http://news.yahoo.com/local/Tampa/2367 Yahoo! Local News - Bay News 9 en-us ORLANDO -- Police said a call from a 16-year-old girl saying she was kidnapped by six armed men turned out to be a hoax, all because she was going to be home late and did not want to get in trouble with her parents. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Tampa/Bay_News_9/SIG=12c5n7ml9/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baynews9.com%2Fcontent%2F36%2F2009%2F7%2F3%2F492086.html http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2009/7/3/492086.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:40:21 +0000 TALLAHASSEE (Bay News 9) -- One day since the state's cigarette tax shot up by $1 per pack, many Floridians are making a run for the Georgia border. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Tampa/Bay_News_9/SIG=12c14lfvl/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baynews9.com%2Fcontent%2F36%2F2009%2F7%2F2%2F491854.html http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2009/7/2/491854.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:25:14 +0000 OXFORD -- News 13 has learned that the autopsy on a 2-year-old girl who was killed by an 8.5-foot albino Burmese python has concluded. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Tampa/Bay_News_9/SIG=12cn07eli/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baynews9.com%2Fcontent%2F36%2F2009%2F7%2F2%2F491756.html http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2009/7/2/491756.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:25:13 +0000 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Floridians no longer will be able to fish for free. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Tampa/Bay_News_9/SIG=12c4190dg/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baynews9.com%2Fcontent%2F36%2F2009%2F7%2F2%2F491700.html http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2009/7/2/491700.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:55:06 +0000 OXFORD, Fla. -- A two-year-old girl was strangled by a python at her family's home in Oxford. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Tampa/Bay_News_9/SIG=12ckbui6v/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baynews9.com%2Fcontent%2F36%2F2009%2F7%2F1%2F491284.html http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2009/7/1/491284.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:40:24 +0000 (BAY NEWS 9) -- Several new laws go into effect today in Florida. Among the new laws are an increase in cigarette taxes, Rachel's Law dealing with police informants and zero tolerance in schools. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Tampa/Bay_News_9/SIG=12ckij1qs/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baynews9.com%2Fcontent%2F36%2F2009%2F7%2F1%2F491177.html http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2009/7/1/491177.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:40:06 +0000 In 2007, the PSC ordered Progress Energy to refund more than $13.8 million to its customers for excessive fuel costs paid from 2003 to 2005. The PSC said that refund was a result of the company burning a more expensive coal blend. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Tampa/Bay_News_9/SIG=12dkcvofb/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baynews9.com%2Fcontent%2F36%2F2009%2F6%2F30%2F490854.html http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2009/6/30/490854.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:55:06 +0000 TALLAHASSEE (Bay News 9) -- President Barack Obama is staking a big part of his health care plan on improving efficiency, and he is pointing to a Tallahassee hospital as a model for the rest of the nation to follow. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Tampa/Bay_News_9/SIG=12d0gbkpp/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baynews9.com%2Fcontent%2F36%2F2009%2F6%2F28%2F490119.html http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2009/6/28/490119.html Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:10:16 +0000 MELBOURNE -- More of your money will soon be going up in smoke -- if you're a smoker living in Florida, that is. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Tampa/Bay_News_9/SIG=12dri83uq/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baynews9.com%2Fcontent%2F36%2F2009%2F6%2F28%2F490102.html http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2009/6/28/490102.html Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:55:08 +0000 TALLAHASSEE (Bay News 9) -- Last year, Florida was ranked the nation's third-largest film producing state, but now state leaders say that is slipping. Now a new drive is in place to revitalize Florida's film industry. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Tampa/Bay_News_9/SIG=12dm233us/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baynews9.com%2Fcontent%2F36%2F2009%2F6%2F27%2F489849.html http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2009/6/27/489849.html Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:10:27 +0000 NORTH LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The Broward Sheriff's Office says the news of pop singer Michael Jackson's death led to a confrontation on a Broward County bus this week. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Tampa/Bay_News_9/SIG=12dd0jehe/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baynews9.com%2Fcontent%2F36%2F2009%2F6%2F27%2F489850.html http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2009/6/27/489850.html Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:10:13 +0000 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:40:21 +0000