BREVARD COUNTY • COCOA BECH, FLORIDA – Cocoa Beach police officers responded at about 10:30 a.m. this morning to the beach end of Young …

Officials: Palm Bay getting rid of red-light cameras in April At $158 a ticket, Palm Bay has made a fistful of money from red-light cameras, but officials believe the cameras have not changed people’s habits. “I drive every day.  I don’t think they’ve cut down on the crashes,” said Chris Hill, a Palm Bay driver. “Too much Big Brother, too ...

NASA’s Van Allen Probes Reveal Zebra Stripes in Space Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 21, 2014 Scientists have discovered a new, persistent structure in one of two radiation belts surrounding Earth. NASA’s twin Van Allen Probes spacecraft have shown that high-energy electrons in the inner radiation belt display a persistent pattern that resembles slanted zebra stripes. Surprisingly, this structure is produced ...

Surfers battle rough conditions at 50th-annual Easter Surf Fest   COCOA BEACH —  Severe weather is not a good way to start the holiday weekend, and in Brevard County, the storms meant smaller crowds for the first day of one of the most popular surfing events in the area. Lightning and downpours took place Saturday morning, but surfers are still ...

Jays Take Manatees 4-0 In Suspended Game In a game that was finished roughly 24 hours after it was suspended, the Dunedin Blue Jays ended the Brevard County Manatees three-game winning streak with a 4-0 victory on Friday evening at Space Coast Stadium. Dunedin starting pitcher Daniel Norris was originally slated to start the second game of the series, but ...

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Merriam-Webster.com defines “odyssey” as a long journey full of adventures, and a series of experiences that give …

BREVARD COUNTY • PORT ST. JOHN– CANAVERAL GROVES, FLORIDA – Check out the 51 properties that sold recently in Cocoa Beach/Cape …

4 prospect, and right-hander Kramer Champlin combined to throw a one-hit shutout Friday as Class A Advanced Dunedin defeated Brevard County, …

Brevard County Manatees are shut out twice by Dunedin. baseballs.jpg. The Brevard County Manatees play again tonight at Space Coast Stadium.

New hypothesis explains Earth’s continued habitability Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 21, 2014 Researchers from USC and Nanjing University in China have documented evidence suggesting that part of the reason that the Earth has become neither sweltering like Venus nor frigid like Mars lies with a built-in atmospheric carbon dioxide regulator – the geologic cycles that churn up the planet’s ...

According to a heavily redacted Brevard County Sheriff's Office report, an unidentified person discussed allegations of KLD fraud Feb. 4 with Brian …

NRL Researchers Detect Water Around a Hot Jupiter Washington DC (SPX) Mar 21, 2014 Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are part of a research team that has detected water vapor in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system. The team, including scientists from California Institute of Technology, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, and ...

A little airport in Brevard County is getting some big help. The runway at the Merritt Island Airport is going to be lengthened to make it easier for pilots …

Gov. Scott: Orlando Metro Area gained 33,300 new jobs over the year ORLANDO, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35 ORLANDO) –Governor Rick Scott announced that the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area’s (MSA) gained 33,300 new jobs, the highest number of jobs in March 2014 among all metro areas in Florida compared to a year ago.  The Orlando MSA’s unemployment rate declined by 1.2 ...

Ronald McDonald House Central Florida hits 20,000 families helped milestone Cupcakes, candles and adorably cute kids were on hand to help mark a major community milestone Thursday at Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Florida. The not-for-profit has now provided temporary lodging, meals and transportation to more than 20,000 families with critically ill children. “I don’t know what we would ...

Officials: Operation Ceasefire led to 130 gun arrests over 10 years Brevard County officials announced 130 arrests in 10 years as part of Operation Ceasefire, a task force that sends agents after the guns on our streets. “These guys put on their guns like you and I put on our pants,” said Brevard State Attorney Phil Archer. “We target the ...

Brevard County Clerk of Courts Scott Ellis says the Economic Development Commission of Florida's Space Coast should pay his agency's legal fees …

A local police chief is defending an officer whose forceful demeanor and threats got a marijuana charge thrown out of court.

A local police chief is defending an officer whose forceful demeanor and threats got a marijuana charge thrown out of court.

Tracking endangered leatherback sea turtles by satellite, key habitats identified Amherst MA (SPX) Mar 21, 2014 A first-of-its-kind satellite tagging study of migrating New England leatherback turtles in the North Atlantic offers a greatly improved understanding of their seasonal high-use habitats, diving activity and response to key ocean and environmental features in relation to their search behavior. Leatherbacks are considered ...