Florida

The Northern Illinois Huskies face off against the Florida State Seminoles New Years Day in the 2013 BCS Orange Bowl at Sun Life Stadium in Miami beginning at 8:30 p.m. EST.

Florida's pythons are on the loose. Now, we know what you're thinking; but this isn't the set up to a joke just so you can reply, "Not all of 'em!" while flexing and grinning.

Former police officer Manuel Pardo will finally have his last wish granted: the 56-year-old will be executed Tuesday evening.

With 50.01 percent of the votes newly reelected President Obama carried the state. GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney got 49.13 percent of the votes. Nearly 74,000 votes separated the two candidates.

With almost all ballots in Florida counted, U.S. media on Saturday projected President Barack Obama the winner in that state four days after he won Tuesday's national election.

It has been nearly three days since President Obama has been declared victorious over GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, but on one state, the race is not yet over.

It has been nearly 48 hours since President Obama has been declared winner in the 2012 elections. But, one state has yet to certify its results and declare a carrier - Florida.

With Election Day just four days away and Latinos expected to play an integral role, a new poll by Latino Decisions shows that nearly 51 percent of likely Latino voters in Florida support President Obama while 44 percent support GOP nominee Mitt Romney.

The race to the White House between President Obama and Republican Mitt Romney is tied.

In the crucial swing states of Florida, Nevada and New Mexico, the race between President Obama and GOP nominee Mitt Romney is tighter than ever before.

Of all the swing states, it might ultimately come down to Florida to decide the next leader of the free world.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Aug 23 - XCOR Aerospace, one of a handful of U.S. firms developing suborbital spaceships, plans to build its vehicles and fly tourists, researchers and commercial payloads from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, officials announced on Thursday.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Aug 23 - XCOR Aerospace, one of a handful of U.S. firms developing suborbital spaceships, plans to build its vehicles and fly tourists, researchers and commercial payloads from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, officials announced on Thursday.

The No. 2 figure in a Colombian drug gang that specialized in surreptitiously sending cocaine-laden "narco submarines" out of the South American country has been convicted of three drug conspiracy charges in Florida, authorities said on Thursday.

American long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad pushed ahead on Monday, overcoming a night of lightning, rain and whipping winds in her latest bid to become the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage.