Girls of BSN: Jayden [Photos]

Britney Goes To The Movies With Her
Are Britney’s boys the next Peter Parkers?

Dear Conan O'Brien: Please come to Florida
He’s playing Seattle, San Francisco, Dallas, Chicago, New York, Boston and Washington, D.C. But “The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour” won’t cross into the Sunshine State. Dear Conan , please come here. You have a lot of Central Florida fans who miss you in late night. They’ll fill your coffers, big guy. O’Brien left “The Tonight Show” rather than see it pushed back a half-hour for a half-hour Jay Leno show. So Leno is back...

Probe into alleged past abuse at Florida reform school finds 'insufficient evidence' of crimes
A 15-month state investigation into allegations of abuse decades ago at a Florida reform school has found "insufficient evidence to pursue criminal charges" against school officials, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said today. "With the passage of over fifty years, no tangible physical evidence was found to either support or refute the allegations of physical or sexual abuse," the FDLE report concluded. Hundreds of Northeast Florida boys were sent to the Marianna school, known at one...

Dolphins Teach Students The Value Of Fitness
The Miami Dolphins brought a training camp to a South Florida school Thursday, to teach a lesson much bigger than football. A day of fun went a long way for the students at Atlantis Academy in Kendall.<br

Orlando TV station reports judge in Ereck Plancher case steps down
NBC station WESH-TV in Orlando reported on its Web site this afternoon that the judge in the Ereck Plancher wrongful death lawsuit against the University of Central Florida stepped down Thursday morning. According to a story on the station's Web site, Plancher's lawyers had requested that Judge Julie O'Kane withdraw from the case because of her husband's law firm was a support of UCF athletics. UCF football coach George O'Leary was scheduled to have a deposition Friday. Plancher, a former Lely...

$20,000 in tools reported stolen from Bonita Springs FPL
An investigation is underway into who broke into a Florida Power & Light compound and stole thousands in tools. According to a Lee County Sheriff's Office report: Stan Adwell, a foreman for FPL, told deputies someone cut a hole in a fence, entered the compound at 26301 Cutting Horse Lane in Bonita, and cut the locks of four vehicles. The culprits took off with about $20,000 in tools.

Karl Rove Terms Al Gore "One Angry Dude," Claims Missing Florida Ballots From 2000 Election Are "In His Garage"
Karl Rove has very few regrets. At an intense Q&A yesterday, the senior adviser to President George W. Bush defended the Administration on everything from the Iraq War, to campaign tactics, to its response to Hurricane Katrina. On the invasion of Iraq, Rove said that one of the few things he would have changed is coming out against the critics -- including Democrats who had voted for the invasion -- sooner when it was determined that there were no weapons of mass destruction. "You've got to...

Calif molester up for release faces Florida arrest
Authorities warning the public of the impending release of a convicted child molester from a California Prison received surprise news Thursday that he faces arrest in a Florida case. George England , 65, will be arrested upon his release Friday from Corcoran State Prison , Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas said after receiving a phone call during a press conference. "We just got off the phone with the FBI and they are in the final stages of filing charges against George...

FCAT celebration ended abruptly by disturbance
A Duval high school's FCAT celebration ended abruptly Wednesday when fights among students forced employees at a Clay County skating rink to call police. About 500 students from Raines High School celebrated their Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test attendance rate by visiting Skate Station.

Jacksonville symposium planned to honor modern architects
A tour of the local architectural designs of a man who worked with Frank Lloyd Wright will be part of a Saturday symposium honoring modern architects and their works. Presented by the Jacksonville Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and a national group that documents historic buildings, the 9 a.m. symposium highlights the achievements of architecture from the recent past in Northeast Florida. That includes hearing from architect Robert C. Broward, then a bus tour of five of his...

Florida Gators defeat Auburn in SEC tournament opener
1 inch 1 inch of body type 1 inch 1 inch of body type 1 inch 1 inch of body type 1 inch 1 inch . Nashville, Tenn. (AP) -- Alex Tyus scored 24 points, and Florida snapped a three-game skid by beating Auburn 78-69 Thursday night in the opening round of the Southeastern Conference tournament.

Woods to return at Arnold Palmer Invitational: Report

Inside the Conservancy Wildlife Clinic: New homes and old problems
A great horned owl nestling was one of the 27 animals admitted to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic this past week. Other admissions included a great blue heron, two eastern screech owls, nine eastern cottontails and three grey squirrels. Owl accommodations The Jacksonville Zoological Gardens transferred a great horned owl nestling to the Conservancy Wildlife Clinic after caring for it for two weeks. Since a Jacksonville Zoo staff member was a former...

Heavy rains wash out Astros-Nationals
VIERA, FLA. — Thursday's scheduled exhibition game between the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals has been canceled because of rain. The game, which was to pit Nationals left-hander John Lannan against Houston right-hander Roy Oswalt, was called at 12:22 p.m. EST after two hours of heavy rain swept through central Florida. Brevard County, home to the Nationals' spring camp, is under a tornado watch until 6 p.m. Washington RHP Livan Hernandez threw a simulated game Wednesday and is...

