Gov. Rick Scott discussed tax cuts and successful Florida businesses, including a million-dollar lacrosse equipment company started two years ago by now 15-year-old Rachel Zietz of Boca Raton.

Oscar Ray Bolin, guilty of killing three women in 1986, will be executed Thursday night at 6 p.m. Bolin claims that he is innocent.

Clearing the backlog will take time and money. Estimates range between $9 million and $32 million.

As many as three gunmen believed to be wearing military-style gear opened fire Wednesday at a Southern California social services center, killing at least 14 people and wounding more than a dozen others in what authorities described as a targeted mission.

The Baker County Sheriff's Office announced that 27-year-old Alan Tanner Jr. was booked on burglary charges after a series of burglaries and thefts of about $150,000 in military equipment.

The former Gator is stepping away from soccer at the end of the year and will speak at UF next week.

After just two days, Florida ended its controversial black bear hunt because a higher than expected number of bears had been killed. Wildlife authorities said late Sunday that 295 bears taken overall, nearing the official limit.

Florida freshman defensive back Deiondre Porter was suspended indefinitely Wednesday following his arrest for allegedly firing a gun in the direction of his pregnant girlfriend. He is being held on a $160,000 bond in the Alachua County Jail.

A Leon County judged ruled that Florida's first black bear hunt in 21 years will indeed happen. The ruling says that a state wildlife agency was within its right to schedule the hunt.

A Florida man who claimed in online forums to have inspired terrorists in Australia and Texas was arrested after telling an informant how to build a homemade bomb to attack a 9/11 memorial in Missouri, according to a criminal complaint.