Death row inmate Willie Crain Jr., convicted of murdering 7-year-old Amanda Brown more than a decade ago, said he is going to die soon and wants his name cleared before then. ...more

December 23, 2009

Death row inmate Willie Crain Jr., convicted of murdering 7-year-old Amanda Brown more than a decade ago, said he is going to die soon and wants his name cleared before then. Crain maintained his innocence in a 16-page letter a reporter received today. ...more

December 22, 2009

Roy Brown has received two letters recently from the man convicted of murdering his 7-year-old daughter more than a decade ago. ...more

December 10, 2009

In response to the tsk-tsk-ing and lecturing about the lost innocence of journalism sparked by the orgy of news coverage regarding the admitted "transgressions" of golfing great Tiger Woods, we offer a few contrarian observations. ...more

December 5, 2009

The column I submitted last week was a mistake. My apology goes to my editor for sending an un-publishable column expecting it to be used. ...more

November 18, 2009

Who among us, when we heard the news Wednesday that investigators had uncovered the body of a child in a south Georgia landfill, didn't for an absurd instant think, "Not Somer. Please, not Somer." ...more

October 23, 2009

A funny thing happened on the way to remaking the Toon Disney channel into one that catered to "tween" boys: It got a lot more popular with girls. ...more

September 3, 2009

A suspect in the deaths of a Florida couple known for adopting numerous children with special needs told investigators that one man planned the home invasion and fatally shot the couple, according to court documents released Monday. ...more

July 21, 2009

Testimony began today in the trial of a former youth baseball volunteer accused of raping a 10-year-old girl in May. ...more

March 25, 2009

Seven children poisoned by insecticide. ...more

March 21, 2009