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Eighth in a series. Major Wright of Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas is among the top high school defensive backs in the country. He lives in South Florida and grew up a Miami Hurricanes fan. Sean Taylor is his hero. But when it came time to pick a college, Wright chose Florida.

Florida State`s players celebrated their game-sealing defensive stop by cutting loose in front of those famously rowdy Cameron Crazies. After 15 straight losses on Duke`s fabled home floor, the Seminoles finally had a reason to party.

DURHAM, N.C. -- Al Thornton scored 21 points and Florida State upset No. 8 Duke, 68-67, on Sunday to snap a 15-game losing streak at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Toney Douglas added 15 points and Uche Echefu had 12 for the Seminoles (17-6, 5-4 Atlantic Coast Conference), who overcame a 17-point deficit to claim their first victory on the Blue Devils` home floor.

Florida State`s players celebrated their game-sealing defensive stop by cutting loose, whooping it up in front of the famously rowdy Cameron...

Judy Brandt worked for WGAL in the 1970`s but now spends her winters in Florida. She was blocks away from where the devastating tornado tore through her town.

DURHAM, N.C. — Al Thornton scored 21 points and Florida State held No. 8-ranked Duke scoreless in the final 2 minutes 31 seconds to secure a 68-67 victory over the Blue Devils on Sunday at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

A whooping crane believed killed with 17 others in severe Florida storms may be alive, because a signal transmitting from the bird indicates it survived, an official said Sunday.

Tornado survivors and their supporters turned out for a Sunday service at a church that was demolished in the killer storms that ripped through central Florida, remembering the victims while trying to stay optimistic about the long recovery ahead.

A whooping crane was spotted alive on Sunday after it was believed killed with 17 others in severe Florida storms, according to an organizer of a migratory project.