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AP Top Florida Headlines At 9:40 a.m. EDT
Judge sends N. Fla. man to prison for life
BUNNELL, Fla. (AP) -- A judge has ordered a 66-year-old north Florida man to spend the rest of his life in prison for fatally shooting his neighbor during an argument over barking dogs....
Tropical depression heads toward Mexican coast
MIAMI (AP) -- Forecasters say a tropical depression crossing Mexico's Bay of Campeche is expected to become a tropical storm before making landfall in that country's Gulf Coast state of Veracruz....
Mass. couple's 2001 message in a bottle found
REHOBOTH, Mass. (AP) -- A message sealed in a champagne bottle and tossed into the waters off Tampa, Fla., more than a decade ago by a Massachusetts couple celebrating their engagement has been found....
Poll: Rubio gets negative marks on immigration
MIAMI (AP) -- Florida voters give Sen. Marco Rubio negative marks for his handling of immigration and gun issues in Washington but still hold favorable views of the rising Republican star, a statewide poll released Wednesday shows....
Man's body found in burned SW Fla. house
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities investigating a house fire in Port Charlotte found a body in the garage....
DCF investigating death of SW Fla. toddler
CAP CORAL, Fla. (AP) -- State officials are investigating the death of a southwest Florida toddler whose mother says she found him unresponsive in his crib....
Jurors reflect on complexities of Zimmerman case
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- Prosecutors and defense attorneys personally interviewed 58 potential jurors over seven days about their media exposure to the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman last year in Sanford, Fla. They have asked 40 jury candidates to return for the next round of questioning and dismissed scores of others. They eventually must whittle down the pool to six jurors and four alternates who will decide Zimmerman's second-degree murder case....
'Dead zones' predicted for Gulf, Chesapeake Bay
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Scientists in Michigan and Louisiana are predicting a big summer "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico unless a tropical storm hits the area shortly before or during the annual measurement. In the Chesapeake Bay, scientists expect a smaller-than-average area where there's too little oxygen to support fish, shellfish and other aquatic life....
Boy finds deputy's gun in Tampa theater
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Police say a gun found by a 9-year-old boy inside a bathroom stall at a movie theater in Tampa's Ybor City neighborhood belonged to a Hillsborough County deputy....
Zimmerman jury selection moving into a new phase
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the George Zimmerman murder trial are about to move into the next phase of jury selection....
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