When the National Key Deer Refuge was established in 1957, its first manager, Jack C. Watson, sometimes employed unorthodox tactics to discourage repeat poachers targeting the diminutive deer under his protection. ...more

November 19, 2007

BAGHLANI-JADID, Afghanistan - Up to two-thirds of the 77 people killed and 100 wounded in a suicide bombing Nov. 6 were hit by bullets from visiting lawmakers' panicked bodyguards, who fired on a crowd of mostly schoolchildren for up to five minutes, a preliminary U.N. report says. ...more

November 18, 2007

A local jury provided that "wow" verdict and let David A. Will out of jail after finding him not guilty of shooting his wife. No one disputed that the gun he fired hit her in the arm, shattering the bone, which required surgery. No one disputed that he fired the gun because she was going to call authorities for spousal abuse. ...more

October 18, 2007

CLEARWATER - After a manhunt that involved locking down several schools, police arrested a 19-year-old in connection with a shooting and car wreck that left one man dead and another injured Monday afternoon. ...more

October 9, 2007

CLEARWATER - Clearwater police have arrested Gaylord Shaw in connection with the shooting and car crash that led to the death of one man earlier this afternoon. Michael Scott, 23, was killed. His brother, Antonio Scott, 24, is listed in stable condition. ...more

October 8, 2007

The engine sound was especially comforting as we watched the lights of Havana, Cuba. First they appeared out of the darkness that made up sea and sky as tiny specks of light in the distance. From those flickering distant lights we were soon flying over the bright lights below of a tourist mecca belonging to Fidel Castro. The route was from Miami to Panama, to refuel, and then on to Lima, Peru. The cargo was telephone equipment. The aircraft was an old military C-46 cargo plane. The tail of that plane had patches on it covering bullet holes. The bullet holes were from that very airplane having taken part in the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba. ...more

October 4, 2007