Michael Vick knows where he will be spending most of the next two years, locked away in a federal prison, doing his time for dogfighting. ...more

December 11, 2007

Michael Vick, the Atlanta Falcons star who has traded his No. 7 jersey for a black-and-white-striped jail uniform, stood expressionless in a federal courtroom on Monday and apologized to the court and his family for his involvement in a dogfighting ring. But for the judge about to decide Vick's fate, those words were not enough. ...more

December 11, 2007

A man accused of being a "sleeper agent" sent to spy on Saddam Hussein's enemies in the United States was sentenced Tuesday to four years in federal prison for lying about his ties to the former regime. ...more

November 28, 2007

The largest Protestant paramilitary group in Northern Ireland renounced violence Sunday, officially ending the decades of terror it inflicted on the province's Catholic minority. ...more

November 12, 2007

Arthur Bremer, who as a young loner 35 years ago made a bold grab for notoriety by shooting four people - including Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace - in a suburban Maryland parking lot, was released from state prison early Friday morning after officials said he had turned himself into a "model prisoner." ...more

November 10, 2007

SEBRING — Fred Wild Elementary second-grader Brittney Austin stopped by the school's R.O.A.R. Store on Monday with the six R.O.A.R. tickets in hand she received for good behavior. School officials at Fred Wild Elementary and three other district schools are looking to the Positive Behavior Support program this year with hopes of improving student conduct. Park Elementary was first to implement the program in 2003-04 with Sebring Middle following in 2005-06. Fred Wild and Avon Park Middle started the program this year. Austin said she received a R.O.A.R. ticket in the lunchroom and another ticket in her classroom for being first to follow her teacher's directions. Students can use the tickets to get items in the R.O.A.R. Store, which is open for about one hour on Mondays and Tuesdays. ...more

October 9, 2007

The Take Stock In Children program of the Pasco Education Foundation has received grant funding from the local Sam's Club. ...more

September 19, 2007