http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/floriduh/ en-us Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:33:51 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415391/posts First, she nearly hit a cop while driving. Then she blows "intoxicated" on a breathalyzer test. And, for her final act, she publicly pees in front of strangers. The details: Jennifer Lee De Roberto, 35, of Temple Terrace, is a Hillsborough County elementary school teacher. She was driving by cops on a traffic stop in Fort Myers and nearly hit one. A cop pulled her over. De Roberto, who wasn't wearing a seatbelt, opened the car window and the smell of alcohol wafted out of the car, reports the Naples Dily News. She claimed to have had nothing to drink... The Sun Sentinal (FLA) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415391/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:33:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414585/posts People are praying for many things during this holy season. But perhaps the most unusual request of all comes from religious conservatives, including some in Congress. They staged an Internet "prayercast'' to block the health-care legislation being voted on today in the Senate. Given that Democrats have the 60 votes lined up to pass it, they may have to call in Benny Hinn to pull off this miracle. How exactly does one pray against health care?Dear Lord, please do not send the downtrodden to the doctor because my taxes will go up and I'll have to wait in line for... Orlando Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414585/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:28:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409098/posts I'm not sure which is funnier about this Miami Herald story; that Adultery 101 was published in that newspaper or the fact that it was actually written by Herald staffers. It is so bizarre of a story that it should be marked down as a sign of desperation to attract readers in the midst of a calamitous circulation plunge. So let us now join the Miami Herald staffers as they present their readers with "helpful tips" on how to commit adultery with a celeb shoutout to Tiger Woods: So you're left scratching your head, wondering how a guy like Tiger... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409098/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:55:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404843/posts DUNNELLON, Fla. -- A 53-year-old Dunnellon woman has been arrested after alledgedly hitting a man in the head with a raw steak. According to a Marion County Sheriff's Office report, the man told deputies that Elsie Egan repeatedly hit him with the uncooked meat and slapped his face after he refused a piece of sliced bread. The man said he wanted a bread roll. Egan denied hitting the man with the steak but did admit to slapping him, saying she did it "so that he could learn." The man told deputies that Egan was his live-in girlfriend. He declined medical... www.miamiherald.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404843/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:43:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403091/posts A Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office corrections deputy was arrested Monday for assaulting a man at gunpoint who was having sex with her daughter in the deputy's Belle Glade home. Dorethea Collier, 48, was charged with false imprisonment, aggravated assault and battery for the Nov. 2 incident. She was arrested following a review by the State Attorney's Office, said Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Teri Barbera. South Florida Sun-Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403091/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 19:53:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373163/posts TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A Florida man accused of killing his son-in-law in New Jersey is arguing that he was unable to commit the crime because he was too fat. When Edward Ates takes the stand in his defense Wednesday, he's expected to tell jurors he wouldn't have had the energy needed to climb and descend the staircase where prosecutors say the killer was perched when he shot Paul Duncsak, a 40-year-old pharmaceutical executive, in 2006. An attorney for Ates claims that in 2006, the 62-year-old who stood 5 feet 8 and tipped the scales at 285 pounds was in... Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373163/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:08:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/568829/posts comprehensive review of the uncounted Florida ballots from last year's presidential election reveals that George W. Bush would have won even if the United States Supreme Court had allowed the statewide manual recount of the votes that the Florida Supreme Court had ordered to go forward. Contrary to what many partisans of former Vice President Al Gore have charged, the United States Supreme Court did not award an election to Mr. Bush that otherwise would have been won by Mr. Gore. A close examination of the ballots found that Mr. Bush would have retained a slender margin over Mr. ... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/568829/posts#comment Mon, 12 Nov 2001 02:49:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356769/posts ACORN wants people to register to vote – as long as they’re Democrats. Republican registrations go into the trash. Here is a first-hand account of how it happens. In February 2008, Fathiyyah Muhammad of Jacksonville, Florida, heard that ACORN was paying people three dollars for each voter they could register. ACORN paid her three dollars for each voter she registered, but Fatiyyah Muhammad says that the group threw out her votes and fired her when she brought them registrations of Republican voters. Fathiyyah Muhammad voted for Obama. “I’m a Republican,” she says, “and this was the first time that I... BigGovernment.