Candice Clark, a small-time thief who snatched her toddler from Florida custody in 2006 and was arrested later in Wisconsin with a dead woman in her backyard and a severely abused boy in her closet, has been sentenced to 55 years in prison. ...more

November 12, 2008

Candice Clark, a small-time thief who snatched her toddler from Florida custody in 2006 and was arrested later in Wisconsin with a dead woman in her back yard and a severely abused boy in her closet, has been sentenced to 55 years in prison. ...more

November 11, 2008

With the competition reduced to an afterthought, the Tour de France was rocked by another drug bust Thursday that left cycling's showpiece event all but synonymous with doping. ...more

July 18, 2008

PARIS (AP) -- Al-Qaida threats against the Dakar Rally and an attack in Mauritania forced organizers to cancel the annual race on Friday, the eve of the 5,760-mile trek across North African desert scrubland and savannah. ...more

January 6, 2008

Feb. 21, 2006: Clearwater police arrest Candice Clark and her boyfriend, Michael Sisk, in a local motel, where they are caught with a stolen checkbook. Candice has 20 previous charges and 15 arrest warrants in Kentucky. Sisk is a fugitive from Colorado, where he walked away from a jail work-release program. Candice's 1-year-old daughter, Courtney, goes into state custody. ...more

December 2, 2007

Nine people from Florida moved into a home in Portage, Wis., in February. Four months later, police found a "house of horrors." The body of a woman who had been beaten and strangled was buried in the back yard, and her tortured 11-year-old son was locked in a closet. ...more

December 2, 2007