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A 61-year-old Orlando man died Saturday after he suffered a medical emergency while driving then crashed on Conway Road.

The Mega Millions jackpot has grown to $400 million after no one matched all six numbers in Friday night's drawing, lottery officials said.

By Liz Taurasi From more expensive, healthier food for Fido and Mittens, to veterinary insurance, health and wellness programs, pet sitting and specialty products, Americans are spending more on their pets than ever before.

After Orlando invested $8.5 million and years of its workers' labor, an experimental energy reactor at a city sewage treatment plant suffered a massive, violent blowout.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today it closed its Tampa and Orlando offices, as part of a realignment first announced last year.

Nearly a dozen Central Florida sewer and stormwater systems have been picked for $27 million in loans from a widely used state program, Gov. Rick Scott announced in Orlando on Friday.

This image released by Universal Orlando shows the character Hagrid from the "Happy Potter" book and film series in a scene from the Hogwarts Express attraction that will debut this summer at Universal Orlando.

The Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center is donating $150,000 to the Orlando Ballet to help present its 2014-15 season at the new center in downtown Orlando.

Legalizing medical marijuana is the compassionate thing to do for Floridians suffering from terminal diseases and will not create a free-for-all where drug abuse will skyrocket, prominent Orlando attorney John Morgan told a roomful of community leaders Thursday at the Tiger Bay political club of Volusia County.

Acting State Agriculture Commissioner Richard Ball says Wade Shows of Livonia, Mich., has been selected to take over operations from James E. Strates Shows of Orlando, Fla.

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Thursday, March 14, 2014, or 3.14, is our time to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Pi Day , a day dedicated in honor of the never ending number, 3.14159... To celebrate Pi Day in a more tangible way, the American Pie Council encourages the nation to indulge in its never ending love affair with pie and encouraging learning math skills using pi .

They live in the the shadows, empty lots and condemned buildings of every neighborhood across America.

Bar Louie is opening a second Orlando location in the Plaza complex near UCF on University Boulevard at Alafaya Trail.

Modest Mouse will return to Florida and hit up The Beacham Theatre in Orlando on Fri., May 16. This will be Isaac Brock and Company's first Florida appearance in five years.

The event has more than 120 participants who are first-place winners in all science categories for middle and high schools in county science fairs for Brevard, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, Sumter and Volusia counties.

An industry spokesman says Americans spent an all-time high of $55.7 billion on their pets in 2013 and will creep close to $60 billion this year.

Back at home with the parents she tried to leave, then sued: 'Spoiled' cheerleader Rachel is seen off to school by her mother 'No wreckage spotted by satellite, no cracks in the fuselage and no secret engine data': Clueless airline officials rule out EVERY new crash theory - but haven't got any of their own The little 'princesses' they left behind: ... (more)

Former Florida Gov. Reubin Askew, who guided the state through a period of school busing to achieve integration in the 1970s, died early Thursday.

Here's a fun fact: The news about Orlando-based nonprofit Canvs looking to bring 14,000 square feet of tech-focused co-working space was technically broken by a documentary.