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356769/posts#comment Wed, 7 Oct 2009 15:37:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090760/posts TALLAHASSEE -- Two suspicious Seminole County voter registration cards became a flash point Wednesday in the Republican effort to suggest the community group ACORN is committing fraud in its historic Florida get-out-the vote efforts. An ACORN spokesman said the group spotted what appeared to be forged registration cards weeks ago and fired a worker over them. Seminole's election chief, Mike Ertel, said he was still "tremendously concerned," but stopped well short of calling the incident "fraud." The Republican National Committee, though, levelled the accusation and blasted the housing and wage advocacy group in a nationwide conference call with reporters, saying... The Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090760/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:27:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335432/posts Arrest warrants have been issued in Miami for 11 people suspected of falsifying information on hundreds of voter registration cards last year. The FBI and state authorities were making arrests Wednesday. The workers being sought were hired to register voters by the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN. Prosecutors say they were first notified by ACORN about problems with workers in June 2008. Republicans and conservative activists have accused ACORN of fraud in voter registration drives around the country. ACORN officials say the Florida case proves the organization is committed to an honest process. The case involved... FOXNEWS.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335432/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 14:51:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2315450/posts PENSACOLA, Fla. - Dr. Jason Newsom railed against burgers, french fries, fried chicken and sweet tea in his campaign to promote better eating in a part of the country known as the Redneck Riviera. He might still be leading the charge if he had only left the doughnuts alone. A 38-year-old former Army doctor who served in Iraq, Newsom returned home to Panama City a few years ago to run the Bay County Health Department and launched a one-man war on obesity by posting sardonic warnings on an electronic sign outside: "Sweet Tea (equals) Liquid Sugar." "Hamburger (equals) Spare Tire."... News 10 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2315450/posts#comment Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:25:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2312496/posts MELBOURNE - A Florida woman was duped into changing diapers and providing care for a man she met through Craigslist who feigned disabilities. Turns out the man who hired Janet Schulte to look after an adult brother with diminished mental capacity was the same guy she bottle-fed and treated like a child for 3 months. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2312496/posts#comment Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:18:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306673/posts It was a $500,000 answer to his prayers and it was in his back pocket. And then, suddenly, it wasn't. On his way to a Florida Lottery office Wednesday to claim his half-million-dollar prize, Louis Tolentino, a 69-year-old retiree who lives near Wellington, lost the ticket and any claim to the prize of a lifetime. He says he had it in his pocket when he left for the lottery office. But he had trouble finding the location. He stopped at a convenience store to ask a clerk for directions. Later, he realized the ticket, a Gold Rush scratch-off, was missing.... palmbeachpost.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306673/posts#comment Sun, 2 Aug 2009 21:08:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2280520/posts MIAMI (Reuters) - A fight broke out on a Florida bus when news of Michael Jackson's death sparked debate over whether he should be remembered as a great musical talent, and one passenger was charged with assault, police said on Friday. The bus was moving through the city of North Lauderdale on Thursday when passenger James Kiernan received a text message about Jackson's death on his cell phone, and he read it aloud on the bus, the Broward County Sheriff's Department said. The unidentified bus driver opined that "Michael Jackson should have been in jail long ago," prompting Kiernan, 60,... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2280520/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:42:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275108/posts BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. -- A three-year-old girl was taken along for the ride during her mother's crime spree in Brevard County. Cocoa police say it all started in the early hours of Friday morning when the mother, with her daughter in the backseat, decided to rob the Wendy's on US 1 in Cocoa. Police say she was armed with a gun and got away with $600 cash. When the cops showed up, the suspect jumped in her car and took off. Police chased her for nearly 10 minutes and finally used stop sticks on her vehicle. One police car even... www.wftv.