Tuesday afternoon at Sanford, Fla., court arraignment.

The hot and very popular trilogy is not available everywhere. Brevard County has banned "Fifty Shades of Grey" from the shelves of its public libraries due to its "perceived pornographic nature," a spokesman from the county government said.

When it comes to porn, there's nothing Mickey Mouse about the hometown of Disney World. Orlando, Fla., has topped a survey by Men's Health magazine of the smuttiest U.S. cities.

Kacy Christine Wilson, a 28-year-old former teacher at Osceola High School in Kissimmee, Fla., is being accused of pulling a 16-year-old student out of class and then leading him to a closet to have sex, WOFL-TV reports.According to a police report obtained by WOFL, Wilson called the unnamed teenager's teacher to claim he had left something in her classroom. The incident allegedly occurred when he arrived at her room.

A 22-month-old boy has died after being run over by an SUV in the parking lot of a Florida high school during a softball game.

Bill Lee Jr., who had stepped aside as Sanford, Fla.'s police chief during the investigation of the shooting of unarmed African American teenager Trayvon Martin, has officially resigned as the community’s top cop, a city commissioner said Monday.

A Florida judge today ruled that George Zimmerman could be feed on $150,000 bond, but would have to wear a tracking device.