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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Casey Anthony was acquitted last week in state court of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee. Now, a new website, change.org, is petitioning to have Anthony tried for the same crimes, but this time in federal court. It's called the dual sovereignty rule. "The double jeopardy clause has been interpreted to allow two prosecutions as long as they're by different sovereigns," said B.J. Priester, a professor at Florida Coastal School of Law.

A father returning from war surprises his kids by showing up as a large present.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer Bridget Lydon was reunited with her family at Fenway Park after serving on the USS Ronald Reagan since 2009

TALLAHASSEE — In an affront to his tea party base, Gov. Rick Scott on Friday announced he will allow SunRail, a commuter rail project in Central Florida, to go forward.

Senate Democrats forced a vote Wednesday on the controversial fiscal plan drafted by House Budget chief Paul Ryan, splitting the Republican caucus and forcing several vulnerable GOP senators who are up for re-election to go on the record supporting or opposing sweeping changes to the nation’s Medicare system.

Democrats say the election of one of their own to the state Assembly this week could spell trouble for at least one Republican senator in the upcoming recall elections.

Senator Scott Brown plans to report over $8.3 million cash on hand for his 2012 re-election campaign when he files a federal finance report on April 15, an aide said today. The tally includes $1.7 million raised during the first quarter of the year. By some estimates, Brown may spend up to $25 million on his campaign, in which he is seeking his first full term after replacing the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy in February 2010.

The stars came out for former President George H.W. Bush tonight as three former presidents, Nashville and Motown royalty, prominent politicians from across the political spectrum, diplomats from around the world and more than 30 members of the first family of modern American politics paid tribute to the volunteer efforts of the 41st president.

Former President George W. Bush spoke for about an hour and 30 minutes at the Florida-Times-Union Performing Arts Center. Bush was the final speaker in the Florida Forum series

The Senate plans to vote Wednesday on a bill that would extend funding for the federal government by two more weeks while cutting $4 billion from current spending levels.

A slew of possible 2012 Republican presidential candidates including former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann and businessman Donald Trump took the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday, and all took jabs at President Barack Obama.

Declaring that he would have won, but just didn’t want to put up with all the second-guessing and backstabbing, Colorado GOP Chair Dick Wadhams today told Fox 31 he is not running for another term. “It’s just time to move on,” Wadhams said. “I’m excited about doing something new this election cycle; and, frankly, I just got tired of the people who see a conspiracy behind everything we do, people who don’t have any clue what the role of the state party really is.”

Three people were killed on their way to a funeral in a crash in Montgomery County Thursday morning. The crash happened around 10 a.m. on State Road 47 near County Road 600. A semi tractor trailer overturned onto a vehicle in the crash.

From the middle of the article:Not only will I not apologize for disinviting Coulter to WND's "Taking America Back National Conference" after reading excerpts of her message to GOProud, I am more persuaded than ever that I did the right thing and would do it again.

Gov. Charlie Crist, the newly independent candidate for U.S. Senate, never fails to remind audiences, when trying to establish his conservative bona fides, that as a state senator he was known as “Chain-gang Charlie” for legislation to re-establish manacled road crews of convicts in Florida.

THE VILLAGES — When Florida gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott returns to The Villages on Oct. 1, he’ll have a special friend and a familiar face to Villagers at his side.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Sources told Channel 4 that state Rep. Jennifer Carroll and 20-year military veteran is Rick Scott's choice as number two on the Republican ticket for governor of Florida.

Women in their late 30s are freezing eggs because they are still hunting for "Mr Right", research suggests.

It’s about 2,500 miles from this green, rural town in the rolling hills near Vermont to the Mexican border at Nogales, but that hasn’t stopped Jackson from making a bid to be New York’s small version of Arizona in the immigration wars.

A Boston sports radio host apologized on the air today for likening Tim Tebow’s NFL draft party to a ‘Nazi rally,” saying he regretted making the remark. Fred “Toucher” Toettcher, who co-hosts the morning-drive program “Toucher & Rich” on 98.5 “The Sports Hub,” told listeners this morning that he made some remarks about Tebow’s draft party that “ended up offending some people.”