HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd said Friday that he has been diagnosed with an early stage of prostate cancer and will have surgery in early August, but the prognosis is good and the illness will not affect his plans to seek a sixth term next year.
Dodd said evidence of possible cancer was detected [...]
WASHINGTON — A former U.S. attorney for Nevada who was forced to resign during the Bush administration could soon be getting his old job back.
President Barack Obama nominated Daniel G. Bogden on Friday to serve as the United States attorney for Nevada. Bogden was one of nine federal prosecutors told to resign by senior Justice [...]
Gary McKinnon, the British computer hacker accused of breaking into 97 computers operated by the U.S. military and NASA in 2001 and 2002, lost his latest appeal before Britain’s High Court on Friday to avoid extradition to the U.S.
McKinnon’s legal counsel expects to file a further appeal to the county’s new Supreme Court, which begins [...]
July 31 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. House empowered regulators to ban Wall Street incentive pay that encourages risk-taking after banks getting taxpayer bailouts triggered public outrage by giving employees billions of dollars in bonuses.
The measure, passed 237-185 today, authorizes banking agencies and the Securities and Exchange Commission to prohibit compensation practices that threaten the sustainability [...]
MANILA, Philippines — Former President Corazon Aquino, who swept away a dictator with a “people power” revolt and then sustained democracy by fighting off seven coup attempts in six years, died on Saturday, her son said. She was 76.
The uprising she led in 1986 ended the repressive 20-year regime of Ferdinand Marcos and inspired nonviolent [...]
Citrus County has received a state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission grant for $52,549 to put up new waterway markers in eastern Citrus around Inverness and Hernando.
The signs are mostly associated with bridges, and are used as a means of cautioning boaters of such things as idle-speed zones.
The grant, from the Florida Boating Improvement Program [...]
Bobby Bolton Megens III
A 28-year-old Northport, Fla., man has been charged with having sex with a 14-year-old Inverness girl.
Arrested on Thursday was Bobby Bolton Megens III, of 3453 Ikola Ave. in Northport.
According to the arrest report, Megens, who is acquainted with the girl’s family, had illegal sexual relation with the girl between February and March [...]
BOCA RATON – The U.S. Secret Service says a man is being held in the West African nation of Ghana after attempting to extort money from U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler.
The Florida Democrat called authorities several weeks ago after he was contacted by a suspect who had Social Security numbers for him and his wife.
Wexler told [...]
Consumer spending saw a slight improvement from the first quarter to the second, but the second-quarter numbers are down compared with last year.
Federal gross domestic product data released Friday show consumer spending for the quarter was $9.99 trillion. That compares with $9.90 trillion in the first quarter and $10.2 trillion in second-quarter 2008.
Down consumer spending [...]
July 31 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. House approved an emergency measure to add $2 billion to the “cash for clunkers” automobile purchase program after a burst of demand exhausted most of the initial $1 billion in less than a week.
President Barack Obama said he was “very pleased with the progress the House has made.” The [...]
Citrus County resident a real ‘sweetheart’
Elementary school student awarded scholarship 
Student raises money for injured dog
Volunteers ‘carry the day’ at special gathering
Five seated on housing advisory committee
Fire Rescue now offers ‘enhanced services’ to county
Senior Care recognized at commision meeting