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But that doesn't change the fact that in 2000, stung that 13 inmates had been exonerated and freed from death row in the previous 23 years, Ryan committed an act of profound moral courage, imposing a moratorium on capital punishment.

The wife and I planned an autumn retreat to Missouri and we've got B&B reservations in Rocheport the weekend of the Florida game.

Governments in more than a dozen states have passed laws that authorize drivers to show digital images of their proof-of-insurance cards to law enforcement officers during traffic stops.

When Kathleen Dorsett heard her ex-husband scream in agony in the backyard of her home in 2010, she finished changing their daughter's diaper knowing that her father was carrying out their plan to kill the man by hitting him in the head with a heavy cable.

Virgil Scheib, an 84-year-old former resident of Rock Island, IL, died on Tuesday morning, May 7, 2013 at the Eastview Manor Care Center in Trenton, where he had resided for the past six weeks.

Keith Donald Stoldt, 59, of Cowlesvilel, NY waived his right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief District Judge Fernando J. Gaitan to a federal information that charges him with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and contraband cigarette trafficking.

The Florida Legislature adjourned Friday without expanding the state's Medicaid program, passing up more than $50 billion in federal funding and dealing a defeat to Gov.

All it took was for super-agent Drew Rosenhaus to go on WQAM yesterday and say he "wouldn't be shocked" if the Dolphins signed Tim Tebow because Stephen Ross is a "fan" to start the latest Tebowmania rumor.

The Senate passed a bill without debate Tuesday that would accept more than $50 billion federal dollars and offer health coverage to more than 1 million Floridians under the federal health law.

Conservative Republican governors Jan Brewer of Arizona, Rick Scott of Florida and John Kasich of Ohio are battling with their own party members over their efforts to accept a huge influx of federal dollars and provide health coverage to poor people.

Floridians' consumer confidence rose three points to 79 in April - the second consecutive monthly increase, according to a new University of Florida survey.

William Graham has been a doctor for more than 30 years, working at Mercy and elsewhere.

Florida lawmakers are closer to a deal that would OK a Medicaid expansion there -- the state would use federal funds to cover more vulnerable residents while providing childless adults and adult parents with state money to buy private insurance.

A 24-year-old woman that moved to Hazelwood from Florida last year plead guilty to reduced charges related to her infant son's death.

The Associated Press reports on the wrinkles that state leaders will face as a result of opting against the sweeping expansion.