Could nursing mothers be exempt from jury duty? That's a question Florida lawmakers may soon answer. On Tuesday, a proposal allowing an exemption to women who are breast feeding passed its first test, with only one dissenting vote, the News Service of Florida reported. ...more

November 6, 2009

Highlands County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Riley says he was hit in the chest by a thrown cellphone Saturday night after being dispatched to a Decatur Street home to check on an argument. ...more

November 5, 2009

Police on Tuesday charged a man with the murder in the stabbing death of a University of Connecticut football player outside a school-sanctioned dance, but his defense attorney says he was just trying to break up a fight. ...more

October 28, 2009

A Lake Placid woman was arrested Wednesday for allegedly battering two women, one of whom was pregnant. ...more

October 24, 2009

A Pennsylvania Civil War buff faces a felony charge for accidentally firing a 2-pound cannonball through the wall of his neighbor's home. ...more

October 17, 2009

A 30-year-old Hudson man is accused of throwing a 12-year-old boy against a wall. ...more

September 17, 2009

A prosecutor has dropped a felony charge against Florida State receiver Richard Goodman that stemmed from a brawl in the student union last fall. ...more

July 30, 2009

A 22-year-old shrimper told a Pasco County deputy he was dating a 14-year-old girl. ...more

July 11, 2009

It took five months for Davis Islands teenager Jordan Valdez to be charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident but only a few minutes to be booked and then released from jail Thursday. ...more

July 10, 2009

A bill (SB 2276) that passed the Legislature today and is headed to the governor would require anyone arrested on a felony charge to submit DNA, usually a sample of saliva. ...more

May 1, 2009