Three men slain at a Brandon home late Monday night may have been involved in drug activity when a group drove from another town to the quiet neighborhood to kill them, authorities said. ...more

December 31, 2009

An armed intruder who authorities say broke into a home late Thanksgiving Day night and held residents at gunpoint, remained in jail this morning, held without bail. ...more

November 27, 2009

Venice police have arrested three men and charged them with the armed robbery last week of the T.J. Maxx store. ...more

November 24, 2009

A carjacking victim turned the tables on his armed attackers when he gave chase in another car, Tampa police said. ...more

June 18, 2009

Police are looking for two gunmen who robbed occupants of a home west of the Florida Strawberry Festival grounds. ...more

June 17, 2009

Three separate bombings killed 15 people in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, while authorities investigated reports that a pilotless U.S. drone crashed elsewhere in the militant-plagued region bordering Afghanistan. ...more

March 8, 2009

A 22-year-old man is hospitalized with a gunshot wound after an overnight home invasion in eastern Hillsborough County. ...more

February 9, 2009

Gunmen seized an American U.N. worker as he rode to work Monday, shooting and killing his driver, U.N. and Pakistani authorities said. His Land Cruiser was found rammed against a wall, punctured by at least one bullet hole. ...more

February 3, 2009

A man who initially told police gunmen kidnapped his 2 1/2-year-old son was arrested Saturday, accused of committing an "extremely hideous" murder because he was ordered to pay child support, Police Superintendent Warren Riley said. ...more

January 4, 2009

Pakistan began moving thousands of troops from the Afghan border toward India, officials and witnesses said Friday, raising tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors and possibly undermining the U.S.-backed campaign against al-Qaida and the Taliban. ...more

December 27, 2008