Christian Brando, the troubled eldest son of the late famed actor Marlon Brando, has died from pneumonia at a Los Angeles hospital, an attorney said Saturday. He was 49. ...more

January 27, 2008

Shane Rupple thinks the justice system has failed his daughter. Just five months ago, 16-year-old Victoria Rupple pleaded guilty to trying to drown her younger brother in the bathtub during a game of "cops and robbers." She was sentenced to a minimum of nine months in a residential treatment program and five years of probation. ...more

January 16, 2008

A Polk County Jail inmate found dead in his cell this morning is thought to have committed suicide, said Donna Wood, a sheriff's spokeswoman. ...more

January 15, 2008

The Internet is the innovative breakthrough of the century. The advantages of the Net are unlimited, as well as are its dangers. ...more

January 10, 2008

The young man who killed eight people and committed suicide in a shooting rampage at a department store spent four years in a series of treatment centers, group homes and foster care after threatening to kill his stepmother in 2002. ...more

December 7, 2007

Friends and family came from the Tampa Bay area, California, Boston, Sweden and places in between to celebrate the life and legacy of Mark Holland. ...more

December 6, 2007

As many as one in three U.S. children have been ridiculed or threatened through computer messages, according to one estimate of the emerging problem of cyberbullying. ...more

November 28, 2007

A former stockbroker was sentenced to 15 years in prison today for racketeering, fraud, grand theft, and money laundering in a $1.1 million venture capital scheme. ...more

November 20, 2007

Megan Meier thought she had made a new friend in cyberspace when a teenage boy named Josh contacted her on MySpace and began exchanging messages with her. ...more

November 17, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - More than two months after chairman John Bryan committed suicide, the city council is scheduled this afternoon to select a successor. Five people have applied to fill the remainder of Bryan's term, which is up in January 2010. Bryan's District 2 covers the northern reaches of St. Petersburg. Council members, who must live in the districts they represent, are paid $39,330 annually. ...more

October 18, 2007