Catching Your Flight

A man who was skydiving in central Florida struck the wing of a plane as he descended over an airport, losing both his legs in the accident. The man later died, officials said.

Albert Wing III hit the airplane that he jumped from Saturday morning, police Cmdr. Randel Henderson said. Police said the victim had opened his parachute when he struck the left wing at about 600 feet. His legs were severed at the knees, but he managed to land near an airport.

From Deland, FL - myway.com

Plot is Found by Switching Movies, Not in Movies

When Shirley White-Satcher's 12-year-old son sat down Sunday night to watch what she thought was a Disney movie checked out from the library, what he saw instead horrified her.

The movie, "Home on the Range," ended up being a graphic porno flick that came from the Alachua County Headquarters Library at 401 E. University Ave. in downtown Gainesville.

"I stepped out of the room for 30 seconds after the movie started playing and he ran in and said, 'Mommy, there's nasty stuff on the TV,' " White-Satcher told The Sun Wednesday evening.

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She contacted the Gainesville Police Department but never filed an incident report and decided to contact the news media. She added that she has not contacted the library because she wanted to get "documentation" by law enforcement or the news media of the tape's content.

Sol Hirsch, director of the Alachua County Library District, said his employees do not recall anything like this happening before. Hirsch said he didn't find out about the tape until he was contacted by the news media. He said if the mother had notified the library, immediate action could have been taken to protect other patrons who had checked out that movie by contacting them to make sure other copies did not have the same explicit material on them.

From Gainesville, FL - Link

What About the Class Ring?

Two seniors at this rural Florida Panhandle community's only public school have been suspended and others were punished after they violated their principal's ban on T-shirts that read "Kiss Our Class Good-bye" or "Holy Ship, we're graduating."

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Diane Jensen said she couldn't believe her 18-year-old son, David, had been suspended and thought the "Kiss" shirts "really aren't that offensive."

"He's never been a troublemaker," she said. "He doesn't drink, he doesn't smoke, he goes to church. He's not one of those cocky kids."

Occurring in Baker, FL - Link

Area Man, Car End 11 Year-Old Relationship

A man with car trouble is in trouble after shooting his 1994 Chrysler LeBaron.

John McGivney, 64, pumped five rounds from a .380-caliber semiautomatic into the hood, Broward County sheriff's deputies said Tuesday.

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"I think every guy in the universe has wanted to do it," McGivney told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel on Tuesday. "It was worth every damn minute in that jail." - Associated Press

Going to the Moon, Mooning ruled Sane Actitivites

Cornell Jackson, 31, tried to persuade Circuit Judge Michael Overstreet that he was crazy and not faking mental illness at a hearing Tuesday but to no avail.

"I ain't in my right mind," Jackson insisted. He also told the judge: "I am going to the moon. The spirits are gonna take me to the moon." - Associated Press

Florida Grows on Diet of Old People

The U.S. Census Bureau expects Florida to become the third-biggest state within 25 years.

Florida is expected to pass New York in size by adding 11 million residents by 2030. That total is on top of the 17 million already in the state.

About 40 percent of the growth is expected among seniors.

California and Texas will stay larger than Florida, according to the report. All three combined will account for nearly half of the nation's growth in the coming decades.

Nearly two-thirds of the country will live in the South and West by 2030. -Local6.com