The summer of 1952 was a defining year of my life. Up until that summer, I was a typical young Nebraska farm boy, full of energy, loved baseball, loved my mother's fried chicken and gravy, loved her home made (everything was) rhubarb cobbler and had no worries about keeping up with the Joneses; the Joneses didn't have anything either. ...more

October 21, 2009

The Muslim father of a runaway Ohio teen who converted to Christianity says he believes the ordeal started with a gift he gave her last fall - a laptop computer. ...more

August 30, 2009

A man convicted of raping his children's mother at gunpoint was sentenced to 25 years in prison last week. ...more

July 23, 2009

The return to normalcy will have to wait a little while for Ken Quinn. ...more

April 21, 2009

The second mate of the container ship hijacked last week by pirates is likely to be back at his Bradenton home by the end of the week, his wife said today. ...more

April 13, 2009

Police have released the name of a man they say robbed a group of men, shot one and pistol-whipped another, then carjacked a woman before shooting at police and ultimately turning the gun on himself Friday afternoon. ...more

March 21, 2009

It's a practiced art among most middle school boys: The passing of gas and blaming it on someone sitting next to you. ...more

March 19, 2009

The man charged with killing Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Nicholas Sottile pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree murder, three days before jury selection was to begin in his trial. ...more

March 13, 2009

It seems like every newfangled technology designed to make our lives easier and more enjoyable, drifts into the risqué world of sex. ...more

March 12, 2009

A 12-year-old girl first reported missing on Monday has been found. Stormi Canter was found by members of the Highlands County Sheriff's Office's Criminal Investigation Unit around 5 p.m., at a home near Commerce and Maple avenues, according to her mother, Helen McKinney. ...more

March 5, 2009