It's pretty hard to ignore a news story about a half-naked stripper in high heels at a party reciting the 23rd Psalm while bullets whiz by her head.

City Council member Joe Teri abruptly resigned after being confronted with evidence that he had downloaded pornography on his city-issued laptop computer, officials said Thursday.

A Maitland -based investors group has jettisoned its plan to open MidFlorida Bank after failing to raise millions of dollars in startup capital, organizers said Thursday.