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Four people were injured Wednesday on a water-park ride.

Flights to Bahamas are temporarily suspended

-Vintage Props & Jets, the airline that offered daily flights from Daytona Beach International Airport to the Bahamas, has temporarily ceased operations. The airline, which flew small planes and carried fewer than 10 people on each flight, cited escalating fuel prices. Its final flight was Friday. The suspension of flights comes after the airport saw its traffic drop 27 percent between June and the previous year.

OIA on cutting edge of high-tech for travelers

Before the main terminal at Orlando International Airport opened in 1981, one of the big technology issues was deciding how many pay phones to install. Now, Florida's busiest passenger airport has to meet the demands of travelers who bring laptops, cell phones, hand-held video games and other gadgets that they expect to plug in and use with ease while waiting for a flight or their baggage.

Sterling Casino's ship leaving Port Canaveral

Sterling Casino's decision to pull out of Port Canaveral this month may have had more to do with the company's bottom line than it would like to admit. The company, which owns the 1,800-passenger Ambassador II gambling ship, said on its Web site that its lease with the port had expired and it hoped to find a new location soon.

SeaWorld worker arrested in connection with shooting

A 53-year-old SeaWorld employee was arrested Friday in connection with a shooting that endangered a teenager, Polk County Sheriff's deputies said Sunday.

Devoted theme-park goers visit attractions hundreds or thousands of times

Across Central Florida's theme parks are hundreds of rides, shows and attractions -- and the people who love them. A lot.

How TSA captured bomb suspect at OIA

A new TSA program uses behavior experts to sense something fishy, as in the OIA incident.

Something about Kevin Brown's mannerisms, facial expressions or behavior as he wandered the airport terminal Tuesday just didn't sit well with Cleveland Laycock.

Judge OKs holding OIA bomb suspect Kevin Brown

A federal judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors have enough evidence to hold a man arrested on charges of trying to smuggle pipe-bomb components on a flight at Orlando International Airport.

Bomb parts found -- OIA traveler detained

Incident called 'probably the most serious . . . we've had'

A Jamaican planning to board a flight at Orlando International Airport was detained and questioned by FBI agents Tuesday after they found components for pipe bombs and explosive and flammable liquids in his checked luggage.

SeaWorld Orlando's Aquatica is awash with thrills

Dang, those dolphins are adorable. Just don't bank on admiring them during the descent on Dolphin Plunge, the main attraction at Aquatica, SeaWorld Orlando's water park, which opened to the public Saturday.