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Casey Anthony has been served a subpoena requiring her to appear at the civil trial against Zenaida Gonzalez, according to attorney Matt Morgan.
Morgan, Gonazalez's attorney, announced via Twitter on Thursday morning that the subpoena had been served.
Anthony's attorney, Cheney Mason, who represented Anthony when she was on trial for the death of her daughter, Caylee, accepted the subpoena on Monday.
Gonzalez shares a similar name as a fictitious baby sitter -- Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez -- whom Anthony initially said kidnapped her 2-year-old daughter in 2008. At Anthony's murder trial last summer, Anthony's defense claimed Caylee drowned in the family's swimming pool and, therefore, had not been abducted. Caylee's remains were found in December 2008.
Anthony was acquitted of murder charges in July 2011 but was found guilty of lying to authorities.
The civil trial is slated to start in January 2013.
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A man was rescued in Lake Jesup on Thursday morning after a small plane crashed and overturned in the Seminole County waterway.
The single-engine experimental airplane, which can hold two people, crashed near State Road 417 while trying to land in the lake.
The Seminole County Sheriff's Office said the man, who was not seriously injured, was the only person aboard the plane.
Deputies said the plane had its landing gear down but flipped over while touching down and crashed into the water. Local 6 News helicopter Sky 6 showed a sheriff's boat next to the plane, which remains upside down in the lake.
Lake Jesup is home to more than 10,000 alligators -- the largest concentration of the beasts in any lake in the United States.
No other details were immediately known.
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Police in Virginia have arrested twin brothers on Thursday who are accused of shooting and killing a man in Palm Bay the day before.
Palm Bay police said 34-year-old Octavius Toppin and Obadiah Toppin were arrested in Quantico, Virginia just after 4 a.m. Thursday. Police said the brothers shot and killed Raymond Torres, 25, in his driveway on 1400 Healey Street at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. When officers arrived at the home, they found Torres bleeding from his gunshot wound and airlifted him to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Investigators interviewed witnesses Wednesday and were given a suspect vehicle description. Law enforcement agencies were notified across the eastern U.S. for the Toppin brothers traveling in a white SUV to New York, where they had family connections.
Extradition from Virginia to Florida will be discussed at the brothers' court appearance. The investigation is ongoing.
A man and 10-year-old boy were killed and a 7-year-old boy was critically injured Thursday morning in a two-vehicle crash in east Orange County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
A vehicle carrying the man and two boys crashed with a truck around 8:20 a.m. on State Road 520 at Taylor Creek Road near Christmas.
The 7-year-old was taken to a hospital, troopers said. The truck driver was not seriously injured, troopers said.
Eastbound S.R. 520 remain closed; Westbound lanes were reopened around 10:30 a.m.
No other details, including the names of the victims, were immediately known.
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Federal forecasters are predicting a near-normal outlook for the Atlantic hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its initial outlook for the six-month storm season Thursday at its Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory in Miami.
The group predicts nine to 15 named storms, including four to eight hurricanes. One to three could become major hurricanes. Hurricane season officially begins June 1, but it started early this year when Tropical Storm Alberto formed May 19 off South Carolina's coast.
This hurricane season will mark the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew's catastrophic landfall in South Florida as a Category 5 storm.
The 2011 season was the sixth consecutive year without the U.S. landfall of a major hurricane. Major hurricanes are classified as Category 3 storms with sustained winds of 111 mph or higher.
Nevertheless, last season still produced 19 named tropical storms, the third-highest number on record.
A Central Florida doctor is accused of spitting blood in the face of a Florida Highway Patrol trooper who was trying to arrest him on drunken driving charges.
Troopers say Zachary Charles Bird, 41, was pulled over by troopers on State Road 417 Sunday morning after he almost collided his BMW with a marked FHP patrol car. Troopers conducted field sobriety tests before arresting Bird, who is a doctor of anesthesiology for Team Health and is contracted at the Parrish Hospital.
Dash camera video caught Bird in the patrol car after he was arrested, as he "repeatedly striking his head against the cage partition and the right rear passenger door, which resulted in a large laceration that bled profusely," according to the FHP report. Bird also tried to kick open the right rear door, causing damage to the door.
You can view the video by clicking here, but warning, the video is graphic and contains profanity.
As Bird was thrashing around the car, he says in the video, "I see Officer Lynch and Officer Casselberry putting money into their pockets."
According to the report, the trooper then opened the door and tried to calm Bird down, who then spit a mouthful of blood in the trooper's face. Bird then tried to break away.
Troopers found $54,000, two guns and two prescription bottles with unidentified pills and liquid, according to the report. As authorities searched his car, he said "Document that money, (expletive). You officers are stealing my money."
