Seven former Florida boot camp guards and a nurse were acquitted today of manslaughter in the death of a 14-year-old black boy who was hit and kicked in a videotaped altercation with the guards.

Authorities in Panama City, Florida, today released a video tape showing guards restraining a boy at a juvenile detention boot camp just hours before he died.

FLORIDA Governor Jeb Bush ignored advice to throw out a flawed felon voter list before it went out to county election offices despite warnings from state officials, according to a published report this weekend.

Rescue teams, insurance adjusters and US National Guard troops scattered across Florida today to help victims of Hurricane Charley and deliver water and other supplies to thousands of people left homeless.

AS the remnants of Hurricane Charley disintegrated off the New England coast yesterday, Florida residents began the massive task of cleaning up.

Police closed a 20 mile stretch of road in southern Florida after detaining three men suspected of terrorist activity.

Drug squad officers in Florida are thanking a drought for severely reducing the state's marijuana crop.