A first-of-its-kind study has found that forensic experts gave flawed testimony in the trials of 82 men wrongfully convicted of rape or murder in the 1980s. ...more

March 20, 2009

A judge today barred attorneys for Charles Friedlander from presenting expert testimony that Friedlander is not a pedophile or a sexual sadist. ...more

November 17, 2008

The county's Land Use Appeals Board is scheduled to consider objections from the developer of a planned borrow pit on Lutz-Lake Fern Road and from those who oppose it during two appeals cases next month. ...more

September 17, 2008

The county's Land Use Appeals Board is scheduled to consider objections from the developer of a planned borrow pit on Lutz-Lake Fern Road and from those who oppose it during two appeals cases next month. ...more

September 17, 2008

HAMPTON: IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BUILDERS ...more

July 12, 2008

The trial of a teenager accused of killing his 14-year-old friend in a middle school bathroom will be transferred from Miami to Orlando because of relentless media coverage, a judge decided Tuesday. ...more

July 2, 2008

Oren Koules Koules made his fortune as a Hollywood producer whose biggest hits include the grisly "Saw" movie franchise and the Emmy-nominated television series "Two and a Half Men." He co-founded, with Mark Burg, the Evolution Entertainment management/production company in 1998 and Twisted Pictures production company in 2004. A Chicago native, Koules played minor-league hockey for four years and spent eight years as a commodities trader in Chicago before getting into the movie business. ...more

June 24, 2008

Best known for deciding whether medications are safe and effective, the Food and Drug Administration is weighing whether to crack down on plain old salt, which doctors say is harmful in the quantities most Americans consume. ...more

November 28, 2007