PLANTATION, Fla., March 26 (UPI) -- Students at a high school in Plantation, Fla., better pull up their sagging pants or be prepared to get a belt, the school's assistant principal says.

MIAMI, March 22 (UPI) -- South Florida residents turned in 102 animals as part of Non-native Pet Amnesty Day with pets ranging from pythons to albino catfish, state officials say.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., March 8 (UPI) -- High-profile Florida philanthropist Michael Bienes says he never suspected arrested investment guru Bernard Madoff of running an alleged scam.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla., March 4 (UPI) -- Robin Williams has canceled several performances of his one-man comedy show "Weapons of Self-Destruction" in Florida after suffering shortness of breath.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Feb. 17 (UPI) -- A vulture smashed through the windshield of a small plane, forcing the pilot to make a quick emergency landing in Florida, officials say.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Feb. 10 (UPI) -- State Farm's decision to pull out of the Florida property insurance market has created a bonanza for smaller insurers, industry observers said.

TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Up to 80 percent of the wild bee population of South Florida has been hybridized by an aggressive African bee strain, experts say.

MIAMI, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- The government in the Bahamas says it is still considering what steps it will take, if any, to regulate shark-diving boats after a tourist was killed last year.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Stinging Portuguese men-of-war are thick this time of year in the coastal waters of South Florida, say fire and rescue officials.