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TICE, Fla.- A man led Lee County deputies on a wild chase before driving into the water near the Billy’s Creek Commerce Center in Tice on Friday. Deputies attempted to pull over the driver, who has not been identified yet, on Interstate 75 but he took off. The suspect drove a Ford Focus right into a creek near Corporation Circle and […]

FORT MYERS, Fla.- A Lee County deputy has been arrested following a standoff at his home on Cemetery Road in the Buckingham area early Wednesday morning, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said on Friday. Authorities swarmed Deputy Mark Young’s home after neighbors say they heard gunshots coming from inside. Young discharged his weapon about 12 […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – Space travel never looked so good. NASA announced Friday it received a record number of applicants – some 18,300 – for its next astronaut class. That’s more than double the previous record of 8,000 for the first space shuttle astronaut class in 1978. This time, NASA hit social media hard […]

DETROIT (AP) – An auto safety advocate is calling on the government to reopen an investigation of rear-crash fires in older Jeep SUVs after finding at least 11 more deaths since the vehicles were recalled. The deaths show that the recall repair – installing a trailer hitch to protect gas tanks in low-speed crashes – […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Big 12 has bragged the past few years that it’s the toughest conference in college basketball, and its brutal double-round robin format has consistently produced strong RPI ratings. When March Madness rolls around, the league keeps coming up empty. After qualifying seven of its 10 teams for last year’s […]

Ferrari presented its new Formula 1 car on Friday which it hopes can mount a serious challenge to Mercedes during the 2016 season. The SF16-H, which is a tighter and narrower car, sports a different livery with several parts of the traditionally red car painted in white. It incorporates a push-rod front suspension, after four […]

Here are a few things to watch in the Southeastern Conference this week: GAME OF THE WEEKEND: No. 14 Kentucky at Texas A&M: Kentucky is just 3-5 in true road games, but the Wildcats trounced South Carolina 89-62 the last time they played away from Rupp Arena. Kentucky can demonstrate it has solved its road […]

NEW YORK (AP) – A man who forged the signature of New York Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon as part of a scheme that cheated investors out of $3.5 million has pleaded guilty to wire fraud. Michael Conway of Verona, New Jersey, entered the plea Thursday in Brooklyn federal court. Authorities say he forged […]

NEW YORK (AP) – The government is cracking down on hoverboards. In a letter to manufacturers, importers and retailers, U.S. regulators said they will seize or recall any of the of the two-wheeled, self-balancing scooters, which were a huge hit this holiday season, if they fail to meet recently-released safety requirements. The Internet is littered […]