Up to 80 strangers on a Florida beach formed human chain to rescue nine people, six of them from one family, who had been caught in a riptide and pulled too far from shore.

Two teenage sweethearts suspected in a crime spree of stolen vehicles and pilfered cheques around the south east of America have been caught in Florida.

Two teenage sweethearts suspected in a crime spree of stolen vehicles and pilfered cheques around the south east of the US were captured over the weekend in Florida.

US President Barack Obama was today joining his family for a short trip to Florida as he bids to boost the area's sagging tourism industry in the aftermath of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.