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U.S. District Court Judge Patricia Seitz issued the order Thursday. The law officially targeted any terrorist state but mostly affected Cuba travel. Seitz upheld one aspect of the law: state funding can't be used for the travel, but nearly all such trips relied on private funds.

Crist made the request Friday under a new law passed this year.

Lori Booker, a spokeswoman for the airport, said a middle-aged man, who complained of chest pain during the flight, was able to walk off the plane in Melbourne.

Tropical Storm Hanna emerged in the western Atlantic on Thursday and is forecast to approach the Florida coast as a hurricane. However, initial forecasts can contain large errors and computer models are in disagreement where the system might be in five days.

A Manatee County man decided to turn himself into authorities a day after allegedly robbing a bank. A sheriff's spokesman says Charles Bernard Whitley told deputies what he had done, apologized and waited to be picked up.

The Florida Highway Patrol is stepping up its enforcement operations to prepare for the Labor Day holiday weekend.

A thin metal rod fell 26 floors at a Tampa high-rise, piercing the helmet and killing construction worker Rafael Cazares.

Authorities say an 83-year-old woman with pepper spray managed to scare off a 17-year-old boy who was trying to break into a car.

A 19-year-old surfer, Thomas gold, was bitten by a shark Thursday off New Smyrna Beach.

A Coral Springs police dog has died after being left inside an unmarked police car that wasn't running for about two hours.

These funds will be used to aid workers in Brevard, St. Lucie, Okeechobee, Volusia and Hendry counties who have lost jobs or businesses as a result of Tropical Storm Fay. Additional funding may be requested for more counties as further damage assessments are made.

The IRS is postponing until Nov. 17 certain deadlines for taxpayers who reside or have a business in the disaster area. The postponement applies to return filing, tax payment and certain other time-sensitive acts otherwise due between Aug. 18 and Nov. 17.

Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles cutting back hours at all offices, closing at 5 p.m.

Police say a regular customer at an Ocala gas station robbed the business, even though employees could easily recognize her and even had a copy of her photo identification card made at a prior visit.

Tropical Storm Hanna emerged in the western Atlantic on Thursday and is forecast to approach the Florida coast as a hurricane. However, initial forecasts can contain large errors and computer models are in disagreement where the system might be in five days.

Preethi Naidu Ramamoorthy, 24, was pulling into a space behind the Jacksonville driver's license office when she accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brake and ran into the building. She didn't get her license, but did get a citation.

Police had to use a Taser stun gun to arrest a 15-year-old boy who brought a gun to a Jacksonville middle school.

A judge on Wednesday granted temporary guardianship to Raymond Weber, husband of Karen Weber, who is hospitalized on a feeding tube in Okeechobee and suffering from meningitis. The case is similar to the lengthy legal dispute over whether Terri Schiavo should be kept alive.

The Miami Hurricanes open their season in the Dolphin Stadium Thursday night against Charleston Southern.

The Florida Supreme Court has bumped up its hearing on the Amendment 5 tax case to Sept. 3 - a move to ensure a ruling is issued before counties starting printing their Nov. 4 ballots. The high court had set arguments in the case for a week later, but agreed today to move up the hearing so elections officials have a decision on whether to include the tax plan on ballots before the Secretary of State's ballot-approval deadline next Friday, Sept. 5. The $8 billion-a-year tax plan would eliminate most school taxes paid by all categories of property owners. To patch the shortfall in school funding, legislators would have to raise the state's 6-cent sales tax, close sales tax exemptions and cut state services. A Leon County judge stripped the plan from the ballot earlier this month, though, ruling the summary prepared for voters was confusing and might mislead voters on the potential impact on school funding. The Supreme Court now has the final say over whether it's placed on the ballot.