Florida's illegal immigrants have fled state, new study finds
Study shows that more illegal immigrants have been leaving Florida.The threat of illegal immigration may have been a political flashpoint in the recent Florida primaries, but a new study suggests that fewer undocumented immigrants call the state home.

Hurricane Earl likely to sideswipe Outer Banks by tonight
While Hurricane Earl is expected to brush the North Carolina coast late tonight, Tropical Storm Gaston has weakened into a depression - but still is forecast to intensify into a Category 2 hurricane.

Coast Guard: Oil rig in Gulf of Mexico explodes
GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) — An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 80 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site where BP's undersea well spilled after a rig explosion.

Tractor-trailer crash kills mom and 2-year-old
Trailer crushes pickup in Yeehaw Junction, kills woman and 2-year-old childA woman and her 2-year-old child were killed tonight when the trailer portion of a tractor-trailer crushed their pickup in rural south Osceola County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Six injured in St. Cloud crash involving Lynx bus
Six people were injured this morning in a crash in which a truck struck a Lynx bus, according to St. Cloud police.

Seminole exempts cheerleaders from short-skirt ban
Lake Brantley High School's principal checked with other district officials and found they were allowing dress-code exemptions for cheerleaders.SANFORD — Seminole County schools' tough new student dress code designed to make students look more "professional" already has its first exception: Cheerleaders will be allowed to wear their sexy short skirts to class on game days, as has been tradition.