Italy's highest court ruled Thursday in favor of a man's request to disconnect his daughter's feeding tube and allow her to die after 16 years in a vegetative state. ...more

November 14, 2008

People who have the AIDS virus should start drug treatments sooner than current guidelines recommend, suggests a large new study that could change the care of hundreds of thousands of Americans. ...more

October 27, 2008

The Florida Supreme Court has upheld the conviction and death sentence imposed on William Deparvine for killing a Tierra Verde couple in November 2003. ...more

September 29, 2008

According to a report released last month, Florida is the fifth worst state in the nation when it comes to graduating black males, trailing only Louisiana, South Carolina, Wisconsin and Michigan. Only 38 percent of black males in Florida graduate on time, according to the Schott Foundation for Public Education. ...more

August 3, 2008

After being tried three times in a 1989 murder-for-hire case, Michael Mordenti is on his way to Alaska today, a free man. ...more

July 31, 2008

A man tried three times in a 1989 murder-for-hire case is free today because of an agreement that took into account the years he spent in custody during legal maneuvers. ...more

July 30, 2008

BRADENTON - A former Lakewood Ranch High quarterback and his friend could face the death penalty if convicted of the first-degree murder charges prosecutors filed against them Monday. ...more

July 29, 2008

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Mel Berman. ...more

July 5, 2008

TAMPA – The state Supreme Court today upheld the conviction and death sentence of a Tampa man who stomped a woman to death at a Little League ballpark in Belmont Heights 20 years ago. The ruling does not end appeals for Perry Taylor Alexander, 42, who could take his case to federal courts or ask the state's highest court for a rehearing, said a spokeswoman for the Florida attorney general's office. ...more

June 19, 2008

Anyone interested in learning why death penalty cases take years to resolve should take a look at the prosecution of Faunce Levon Pearce. ...more

June 14, 2008