Brendan Farrington

November 20, 2014 | Daily Report Online

A Florida State University alumnus and attorney shot three people at the school's library early Thursday before being killed by police, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.

By Gary Fineout and Brendan Farrington

5 minute read

December 05, 2013 | Daily Report Online

The Supreme Court listened to 60 minutes of arguments Thursday over 74 words that could let voters decide whether to allow marijuana use for medical reasons.

By Brendan Farrington

3 minute read

October 17, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Two convicted killers serving life in a Florida prison were mistakenly freed in the last three weeks after forged court documents reduced their sentences, authorities said. Relatives picked up one inmate while the other was given a bus ticket and dropped off at a bus station.

By Brendan Farrington and Mike Schneider

4 minute read

November 13, 2008 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue looks at his state's pristine coastline and then at the development Florida allows on its shores and said he wonders how Florida officials can preach about the environment.Talking about the long war about sharing water that flows down from Georgia, Perdue on Wednesday questioned some of Florida's arguments as it tries to get more water to cross its border.

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON

2 minute read

September 12, 2012 | Daily Report Online

The Department of State will instruct elections supervisors to contact voters on a list of potential non-citizens and tell them they are eligible to cast ballots as part of a settlement reached Wednesday with groups who sued claiming the list purge was discriminatory because it mostly targeted Hispanics.

By Brendan Farrington and Gary Fineout

3 minute read

January 25, 2012 | Daily Report Online

THE VILLAGES, Fla. AP - It's an urgent issue seemingly on the minds of many in this retiree mecca, if not the entire state of Florida - how to fix Social Security. And voters' proposed solutions to the tricky problem are just as varied as the stances of the Republican presidential candidates seeking their support.

By Brendan Farrington

5 minute read

April 12, 2012 | Daily Report Online

STARKE, Fla. AP - David Alan Gore was set to be executed Thursday nearly 29 years after murdering 17-year-old Lynn Elliott, whose attempted escape ended a string of rapes and murders that shook the quiet coastal town of Vero Beach.In all, Gore killed four teenage girls and two women. Elliott's murder is the only one for which he's condemned.

By Brendan Farrington

5 minute read

July 25, 2008 | Daily Report Online

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. AP - Georgia's top environmental official said Thursday the three states that have battled nearly three decades over water shouldn't wait for Congress to approve an independent study on the issue, but should instead pay for it themselves.Florida Sens. Bill Nelson and Mel Martinez and Rep. Allen Boyd want the National Academy of Sciences to study the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin.

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON

4 minute read

March 20, 2007 | National Law Journal

Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani on Sunday defended his law firm's role in representing Citgo Petroleum, which is controlled by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, saying it was helping to protect American jobs.

By Brendan Farrington

4 minute read

March 23, 2010 | Daily Report Online

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. AP - Attorneys general from 13 states sued the federal government Tuesday, claiming the landmark health care overhaul is unconstitutional just seven minutes after President Barack Obama signed it into law.The lawsuit was filed in Pensacola after the Democratic president signed the 10-year, $938 billion bill the House passed Sunday night.

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON

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