A visual inspection of the battered, dented left engine of the US Airways jetliner that ditched in the Hudson River found no evidence of organic matter, but there are signs the plane hit a soft body, federal investigators say. ...more

January 25, 2009

Evidence mounted Friday that a child's skull discovered near Caylee Anthony's home belonged to the missing toddler, although investigators cautioned it could be a week or more before they have conclusive DNA evidence. ...more

December 13, 2008

A medical examiner found evidence among a child's remains that link them to the home of a missing toddler, the county sheriff said Friday, offering the strongest indication yet that the remains may be those of Caylee Anthony. ...more

December 12, 2008

A 20-year-old Titusville man was sentenced to four years in prison today after authorities said he sexually assaulted his grandparents' Yorkshire terrier in Clearwater. ...more

November 25, 2008

Are you allowing "race" to decide your vote? We are all of one race, the product of Adam and Eve. There are many colors but we are all brothers and sisters. There is only "one race," the human race. For example, would you vote for a Jew? ...more

October 23, 2008

DNA analysis has helped identify the skeletal remains of a homicide victim found in 1989 as that of a woman who disappeared nine years earlier, St. Petersburg police announced this morning. Melinda Harder was 20 years old and was living at 2136 23rd Ave. N. when she was reported missing on July 27, 1980, police said. ...more

October 15, 2008

Police arrested a man Wednesday wanted for an April home invasion robbery and rape. ...more

October 10, 2008

Two-thirds of a century ago, Kathleen Wyman drove her brother to California to join the Navy. From there, he shipped out to the USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor. ...more

September 6, 2008

The Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office today said a St. Petersburg police officer was justified June 7 when he fatally shot a 17-year-old boy twice in the back. ...more

August 12, 2008

DNA analysis indicates a 3-year-old boy living in a Bogota foster home is the child of a woman held captive by leftist rebels for nearly six years, Colombia's top prosecutor said Friday. ...more

January 5, 2008