It is probably a sign that things are hardly going gangbusters for your presidential campaign when your police escort is larger than the crowd of supporters who show up to cheer you on. ...more

November 1, 2008

Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was driven from office Thursday in a deal with prosecutors that will send him to jail and put an end to the sex scandal that embarrassed this chronically struggling city and preoccupied its government for months. ...more

September 5, 2008

The man burst through the door at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square on Saturday night bearing the Heisman Trophy like a standard. He probably should have had a security detail, but maybe he didn't need it. Maybe the stiff arm thrown by the bronze, miniature version of former New York University back Ed Smith in the man's hands warded off any would-be muggers on the one-block walk between the Nokia Theatre and the Hard Rock. ...more

December 11, 2007

SEBRING — Scuba divers want public access to Lake Denton restored by the beginning of next summer. That's not soon enough, though, for the special seven-member Lake Denton Citizens Committee. At its third meeting Thursday night, the committee set the goal of reopening public access at this popular, exceptionally clear lake in six months, with a target date of April 18. No recommendations on how to do that have been settled on yet. Committee members, though, agreed that parking and/or user's fees will probably be necessary to pay for off-duty law enforcement officers working a private security detail. ...more

October 21, 2007