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Shark Attack, Journalist Remembered and Sad End to Love Story
Puss caterpillars, same-sex marriage battle, robber can't resist cats and other stories from Florida Patch.

Patch operates 23 daily news sites in the state of Florida. Here is a roundup of the week’s top headlines:
- Thief Pried Wedding Ring From Sleeping 93-Year-Old’s Finger
- Florida’s Puss Caterpillars Pack a Venomous Punch
- Bubba Returning to Tampa Airwaves?
- Shark Attacks 13-Year-Old Girl
- Pickup Hits Gunman by Chance, Ends Shooting Spree
- Land O’ Lakes Woman Wins $1 Million
- Reclining Seat Spat Causes Florida-Bound Plane to Divert
- ISIS Reportedly Beheads Florida Journalist Steven Sotloff
- Burglar Offers to Mow Armed Homeowner’s Lawn
- Tobacco Out at Local CVS Stores
- Red Tide Making its Way Toward Pinellas
- Stabbing Victim was Biking from Maryland to Florida to Propose
- 1 Bay Area School Named Among the Country’s Best
- New Poll Gives Scott the Lead Over Crist
- ‘Please Come,’ Cyclist Stabbing Witness Begs 911
- Monster ‘Shrimp’ Bagged by Florida Fisherman
- Florida Remembers Slain Journalist Steven Sotloff
- Baggy Pants Ban Eyed by New Port Richey
- Florida’s Same-Sex Marriage Battle Not Over Yet
- Man Running from Cops Stops to Pet Cats, Goes to Jail
Photo Credit: Kevin Adorno was biking from Maryland to Miami to propose. He never made it./Photo courtesy of the Vero Beach Police Department
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