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A six-person jury comprised of all women in Florida found George Zimmerman not guilty in the killing of Trayvon Martin on Saturday after more than 16 hours of deliberation over two days.

We’ve all had those late-night “run for the border” cravings for a taco. But would you still be hungry if your taco was made out of . . . lion?

Floridians and sea mammals can rest easy today, as Gloria Garcia Gutierrez, the woman who was photographed riding a manatee at Fort DeSoto Park has turned herself into the authorities.

Journey don’t want to go up against Isaac — Tropical Storm Isaac, that is — and the band has postponed their Tuesday performance (Aug. 28) in Lafayette, La. as a result.

Tina Norris and James Barfield apparently don’t know the first rule of Fight Orgy. The couple from Weeki Wachee, Florida were arrested Sunday and both (yes, both) were charged with domestic battery. This was after an unplanned swingers party went awry.

Evidentially, it’s not cool to bring along cute and cuddly animals when going to a strip club.

If you think your cell phone bill is high, you haven’t met Celina Aarons. The Florida woman added a cell phone to her account for her mute and hearing-impaired brother, who didn’t know to turn off his data roaming when he was recently in Canada. Since his only form of communication with the phone is via text messages, those international data rates added up quickly — to the tune of over $200,000 i

After deliberating for 10 hours and 40 minutes, a jury found Casey Anthony not guilty in the death of her two-year-old daughter, Caylee.

Bernadette Besario Catan-Keeler’s first night as a married woman probably did not go the way she anticipated. Police in Lighthouse Point, Florida arrested the 30-year-old woman for attacking and biting her new husband, not even 24 hours after they got hitched.

For his 58th birthday, Florida resident James Taylor (no relation to the singer) drank 48 beers. Or at least that’s what he told the cops when they arrested him last week for causing a disturbance at Florida’s Hudson Beach.

Sure, your feet burn when you have athlete’s foot, but a Fort Walton, Florida man had a foot injury that caused much worse burning than that. The unidentified man accidentally set his house on fire Wednesday while he cleaned an infection in his foot.

The situation a Florida married couple found itself in was stickier than the sandwich at the center of it all. A 24-year-old woman told police her husband hit her in the face with a peanut butter sandwich while they fought over money.