Friday, May 09, 2008 at 3:29 PM
 AP - Former CIA operative Valerie Plame is trying to resurrect a lawsuit against those in the Bush administration she says illegally disclosed her identity.
Friday, May 09, 2008 at 3:27 PM
 AP - Myanmar's military leaders seized aid shipments headed for cyclone survivors and told the top U.S. diplomat there Friday that they're not ready to let in American aid workers despite warnings the country is on the verge of a medical catastrophe.
Friday, May 09, 2008 at 3:26 PM
 Reuters - Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah group
took control of the Muslim half of Beirut on Friday in what the
U.S.-backed governing coalition described as "an armed and
bloody coup."
Friday, May 09, 2008 at 3:26 PM
AP - Amber Parker watched on television as the storm near her home grew into a tornado threat. Then, when the roaring wind outside suddenly fell silent, she grabbed her two toddlers and rushed to get under the stairwell.
Friday, May 09, 2008 at 3:07 PM
AP - A Missouri woman accused of slashing a young mother's throat, kidnapping her newborn and passing off the child as her own for five days has reached a plea deal with prosecutors.
Friday, May 09, 2008 at 3:04 PM
 AP - It's a happy Mother's Day for an Arkansas woman she's pregnant with her 18th child. Michelle Duggar, 41, is due on New Year's Day, and the latest addition will join seven sisters and 10 brothers. There are two sets of twins.
Friday, May 09, 2008 at 3:29 PM
AP - The U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in March as demand for imports fell by the largest amount since the last recession was ending. Analysts forecast that trade would continue to be one of the economy's few bright spots this year.
Friday, May 09, 2008 at 3:25 PM
 Reuters - Goldman Sachs economists expect a
total of $500 billion in residential mortgage credit losses, a
renewed slowdown in economic activity after the near-term boost
from fiscal stimulus, and no monetary policy tightening in 2008
or 2009, according to a research note from the firm.
Friday, May 09, 2008 at 2:32 PM
 Reuters - Stocks fell on Friday as concerns
about the financial sector flared up again after American
International Group Inc reported a record loss and as
the price of oil set another record.
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Friday, May 09, 2008 at 9:08 AM
FOUR CORNERS | The old saying about playing on a level field has a special meaning for the 300-or-so youngsters who are part of the Ridgeview Soccer Club. The field they practice on - and where they play many of their games - is anything but level.
Friday, May 09, 2008 at 8:12 AM
AUBURNDALE | An Auburndale police lieutenant died Wednesday afternoon at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, where he had been hospitalized after being injured in an off-duty motorcycle accident in Dundee.
Friday, May 09, 2008 at 8:11 AM
LAKELAND | Giving care, one of many facets of a nurse's job, ranks right up there at the top for five "nurse of the year" winners honored Thursday by the Polk County Nursing Consortium.
Friday, May 09, 2008 at 8:10 AM
HAINES CITY | Main Street board members voted to pull away from being a city department, instead becoming partners with either the local Chamber of Commerce or the Haines City Economic Development Council. But the board still wants the city to fund the program. The board met in a special meeting Thursday to discuss the program's future.
Friday, May 09, 2008 at 7:54 AM
An autopsy will be done today to determine why a 36-year-old man found dead outside his home Thursday died. Benjamin Nick Gonzalez was found lying face down in the grass next to his driveway at 664 Reindeer Drive by Alex Ortiz, an employee with the Poinciana Public Works Department.
Friday, May 09, 2008 at 7:50 AM
WINTER HAVEN | What was once a goal to Judy Rivera is now a reality. After 18 years working for the Winter Haven Fire Department, Rivera became the department's first female fire marshal. Rivera was appointed about two weeks ago, replacing longtime Fire Marshal Bill Siglar, who died last year of a heart attack.
Friday, May 09, 2008 at 7:45 AM
LAKELAND | In 1886, President Grover Cleveland signed the papers granting a homestead to Jesse George Washington Kirkland for about 100 acres near where Lakeland Linder Regional Airport is today.
Friday, May 09, 2008 at 7:32 AM
LAKELAND | A 17-year-old Kathleen High School student was cut on the neck with a box cutter during an argument with another female student early Thursday morning in the school's cafeteria, the Sheriff's Office said.
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