The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission just released its investigative report into an ill-fated fishing trip where three football players disappeared, an official said. ...more

March 27, 2009

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Police responding to reports of a capsized speedboat discovered the bodies of four people believed to be Haitian migrants in bloody, shark-infested waters between Florida and the Bahamas, authorities said Tuesday. ...more

May 28, 2008

No one knows for sure what lies ahead. Are we likely to head full tilt into an all-out recession, or will it just be an inconsequential business slowdown? Whatever the scenario, this is the time to think smart and make good career decisions. ...more

February 24, 2008

The two netters reported caught in the Manatee River on Thursday before daylight with 700 yards of gill net, 500 pounds of fish and 100 pounds of egg on their faces made use of a classic evasion tactic to save their boat, motor and trailer. When arrested, the netters were fishing from a "borrowed" boat, and since the owner of the vessel was not involved in the infraction, the boat could not be seized, as it would have been if the owners were the perpetrators. ...more

February 17, 2008

ANNA MARIA ISLAND - A boat propeller struck and killed a man Sunday after he was thrown from a yacht powering through rough water in the Gulf of Mexico, authorities said. State marine patrol officers identified the victim as Henry Ogden, 49, of Sarasota. He was tossed from the boat at about 4 p.m. ...more

November 26, 2007