OCALA, Fla. — A judge in Florida has denied actor Wesley Snipes’ request for a new trial as the film star is scheduled to start a three year prison sentence in Pennsylvania for failing to pay taxes. U.S. District Judge ...

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Craig Taylor wasn’t much interested in vacationing in Orlando with his parents this month — until he and his girlfriend plugged into the hype swirling around the new Harry Potter attraction. So Taylor, 23, a police dispatcher ...

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Steven Posner, the Baltimore-born former corporate raider who joined his father in staging hostile takeovers in the U.S. during the 1980s, has died. He was 67. Posner died on Monday in a boat collision on Biscayne Bay in Florida, according ...

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KEY LARGO, Fla. — Fifty years after it was designated the first underwater park in the U.S., John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park looks much like it did when it was founded: Tropical fish swim through the coral reef and ...

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ATLANTA — In a climate of Internet campaigns to shun airport pat-downs and veteran pilots suing over their treatment by government screeners, some airports are considering another way to show dissatisfaction: Ditching TSA agents altogether. Federal law allows airports to ...

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