Alden E. Matthews of Palm Harbor, the husband of former Pinellas County Commissioner Sallie Parks, has penned the story of his life in China, Japan and this country. ...more

May 17, 2008

Christopher Holder said he was just rapping, but now he's got a rap sheet. ...more

February 7, 2008

BROOKSVILLE Christopher Holder said he was just rapping, but now he's got a rap sheet. The Hernando County teenager acknowledged he repeated a sexual expletive several times near a woman and her children prior to his misdemeanor arrest Sunday, deputies say. He told them he merely was parroting a rap song. ...more

February 6, 2008

Hands cuffed at his waist and a defeated expression on his face, O.J. Simpson listened to a judge blister him Wednesday for "arrogance or ignorance or both" for breaking bail terms in a robbery case. ...more

January 17, 2008

HBO's "The Wire," which opened its fifth season Sunday, has gotten little recognition in Tinseltown. Executive producer David Simon says that's fine with him. ...more

January 7, 2008

Sallie Mae's planned $2.5 billion stock sale doesn't answer all of Wall Street's questions about the struggling student lender's future. ...more

December 28, 2007

In between his two deadly shooting sprees, church gunman Matthew Murray apparently posted furious threats on the Internet to kill Christians. Whether the warnings reached police before he struck again was unclear Tuesday. ...more

December 12, 2007

Chilling surveillance images released Friday show a shaggy haired, bespectacled Robert Hawkins taking aim at holiday shoppers, and his hand-scrawled suicide note offers compassion for his friends and only contempt for his victims. ...more

December 8, 2007

Sebastien Bourdais went out a winner as well as a champion in his final Champ Car race, overcoming a penalty and a lead-trimming yellow flag to win the Mexican Grand Prix before heading off to Formula One. ...more

November 12, 2007

Tampa Bay found futility it had never accomplished in its history Monday when a 3-1 loss to the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden was finished off. ...more

October 30, 2007