Swine flu exposure The article "Swine flu challenges airlines" (front page, Nov. 10) shows how center stage the issue of swine flu is in this country. In this case a passenger was asked to leave the plane after getting sick in the lavatory and asking for a sickness bag. She claims she was humiliated. This was a simple case of the airline personnel exercising extreme caution over swine flu exposure. ...more

November 13, 2009

MONTAGUE, Texas - For months, perhaps longer, the Montague County Jail was "Animal House" meets Mayberry. Inside the small brick building across from the courthouse, inmates had the run of the place, having sex with their jailer girlfriends, bringing in recliners, taking drugs and chatting on cell phones supplied by friends or guards, according to authorities. They also disabled some of the surveillance cameras and made weapons out of nails. ...more

March 17, 2009

For months, perhaps longer, the Montague County Jail was "Animal House" meets Mayberry. ...more

March 17, 2009

A Texas sheriff and jail guards face charges over jailhouse escapades. ...more

March 16, 2009

Casey Anthony's first-degree murder trial has been tentatively set for Oct. 12. ...more

March 3, 2009

Casey Anthony's first-degree murder trial has been tentatively set for Oct. 12. ...more

March 2, 2009

The mother of slain central Florida toddler Caylee Anthony will be back in court to ask a judge to stop the public release of evidence in her case. ...more

March 2, 2009

Lisa DeCarr had a headache and didn't want to go to school. The 15-year-old asked her mother if she could stay home that Thursday. Her mother, Barbara DeCarr, agreed. It was the last time DeCarr saw her daughter alive. ...more

February 8, 2009

Lisa DeCarr had a headache and didn't want to go to school. ...more

February 6, 2009

The Florida mother charged in the killing of her toddler daughter described herself as a victim when talking to her parents during a jailhouse visit last August. ...more

January 16, 2009