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RENO, Nev. (AP) — Some 150 mustangs that had been set to be auctioned off for possible slaughter after their removal from the range in Nevada have been granted a reprieve.
With financial backing from Florida horse lover Victoria McCullough, activists acqu...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to snag a jackpot of $59 million, lottery officials said Sunday.
The winning ticket was bought in Orlando, officials said
A total of 37 tickets matched five numbers to win $5,766 ea...

TALLAHASSEE (AP) — One winner of the “Fantasy 5” game will collect $255,702.88, the Florida Lottery said Sunday.
The winning ticket was bought in Jacksonville, lottery officials reported.
The 414 tickets matching four numbers won $99.50 each. Another 13,...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — For the first time two of Florida’s college football powerhouses are being featured on a Florida Lottery ticket.
The lottery recently launched a scratch-off game that features the logos of both the University of Florida and Florid...

WEST MELBOURNE (AP) — Police are investigating the case of a pizza deliveryman who allegedly shot a knife-wielding robber.
WESH-TV in Orlando reports that Bryon Park had just returned to his vehicle Friday after making a delivery to a Central Florida mote...

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian courts on Sunday heard separate court cases against former President Hosni Mubarak and top leaders of his archrival, the Muslim Brotherhood, both over allegations of killing protesters in separate instances.
Egyptian media portrayed ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel pushed forward Sunday with plans to construct 1,500 apartments in east Jerusalem in a move that could undermine recently renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
City spokeswoman Brachie Sprung said city officials had approved plan...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Insurgents bent on destabilizing Iraq killed at least 41 people in numerous attacks scattered around the country on Sunday, striking targets as varied as a coffee shop, a wedding party convoy and a carload of off-duty soldiers.
The attacks ...

His tribe once controlled huge swaths of what is now New York and Connecticut, but the shrunken reservation presided over by Alan Russell today hosts little more than four mostly dilapidated homes and a pair of rattlesnake dens.
The Schaghticoke Indian Tr...

Nearly five years into his presidency, Barack Obama confronts a world far different from what he envisioned when he first took office. U.S. influence is declining in the Middle East as violence and instability rock Arab countries. An ambitious attempt to ...