Authorities say an Orange City police officer who was injured when a suicidal gunman shot up his cruiser will lose his left eye. ...more

March 27, 2009

When Michelle Venezia ran onto the stage, she clutched a lanyard with a photo of her late classmate Andrew Altringer. ...more

March 27, 2009

A police standoff with a man suspected of killing three people and kidnapping two of his children in western North Carolina ended Friday when the man turned a gun on himself, authorities said. The two children were safe in police custody and were being taken to their home, Buncombe County Sheriff's Office spokesman Lt. Ross Dillingham said. ...more

January 2, 2009

Many people use drugs to escape into the world of pleasure. ...more

December 26, 2008

A judge today barred attorneys for Charles Friedlander from presenting expert testimony that Friedlander is not a pedophile or a sexual sadist. ...more

November 17, 2008

A judge ruled Friday that it's OK to see but not publish crime scene photos from the Tarpon Springs mobile home park where the woman known as the "D.C. Madam" hanged herself. ...more

August 16, 2008

A judge ruled today that it's OK to see but not publish crime scene photos from the Tarpon Springs mobile park where the woman known as the "D.C. Madam" hanged herself. ...more

August 15, 2008

A dog stood guard over her owner's body for up to six weeks after the man committed suicide on the remote northeastern Colorado plains, authorities said. ...more

August 13, 2008

Victims of the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks said Thursday that they are satisfied with the investigation's outcome that pinned the blame on an Army scientist. And now, the widow of a dead photo editor said, it's time for the government to settle her lawsuit and pay up. ...more

August 8, 2008

After being tried three times in a 1989 murder-for-hire case, Michael Mordenti is on his way to Alaska today, a free man. ...more

July 31, 2008