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A federal judge said police officers violated free-speech rights by arresting of an Occupy Orlando participant for writing political messages on the sidewalk outside City Hall. Occupiers can write on city sidewalk to express political messages...

Orlando’s hotel industry continued to see improvement in March, with low-budget properties leading the charge toward better occupancy and higher rates. Hotels in the Orlando area filled 82.7 percent of their rooms in March, compared with...

Four days later, when the luxurious ocean liner hit an iceberg, more than 1,500 passengers perished in the icy Atlantic Ocean, but public fascination with the ship and its passengers continues to this day. The fateful voyage was the backdrop...

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer has won a third term, easily defeating three challengers. Dyer and three incumbent commissioners – Tony Ortiz, Patty Sheehan and Sam Ings – all kept their jobs in Tuesday’s election. With all absentee...

As he campaigns for another four years as Orlando mayor, Buddy Dyer has been trumpeting the city’s financial health. But two opponents say Dyer isn’t being honest. At issue is the city’s bond rating, which Dyer touts as “Triple-A”...

The Orlando Sanford International Airport is going to try to opt out of only using TSA agents for security screening. The president of the airport said Tuesday that he would apply again to use private operators to screen passengers, using federal...

As Universal Orlando theme park prepares to open a new and technologically eye-popping version of its iconic 3-D Spider-Man ride this week, creator Stan Lee says it’s sort of a fluke that the costumed web-slinger ever came into existence...

Central Illinois Regional Airport officials said Wednesday that they’re adding even more service to Orlando starting in May – but this time, it didn’t take any financial incentives to add the routes. Frontier Airlines will fly three nonstop...

A central Florida county mayor says she supports expanding a domestic partners registry already on the books in Orlando. Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs tells the Orlando Sentinel (http://thesent.nl/zDY3qP ) that if approved by the county...

Don’t like waddling around in socks or displaying your brand of shampoo to fellow fliers at airport security? A pilot program that speeds airline passengers through a special lane for pre-flight security checks — where passengers may...