• Vote: What was Florida's craziest headline of 2011?

     

    It's been an interesting year for the Sunshine State. Cast your vote at the bottom of the page for the weirdest headline of 2011.

     

     

     

    A Florida woman is charged with attempted murder after spiking her husband's coffee with Xanax. WESH-TV reports.

    A Florida woman is accused of keeping her husband's death a secret while cashing Social Security checks. WPTV's Giovanna Drpic reports.

    Two young women from Bulgaria, who are in the U.S. for the summer, say someone hid cameras throughout their Florida apartment. WFLA-TV's Peter Bernard reports

    A woman has been arrested for making loud "moans and other sexual sounds" in order to get her young neighbor to stop playing basketball near her Florida home. WFLA-TV's Jennifer Leigh reports.

    A man in Florida blasts a robot with an AK-47 before being taken into custody. WESH's Dan Billow reports.

    92-year-old Florida woman is being accused of firing a weapon at a man who refused to kiss her. NBC's Gail Paschal-Brown reports.

    A Florida woman, who says she frequently gets mistaken for Casey Anthony, tells WESH-TV's Amanda Ober about her unpleasant run-ins with fellow Floridians who believe she is the infamous former defendant.

    Florida authorities say a man high on "bath salts" wreaks havoc on a neighborhood. WJHG's Erica Rakow reports.

    A Florida couple faces child neglect charges after police say that they were high inside the family restaurant. WBBH's Meaghan Smith reports.

    Stephanie Pistey, who was charged with accessory to murder in the death of a 16-year-old Florida boy, tells police she's "part vampire and part werewolf." WJHG-TV's Amber Southard.

    Getting a divorce can be complicated, but a baker in Florida is turning it into a piece of cake with divorce-themed desserts. WTVJ's Adam Kuperstein reports.

    A Florida woman is facing charges of practicing medicine without a license after cops say she injected a woman's buttocks with cement, "Fix-a-Flat" and other substances during an illegal cosmetic procedure. WTVJ-TV's Donna Rapado reports.

    A Florida man moves into a lion's den to raise money for a big cat shelter. WFLA-TV's Yolanda Fernandez reports.

    A Florida man is declared dead by EMTs, but wakes up two hours later, only to die again four days after. WBBH's Meaghan Smith reports.

    Florida investigators believe a dog bumped his master's rifle, causing a shot that injured the man during a hunting trip. WFLA's Adrienne Pederson reports.

    Inspired by handled trash bags, a South Florida man invents a condom with handles - and has sold over 2 million so far. WTVJ's Adam Kuperstein reports.

    A Florida couple share their home with 15 pet skunks, and no, they don't spray. WFLA-TV's Lauren Mayk reports.

    A Florida teen uses a fishing pole to reel in 12-foot, 800-pound alligator. WPTV's Kristyn Caddell reports.

     

     

     

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    Saudi-born dissident Osama bin-Laden addresses a news conference in Afghanistan, where he and his organization are based, in a May 26,1998 file photo. News of bin Laden's death on May 2 was the top news story on msnbc.com in 2011.

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    The killing of Osama bin Laden by Navy SEALs at his hideout in Pakistan was the top news event of 2011, followed by the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan, according to a ranking on msnbc.com by page views as of Dec. 20.

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    1. The May 2 death of bin Laden, the al-Qaida leader who masterminded the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Several stories about his death generated more than six million page views each, but a story that detailed how the U.S. used intelligence about the people in bin Laden's circle, including his personal couriers, was by far the No. 1 single story:
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    2. Japan's earthquake and tsunami on March 11 left nearly 20,000 people dead or missing. The quake triggered a tsunami that caused massive inland flooding and crippled the Fukushima nuclear reactor, sparking the largest nuclear disaster since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine. Here are the two stories on Japan's tragedy that got the most attention: 
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    3. An article on the murder acquittal on July 5 of Florida mother Casey Anthony, who had been accused of killing her toddler daughter, had the second-most page views on the site. After a trial that lasted six weeks, a jury found Anthony not guilty of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse and aggravated manslaughter of a child, but guilty of four misdemeanor counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer. With credit for time served, she was released July 17. 
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    4. The July 23 death of 27-year-old British jazz-soul singer Amy Winehouse, whose problems with alcohol and drugs began to overshadow her brilliant musical talent.  
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    5. Charla Nash, the victim of a chimpanzee attack, revealed her new face after a transplant. Nash was getting out of her car in 2009 when her friends' pet chimp went berserk and attacked, leaving her without a nose, eyes or lips. After a remarkable recovery, she showed off her new face during an interview on TODAY.
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