Fort Lauderdale News

" Two East Tennesseans were killed and a third was seriously injured Thursday morning when they collided with a commuter train in South Florida.

The 147-page lawsuit, filed in Broward County Circuit Court, alleges that attorney Scott Rothstein and others in his now-defunct firm used faked legal settlements - or faked their involvement in real cases - to promise fat returns for investors.

Holy Cross Hospital 's bank account will be a bit lighter after the Fort Lauderdale institution announced yesterday that it will be returning a $1 million donation from embattled lawyer Scott Rothstein .

Starting December 1, Okaloosa County water and sewer customers will see their bill go up four percent.

The world's biggest cruise ship - boasting its own open air park and amphitheatre - is due to be officially unveiled.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Three teenagers accused of setting a 15-year-old south Florida boy on fire have pleaded no4 guilty to attempted second-degree murder.

More than a dozen flights leaving Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport were delayed Thursday morning because of a glitch within the nation's air traffic control system, authorities said.

A Tri-Rail commuter train struck a car Thursday morning. Two people who were in the car are dead, and another has been rushed to the hospital.

Dr. Paul O. Rohart and Margaret Lukez have listed for sale a two-bedroom, 2.5-bath condo at 1 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd.

Deal's Gone Bad is a ska survivor. Details: With the Toasters, Mustard Plug, Voodoo Glow Skulls, and Deal's Gone Bad.

A Continental Airlines flight with 75 people on board was diverted to Miami International Airport Tuesday after the captain reported a problem with the airplane's flaps, WPLG-Ch. 10 reports.

Oasis of the Seas, the world's largest and newest cruise ship, arrives off the Florida coast, headed for its home port in Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida as seen from a park in Dania Beach, Florida November 13, 2009.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's 55-foot yacht named "Bull" and two smaller boats are heading for the auction block in Florida.

The Coast Guard rescued two boaters from a capsized vessel Sunday afternoon about six miles off Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

It was a tough night in South Florida for favorites in stakes finals action at The Isle Pompano Park.

Concerned onlookers told police the adult son cursed at his naked father on a Fort Lauderdale beach, treated him roughly and dragged him into the ocean where he went limp.

Following her successful stint in Provincetown this summer, Varla Jean Merman takes her Grand Guignol spoof Shut Up, Sweet Charlotte and not appearing with Susan Lucci on All My Children.

Twenty-eight city police officials, including captains, majors, undercover officers and the department spokesman, helped guard the home and businesses of attorney Scott Rothstein while, federal agents say, he ran a $1 billion Ponzi scheme.

The FBI's top agent said Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein's alleged investment scheme was not a `one-man show,' but agents are not rushing to make arrests.

Well, this kind of steals the thunder of the band's big Miami debut tomorrow night at Poplife.