Caught on Camera: $12,000 Distraction Robbery - Video

FT. LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale police are asking for the public’s help in finding distraction thieves who were caught on camera stealing from a convenience store in a heist that netted the thieves up to $12,000 dollars. The theft took place in October at the convenience...

Fort Lauderdale Fire Lieutenant Suspended Over Chimpanzee Joke Against Ex-Fir...

Across Florida, protesters march against war in Iraq

On the 3rd anniversary of the conflict, groups rally in several areas to urge troop withdrawal.

PluggedIn: Technology that took on a hurricane

NEW YORK (Reuters) - While big media covered the mass destruction brought by Hurricane Katrina with helicopter images and satellite weather maps, blogs have been telling stories with similar force, but on a much more personal level. Linking to the Internet's global computer...

Hurricane tab to be costliest U.S. relief effort

WASHINGTON - The era of big government is back. President Bush is presiding over what is sure to be the most expensive government relief and reconstruction operation in U.S. history. With estimates of the federal tab ranging up to $200 billion for rebuilding New Orleans and...

Bush Says Federal Funds Will Pay Bulk of Hurricane Recovery

Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush will tell the nation tonight that the federal government will work closely with local officials to rebuild cities demolished by Hurricane Katrina and pay most of the cost of infrastructure repairs. ``The work that has begun...

Is New Orleans Florida's future?: South Florida Sun-Sentinel

I, like many Floridians, am upset with our government's response in the disaster-stricken Gulf Coast. Despite millions of tax dollars that have been spent on 9-11 training and hundreds of millions that we spend each year on our military and military equipment, our fellow...