The city's police chief slammed a veteran detective today for pulling a gun during a mass snowball fight that had been advertised on Twitter. ...more

December 21, 2009

The small-government crusader running for Congress stood on the steps of the courthouse behind a podium and microphone. ...more

November 8, 2009

Michael McAdams shot and killed his estranged wife and her boyfriend, then buried their bodies in a remote area of western Hernando County, Pasco County Sheriff Bob White announced Friday. ...more

October 24, 2009

ORLANDO (AP) — Attorneys for a former astronaut will get another chance to question a romantic rival she allegedly drove 1,000 miles to confront, a judge ruled today. ...more

October 7, 2009

A man was shot in the leg during a confrontation at a bar this morning, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

August 1, 2009

Former Hillsborough County Commissioner Brian Blair walked out of Orient Road Jail this morning, released without bail a day after he was accused of beating up his two sons on Father's Day. ...more

June 22, 2009

A man at a talent show at the University of South Florida pulled out a loaded .357 Magnum and pointed it at a crowd of students Thursday night, said USF police Lt. Meg Ross. ...more

March 28, 2009

Seventy-five-year-old Marcie Rae Lee took a bit out of crime Monday afternoon. Well, out of a criminal at least. The woman was robbed after shopping at a Publix, but not before Lee bit the attacker in the forearm, police said. "Apparently, it was a pretty significant bite," Sgt. George Katjsa said, "because there was blood all over the place and the victim wasn't hurt. It was the bad person who was hurt." ...more

March 24, 2009

The state attorney's office has determined two Clearwater Police Department officers were justified in their actions during a fatal shooting March 2, Clearwater police say. ...more

March 20, 2009

I listened to Carole King's "Tapestry" for the first time in a long while this past weekend. The album seemed incredibly deep and grown-up and mysterious when I had the 8-track at age 11. Now that most of its mysteries have been revealed, "Tapestry" seems sometimes spot-on ("It's Too Late"), sometimes naïve ("Where You Lead") and sometimes like bad prog rock minus the gory synthesizers (the title track). (And gory synthesizers are the best part of bad prog rock.) ...more

March 19, 2009