Shark Attack, Journalist Remembered and Sad End to Love Story

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