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February 9, 2009

The heat has been turned up on the Florida-Tennessee football rivalry. New Volunteers coach Lane Kiffin called Florida's Urban Meyer a cheater. ...more

February 5, 2009

"Dark Knight" indeed. Christian Bale can be heard in newly surfaced audio delivering a long, profanity-laced verbal thrashing to a cinematographer and anyone who tried to calm him down on the set of the upcoming "Terminator Salvation." ...more

February 3, 2009

The U.S. Border Patrol on Monday ordered an investigation of allegations by agents in Southern California that they were given arrest quotas and threatened with punishment if they failed to meet them. ...more

February 2, 2009

Police briefs. ...more

January 30, 2009

The company that runs the county jail is being sued on allegations that inattention to an inmate's "serious medical needs" led to his death. ...more

January 29, 2009

The owner of a funeral home who was directed by the state last week to bring her embalming operations to a halt is holding a press conference this afternoon. ...more

January 28, 2009

Since leaving the Senate in 1995, U.S. envoy George J. Mitchell has taken on one seemingly intractable problem after another. ...more

January 26, 2009

A pioneering judge's career is on the line today after the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission filed formal charges against him regarding his financial relationship with an exotic dancer. ...more

January 13, 2009

PAST AND PRESENT •In late 2005, the Department of Children & Families stopped Tampa Bay Academy from admitting new patients after finding inadequate staffing, abuse complaints and an alleged sexual assault. DCF renewed the academy's license after subsequent inspections. ...more

December 30, 2008