Lawyers for former presidential candidate John Edwards are expected in federal court to make up a schedule for his criminal case with prosecutors and a U.S. district court judge Thursday afternoon. The former U.S. senator pleaded not guilty last month to six felony charges involving how money was spent during his unsuccessful campaign for the...Read More

An Oklahoma woman whose car was rammed as she drove away from work around 10 p.m. believes she was mistaken for Casey Anthony. Sammay Blackwell, 26, says the incident happened in Chouteau, Okla., July 8, just days after Anthony was acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee. A woman who had been in the store...Read More

A Florida sheriff announced Tuesday that authorities were looking into witness tampering allegations during Casey Anthony’s murder trial. The sheriff held a wide-ranging news conference with his top investigators in an effort to bring closure to this case. Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings wouldn’t say who was accused of witness tampering, but it didn’t involve...Read More

Navy Petty Officer Elisha Dawkins, 26, was charged with making a false statement on a U.S. passport form. Instead of going to Trial and possibly being convicted of a felony, he settled with federal prosecutors and was ordered to pay $1,600 — $40-a-day fees to 40 prospective jurors. This deal lets him stay in the...Read More

Fisher island’s elite residents no longer have a common bond with other access-restricted communities in Florida. It is now one of the last places in the state that can bar process servers from trying to deliver a court summons or subpoena. Effective July 1, the new law sponsored by State Rep. John Patrick Julien gave...Read More

Allegedly a man struck a woman during a fight over the Casey Anthony Trial. The Melbourne Beach police arrived after the fight broke out Saturday at the city’s pier. The police say the suspect, 42-year-old Robert Hakimoglu, jumped into a lagoon to elude the police and was later arrested at his parent’s home. He was...Read More