ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A raid on an exotic animal delivery company in Texas found starving snakes, hundreds of reptiles packed in shipping crates and rodents that had killed and eaten each other, officials said. ...more

December 16, 2009

The dog that mauled a toddler to death Saturday night immediately was euthanized after being turned over to Pasco County Animal Services, manager Denise Hilton said. ...more

December 15, 2009

Clinging to life at Northbay Hospital after being mauled by a 100-pound Rottweiler, Dallas Lee Walters must have heard his parents telling him they loved him and to keep on fighting. Shortly before he died, the 20-month-old boy raised his arm in the air and made a fist. ...more

December 14, 2009

Dallas Lee Walters was a fighter, to the end. Clinging to life at Northbay Hospital after being mauled by a 100-pound Rottweiler, the toddler must have heard his parents telling him they loved him and to keep on fighting. Shortly before he died, the 20-month-old boy raised his arm in the air and made a fist. ...more

December 14, 2009

No charges will be filed against the parents of a Valrico toddler who fell through an opening in a septic tank and drowned last month. Luis Martinez, 2, was reported missing Nov. 27 from his home at 4114 Silver Lane, and searchers found his body the next day in a septic tank near the front of the small mobile home park where he lived. ...more

December 9, 2009

A 3-year-old girl has died after finding a gun in a relative's Miami home and shooting herself. ...more

December 6, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two senators said today that authorities should pursue criminal charges against the Virginia couple who crashed last week's state dinner at the White House. ...more

November 29, 2009

The state will not prosecute a woman accused of inappropriately disciplining four children at the day care center she ran. ...more

November 19, 2009

More than two years after he was arrested - and after two courts have since ruled in his favor - the federal government has dropped its legal pursuit of Youssef Megahed. ...more

November 6, 2009

A House panel has rejected a request from former House Speaker Ray Sansom that it suspend its investigation into his conduct while criminal proceedings against him are still pending. ...more

November 5, 2009