On Feb. 28 my wife was involved in a head-on collision. Both cars were mid-size American-made sedans, both of which average around 21 mpg. Each car was a total loss. ...more

May 28, 2009

Actor Rip Torn has been given probation in a drunken driving case in Connecticut. ...more

May 20, 2009

About one or two years before a woman opens up the birthday card that reads, "Lordy Lordy look who is 40," she has another day of reckoning. It's called the somewhat surrealistic 20-year high school reunion. ...more

December 26, 2008

A 25-year-old man has been arrested on charges he killed one of his uncle's eight cats while his uncle was letting him stay at his house, St. Petersburg police say. ...more

November 6, 2008

A 20-year-old Bradenton man was dropped off at Manatee Memorial Hospital early today with a life-threatening gunshot wound he received under mysterious circumstances, authorities said. ...more

July 5, 2008

Perhaps, had not other events intervened, Ahmed Mohamed might well have emerged as a cunning, mysterious, evildoing international terrorist. ...more

June 17, 2008

A former University of South Florida student has agreed to plead guilty to a charge he provided support to terrorists when he posted an Internet video showing how to detonate a bomb with a remote-controlled toy, according to a plea agreement entered in the case Friday. ...more

June 14, 2008

CLEARWATER - A man driving a car was shot this morning, crashed into a tree and was pronounced dead at an area hospital, police said. ...more

May 19, 2008

Prosecutors tried to convince a judge Thursday that an informant slated to testify against several members of the Latin Kings street gang was an integral part of the gang and has specific knowledge of criminal activity. ...more

February 15, 2008

TAMPA - Prosecutors tried to convince a judge today that an informant, slated to testify against several members of the Latin Kings street gang, was an integral part of the gang who has specific knowledge of criminal activity. ...more

February 14, 2008