Earlier this month, a guest took the pulpit at Open Bible Fellowship in Morrison, Ill., a 350-member church surrounded by cornfields. The speaker was an insurance salesman from Colorado named Ted Haggard. ...more

November 23, 2008

Longtime Republican incumbents Doug Belden and Rob Turner will return to their offices as tax collector and property appraiser, respectively. ...more

November 5, 2008

A shoe lost by a Florida man while fighting off a bear that hurt his 8-year-old son has been found in the stomach of the bear authorities killed because they suspected it in the attack. ...more

August 19, 2008

An 8-year-old Florida boy had just scrambled up a creek embankment ahead of his father and older brother during a day hike in Great Smoky Mountains National Park when he confronted an 86-pound male black bear. ...more

August 13, 2008

By day, they lead diverse lives. A stay-at-home mom. An insurance salesman. A retired construction manager. A lawyer. Even an opera singer. ...more

December 10, 2007

TAMPA - No lover of opera could deny the talents of Luciano Pavarotti, who brought an indelible blend of power, softness and emotional energy to his singing. The famed Italian tenor – a former school teacher and insurance salesman – died Thursday at his home in Modena after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 71. ...more

September 6, 2007