John Allen Muhammad, one of the snipers who terrorized the Washington, D.C., area seven years ago, may have shot a man on a Clearwater golf course, but authorities are skeptical whether they can prove it. The hurdle in getting the evidence is promising Lee Boyd Malvo, the accomplice in the shootings, immunity from prosecution, police say. ...more

November 9, 2009

How much information should someone have before pulling the trigger? The question could prove crucial for appellate judges in deciding whether to hear a challenge filed in a local "Stand Your Ground" case. ...more

November 7, 2009

Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman was hospitalized in serious condition Monday after the car he was driving left a rural road in the Mississippi Delta and flipped several times. ...more

August 5, 2008

Media should be ashamed that they are accomplices in accepting "Swiftboating" as a verb, synonymous with "smearing." ...more

July 18, 2008

TAMPA Defense attorneys for a California pornography producer, charged with distributing obscene materials through the mail, tried to prove to a jury today that their client didn't mail the DVDs to Tampa – an independent distribution company did. ...more

May 30, 2008

A state appeals court on Friday overturned the second conviction of Michael Mordenti, who has repeatedly professed his innocence in the 1989 murder-for-hire of Thelma Royston at her Odessa ranch. ...more

February 23, 2008

A state appeals court today overturned the second conviction of Michael Mordenti, who has repeatedly professed his innocence in the 1989 murder-for-hire of Thelma Royston at her Odessa ranch. ...more

February 22, 2008

The United States, determined to prevent a resurgence of terrorist networks in Iraq, wants to preserve the right to hunt down top foreign fighters, as it negotiates a long-term security agreement with the Iraqis, according to a working draft described to The Associated Press. ...more

February 1, 2008

The State Department's embattled security chief resigned on Wednesday as the scandal over last month's deadly Blackwater USA shooting of 17 Iraqis in Baghdad claimed its first political casualty. ...more

October 25, 2007