British tycoon held in Florida over caretaker murder (Guardian Unlimited)
A multimillionaire British developer who lives among the West Palm Beach elite has been arrested in Florida on an extradition warrant accusing him of murdering a caretaker who was tortured and strangled in London eight years ago. Thanos Papalexis, 36, who regularly features in the society pages of the Palm Beach Post, was eating with a female friend at the chic Fire Rock Pizza restaurant in ...

Thousands of Florida softshell turtles end up on dinner plates in Asia (Sun-Sentinel)
Hauled from canals and marshes around Lake Okeechobee, turtles arrive in the late afternoon at Jones Fish House, a corrugated metal structure on the Palm Beach County side of the lake.

Thousands of Florida softshell turtles end up on dinner plates in Asia (Sun-Sentinel)
Fishermen pluck softshells from Florida's waters to satisfy Asian appetites Hauled from canals and marshes around Lake Okeechobee, turtles arrive in the late afternoon at Jones Fish House, a corrugated metal structure on the Palm Beach County side of the lake.

U.S. Sugar explores ethanol option (Moldova.org)
Florida's proposed buyout of U.S. Sugar Corp. to restore the Everglades has changed as the corporation said it was considering building an ethanol plant.The proposal to buy U.S. Sugar's entire land holdings, but give the firm time to phase out of business in Florida, has been scaled back to a $1.34 billion deal that allows the company to keep a Clewiston, Fla., sugar mill and its rail line, the ...

Reopening golf course a bogey idea? (ABC 7 Gulfshore News)
At a time when golf courses are going out of business in Southwest Florida, Cape Coral is seriously considering rebuilding the Cape Coral Golf Club located in the southeast part of the Cape. We found out why city leaders think it's a good time to develop a golf course.