A former track coach at St. Petersburg High School was arrested Monday, accused of having a consensual sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female student, St. Petersburg police said. Lee Edward Fictum, 32, of Pinellas Park, was charged with unlawful sexual activity with a minor, jail records say. He was being held at the Pinellas County Jail on $250,000 bail. Fictum developed a personal relationship with the girl that turned sexual in the summer of 2007, St. Petersburg police spokesman Bill Proffitt said. The girl's father became aware of the relationship and then made a report to St. Petersburg police, Proffitt said. ...more

October 7, 2008

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August 23, 2008

Raul Agudelo was a fearsome commander of Colombia's largest rebel group, carrying out killings, kidnappings and extortions for more than 20 years. It was the only life he really knew. But he says that going back to that life is now the last thing he wants to do. ...more

August 3, 2008

There are certain things you can count on in a punk house. A killer name: Anarchtica, Scribble Squat, Firebreathing Kangaroo. Bikes and skateboards. Homemade tattoos. A tattered photocopy of "Soy, Not 'Oi!,'" the vegan anarchist's "Joy of Cooking." ...more

January 15, 2008