More than 20 people from a "biblical group" gathered Saturday outside the Islamic Society of Tampa Bay Area, 7326 E. Sligh Ave., with signs and a bullhorn to denounce the religion of Islam. ...more

January 31, 2009

A man in a ski mask waved an American flag and a handgun on a freeway overpass for about three hours Monday morning, forcing a massive traffic shutdown before he surrendered. ...more

November 3, 2008

I will resume my coverage of the Democratic convention as soon as possible, but first I need to address a disturbing issue that we all need to be more disturbed about: bird porn. ...more

August 29, 2008

A state attorney's office investigation has determined a fatal shooting by three Pinellas Park police officers was justifiable homicide. ...more

July 29, 2008

Dallas Dwayne Carter, 44, had both hips replaced and was on disability, and whenever he tried to work, the pain just got worse. He had two sons he had to take care of, and he had $6,000 in unpaid bills. So Carter says in a suicide note he wrote before he fired 30 shots at Pinellas Park police Saturday night. They returned fire, killing him. The note was released this afternoon by the Pinellas Park Police Department. ...more

July 23, 2008

Pinellas Park police shot and killed a 44-year-old man who fired 30 shots while holed up in an apartment late Saturday night. ...more

July 21, 2008

Police in Pinellas Park shot and killed a 44-year-old man who fired 30 shots while holed up in an apartment late Saturday night. ...more

July 20, 2008

In the hills above the University of California's Berkeley campus, nine protesters gathered in front of the home of a toxicology professor, their faces covered with scarves and hoods despite the warm spring weather. ...more

July 8, 2008

IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH **½ The title is a bit of a head-scratcher but the message is unmistakable. Writer-director Paul Haggis couldn't have made it more clear if he'd blared it from a bullhorn - and in the film's final image, he practically does. ...more

September 21, 2007