Orchestras join national food drive
For the second year in a row, both orchestras in Southwest Florida will join the League of American Orchestras "Orchestras Feeding America" national food drive: * On Friday and Saturday, March 12-13, 2010, the Southwest Florida Symphony will collect food at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall in Fort Myers. Patrons and community members are invited to drop off non-perishable food on at the symphony Box Office or at Barbara B. Mann hall prior to the "Star Spangled Pops Concert"...

The Pinkie Previews: Cincinnati (17-14, 7-11) vs. Louisville (20-11, 11-7)
A big chunk of the Pinkie crew is marooned down in Florida with a temporarily virus-infested computer, so I’m going to be stepping in to do a quick preview of this evening’s matchup between the Louisville Cardinals and Cincinnati Bearcats Cincinnati Bearcats (11) vs. Louisville Cardinals (7) Madison Square Garden New York, NY Wednesday March 10, 2010 Time: 9:00 pm EST…but probably later T.V.: ESPN Last Meeting: UofL 68, Cincinnati 60 (Jan. 24, 2010 in Freedom Hall) The...

College softball: Platt rallies FGCU to doubleheader sweep of Kennesaw State
ESTERO — Florida Gulf Coast University's doubleheader sweep of Kennesaw State on Wednesday has the Eagles off to a fast start in the Atlantic Sun Conference softball race. Thanks to Gulf Coast High grad Courtney Platt's heroics in both games, the Eagles (11-11) are sitting atop the A-Sun with a 2-0 mark. "Any kind of shortcomings that we had beforehand, and we've lost six one-run games, can be quickly eliminated and quickly forgotten with two victories today, and our kids were able...

Men's tennis: ETSU extends A-Sun winning streak to 37 with win over FGCU
Sergio Rebolledo earned the Eagles' only point Wednesday as the Florida Gulf Coast University men's tennis team fell 6-1 to East Tennessee State at the FGCU Tennis Complex. Rebolledo won 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 11-9 at No. 5 singles over Robin Akser. The No. 1 doubles team of Thibaud Aime and Matthew Rock combined for a 9-7 victory for FGCU (3-7, 3-2), but the Buccaneers (6-6, 3-0) won the remaining matches to claim the doubles point. It was the 37th consecutive A-Sun victory for ETSU, which won...

Conan's lone Twitter followee: 'It's totally nuts'
CONWAY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Late-night host-in-exile Conan O'Brien's decision to follow an unsuspecting Michigan woman on Twitter has turned her life upside down. Last week, Sarah Killen had three Twitter followers. This week, the 19-year-old Conway Township resident has 20,000. She's the only person O'Brien is following on the microblogging site. The exposure has resulted in a new iMac, which was bought by a Florida businessman. Also, a New York designer is donating a dress for her...

Last Party 2000: Trailer
The year 2000 brought the United States' system of Democracy to a crisis point. After eight years of Democratic Party control, America witnessed a dramatic changing of the guard. The Republican Party won the presidency, while failing to win the popular vote. As a result of polling irregularities in the state of Florida and an inordinate number of discarded ballots, the Supreme Court stepped in to decide the election in an unprecedented move. Debate ran rampant throughout the country, from the...

First-round bye is a sign of progress for Florida State
Orlando Sentinel TALLAHASSEE - Hours after his team was picked to finish seventh in the preseason Atlantic Coast Conference preseason basketball poll, Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton sat in the lobby of a Greensboro, N.C., hotel and wore a smirk on his face. In his hands, Hamilton held the results of that media vote - the one that suggested his team was no better than seventh-best in the conference. Hamilton knew better, even then. And he knew his team was better than No. 7 in the...

Good Life Tampa Bay Gambles and Golfs for Charity
March 15, 2010, Tampa, Florida " Former NFL All-Pro linebacker, Seth Joyner, combined fun and philanthropy in Tampa during Super Bowl week 2009. Joyner, who played for both the Eagles and the Cardinals, hosted an exclusive event featuring two unique games, golf and poker. Good Life Tampa Bay , Tampa Bay's premier lifestyle show that reports on local flavor from the fast-growing Tampa Bay market, tracked the progress of celebrity participants as they played through the former All-Pro and...

NY Post: Tiger Woods preps for return to PGA Tour in two weeks
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Rebuilding of Haiti Begins in Miami
Summit held in South Florida to plan reconstruction of ravaged nation.

Florida State Has Asterisks Everywhere [College Football]
FSU's Sod Cemetery contains grass from the sites of important road wins; some of which, according to the NCAA, are no longer wins. One fan of jurisprudence (and the Gators) took it upon himself to update the headstones. [ EDSBS ] Send an email to Barry Petchesky, the author of this post, at barryp@deadspin.com .