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275108/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:44:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2264081/posts WEST PALM BEACH, FL -- A Loxahatchee man is suing Cheetah nightclub, claiming he was permanently injured after a dancer kicked him in the head. Michael Ireland has filed suit against the club, alleging dancer Sakeena Shageer kicked him 'without warning.' Cheetah Palm Beach manager Rod Kimbrough says that's not quite the way they remember the night. "A patron violently slapped the young woman on her buttocks and she was walking around the top of the bar and I guess out of a natural response she turned around and kicked him. From what I'm told he refused medical attention and... WPTV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2264081/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 21:01:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2263237/posts Veteran Miami-Dade prosecutor David Ranck faces battery charges after an alleged scuffle with a pizza delivery woman on Saturday during a delivery that went horribly wrong. It's the second report of prosecutors gone wild in the past week. A Broward County prosecutor was arrested late last week for punching a cop in the back of the head during a barroom fight. At least he picked on a man. According to police reports, Ranck and the unidentified woman got into a shouting match when the delivery person couldn't get into the attorney's gated community. After a bit of shouting that woke... nbcmiami.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2263237/posts#comment Tue, 2 Jun 2009 21:27:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2254229/posts Two Russian tourists paid a very high price for breaking the American law which bans sex with porcupines. Staying in Florida on vacation, two Russians from Saint Petersburg decided to check whether they are able to circumvent such an unusual law or not. pravda.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2254229/posts#comment Tue, 19 May 2009 22:24:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2244529/posts MIAMI (AP) -- An uncooperative juror has been replaced on the panel in Miami deliberating the case of six men accused of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and attack FBI offices. . . . U.S. District Judge Joan Lenard said Tuesday the juror had violated her duty by refusing to deliberate and casting doubt on the law. AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2244529/posts#comment Tue, 5 May 2009 15:28:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2206684/posts A Cape Coral man was injured after striking bullets with a hammer in his driveway. Stuck On Stupid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2206684/posts#comment Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:21:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193620/posts Add four-day school weeks for high school students to the list of options the Broward County School Board is weighing to save money. During a Tuesday workshop, board members directed Schools Superintendent James Notter to study the idea to prepare for up to $160 million in possible budget cuts from the state for the 2009-2010 school year. Sun Sentienl http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193620/posts#comment Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:09:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2166112/posts > Police are using the car's license plate and a check the woman dropped to track her down. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2166112/posts#comment Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:58:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2158990/posts In the summer of 1984, 10th-grader Irwin Nanofsky and a friend were driving down the Apalachee Parkway on the way home from baseball practice when they were pulled over by a police officer for a minor traffic infraction. After Nanofsky produced his driver’s license the police officer asked permission to search the vehicle. In less than two minutes, the officer found a homemade pipe underneath the passenger’s seat of the Ford Aerostar belonging to the teenage driver’s parents. The minivan was seized, and the two youths were taken into custody on suspicion of drug possession. Illegal possession of drug paraphernalia... The Crit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2158990/posts#comment Mon, 5 Jan 2009 16:07:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157725/posts MIAMI - Fidel Castro has been booked in Miami for allegedly driving with a permanently revoked driver's license, police say. Before anyone storms Calle Ocho to celebrate, it's Fidel Christian Castro, 32, not the octogenarian Cuban dictator. The younger Castro appeared in Miami-Dade bond court this morning after his arrest, the Miami Herald reports. Castro was arrested Friday about 1:31 a.m. in a white Ford pickup truck on Southwest 23rd Street and 34th Avenue, police say. South Florida Sun-Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157725/posts#comment Fri, 2 Jan 2009 18:56:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2155694/posts TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The past year in Florida saw deputies Taser an emu, iguanas fall from trees and a Christmas tree used as a weapon. What else would you expect in a state where a longtime congresswoman hung up on President-elect Barack Obama not once, but twice? In a year full of weird events, Republican U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen thought she was being "punked" when Obama called her a few weeks after the election. She told him he was a better Obama impersonator than the guy on Saturday Night Live and hung up. Obama called back, and she hung up... Local 8 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2155694/posts#comment Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:08:24 GMT