Eileen Griffin always wanted to own a bookstore. So three years ago, when she retired from her job as a national account manager for Random House, she took all her savings and opened the Griffin Bookshop and Coffee Bar in downtown Fredericksburg, Va. It became a local favorite, with live music performances on Friday and Saturday nights. ...more

March 2, 2009

ORLANDO - A jury on Wednesday convicted a South Florida teenager of first-degree murder in the 2004 stabbing death of his 14-year-old friend in a middle school bathroom. ...more

September 24, 2008

A man who went to extreme means in an attempt to convince a judge that he is insane was found guilty of attempted murder Thursday and was sentenced to life in prison. ...more

February 15, 2008

As a defendant in an attempted murder case, Robert Sinclaire Lee has cut himself with a smuggled razor and rubbed feces on his face. ...more

February 11, 2008

TAMPA - To the disruption of various court appearances, Robert Sinclaire Lee has cut himself with a smuggled razor and rubbed feces on his face. Prosecutors maintain he is faking mental illness and hope to convict him this week on charges of attempted murder, robbery and aggravated assault. ...more

February 11, 2008

LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. - The bedroom bears the telltale signs of a typical boy on the cusp of his teen years: discarded food wrappers, video game consoles, clothes scattered on the floor. ...more

February 3, 2008

A mental competency hearing has been set for Carl Roland, a murder suspect who held authorities at bay for 56 hours two years ago from a perch on a construction crane in Atlanta. ...more

January 19, 2008

CLEARWATER - A mental competency hearing has been set for Carl Roland, a murder suspect who held authorities at bay for 56 hours two years ago from a perch on a construction crane in Atlanta. ...more

January 18, 2008