Crime
of Desperation -
"A man brandished a sex toy and threatened
a clerk as he tried to hold up an adult bookstore, deputies said.
Keith Vetter, 39, was arrested Saturday following the incident at
the XTC Adult Super Center..."
Gore
asked 'PC or Mac?' -
"For the techno-candidate, it was like
asking about his underwear. At a town-hall forum with campaigning
Vice President Al Gore, computer whiz Michael Phillips asked Gore:
Which do you prefer, the PC platform (or operating system) or
Macintosh?"
Ton of Cocaine Seized in Fla.
- "Authorities investigating Haitian drug trafficking have seized nearly 3,000 pounds of cocaine and four ships docked
along the Miami River in the last two weeks. Federal authorities searched nine freighters on the river since
Jan. 29, finding the 1.5 tons of cocaine on the four ships. They unloaded 1,000 pounds of cocaine from one ship Monday..."
You've
got competition - Alabama city to offer Internet service -
America Online has a new competitor: the Florence Gas Department.
The northwest Alabama town is about to become the first in the state
-- and one of only a few nationwide -- offering commercial Internet
service to residents and businesses..."
Efforts Vs. Fruit Disease Stepped Up
- About 50 inspectors will be hired to check thousands of acres of citrus north of Miami for citrus
canker, the disease already ravaging thousands of fruit trees to the south...
Florida
Sex Offender Registry - "The Florida Department of Law
Enforcement maintains a database of about 13,000 sexual predators
and offenders. The site allows the user to search by city, county,
ZIP code or the last name of the offender. When available, photos
of sex offenders are posted. The site provides name, inmate
number, race, physical description, crime committed and victims of
the offender. The site also provides a telephone number for the
Florida Department of Law Enforcement to obtain further
information..."
Tourism debate goes to voters
- "After three months of arguing over tourism in the Florida Keys, the Monroe
County Commission and Florida Keys Tourist Development Council have decided to try a new
tactic: asking the voters what they think. All 49,000 of Monroe's registered voters should
receive a five-page survey asking for their attitudes and expectations toward the industry
that pumps more than $1 billion a year into the Keys economy..."
