More than 45 million Americans are smokers, and nearly 85 percent of them buy "light" cigarettes such as Marlboro Lights, which are advertised as having lower tar and nicotine. ...more

October 7, 2008

Three days of complex testimony and more than three hours of deliberation brought no outcome to the DUI-manslaughter trial of Shannon Stephen, accused of killing two people walking home from the Chasco Fiesta two years ago. ...more

June 20, 2008

Shannon Stephen's DUI-manslaughter trial ends with a hung jury late Wednesday. ...more

June 19, 2008

TAMPA - Jurors in the Max Hardcore obscenity trial told a judge this afternoon they are having trouble reaching a verdict on half of the charges. Max Hardcore, whose real name is Paul Little, is accused of 10 federal counts of distributing obscene materials over the Internet and through the mail. His company, Maxworld Entertainment, also faces 10 charges. ...more

June 5, 2008

SEBRING — When it comes to being in charge and acting like an authority figure, Sun 'n Lake resident Terry Loughlin has just about done it all. Loughlin was a DEA agent, police officer, judge, jury foreman, school principal, lawyer, professor and even a general. The 63-year-old character actor worked in more than 20 feature films, about as many television shows and several theater productions. His resume includes movies: "A Time to Kill," "The Jackal,"and "Billy Bathgate;" plus television shows, "Matlock," "Walker, Texas Ranger" and "Heat of the Night." ...more

January 24, 2008

One of seven indigent men charged with plotting to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago as part of an Islamic jihad was acquitted Thursday, and a mistrial was declared in the prosecution of the six others after the jury said it was hopelessly deadlocked. ...more

December 14, 2007