Brandon J.P. Flaherty, 18, was arrested Wednesday and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after threatening a family member with a knife. ...more

December 6, 2008

LAKE PLACID A 17-year-old female was arrested Monday and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and battery. ...more

November 28, 2008

Someone performed Internet searches for "neck breaking" and "household weapons" on the home computer of a Florida mother charged with killing her missing 3-year-old daughter, according to court documents released Wednesday. ...more

November 26, 2008

Last September, I was in a hotel room watching CNBC early one morning. They were interviewing Bob Nardelli, the CEO of Chrysler, and he was explaining why the auto industry, at that time, needed $25 billion in loan guarantees. It wasn't a bailout, he said. It was a way to enable the car companies to retool for innovation. ...more

November 16, 2008

A local man was free Monday on a $4,000 bond following his Saturday arrest on allegations of battery against a female victim and a police officer. Ulysses Taylor, 36, of Sebring, is charged with battery, resisting an officer with violence and battery of an officer. ...more

November 10, 2008

The Supreme Court justices talked about indecency and foul language Tuesday, but they did so without using any of the actual words that federal regulators hope to ban from television and radio broadcasts. ...more

November 5, 2008

A Babson Park woman was still in jail Tuesday on a $2,500 bond after being arrested Monday and accused of striking a police officer. ...more

October 22, 2008

Rudy Ray Moore, a raunchy 1970s comedian who played the title role of a flashy pimp in the movie "Dolemite" and influenced a generation of rappers, has died. He was 81. ...more

October 21, 2008

An American fighter pilot flying from an English air base at the height of the Cold War was ordered to open fire on a massive UFO that lit up his radar, according to an account published by Britain's National Archives on Monday. ...more

October 21, 2008

The first inmate to die by lethal injection in Ohio in more than a year argued to the end that his obesity would make it difficult for prison staff to find suitable veins in his arms to deliver the deadly chemicals. ...more

October 15, 2008