Cocoa Beach

Immigration bill would restrict drone use in California

2013-05-14 14:21:00

WASHINGTON – Concerned that border surveillance drones might fly over much of Southern California, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) successfully amended the proposed Senate immigration overhaul bill Tuesday to limit such flights to within three...

Al Neuharth dies at 89; newspaper mogul created USA Today

2013-04-20 00:00:00

Al Neuharth, the newspaper mogul who in 1982 made a $1-billion gamble called USA Today that earned derision for its emphasis on brevity, flashy graphics and upbeat stories but endured to become the nation's largest-circulation newspaper, died Friday in...

USA Today founder Al Neuharth dies at 89

2013-04-19 16:58:00

COCOA BEACH, Fla. — USA Today founder Al Neuharth died Friday in Cocoa Beach, Fla. He was 89. The news was announced by USA Today and by the Newseum, which he also founded. Neuharth launched USA Today, the nation's most widely read newspaper, in...

Endeavour: 'I couldn't believe it when I first saw it'

2012-10-12 15:22:22

Gingrich, Romney and Santorum deliver pitch to tea party voters

2012-01-29 19:22:00

Surfing legend Kelly Slater wins his 11th world championship

2011-11-02 21:33:46

Surfing legend Kelly Slater (officially) wins 11th world title

2011-11-06 16:33:18

Surfing legend Kelly Slater wins 2011 Hurley Pro at Lower Trestles

2011-09-21 16:33:43

Travel info: Cocoa Beach, Fla., and Kennedy Space Center

2010-12-19 00:00:00

From LAX, Delta, American, United and Virgin America offer nonstop service to Orlando, Fla.; US Airways and Southwest offer direct service (stop, no change of planes) and Continental and Southwest offer connecting service (change of planes). Restricted...

Indies find success at the Nebula awards

2010-05-18 16:34:14

Competition fierce for zero delegates in Florida

2008-01-29 00:00:00

A smiling Hillary Rodham Clinton waved from the front page of the Miami Herald on Monday after an evening of fundraising in Florida. The image of Barack Obama flickered on TV screens across the state, from the Panhandle to the high-rises lining South...

Manatee cannonball, other dumb crimes keep wildlife officers busy

2013-05-22 19:26:00

It doesn't make me proud to say it, but Florida has a long, rich history of stupid criminals. There was the Jacksonville bank robber who handed the teller a note scrawled on the back of a police report detailing his previous arrest. And the yacht...

Al Neuharth talks in front of the Freedom Forum's bus in Eureka in this 2002 AP file photo. Neuharth, on a national tour at the time, wanted his children to see his hometown of Eureka. He said in 2002 that he tried to get back four times a year, including a fall trip for the pheasant hunting season.

2013-04-19 00:00:00

I Dream of Jeannie was set in Cocoa Beach, Florida, but was actually shot in California. The show originally aired from 1965 to 1970.

2013-01-24 12:44:04

A surfer takes off on a wave as members of the 308th Rescue Squadron from Patrick Air Force Base perform during the Cocoa Beach Air Show 2012 on Sunday, September 23, 2012.

2012-12-13 06:10:40