Police tightened security Sunday as they investigated the fatal stabbing of the father of a former U.S. Olympian, an attack that stunned the athletic community and embarrassed Chinese authorities determined to hold the most successful Summer Games ever. ...more

August 11, 2008

He was never one for distractions, endlessly preaching to his players the virtue of a mind that can overcome any ordeal. "There are no small plays when we are doing it," U.S. men's volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon would forever tell his players. Hardly words of great insight but a window into the soul of a man who disdains the kind of clutter that pulls an athlete down. ...more

August 11, 2008

One man was found stabbed in a parking lot at a Sweetbay Supermarket Monday night, and police are looking for the alleged culprit, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

August 5, 2008

MANATEE COUNTY - Five hours after a 16-year-old girl was raped in Pride Park by an unknown teenager Wednesday morning, a detective asked a boy riding his bike nearby if he had been in the park earlier. ...more

August 1, 2008

A group of homeless people waiting in line for food outside city hall Tuesday night beat unconscious a man who had attacked two of their group for no apparent reason, St. Petersburg police said. The man was incoherent and could not be identified, St. Petersburg police spokesman George Kajtsa said. ...more

July 30, 2008

Two days after the death of a female taxi driver, police are planning a meeting with drivers next week to suggest measures that may make them safer. ...more

July 15, 2008

Victims of sexual assault shouldn't have to worry about their identities being exposed or not being able to take a few days off work to seek help. ...more

July 11, 2008

The Supreme Court has spoken: Thanks to the court's blockbuster 5-to-4 decision, Washingtonians now have the right to own a gun for self-defense. I leave the law to lawyers, but the public health lesson is crystal clear: The legal ruling that the citizens of Washington, D.C., can keep loaded handguns in their homes doesn't mean that they should. ...more

July 8, 2008

A Palestinian laborer driving a construction vehicle rammed into packed buses, tossed cars into the air and rolled over pedestrians in a deadly rampage Wednesday that killed three people and wounded dozens in Jerusalem. ...more

July 3, 2008

SEFFNER – Just hours after a store owner shot and killed an apparent robber, the owner's wife and daughter were back at work. Karla Vigil, 47, said her husband, Cres Vigil, 46, was at home this morning. "He's pretty shaken up," she said. "It's not something he wanted to do." ...more

May 27, 2008