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November 6, 2009

LOS ANGELES - The mother of the woman who used a fertility doctor to give birth to octuplets, despite already having six young children, called her daughter's actions "unconscionable" in an interview posted online Sunday. ...more

February 9, 2009

Former boarding home operator Daphne Jones said she considers taking care of the downtrodden a "ministry" and wants to clear her reputation. ...more

January 9, 2009

The former operator of boarding home who faced 18 felony counts of adult abuse will not go to jail. Daphne Jones, under a plea agreement with prosecutors, pleaded guilty this morning to one reduced count of culpable negligence, a second-degree misdemeanor. Prosecutors dropped the remaining 17 charges. ...more

January 8, 2009

It might be notorious for its late-night party scene, swanky beach hotels with steeply priced drinks and the beachgoers who wear barely there $300 swimsuits, but vacationing Miami-style doesn't have to cost a fortune. ...more

October 19, 2008

Charity Simon is sharing a bedroom and a bathroom with two other young women she has never met during her stay at the Tropics Hotel & Hostel in Miami Beach. But that's fine with her since she is saving a ton of money every night. ...more

June 15, 2008

The storm that blew through the Choice Mobile Home Park about 4:15 a.m. Friday hit one family there much harder than the rest. ...more

May 3, 2008

SEBRING — Marianne and John Ash have had 43 children call them mom and dad in the past two and a half years. ...more

February 22, 2008

It started as a school assignment. Six-year-old Jannah Lynn was supposed to exchange letters with a soldier in Iraq. But her mom didn't want the name of any random soldier. So Carol Medvec went to New Wilmington Presbyterian Church in Pennsylvania where she attended services and asked for a soldier's name from their pen pal program. ...more

February 10, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - The tornado touched down just after 5 a.m. Sunday and headed for the county jail, leaving behind a trail of broken tree limbs and tangled power lines. ...more

December 17, 2007