Gustav a hurricane again
Gustav is now west of Jamaica or nearly 600 miles south-southeast of Southwest Florida. Around 5 p.m. today it regained hurricane status with winds of 75 mph.

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Puppies left to die in cage
It’s a case of animal abuse in Charlotte County that animal control officer John Butler ranks up with the worst he’s ever seen. Puppies left to die in the elements, locked in a cage with no food, under the sun
Beaches safe for holiday weekend
Fertilizers, pesticides, feces and oil - they're all lurking in floodwater that’s swamping parts of Southwest Florida. Now that toxic mix is working its way into the Gulf. How safe is the water?
Plane down off Boca Grande, pilot OK
A witness with a surfboard rescued a man whose single engine plane went down in the Gulf of Mexico Friday morning off Boca Grande.
 
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