Sharks off Stuart Beach killed an experienced kiteboarder, according to the Palm Beach Post. Officials believe a group of great whites attacked 38-year-old Stephen Howard Schafer but they are still investigating.
At 4 p.m. yesterday Schafer was kiteboarding when a lifeguard saw him in distress. After paddling out, the lifeguard put Schafer on a rescue board and [...]

 
The Miami Herald reports that “Carlos G. Bertonatti struck cyclist Christopher Lecanne with a silver Volkswagen Jetta on the Rickenbacker Causeway on (Jan. 17). Lecanne’s crushed bike was reportedly dragged for blocks before the driver was stopped by police in Key Biscayne.”
Bertonatti has been charged with numerous crimes, including DUI manslaughter. He posted the $100,000 [...]

The Sun Sentinel media company is showing photographs of 56 local men and women who died in the United States’ post-9/11 wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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An American has been convicted of murdering his wife while scuba diving in the Caribbean, according to FoxNews.com.
On Oct. 27 a jury in the British Virgin Islands convicted Rhode Island resident David Swain for killing his wife, Shelley Tyre, while they were scuba diving in 1999. Authorities originally ruled the death an accident but charged [...]