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CROSS CITY (AP) — The Florida Highway Patrol says four people are dead, including two teenagers, after a driver ran through a stop sign in northern Florida.
Witnesses told investigators 35-year-old Eddie Pinner Lazo drove his 2001 Ford pickup early Sunda...

ST. PETERSBURG (AP) — A St. Petersburg home where two people were killed is being rebuilt as the neighborhood recovers from the crime.
The Tampa Tribune reports Mitch Harrison is building a new house in place of the one where one of Kenwood’s most heinou...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For many students and teachers, summer vacation was more like summer term.
Reading lists. Science camps. Portfolio development. The to-do lists for kids and teachers sound remarkably alike. Schools are on the hook to improve student perf...

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a 24-year-old Marine at Camp Lejeune has been charged with killing a former deputy from Crestview, Fla., at a shooting at his Jacksonville home.
Police said they arrested Cpl. Benjamin Marisic shortly after offic...

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (AP) — Dwayne Jones was relentlessly teased in high school for being effeminate until he dropped out. His father not only kicked him out of the house at the age of 14 but also helped jeering neighbors push the youngster from the rough...

COCOA BEACH (AP) — Two pedestrians are dead after being struck by a pickup truck in Cocoa Beach.
Police say a man and a woman were trying to cross North Atlantic Avenue shortly before 10:30 p.m. Saturday.
Investigators say 33-year-old Robert Coffman was b...

WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Coast Guard and state police crews have suspended their search for a swimmer who went missing off the southern New Jersey coast.
Twenty-four-year-old Christian Alfred was swimming in Wildwood around 7 p.m. Saturday when witnesses say...

NEW SMYRNA BEACH (AP) — Wind currents are pushing large numbers of jellyfish into beaches along the Volusia County coastline.
More than 200 people were treated for jellyfish stings over Friday and Saturday, and the pesky sea creatures are expected to rema...

ST. PETERSBURG (AP) — A 50-year-old man is dead after a shooting at a mobile home park in St. Petersburg.
The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office reports a physical altercation between two people took place Saturday at about 7:30 p.m. at the Avery Acres Mobi...

WASHINGTON (AP) — National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden’s father has secured documents to visit his son in Russia and plans to discuss how he could fight espionage charges, Lon Snowden and his attorney said Sunday.
Neither Lon Snowden nor his at...