Panhandlers have been growing increasingly aggressive and menacing downtown and in other commercial areas of the city. ...more

October 24, 2009

Sometimes when reading the newspaper one comes across comments so outrageous and off the mark that a retort is necessary. On July 13 a writer stated in a Letter to the Editor that "the NRA is a lobbying organization dedicated to putting more guns in the hands of criminals." The writer then rambles on about the NRA advancing its "radical program" and having "access to our libraries." ...more

July 17, 2009

An attorney for Roman Polanski has told a Los Angeles judge that the fugitive film director won't appear at a hearing this week to seek dismissal of the 31-year-old sex case against him. ...more

May 4, 2009

A bill (SB 2276) that passed the Legislature today and is headed to the governor would require anyone arrested on a felony charge to submit DNA, usually a sample of saliva. ...more

May 1, 2009

A West Pasco resident and former inmate is asking a judge to block proposed changes to mail policy at Pasco County jails. Daniel Callaghan today filed in Pasco-Pinellas Circuit Court an emergency motion seeking a temporary injunction against the "Pasco County Sheriff" until a court hearing can be scheduled. ...more

March 20, 2009

President Barack Obama sided with the Bush administration Friday, saying detainees in Afghanistan have no constitutional rights. ...more

February 20, 2009

The chief judge of the Tenth Judicial District Court said Friday he will review the policy on audio recordings in the courtrooms. ...more

February 14, 2009

The city has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a man killed by police during a traffic stop in 2005, according to court papers. ...more

February 12, 2009

The high school civics teacher who wanted to stop the controversial pat-downs of fans at Raymond James Stadium has reached the end of his legal road. ...more

January 22, 2009

In the first year of his presidency George W. Bush was forced to confront the crisis of global terrorism. He responded by aggrandizing his power as president under the theory of a "unitary executive." The controversial and thoroughly repudiated policies that resulted, including warrantless surveillance of Americans' phone conversations, torture, and disregard for the basic constitutional rights of detainees, represented the most sweeping assertion of unchecked executive power in generations. ...more

January 3, 2009