TAMPA A jury has acquitted Amos Mequel Busby of charges he grabbed a woman off a South Tampa street and repeatedly raped her for three hours, even though testimony indicates his DNA was found on her. The jury deliberated for about 3 hours before acquitting Busby on all charges. He had been charged with kidnapping and seven counts of sexual battery the morning of Aug. 11, 2005. ...more

December 17, 2008

Taking a big hop forward in marsupial research, scientists say they have unraveled the DNA of a small kangaroo named Matilda. ...more

November 19, 2008

Jamie Cruz Rodriguez said he loved his fiancee and would never have hurt her. ...more

November 15, 2008

For the first time, researchers have decoded all the genes of a person with cancer and found a set of mutations that may have caused the disease or aided its progression. ...more

November 6, 2008

Court officials expect to meet in January to set a trial date for Eric James Tate, accused of and raping and fatally injuring his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter while he was babysitting on Aug 16, 2006. ...more

October 31, 2008

A man in jail on drug charges was charged today with first-degree murder in connection to the March 29 slaying of a Tampa woman, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

October 27, 2008

A construction worker has been extradited from New Jersey to face charges he had sex with a teenage girl who had gone to his apartment in Oldsmar so he could photograph her in a bikini for her MySpace page, according to court documents unsealed today. ...more

October 27, 2008

The majestic grizzly bear, once king of the Western wilderness but threatened with extinction for a third of a century, has roared back in Montana. ...more

September 17, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY - A grand jury returned a first-degree murder indictment Tuesday against the man accused of raping and killing 6-year-old Coralrose Fullwood. ...more

September 4, 2008

A Lake Placid man remained in Highlands County Jail without bond Thursday after police say his DNA linked him to the scene of a burglary and grand theft at the Jalisco Food Market at 928 S. Main Ave., in Lake Placid. ...more

August 30, 2008