The NASA space shuttle Discovery safely landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, returning from a 13 day mission to the International Space Station currently orbiting Earth.

A Louisiana man lands a twin-engine plane in Florida with his family on board after the pilot dies. He had some flying experience, but not on this plane. The impromptu pilot was talked down by an instructor and air traffic controller. (April 14, 2009)

A pilot describes the tense moments after his small plane's engine failed. Cameras were rolling as the home-built aircraft's engine failed, forcing the pilot to land the plane on a street in Winter Haven, Florida. (April 23)

Police Say Florida Mom Approved of Son's Affair With Teacher

Sunday June 28, 2009 - Infomercial pitchman Billy Mays died at his Tampa, Florida, home Sunday morning, authorities told CNN. OxiClean pitchman Billy Mays died Sunday morning at his home in Tampa, authorities said./nOxiClean pitchman Billy Mays died Sunday morning at his home in Tampa,...

Florida Couple With 16 Children Found Murdered In Beulah, Florida - 07/11/09

Authorities in the Florida Panhandle say they have seven people in custody in the slayings of a wealthy couple known for adopting developmentally disabled children. (July 14, 2009)

Space shuttle Atlantis and its six-member crew began an 11-day delivery flight to the International Space Station on Monday with a 2:28 p.m. EST launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle will transport spare hardware to the outpost and return a station crew member who...

Sarah Palin talked to the crowd waiting for her book signing Tuesday at The Villages.

Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven astronauts ended an 11-day journey of nearly 4.5 million miles with a 9:44 a.m. EST landing Friday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission, designated STS-129, included three spacewalks and the installation of two platforms to...

A Florida trooper who suspected Tiger Woods was driving under the influence sought a subpoena for the golfer's blood results from the hospital he was taken to after crashing his SUV, but prosecutors rejected the petition.

Authorities have identified a body found buried in a backyard as missing Florida lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare. The Sheriff's office said Friday the remains were identified through fingerprints. (Jan. 29)

A lifeguard who rescued the victim of a shark attack off Florida's Atlantic coast Wednesday says the water was crimson and sharks were circling the grievously hurt kiteboarder.

CBS - A killer whale has attacked and killed a trainer at Sea World in Florida, as the audience watched in horror. As Kelly Cobiella reports, the 12,000-pound whale has allegedly killed others in the past.

Amateur video shows the killer whale at SeaWorld in Florida interacting with its trainer minutes before the whale attacked, pulling the trainer into the water by her hair. (Feb. 26)

HILTON HEAD, S.C. -- A 38-year-old jogger from Georgia is dead after a single-engine plane making an emergency landing hit him as he ran on a South Carolina beach listening to his iPod. The coroner said Tuesday that Robert Gary Jones of Woodstock, Ga., apparently did not hear the troubled...

ORANGE PARK, Fla. - Investigators in Florida have charged a 24-year-old man with murder in the slaying of a 7-year-old girl who disappeared while walking home from school last year. Jarred Mitchell Harrell was charged Friday with killing Somer Thompson. He has been in custody since Feb. 11,...

April 5, 2010 - The seven-member STS-131 crew headed to the International Space Station aboard space shuttle Discovery after its launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 6:21 a.m. EDT. The liftoff came 45 minutes before sunrise Monday, Apr. 5, and lit up Florida's Space Coast sky. The...

NASA - Space shuttle Discovery and seven astronauts ended a two-week journey of more than 6.2 million miles with a Tuesday morning landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Returning to Earth aboard the orbiter were STS-131 Commander Alan Poindexter, Pilot Jim Dutton, and Mission...

Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Rick Horrow, founder of Horrow Sports Ventures Inc. and a Bloomberg Television contributing editor, talks about Tiger Woods's divorce from wife Elin Nordegren. The judgment was entered today in a court in Bay County, Florida, dissolving the union, almost nine months...

ABCNews - A woman and three young children were found killed at a violent crime scene in a north Florida home on Saturday, and homicide detectives were out looking for whoever might have had a reason to harm them, police said.

AP - A woman and her three young children were found killed at a violent crime scene in a north Florida home on Saturday, and homicide detectives were out looking for whoever might have had a reason to harm them, police said.

ABCNews - A gunman killed himself after opening fire on a Florida school board meeting. He was confronted by two school officials, one who attacked him with her purse, and another, the security chief, who fired his gun at the shooter. Police said a 56-year-old man disrupted the the Bay...

AssociatedPress - The wife of the man who held a Florida school board at gunpoint said Wednesday that her husband was a 'gentle giant' who was pushed over the edge by the economy and frustrated over her losing her teaching job.

CBSNews - Mike Jones is the security guard who stopped gunman Clay Duke in his tracks at a school board meeting in Florida. He said was just doing his job when he put himself in the line of fire. As Mark Strassmann reports, the man who saved so many lives wasn't even supposed to be at work...

Space shuttle Discovery concludes its final mission with a safe landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Authorities released dashboard-camera video from the high-speed chase of three Florida siblings accused of firing shots at a police car and then robbing a bank in south Georgia.

Bystanders and police lift a car up to rescue a small child pinned underneath. It happened in Boca Raton, Florida. The child tripped and fell in front of an approaching vehicle and became trapped. He is expected to be fine.