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The competition among legacy airlines serving Melbourne International Airport took a major leap forward -- as in, there is some now -- with the announcement Monday that US Airways would begin service between the Harbor City and Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, N.C. Full Story »

TITUSVILLE — Titusville officials think free wireless Internet throughout the city could help draw young entrepreneurs and boost the local economy. Full Story »

A husband and wife team from Grant and two business associates have been indicted on suspicion of flipping properties among themselves, concealing their relationships and using false information to obtain $8 million in loans they pocketed, the U.S. Attorney's Office says. Full Story »

MERRITT ISLAND — Seven years after her fatal collapse, Annie the Dragon remains a sad, jagged heap of cracked concrete and rusting rebar. Full Story »

Brevard County will see rainfall, gusty winds and increasing chances of beach erosion as Tropical Storm Ida heads for landfall on the Gulf Coast, the National Weather Service in Melbourne said. Full Story »

Katie Hendren often wishes there were more hours in the day. Besides an academically challenging course load, the 17-year-old's schedule is packed with extracurricular activities. Full Story »

It's that time of year when many high school seniors are putting the finishing touches on their college applications. Full Story »

Students, don't get a letter of recommendation from someone who doesn't know you well. A good choice: a teacher from junior year, because current teachers haven't had you in class long enough to form a strong opinion. Full Story »

Before, many public colleges never required essays from applicants. Now it's one of the only ways for a student to rise above the crowd. Full Story »

Although volunteer hours are not a requirement for high school graduation, they are for the Bright Futures Scholarship, which means some seniors are scrambling to cram in those last needed hours. Full Story »

COCOA BEACH — Residents will see changes to their household garbage collection starting today. Full Story »

Less than four months before 13-year-old Catherine Jones and her 12-year-old brother, Curtis, shot and killed their father's girlfriend in 1999, child welfare investigators found signs that they were being sexually abused by a family member. Full Story »

CANAVERAL GROVES — CANAVERAL GROVES -- Their hooves clip-clopping on the asphalt and black tails swishing back and forth, Al and Goodman pull Wanetta Dyer's green-walled covered wagon to and from her rural stable most mornings. Full Story »

VIERA — About 3,000 people were vaccinated against H1N1 Saturday at Brevard County Health Department clinics in Viera, Melbourne and Titusville. Full Story »

The annual parade in Melbourne and the Massing of the Colors in Cocoa will mark Veterans Day, but some additional events and activities including many at schools around the county will honor veterans. Full Story »

Ida became a tropical storm again on Saturday and is moving on a course northward from the Caribbean to the Gulf of Mexico. Weather forecasters say by mid-week, areas of Florida -- and possibly Brevard County -- could feel the effects of the storm, which on Saturday was packing top winds of 70 mph. Full Story »

INDIALANTIC — INDIALANTIC -- Music, food and fanfare marked an event Saturday to honor 11 Space Coast leaders in areas including business, diversity, public service, education and communication. Full Story »

PALM BAY — It's not an unfinished Picasso painting by any stretch, but Palm Bay police said a graffiti artist left behind a costly, incomplete work with a special note for potential critics. "Ran out of purple." Full Story »

Veterans and family members of soldiers stationed at Fort Hood expressed shock that so many were killed and wounded at a military base in the United States. Full Story »

ORLANDO — The engineer accused of fatally shooting one worker and wounding five others at the firm where he once worked appeared briefly in court today and was ordered held without bond. Full Story »

The first feeling is one of numbness. That's what images of violence like mass shootings can do to a person, said Bunny Lehton, a counselor in Cocoa Beach. Full Story »

Officials with United Way of Brevard are "cautiously optimistic" about reaching their goal of $6.7 million for this year's annual fundraiser. Full Story »

VIERA — It took a Brevard County jury 14 minutes Thursday to convict a Palm Bay man, who said he uses marijuana for religious and health purposes and of illegally harvesting more than 100 of the plants in his Palm Bay home. Full Story »

Brevard County Sen. Thad Altman has teamed with the National Rifle Association to push legislation that would ban adoption agencies from asking potential parents if they have guns and ammunition in the home. Full Story »

The Internal Revenue Service is looking for 161 Brevard County taxpayers who are due refund checks worth $143,131. Full Story »