Troopers believe Bird was upset authorities were confiscated his money and that's why he responded violently. He refused a drug and alcohol test and treatment at the hospital, according to the report.
Bird has been charged with driving under the influence, two counts of damage of property, one count of resisting an officer with violence and battery on an officer.
FDLE is testing the pills found in his car and results are expected back in a few weeks.
Parrish Hospital officials told Local 6 they have asked his employer, Team Health, to not allow Bird to return to the hospital because of the "seriousness of the allegations."
At 23, Asma Al Muhairi has never considered herself a social activist. But a shopping trip to a Dubai mall left her so irate that she started a campaign against revealing clothing and has sparked a major debate in the United Arab Emirates.
Al Muhairi's campaign to persuade expats and tourists to dress more modestly began after she and her friend Hanan Al Rayes saw a young woman in shorts that they considered left little to the imagination.
She said many people in Dubai Mall were looking at the woman, but no one did anything, so she approached security guards and threatened to call the police.
"We never saw this 10 years ago or even five years ago," said Al Muhairi, who began her campaign through a hashtag on Twitter -- #UAEdresscode.
"I'm only 23 but when I was young it was different," she added. "I feel sad for the new generations. My nieces when they go to the mall they think it's fine to look at people dressed like this.
"It makes me sad. In our days people always knew it was wrong. It is in our culture and our religion."
While wearing skimpy clothing is not illegal in the United Arab Emirates, shopping malls have policies that state knees and shoulders should be covered.
On returning from the mall, Al Muhairi discussed the issue with Al Rayes and wrote a message on Twitter, saying "till when will we keep seeing people going against our rules and showing indecent dresses?"
Initially, Al Muhairi and Al Rayes had no intention of starting a campaign, just sharing their views with friends. However, the discussion grew as the issue touched a nerve with many.
"I never though that in 10 days I would become a social activist," said Al Muhairi.
The campaign has started a debate on how closely foreigners should follow local customs while in the United Arab Emirates, and just what standards of dress are acceptable.
Local newspapers, personalities and those prominent on social media have weighed in on the debate, calling on the country's authorities and shopping-mall managers to enforce a conservative dress code.
Some have suggested that tourists arriving at airports should be given a brochure explaining local customs and standards of dress.
The British Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Dominic Jermey, had already made his own plea to visitors before Al Muhairi and Al Rayes began their campaign.
In an interview with the Ministry of Interior's 999 Magazine in March, Jermey said: "The vast majority of expats living here dress entirely appropriately, and I think that most British people who live here or visit here get it absolutely right. Some who get it slightly wrong tend to get very bad sunburn!
"But seriously, I think it is really important for expats and tourists to understand the norms of the society they are in, so that is why we, through our embassies in Dubai and Abu Dhabi work very closely with tour operators, local schools, and the airlines, in particular Emirates and Etihad, to run a campaign called Know Before You Go."
The issue goes to the heart of what can at times be a clash of cultures. More than 80 percent of the United Arab Emirates population is expatriate, according to Visit Abu Dhabi, and much of the country's wealth is built on its foreign workers. The country prides itself on its welcoming attitude to foreigners.
Most Emirati women wear abayas -- long robes that cover the whole body -- but the expectation for foreigners is more relaxed. The government advises visitors to respect local culture by avoiding "excessively revealing" clothes in public places.
Although most of the attention has been focused on women, Al Mulhairi also has her sights on men who wear shorts, go bare-chested or wear clothes that are too tight fitting.
She said: "We should start in the malls distributing booklets with instructions. We need to create awareness and let people know about this campaign and that people here are upset about this issue.
"We should give a deadline -- from a certain date, everyone will know that if they wear certain kind of dress, the mall won't let them in, or maybe give them a fine. Someone suggested giving them something to cover themselves."
Many foreigners, as well as Emiratis, agree that more needs to be done to educate visitors on what is acceptable.
Trudy Klein, a 30-year-old South African who has lived in Dubai for six years, said: "We are living in a Middle Eastern country. There are things we need to respect about the country and the religion. We are guests.
"I've seen girls that really push the limits. It wouldn't be a bad idea to educate some women to show re 0000334D spect."
Khadija Sali, a journalist from the Philippines, said: "We have to respect the culture and respect ourselves as well. Don't wear anything too short or too tight, it's common sense." However, she said she would draw the line at shopping mall security guards giving people extra clothes to cover themselves.
"The campaign is good but they shouldn't go over the top," said Sali. "There are more important issues out there that they could do campaigns about -- sick people, children dying, hungry people, not what people wear in the malls."
