they've done a great job. time now for the fox 13 11:00 news. >> a major win for hulk hogan and a big loss for gawker. >> we would have been prevailed at trial had we been allowed to present the full case to the jury. >> how the jury reached a multi-million-dollar verdict and why it's not over yet. >> you wonder when someone is going to have a heart attack and die from some of these substances. >> why clearwater police are using this image to warn about the dangers of spice. >> and this man got fired. how social media played a part. >> topping 11:00 tonight, the jury sided with hulk hogan in

the website may have to pay the ex-wrestler $115 million, for posting a video of him having sex with the wife of a friend. and this is not overyet, either, is it crystal? >> it certainly isn't, cynthia. gawker plans to appeal the decision and have said from day one it sets a dangerous precedent for the free speech. and they say it was not that damaging to his career and his personal life but the jury ended up rules in hogan and his attorney's favor, and his attorneys say his privacy was in fact violated. his real name is terry bolea and they say he rarely has private moments and one of those is in the bedroom. he was recorded by his friend

with bubba's wife. and gawker says bubba not taking the stand to testify is what hurts their case. >> i am confident that we would have prevailed at trial if we had been allowed to present the full case to the jury. >> this is not only his vehicle are you victorybut anyone else who has been victimized by tabloid journalism, we are coming back monday for the rest of it. >> he was awarded $55 million in economic injuries plus 60 million for emotional injuries. he will also be awarded punitive damages and that element element amount will be decided on monday in court, but gawker representatives say they will file an appeal and already have that in the works and that is happening in the courthouse on monday as well. >> it will be interesting to see

damage, too, approximate . and another lawsuit we are following is the one between tampa socialite jill kelley and the justice department, and we have learned that things may not be going in her favor. her attorneys have asking to withdraw from the case. a pe petraeus was caught in the middle and her attorneys want to be removed from the case citing irreconcilable issues. this came after the government turns down a $4 million settlement proposal. it's not clear where the case goes from here. new at 11:00, clearwater police are calling it unprecedented. officers running into more and more people so high on synthetic

why dozens of overdoses could be linked to the drug better known as "spice". >> clearwater police say it's possible a bad batch of spice has made its way into the area, encowpters encounters for officers. >> our patrol officers say it's like walking into a zombie movie. >> it looks like a scene from the walking dead. these people are so high they can't even speak. >> what is your name? >> what is your name? >> [inaudible] >> yes, your name. >> [inaudible] >> many can't even move. this is ground zero for many of the spice calls. they say that the number of cases has been unprecedented. on wednesday there were three overdoses and they've been

last week in tampa, medical professionals issued a warning about a particularly dangerous batch of the drug and clearwater linked. >> it's heart crushing when i see them sharing what doesn't look like a salem or a winston on a bench. >> she walks her dog daily and says she sees it happening with the homeless in the park. >> there was a guy screaming so gutturally i thought he was going to pop a blood vessel. >> police are working on a solution hoping they can do something before one is hurt or worse. >> you wonder when someone is going to have a heart attack and die from the substance. >> the spice abuse calls are also wasting resources. officers could be doing other thing bus

tied up can drug calls. >> and breaking news auto out of russia, where a passenger plane has crashed. it appears that no one has sur reporting reporting reporting has surreporting reporting survived. and they reported poor visibility at the time of the crash, but no other information. and in another plane crash, two people were killed when the crash killed a killed when a smallplane crashes. >> investigators say that the victims were burned so badly they could not be identified. all they will say publicly is that the plane crashed as it was taking off. neighbors say it made a loud

foundations of nearby homes. although they were vague about why and how that could be. the plane is registered to a nonprofit and one of people at the home said they were cooperating fully with investigators. as soon as neighbors saw the plane and fire, they knew there was nothing they could do. >> it absolutely hurts. it's sad, especially being so close to home and right here, and just thinking how easy it could happen. >> dwee not we do not know the circumstances on how that airplane came to be where it is, that is all a part of the investigation and all of you have heard stories, that's all we've heard at this time. >> the airport was immediately closed and there is no word as to when it will reopen, the six-seater cessna was headed for pensacola although we don't know for what and there is no time line on when the agencies will identify the victims.

on for the driver involved in a deadly crash in plant city. a green nissan altima crashed into a telephone pole on the old miran road, just before 9:00. witnesses say they saw the driver run from the scene and when deputies got there they found a man dead inside the car. the lord is my shepherd, the lord is my shepherd, the lord is my shepherd, there is nothing i shall want >> a final good-bye to a hillsboro county deputy. thousands of people packed st. timothy's catholic church to say good-bye to deputy john kotfila. he died last saturday when he crashed into a wrong-way driver,

deliberately to save her from getting hit and many were not surprised to learn about his sacrifice. >> john is one of those people who was always there when you needed him, doesn't matter where it was or when. care of things. no questions asked, no expectations of reciprocation. >> after the service, "amazing grace" played on the bagpipes as a riderless horse was led out and the draped coffin close behind and then a final salute. and finally helicopters flew overhead in what is called the "missing man" formation, you see the chopper peeling away?

