Florida

Casey Anthony has been ordered to repay nearly $100,000 in costs related to the investigation of the disappearance and death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, a Florida judge ruled Thursday.

Judge Belvin Perry issued the order that stated Anthony owed four state agencies a combined total of $97,676.98 – costs that accumulated between July 15 and September 29, 2008, while investigators searched for Caylee Anthony, the Orlando Sentinel reported.

The court ruling pertained only to the costs of Casey's convicted crimes. According to the Sentinel, it was still unclear exactly how Anthony would repay the fee. more >>

The death of Zachery Tims left many unanswered questions and as the one-month anniversary of the late pastor’s passing approaches there is speculation on whether New Destiny Christian Center (NDCC) can survive without its leader.

“New Destiny, it’s not just about you any longer. It’s about the nation watching you,” Paula White, whom Tims called his “spiritual mother,” told NDCC in a sermon Aug. 21, the Orlando Sentinel reported.

White, the pastor of Without Walls International Church in Tampa, Fla., said, “It’s about how you are going to respond, about what you are going to do.” more >>

Casey Anthony’s ex-fiancé, Jesse Grund, is being added to the list of people looking to “cash in” from the high-profile case that captured the attention of many.

Like Anthony, Grund is reportedly working to publish his own tell-all book detailing his relationship with Casey Anthony and revealing new details about the murder of 2-year-old Caylee Anthony.

In a copy of a book proposal obtained by Page Six, Grund wrote according to the New York Post, “I witnessed the devastating effects of severe dysfunction.” more >>

Rep. Michele Bachmann's camp was retreating Monday after the Republican presidential candidate's statement seemingly attributing Hurricane Irene and the Virginia earthquake to God came under scrutiny.

"Obviously she was saying it in jest," campaign spokesperson Alice Stewart told political website Talking Points Memo (TPM) in a statement.

The comment in question was made by Bachmann while the Minnesota congresswoman was campaigning in Sarasota, Fla., over the weekend. more >>

Michele Bachmann, who extended her weekend Florida outreach into Monday, spoke freely about her conversion to Christianity, her parents’ divorce and losing a child through miscarriage as she urged a group of conservatives to spend their lives for Jesus.

Bachmann, a Republican presidential hopeful, attended a church service with about 3,000 people at Idlewild Baptist Church near Tampa on Sunday morning where she highlighted the importance of Florida in the 2012 presidential election, according to Post on Politics. But a night earlier, she talked mainly about her life and faith at the annual awards dinner of the Florida Family Policy Council in Orlando.

The Minnesota congresswoman told a group of about 500 at Orlando’s Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel that her parents’ divorce was a critical event in her life and it eventually led her to Christ. more >>

Due to death threats and safety issues, Casey Anthony’s location will not be revealed as she serves a mandatory one-year probation in Florida for check-fraud charges.

Florida Department of Corrections held a conference Thursday morning in Tallahassee discussing Anthony’s probation, which she began serving on Wednesday.

Anthony, 25, reported to a probation officer at 6 p.m., spokeswoman Gretl Plessinger of the department shared, according to ABC, and was compliant throughout the meeting. more >>