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NAPLES, Fla.- A Naples woman says thieves stole her husband’s identity just days after he passed away. “Most of the time they get the information from the obituaries. They will actually scour newspapers looking for obituaries so that way, they know that person’s identity is wide open to be used,” said security expert Carrie Kerskie. The victim’s […]

MIAMI (AP) – A Miami police officer is recovering after being stabbed in the face by a patron at Magic City Casino. Miami Fraternal Order of Police President Javier Ortiz said via email that the officer also discharged his gun to protect himself and the public early Thursday. The Miami Herald (http://hrld.us/1npbFc4 ) reports witnesses […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) – One of the formerly conjoined twin boys born in Jacksonville in December 2014 is now at home. The Florida Times-Union reports (http://bit.ly/1V9YPbO) Conner Mirabal was released from Wolfson Children’s Hospital on Wednesday. His brother, Carter Mirabal, has had a slower recovery and remains hospitalized. Their mother, Michelle Brantley, says both boys […]

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.- Police are looking to identify a woman in connection with the tampering of multiple ATMs in Punta Gorda. ATMs at a Publix on Burnt Store Road, and another one at the Busey Bank on the 2800 block of Tamiami Trail, had their cash outlets super-glued shut, Punta Gorda police said. “The banks have addressed those […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration’s nominee to be the Army’s top civilian official said Thursday he is worried about plans to reduce the Army’s size to about 450,000 active-duty troops. Eric Fanning told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday that improving the Army’s state of readiness is challenging because of the threat posed […]

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) – Students are flocking back into North Carolina’s public universities. The 16-campus system’s governing board is scheduled to hear Thursday that University of North Carolina schools broke an enrollment record this fall with nearly 225,000 students. A new report says that’s an increase of nearly 3,000 students for the fall semester over […]

NEW YORK (AP) – U.S. stocks are closing higher, led by a rebound in oil and gas companies as energy prices recovered from a steep drop the day before. Many of the top gainers in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index Thursday were energy companies. Consol Energy and Southwestern Energy each soared 19 percent. Railroad […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A federal court has ordered repayment of more than $1.6 million in claim money paid to an Alabama couple’s business after BP’s 2010 Gulf Oil Spill. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier’s order says the payment to Vision Design Management “was nearly entirely based on fraud.” The ruling issued this week identifies […]

FORT MYERS, Fla.- Hundreds of residents are reporting they’ve received calls from scammers pretending to be from the IRS, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said on Thursday. LCSO’s Fraud Line has received nearly 400 phone calls from residents within the last 36 hours. The sheriff’s office says it received about 7,000 calls in 2015 regarding the scam. […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida could penalize cities, counties and sheriffs who don’t fully cooperate with federal immigration authorities. A House panel on Thursday voted along party lines for a sweeping measure sponsored by Rep. Larry Metz. The measure heads next to the full House for a vote. Metz says he sponsored the bill (HB […]