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Expect traffic delays this morning for half marathon

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Oops! Gov. Crist directs parents of uninsured kids to call phone sex line

Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Oops! In an embarrassing blunder, Gov. Charlie Crist mistakenly directed parents of uninsured children to call a toll-free sex line.

Owner of Kissimmee market arrested after teen relatives says he molested her

Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009

Charges include 96 counts of lewd and lascivious molestation The owner of a Kissimmee market was charged today with having sex with a teenage relative over several years, police said.

Daytona Beach police seek armed robber

Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009

Daytona Beach police are looking for a man who robbed a business this morning and said the heist could be the work of the same man who pulled off a robbery two weeks ago in Port Orange.

Man in clown mask robs Cumberland Farms

Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009

Orlando police are looking for a man who robbed a Cumberland Farms wearing a clown mask late Tuesday.

Sanford police investigate crime under their own roof

Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009

For Sanford police, investigating crimes is their business. But the crimes usually don't occur under the roof of the police station.

Sheriff's Office investigating bank robbery near Lake Mary

Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

The Seminole County Sheriff's Office is investigating a robbery this afternoon at a bank near Lake Mary.

Suspected burglar caught in vent at business, cops say

Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

Randy Eugent Cliett was extracted from the ventilation system at the supermarket in Haines City this morning — more than five years after he was accused of breaking into the same business.

Shannon Burke agrees to plea deal in shooting

Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

Radio personality Shannon Burke, who accidentally shot his wife in the head in April, on Friday pleaded guilty and will serve six months in jail.

Police: Man stabbed cab driver more than 15 times

Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Orlando police arrested a man they say stabbed and robbed a taxi driver early Wednesday in the Richmond Heights neighborhood.

Police: 1 shot dead at Home Depot

Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Police in Orlando said a man was shot to death in the parking lot of a Home Depot at Hiawassee Road and West State Road 50 Wednesday night.

Thunder at Magic live blog: Magic make due without Jameer Nelson

Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Hardz, Dwight can't breathe on anyone without getting a foul. Not to mention the fact that every time Steve Javie is around, he is always in foul trouble (or at least his crew). Simply put, this league is a guards league. If you are a big man and as physical as Dwight is, you're gonna get a foul called against you all the time.Needless to say, the ball is moving a lot better tonight. Maybe the Thunder...

Man accused of taking child says he's innocent

Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

If boy's mom had called, 'I would've just went back to the hospital' The man who was accused Monday of kidnapping a friend's child maintains his innocence and says the boy's mother knew he had her son and vehicle.

October's 10.6% plunge in new-home construction a 'shocker'

Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

Analysts had forecast an increase in housing starts, but new residential construction fell sharply compared with the prior month and 30.7% from October of last year. Builders curtailed construction of new homes sharply in October, according to a government report released this morning.

Sink, McCollum both endorse SunRail

Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

you guys have no idea, do you? The number ONE focus of Florida's spending budget is, you guessed it, EDUCATION! Something in the vicinity of 30% of Florida's state budget is spent on education, they get ENOUGH money. Money isn't the problem to the education of our children, it's the corrupt infrastructure and system of public schooling that is designed to fail. Most of you do not know many who want...