If only Shakespeare had known how to Twitter. There was a bit of King Lear in the scene on the Senate floor, a stormy, solitary John McCain on "this great stage of fools," as the Bard wrote, railing against both parties and the president in fiery speeches and rapid-fire tweets. ...more

March 5, 2009

Looking at a year in stir for a firearms possession conviction, rapper T.I. is making the most of his free time before reporting to prison. ...more

March 1, 2009

The suspect in a Sept. 7 drive-by shooting in Highway Park is next scheduled to appear in court Nov. 12 for a pretrial conference. ...more

November 1, 2008

"Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel: The Gun That Changed Everything and the Misunderstood Genius Who Invented It," by Julia Keller (Viking, $25.95) ...more

September 28, 2008

A Lake Placid man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $110,500 bond Monday after he was arrested Friday night and charged in connection with a drive-by shooting in Highway Park Sept. 7. Elbert McFarlane Heron, 28, of 130 Zion St., was booked on charges of attempted second-degree murder, firing a weapon or discharging a firearm in public, firing a deadly missile into an occupied dwelling, vehicle or building and firing a deadly missile into an occupied vehicle. ...more

September 15, 2008

A Sacramento River Cats meeting took a sharp turn from routine to shocking Monday afternoon. ...more

September 8, 2008

Playwright Neil Simon is known for making audiences laugh out loud. His first play, "Come Blow Your Horn," tells the story of two brothers who defy their father's wishes by deciding not to take over the family waxed fruit business. The play, set in 1961, features witty dialogue that captures the quirks of an American family. The show opens Friday at Masque Community Theatre. Veteran theater and television actor Joshua Sussman will direct. The cast includes Masque artistic director Bob Stanley as Alan Baker, Shane Burke as Buddy Baker, Itzy Friedman as the father and Lydia Massias as the mother. ...more

September 3, 2008

It's sometimes difficult to prepare for a phone interview with a member of a band I don't like. That part of me I need to repress for obvious reasons wants to ask: ...more

August 8, 2008

Brian Lawton, the new Lightning vice president of hockey operations, wore a healthy growth of stubble to a Forum news conference Friday. ...more

July 12, 2008

They gawked at alligators at Homosassa Springs. They marveled at the mighty U.S. space program on display at Cape Canaveral. ...more

May 12, 2008