The troubling and intriguing "Breaking Bad" returns for a second season on AMC at 10 p.m. Sunday, with sad sack anti-hero Walt White sinking deeper into desperation, paranoia and darkness. Not for the faint of heart or those looking for happy endings, "Breaking Bad" is a character study of a good and unassuming man who, when faced with a terminal illness and financial ruin, turns to crime and murder. ...more

March 6, 2009

What Just Happened Based on the memoir by producer Art Linson ("Fight Club," among others), this mild inside Hollywood tale stars Robert DeNiro as a movie executive struggling to save two troubled pictures (an arty thriller in which a dog dies, and an action movie starring Bruce Willis) as well as his marriage to estranged second wife Robin Wright Penn. Catherine Keener and John Turturro also star. ...more

February 26, 2009

HOLMES BEACH - Within hours of a Sunday night fire that destroyed part of a motel owned by missing Holmes Beach resident Sabine Musil-Buehler, police questioned her boyfriend, William J. Cumber. ...more

November 18, 2008

A Brooksville man accused of crashing a stolen truck into a deputy's patrol car in March was indicted Wednesday on charges of drug and gun trafficking, the U.S. attorney's office said. ...more

October 1, 2008

Jerry Lewis raised a record $65 million for the Muscular Dystrophy Association in his annual Labor Day telethon, a benefit that also made a pitch for those inconvenienced by Hurricane Gustav. ...more

September 2, 2008

LARGO – Over his long career he's help track down dope like 1980s television detective Sonny Crocket, but forget about the Armani suits. ...more

June 24, 2008

CLEARWATER - A member of the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is retiring Tuesday after 70 years of service. Well, in dog years. ...more

June 23, 2008

Regarding "Report: Ex-Buc Used Cocaine Before Death" (Metro, May 29): Another tragic overdose has been reported with "a narcotic pain reliever and cocaine." Let's teach your readers how this happens. ...more

June 1, 2008

It was a search for buried loot that went awry, a tale that had grown about money and jewelry hidden near the Alafia River. ...more

November 16, 2007