Posted: 10:08 AM For the second day in a row, a couple charged with kidnapping their boys and sailing with them to Cuba to elude authorities face a judge in a Tampa courtroom.

Posted: 2:03 PM Gov. Rick Scott slammed a state House proposal that would use state dollars instead of federal dollars to expand health coverage to Florida residents.

Posted: 10:11 AM Five suburban Atlanta firefighters who were held hostage after responding to a report of a medical emergency are in good condition following a police raid that left the suspected gunman dead.

Posted: 10:10 AM The chairman of the Florida A&M University board is being asked to explain his decision to suspend a search for a new president.

Posted: 9:57 AM The couple accused of kidnapping their two young sons and fleeing by boat to Cuba has been booked into a Florida jail after being handed over to U.S. authorities.

Posted: 9:58 AM A Georgia woman who was recently featured on `America's Most Wanted' was arrested at her boyfriend's condominium in a beachside Florida community.

Posted: 9:56 AM A Jacksonville kindergarten teacher has been fired after an investigation found she hit students with books.

Posted: 9:55 AM Federal officials say Georgia will get $17.2 million in federal grant money as part of a plan aimed at improving some persistently low-performing schools.

Posted: 1:44 PM One person died and two others were injured during a weekend shooting at a DeLand nightclub.

Updated: 10:50 AM MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- An appeals court is upholding a judge's order requiring a man to remove his wife's grave from his front yard in northeast Alabama.

Updated: 4:26 PM MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The Alabama Tourism Department's contest for the favorite barbecue restaurant in the state is down to Jim `N Nick's of Birmingham and Sam's BBQ of Montgomery.

Posted: 4:12 PM MIAMI (AP) -- An Ohio family that failed to return from an airboat excursion in the remote Florida Everglades is back on dry land.

Posted: 4:09 PM ATLANTA (AP) -- Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a power plant explosion in northwest Georgia that injured several people.

Posted: 10:01 AM A nearly 2-year-old Orlando girl has been reunited with her family after she was found wandering the streets alone.

Posted: 9:59 AM The University of Florida has notified almost 15,000 patients of a medical clinic that they may have fallen victim to identity theft.

Posted: 9:58 AM Authorities are searching for a shipyard worker who was thrown into the water in strong winds that also tore a troubled Carnival cruise ship away from its mooring at an Alabama port.

Posted: 1:41 PM Former Major League Baseball catcher Mike Piazza will be taking center stage with the Miami City Ballet.

Posted: 1:39 PM Police arrested a woman who repeatedly called 911 to report a burglary at her home.

Posted: 1:38 PM Maine police have arrested two Florida residents authorities say were selling prescription painkillers in the Ellsworth area.

Posted: 10:28 AM Florida's 500th anniversary is going to be a highlight of a Cabinet meeting being held in the nation's oldest city continuously occupied by European descents.

Posted: 10:27 AM The mayor of Gainesville has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement that resolves his DUI case.

Posted: 10:25 AM Backers of an ordinance requiring gun ownership in a small north Georgia town acknowledge they were largely seeking to make a point about gun rights.

Updated: 11:25 AM Fire officials say a woman died in an apartment fire near Pensacola.

Posted: 12:48 PM DECATUR, Ala. (AP) -- A new plant in Decatur that makes polyester film used in potato chip bags and other food packaging is ready to begin production.

Updated: 2:16 PM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- A Kansas woman is out of the hospital where she was treated after being seriously injured by a flight information sign that fell at Birmingham's airport.