AP Wire News en-us Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:30:06 GMT Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:30:06 GMT 5 iNEWS AP Wire Story Listing Generator http://www.weartv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.fl/261286ec-www.weartv.com.shtml GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) -- An offshore petroleum platform exploded and is burning in the Gulf of Mexico, about 80 miles off the Louisiana coast. AP News www.weartv.com-261286ec http://www.weartv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.fl/2d1286eb-www.weartv.com.shtml FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- NASA scientists are flying into Hurricane Earl to gather data about what makes some tropical storms intensify while others fizzle. AP News www.weartv.com-2d1286eb http://www.weartv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.fl/2a128678-www.weartv.com.shtml WINONA, Minn. (AP) -- Two fugitives wanted for killing three people in Florida have been arrested in a Minnesota state park. AP News www.weartv.com-2a128678 http://www.weartv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.fl/3a1285bb-www.weartv.com.shtml TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Lawton "Bud" Chiles is throwing his support to Democrat Alex Sink in the Florida governor's race. AP News www.weartv.com-3a1285bb http://www.weartv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.fl/351285c4-www.weartv.com.shtml PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- A team of divers with Florida's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says an aircraft carrier sunk of Pensacola as an artificial reef is free of oil from BP's massive spill. AP News www.weartv.com-351285c4 http://www.weartv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.fl/2912855a-www.weartv.com.shtml JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Republican nominee for governor Rick Scott has chosen state Rep. Jennifer Carroll to be his running mate. AP News www.weartv.com-2912855a http://www.weartv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.fl/2012852e-www.weartv.com.shtml UNDATED (AP) -- As Earl spun into a powerful Category 4 storm, the USS Cole hustled to return to its port in Virginia and volunteers carried sea turtle nests to safety. AP News www.weartv.com-2012852e http://www.weartv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.fl/30128522-www.weartv.com.shtml DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities are questioning a man who was allegedly cutting off the tail of a whale on a South Florida beach. AP News www.weartv.com-30128522 http://www.weartv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.fl/28128519-www.weartv.com.shtml MIAMI (AP) -- Burger King Holdings Inc. is selling itself to private equity firm 3G Capital in a deal worth $3.26 billion. AP News www.weartv.com-28128519 http://www.weartv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.fl/21128515-www.weartv.com.shtml BUXTON, N.C. (AP) -- As Hurricane Earl blows toward the Eastern Seabord, many people along North Carolina's Outer Banks are taking a wait-and-see approach. They are taking simple steps like stocking up on food or attaching hurricane shutters to their houses. AP News www.weartv.com-21128515 http://www.weartv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.fl/26128483-www.weartv.com.shtml NEWTON, N.C. (AP) -- The judge in the trial of a Florida man charged with killing a North Carolina state trooper has refused to go along with requests from the defense and prosecutors to delay the trial. AP News www.weartv.com-26128483 http://www.weartv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.fl/3d128477-www.weartv.com.shtml YEEHAW JUNCTION, Fla. (AP) -- A woman and her 2-year-old son have died after a tractor-trailer crushed their pickup truck in central Florida. AP News www.weartv.com-3d128477 http://www.weartv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.fl/391283fe-www.weartv.com.shtml BUXTON, N.C. (AP) -- Tourists are largely gone from North Carolina's Outer Banks as Hurricane Earl heads toward the Eastern Seaboard. AP News www.weartv.com-391283fe http://www.weartv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.fl/2012831a-www.weartv.com.shtml YEEHAW JUNCTION, Fla. (AP) -- A woman and her 2-year-old daughter have died after a tractor-trailer crushed their pickup truck in central Florida. AP News www.weartv.com-2012831a http://www.weartv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.fl/351282c3-www.weartv.com.shtml TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Police say a large pipe bomb that prompted the evacuation of a Tampa nursing home is an "authentic looking" fake. AP News www.weartv.com-351282c3 http://www.weartv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.fl/2412828f-www.weartv.com.shtml BUXTON, N.C. (AP) -- Hurricane Earl continues to barrel toward the Eastern Seaboard as forecasters try to pinpoint exactly how close the strongest winds and heaviest surge will get to North Carolina's fragile chain of barrier islands. AP News www.weartv.com-2412828f http://www.weartv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.fl/2b12826d-www.weartv.com.shtml CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) -- A South Florida police official will take down the patriotic display on his garage door in a compromise with his homeowner association. AP News www.weartv.com-2b12826d http://www.weartv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.fl/3312822c-www.weartv.com.shtml BEAUFORT, N.C. (AP) -- More North Carolinians are leaving the coast ahead of Hurricane Earl as it heads toward the Eastern Seaboard. AP News www.weartv.com-3312822c http://www.weartv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.fl/24128080-www.weartv.com.shtml NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Sampling by environmental groups has found oysters contaminated with oil along the Louisiana coast befouled by the BP PLC oil spill, a finding that casts doubt on statements by state and federal officials that all seafood tested here is safe to eat. AP News www.weartv.com-24128080 http://www.weartv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.fl/29127e39-www.weartv.com.shtml BUXTON, N.C. (AP) -- Many along North Carolina's Outer Banks are heading for the mainland to get out of the way of Hurricane Earl. But some resolute residents are staying behind to face the most powerful storm to threaten the coast in years. AP News www.weartv.com-29127e39 http://www.weartv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.fl/21127da2-www.weartv.com.shtml PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) -- Florida wildlife commissioners are expected to decide Thursday whether to lift a temporary snook fishing ban. AP News www.weartv.com-21127da2 http://www.weartv.com/