A police officer is gunned down in his patrol car in Penn Hills, Pa., while waiting for backup. Near Seattle, four officers starting their day at a coffee shop are ambushed by an ex-con with a handgun. Another four officers are shot to death in Oakland, Calif., after a traffic stop gone awry. Across the nation, 2009 was a particularly perilous year for officers involved in gun disputes. ...more

December 13, 2009

It's that time of year when even cemetery guards are more easily spooked, on alert for signs of one of the oldest, most ghoulish and most persistent of crimes: grave robberies. ...more

October 30, 2009

A private Connecticut-based broadcasting school with campuses in more than a dozen states abruptly shut down this week and said Thursday it will seek bankruptcy protection. ...more

March 5, 2009

An Alabama police officer is on paid leave after shooting a man who allegedly used racial epithets and threatened him with a knife outside a Florida bar, police said. ...more

December 28, 2008

Giving up on old-fashioned padlocks and trust, a number of churches, synagogues, governments and ordinary citizens are turning to technology to protect holiday displays from pranks or prejudice. ...more

December 10, 2008

FOUR-DAY SCHOOL WEEK COULD SAVE $650,000 ...more

May 31, 2008

Michael Mitchell said his relationship with his older brother 'hit a wall' when William Joe Mitchell was sent to prison in 2002 for sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl. ...more

October 8, 2007

TAMPA - Michael Mitchell said his relationship with his older brother "hit a wall" when William Joe Mitchell was sent to prison in 2002 for sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl. ...more

October 7, 2007

Alabama and Florida officials will break ground Tuesday on a jointly funded project that will provide a four-lane hurricane evacuation route from the Florida Panhandle to Interstate 65 in Alabama. ...more

September 11, 2007