kotfila's depour chiewr to the departure to the heavens. he will be buried back home in massachusetts. and coming up sweet revenge for a golfer. how a man was fired after heckling the golfer at the valspar championship. >> i saw my pants on fire and i said oh man, i'm done. >> he bears the scars of a stunt gone horribly wrong. >> he is talking about that scary moment and a lot of events counting on our forecast. >> we need good weather for that. there is going to be some rain but the question is when does it

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>> oh my god, people are running out. >> we have an update on this from delray beach of a stunt man accidentally set himself on fire during a high school pep rally.

hospital but served second-degree burns on his face and hands and leg, around he says 33 years of experience with fire and this is the first time anything in his act went wrong. >> thank to feel be alive ful to be alive. >> it's like being burned alive. >> an emotional ricky spoke to the press from inside the hospital. he performed one of his fire breathing acts before hundreds of students during a high school pep rally. that performance, his last with fire went terribly wrong. >>s fire was on my face and i was this is new, and then boom, as soon as i saw my pants on fire, i thought i'm done.

had not practiced with the new lighter fluid he used. >> my fault, i couldn't practice. >> a school spokesperson says his act violated school policy. >> she say this is policy. >> they say this is against school policy? >> it is. >> and i asked asked before. >> he says he has performed at 200 to 300 schools but the most recent with fire was at spanish river in boca raton, and today he was story his laughs did not go as well as others. >> i apologize for the high school for them to see that kind of you know, madness. >> that was andrew aris reporting. the district says that fire should never have been allowed

could be disciplinary actions. >> and ian poulter is teaching a heckler a lesson. he tried ruining one of his shots by shouting to him to hit the ball in the water and then telling him he wouldn't make the ryder cup, well, turns out he was the assistance athletic director of florida southern college, emphasis on "was". and he continued to heckle him on social media. well, that tweet grabbed poulter's attention and he found out who downum works for and posted this, i'm sure fsc athletics and sports are really proud of your professionalism. i wish you the very best. that was saturday and four days

twitter account deleted. and that sl lesson is a lesson that you have to be careful on what you post, and we know that. i just can't believe someone would go after a golfer like that on twitter. >> what are the odds he is able to look me up and find out who i am -- >> now he knows. >> the day of social media, and take a look at this. this is a time lapse view from today. we saw the high clouds move in later this afternoon, and basically ended up being a pretty nice looking day despite all of the cloud cover. still the temperatures are warming up into the upper 70's and 8's. and 80's and things are reallyexpanded. notice all of the shower activity now, back off of the west coast here? this is where it extends from

if you follow this across it takes you cross the southern counties and showers will be impacting at least the coastal areas over the next several hours but this is not the main batch of showers and storms. that will come in a bit later on. this is the wider view. satellite and radar, and notice this is one batch here, but this one to the east may west way start to work its way towards you see as we head in towards the morning hours but it looks like it will come through a little bit later on, holding off for the morning. this is one of several impulses. one moved in today but did not produce too much, but the one to the west, this is the one i showed you popping up on radar and then the final impulse well west of that, this is the one that could bring us showers and storms and you see where this

straight in off of the pacific. the storms potentially through the overnight hours but the best chance of storms are as we head toward late morning, early afternoon and then spreading east, especially if we get a little bit of sun, and we'll have to watch for the chances of stronger storms and gusty winds. can't rule out an isolated severe storm and then another batch coming through on sunday morning and behind that we turn significantly cooler and breezy. monday itself is going to be breezy and temperatures monday, not getting out of the 60's. almanac for today, 8o 0 the 80 the high and 66 the low, once again well above average, and we'll have one more day topping out above

least a couple in the blue there. temperatures tonight dipping into the mid to upper 60's, near 70's towards the coast and you see temperatures across the state generally the same. no big cold air across the state but by monday, everyone will be feeling the chill. a few showers and storms especially to the north. and during the day, a few scattered showers and storms and looks like the best timing would be toward midday and into the afternoon hours. hopefully holding off a bit longer for things to get going for the airfest. midmorning and late afternoon. temperatures shown plummeting after tomorrow, only up into the 60's on monday but look how quickly we get back up to the 80's. >> bouncing right back. and coming up electronic music

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