N. Fla. man arrested in death of plum-eating bird
OCKLAWAHA, Fla. (AP) -- A north Florida man faces charges after fatally shooting a red-bellied woodpecker that was eating the plums from his trees....

Fla. sailor charged in 2010 death of 2-year-old
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- A sailor has been charged with murder in the 2010 death of his girlfriend's son at an off-base military housing unit....

Man shot by FBI had ties to Boston bombing suspect
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A Chechen immigrant shot to death in Florida after an altercation with an FBI agent implicated himself in a triple slaying that officials believe may have been connected to Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, authorities said....

Fla. mom breaks into home with machete
DELAND, Fla. (AP) -- A woman is being held without bond after authorities say she broke into her ex-boyfriend's central Florida home and threatened to cut off the heads of their three small children....

Fla. Man killed in NJ crash
PLUMSTED TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) -- A Florida man died and his wife was critically injured after their vehicle was struck by a dump truck in New Jersey....

Deputies find 40 animals abandoned in Pasco home
HOLIDAY, Fla. (AP) -- A strong odor coming from a nearby home prompted a neighbor to call authorities. It turned out someone had abandoned 40 animals inside the Pasco County home....

Man who caused fatal crash loses driver's license
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- A man who caused a crash that killed four family members near Fort Lauderdale must give up his driver's license....

NC State tops Clemson 6-3 in ACC tournament
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Brett Austin drove in two runs during a four-run seventh inning to help North Carolina State beat Clemson 6-3 on Wednesday night in pool play at the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament....

Surgeons remove tiger's basketball-sized hairball
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) -- It's not unusual for a cat to get a hairball, but a 400-pound tiger needed help from veterinary surgeons in Florida when he couldn't hack up a basketball-size hairball by himself....

Panel to examine condemned man's competency
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Gov. Rick Scott has appointed a panel to examine whether a man set to be executed next month is mentally competent....