BBB has divided scams up into major categories and picked the top scam within each, plus our Scam of the Year.

From Atlanta to Philadelphia and Washington to Los Angeles, officials have accused hundreds of educators of changing answers on tests or giving answers to

The past 10 years have been the safest decade to fly U.S. airliners, if you don't count terrorism.

We considered a lot of great candidates who really made a difference over the past year in western New York, but one stood out from the rest.

Flight 3407 victims' families have felt many emotions during their three year fight for the rules to be changed.

We covered some big trials during 2011.

2011 was a year of big changes and big stories that gained national attention.

Take a back look at the top local stories of 2011in this interactive timeline.

In the first year since New York established a separate crime of strangulation, state data show 10,057 people have been charged.