A former auto mechanic found guilty of strangling 11-year-old Carlie Brucia, whose abduction was captured by a security camera, lost an appeal of his murder conviction and death sentence this week in the Florida Supreme Court. ...more

December 19, 2009

Imagine for a moment President Harry Truman addressing cadets at West Point on his strategy for finishing World War II: ...more

December 9, 2009

An informal Tampa bicycle "club" has rides tailored to any enthusiast's ability. ...more

November 16, 2009

It starts with the biggest guy on the floor. It has to. The reason the Florida State Seminoles are getting more preseason attention than they ever have in the Leonard Hamilton era is because of a talented, soft-spoken, gigantic presence named Solomon Alabi. ...more

November 12, 2009

Rogers Redding, the SEC's coordinator of football officials, said Florida LB Brandon Spikes - suspended for Saturday's game against Vanderbilt after a video showing him poking into the helmet of Georgia RB Washaun Ealey gained national attention - won't endure extra scrutiny by officials the rest of the year. ...more

November 8, 2009

Two of the nation's most successful high school football programs square off Friday night in a nationally televised game when the Lakeland Dreadnaughts travel to Concord, Calif., to take on De La Salle High School (10 p.m. EST on ESPN2). ...more

September 24, 2009

An unnamed buyer has shelled out $500 for a copy of a high school yearbook that contains pictures of an Orlando woman accused of killing her daughter. The Orlando Sentinel reports that the 2003 Colonial High School yearbook with pictures of Casey Anthony was sold on the Web site eBay.com Wednesday. The book didn't belong to Anthony, who is charged with murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee. It sold for $499.99, plus shipping and insurance. ...more

June 4, 2009

As texting creeps into the nation's courtrooms, local judges say the best way to avoid pitfalls is by removing the temptation. ...more

March 26, 2009

Maria Menounos of NBC's Today Show put the spotlight on Sun City Center with a recent filming of the Vintage Babes softball team as they competed against women from Hillsborough Correctional Institution. ...more

March 25, 2009

As texting and tweeting creep into the nation's courtrooms, local judges say the best way to avoid pitfalls is by removing the temptation. ...more

March 20, 2009