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Psychic Fails To Predict Own Fate

Linda Marks is a Florida psychic who has recently gained notoriety, not for her success as a psychic, but for her lengthy rap sheet.

Marks was previously sued by over a dozen former clients who say she stiffed them out of over $1 million when they visited her Delray Beach business. She and her husband, James, pleaded guilty in December 2002 to reporting their car stolen to defraud their insurance company. They were placed on five years' probation.

Man Who Staged Bizarre Hostage Standoff Sentenced To 20 Years

Hector Duarte Jr. - All Headline News Staff Reporter

Jacksonville, Florida (AHN)- A man who took a lawyer hostage and threatened to blow up a building over a grudge with a judge was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison.

13-year-old Tased by Officer

A Florida Sheriff's deputy used a shock from a Taser gun to subdue an intoxicated 13-year-old San Carlos Park girl who attacked two nurses at Lee Memorial Hospital early Thursday.

The teen later was cleared medically by hospital staff and sent to the Lee County Juvenile Assessment Center on charges ranging from loitering to battery and resisting arrest.

Man Busted for Accessory to Eating Tortoises

A search of Carl Franklin King's car turns up quite a surprise for Florida deputies: six live gopher tortoises in the trunk.

As if the discovery were not unorthodox enough, King's reason for possessing the amphibians sure raise quite a skeptical eyebrow -- as the main ingredient in soup.

Florida Girl Dies While Saving a Turtle

Christina Ficara - All Headline News Staff Reporter

According to the FOXNews report, Emily Kent was riding with her mother Sunday when they spotted the turtle trying to cross busy U.S. 41.