Top stories of 2009 - January - August ...more

January 1, 2010

A high school band teacher was arrested under the suspicions he molested one of his students. ...more

January 1, 2010

CLEARWATER -- The 15-year-old accused of plotting with his girlfriend to kill her mother by burning her while she slept was ordered held without bond this morning. Pinellas-Pasco County Circuit Judge Irene Sullivan denied bond for Jack Ault after an advisory first appearance in juvenile court. ...more

December 30, 2009

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska judge's ruling has revealed a heated legal custody battle between Sarah Palin's daughter and the father of Palin's grandson. ...more

December 28, 2009

A Brazilian family delivered a 9-year-old boy to his American father in Brazil on Thursday, ending a five-year custody battle. ...more

December 24, 2009

The survivor of a drunken-driving crash on the Selmon Crosstown Expressway is facing serious surgery and a custody battle, her grandmother said Saturday. ...more

February 22, 2009

The survivor of a drunk-driving crash on the Selmon Crosstown Expressway is facing a serious surgery and a custody battle, her grandmother said Saturday. ...more

February 21, 2009

The politically charged investigation into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is over, and its conclusions are stinging. But the fallout, if any, might not come until Election Day. ...more

October 12, 2008

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The politically charged investigation into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is over, and its conclusions are stinging. But the fallout, if any, might not come until Election Day. ...more

October 11, 2008

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it. ...more

July 24, 2008