These are today's TOP STORIES

I'm sitting in Lady Lake, Florida today reading the Orlando Sentinel and the Daily Commercial (from nearby Leesburg). Here are the top stories in the local section:

* Utility: Be wary of "snake-oil salesmen" (front page)
* Lake man accused of sex attack on Claremont girl (page 2)
*Casselberry police going after man they say rammed cop car (page 2)
* Red light runner killed in crash with police car (page 3)
*Man,womn accused of misusing 911 calls (page 3)
* Newspaper worker jailed in ATM threat (page 3)
* Body found floating in community pond (page 3)
* Pickup crash kills Port St. Lucie man (page 3)

Don't worry, though, there is also some good news. Like "Coast Guard rescues 6 from disabled boat" and "Panther births rise in 2010" (page 3).

A major theme in the book is that crime sells.

So does bad news.

Obviously ...