POSTED: 12:48 pm EDT September 10, 2006
Seismologists said there could be aftershocks from the strong 6.0 magnitude earthquake that rocked parts of Florida, Sunday. The quake was centered about 300 miles southwest of Orlando. There were no damage reports, but many people, including some Orange County firefighters, said they felt the tremor.
The crew at a local fire station was just getting done with breakfast when the shaking all started. Within the walls of Orange County Fire Station number 20, the talk is usually about football or fire and rescues, but since Sunday it's all been about the quake.
"We definitely felt it, definitely heard it," said Dan McCarthy.
The firefighters probably felt the shaking a little more then everyone else. Their station, after all, is in a mobile home.
"I thought somebody had fallen in the backroom. I had no idea it was en earthquake," McCarthy said.
There was no damage to the station or anywhere else for that matter, but 911 dispatchers around Central Florida got all kinds of calls as people wondered why the earth was shaking.
The magnitude 6.0 earthquake rattled rooms and shook beds across the southeast U.S. It was centered 250 miles south-southwest of Apalachicola, Fla.
UCF professor Dan Britt said Florida tremors are rare but not unheard of.
"It's something you wouldn't expect every year, every 10 years, maybe in multiple decades, so if you felt it, feel lucky," said Britt.
This certainly won't be remembered as a great quake, but for Floridians, it'll take a long time to forget.
The quake also came as a surprise to many people in Lake County. In Clermont, Maureen Moore said she rushed to protect her delicate china when she felt the tremors.
"It scared the bloody hell outta me," Moore said. "If it wasn't for the collection, I was ready to run."
Maureen's husband, James, went outside to see if the tremors left any cracks in the home, since the outside had been recently painted. He didn't find any damage.
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Only 27 earthquakes have ever been felt in Florida, according to records stretching all the way back to 1727. Scientists said Sunday's quake was not centered on a known fault line, however geologists did record an earthquake in the same place seven months ago. It was a 5.2 magnitude quake on February 10.
===Queensland: Beattie's labor government returned to power===
'''September 9, 2006'''

The Queensland state election has been won by the Peter Beattie led labor government. After a colourful campaign featuring disunity between the liberal-national coalition and a forecasted protest vote that failed to eventuate against labor, Beattie maintained his considerable margin in the 89 seat legislative assembly winning a predicted 60 seats with approximately 70% of votes counted. The nationals and liberals are predicted to pick up 16 and nine seats respectively.

===Paes and Damm win men's doubles title===
'''September 10, 2006'''

 and  crowned their first year as a pair on Saturday as they beat  and  6-7, 6-4, 6-3 to win the men's doubles title at the  tennis tournament.

Paes and Damm had lost the first set and their serve broken in the second set managed to win their first title of the year.

Paes said communication had been the key to his success with Damm. "I don't think there are enough words to express how much fun and how much learning I've actually had playing with Martin, because we're actually opposites on the court," Paes said.
"Martin is strong and plays more solid. I'm more flashy and a bit more quick. We really complement each other.
"It's been a fantastic year playing with him. I've really enjoyed it. I'd like to thank him for a wonderful year."

===Malegaon blasts: ATS arrives to probe blasts===
'''September 10, 2006'''

The situation in Malegaon is calm, two days after multiple blasts killed 38 people and left 200 others injured. The police are investigating cautiously and are yet to find definite clues or detain suspects.
A special ten-member team of Mahrasthra's Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) is in Malegaon to probe blasts.
National Security Guards (NSG) is inspecting the site as well.
Investigators admit that cracking the Malegaon mystery will be tough one and so for there have been no arrests or detentions.

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===Aerobatics champ dies in tragedy at Aero GP season opener===
'''September 10, 2006'''

A mid-air collision has taken the life of Swedish aerobatics champion .  Shortly after the in-flight tangle, the two planes crashed into the sea as co-competitor Eddie Goggins of Ireland parachuted into the sea where Maltese Armed Forces rescued him.

The incident comes only days after Aero GP announced a sponsorship deal with Betfair, giving the Malta Aero GP the official title, ''Aero GP Betfair Grand Prix of Malta''.

The competition in the Aero GP involves a variety of skill tests for the pilots, testing their racing, dogfighting and target-bombing abilities.

===Strong earthquake in Gulf of Mexico causes rare tremor in Florida===
'''September 10, 2006'''

An earthquake struck in the Gulf of Mexico with a magnitude of 6.0, a strength very rare for that region of the world, at 10:56am EDT (14:56 UTC) on September 10.  Although no damage has been reported, it has been reported that tremors were felt in Orlando and  in the state of Florida.

According to the , the quake's epicenter was 260 miles (418 km) WSW (240°) of , Florida, and 329 miles (529 km) southeast (145°) of New Orleans, Louisiana, at a depth of 6.2 miles (10 km).

USGS officials stated that the quake was not strong enough to trigger a .  Tremor intensities as high as Force IV on the  scale were felt throughout Florida.