http://www.yourstreet.com/news/fl YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us The Christmas Cassia is currently in bloom and makes a great spot of color in an autumn garden. Florida's fall foliage may be a little different than that up north, but we still get a pretty... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website fo... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756381/more-florida-fall-foliage-christmas-cassia Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:11:08 -0800 Editor's note: J.P. Giglio is one of 60 AP voters. • JP Top 25 archive • AP, USA Today polls • Pollspeak (how everyone else voted) The top eight didn't change for the first time all season but No. 9 through No. 25 is the same roulette wheel it has been since... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756501/jp-top-25-week-12 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:04:08 -0800 First, let me say this: there are many, many blogs and websites that are important than mine and receive much more traffic that Saint Petersblog. But this blog has come a long way in one year. Last November, I could count the number of unique daily visitors on my... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756385/mucho-gracias-more-than-20,000-readers-visit-saint-petersblog-on-saturday- Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:02:08 -0800 Erik Nicoletti, 20 and of Somers, was hit by a car early Saturday in Tampa, Fla., crossing a street. Leaving the scene among charges. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756639/college-student-being-taken-off-life-support Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:00:08 -0800 My mom and I have been on a roll lately of going over to the beach whenever we get a chance. I've shared some of those photos here from time to time.On the way we took some time recently to stop by the botanical gardens being developed at Palma Sola. They have a... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756394/palma-sola-botanical-gardens Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:37:08 -0800 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- If N.C State can ever put a second half together like its first halves down here in Florida… “We’re going to be a force to be reckoned with,” N.C. State guard Julius Mays said. Once again, N.C. State produced a suffocating first-half... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756518/n-c-state-66,-austin-peay-59 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:24:08 -0800 Jared Abbruzzese got rolled by Donald Trump. Abbruzzese said he hired ex-Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno for his rolodex and cut the deal to Bruno's consulting business on plane trip home from Florida. The Bloomberg administration has quietly encouraged job cuts via... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756626/odds-and-ends Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:00:08 -0800 DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. -- Say what you want about N.C. State's prospects for the long haul, but the Wolfpack hasn't missed a beat yet. In what may have been one of the best halves by an N.C. State team in recent memory, the Wolfpack hit 10 of its first 14 shots on its... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756540/n-c-state-66,-akron-45 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:32:08 -0800 RIP Rudy Giuliani for governor, 2010 . Some Giuliani insiders insist he's strongly considering a challenge to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand now that he's out of the 2010 governor's race. A Marist poll shows him leading Gillibrand by double digits. ''Clearly, running for... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756633/news-of-the-day Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:04:08 -0800 Jeffry Picower, a prominent philanthropist and one of the largest investors in the vast Ponzi scheme run by Bernard L. Madoff, was found dead in the pool at his Palm Beach, Fla., home on Sunday afternoon. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6752108/billionaire-madoff-investor-found-dead Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:33:08 -0700 From the website: ••••••••••••••••••••••• Feline Tree House This hand-crafted treehouse lets felines indulge their primeval jungle instincts. Made from mature dragonwood trees harvested from sustainable forests in Florida... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6751635/cat-tree-house Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:01:08 -0700 U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe drew media attention last week for jumping into a Republican Senate primary in Florida and endorsing a lesser-known candidate over Gov. Charlie Crist, who is viewed as the candidate ... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6751818/political-notebook-inhofe-wades-into-florida-race Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:05:08 -0700 STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The former school worker from New Springville who allegedly swindled 20 job-seekers won't have to face justice. Anthony Rodriguez, 28, was found dead two weeks ago in Florida, just as investigators were expanding the probe based... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6750230/new-springville-custodial-helper-accused-in-application-scam-found-dead-in- Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:31:08 -0700 STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The following obituaries will appear in the Thursday, Oct. 22, edition of the Advance: * Former Islander Camille Mary Magnusson, 66, of Bradenton, Fla., died Wednesday in her home. Arrangements are being handled by Silverton Memorial... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6750235/staten-island-obituaries Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:00:08 -0700 By Mike Luce This week, let's take a look at the follies of the top BCS teams, as ranked in the first poll released by the Bowl Championship Series HAL 9000 on Sunday night. The top teams are, in order: Florida, 'Bama, Texas, Boise, Cincy, Iowa, USC, TCU, LSU, and... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6751572/the-college-football-report Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:38:08 -0700 Two former real estate investors have pleaded guilty to federal charges that they set up straw deals to obtain inflated mortgages on more than 100 Indianapolis houses. Forty-four-year-old Robert A. Penn of Naples, Fla., and 45-year-old Kevin M. Lafavers of LaGrange,... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749454/ky-man-pleads-guilty-to-ind-mortgage-fraud Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:50:08 -0700 Police in Florida say a mother, father and 15-year-old son died after being electrocuted while putting up a ham radio antenna in their Palm Bay home. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749618/family-electrocuted-putting-up-ham-radio-antenna Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:20:08 -0700 South Carolina State University will host Dominick Shaw, an information technology project manager at Lockheed Martin Global Supply Chain Management in Orlando, Fla., at noon Wednesday, Oct. 14, in the Belcher Hall fourth-floor auditorium. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6744967/shaw-to-speak-at-s-c-state Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:10:08 -0700 GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Tim Tebow is still undergoing post-concussion evaluations. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6747779/tebow-still-taking-some-post-concussion-tests Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:00:08 -0700 Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida said, “Republicans don’t want you to get sick, and if you do get sick, Republicans want you to die quickly.” Does that mean Democrats want you to get sick, and if http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6744283/democrats-rooting-for-a-slow-death- Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:00:08 -0700