Valerie Laken was taking graduate courses in Slavic literature in Ann Arbor, Mich., when she persuaded her husband to buy a fixer-upper in a neighborhood just beginning to gentrify. They were working on the house soon after they moved in when an old man across the street came by. So, he said, you know the history of this place, right? When Laken said no, the man proceeded to tell them. ...more

March 15, 2009

Andrew "Test" Martin, a former world champion wrestler, was found dead in his Harbour Place apartment last night, according to Tampa Police. ...more

March 14, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - A North Carolina man accused of killing an 82-year-old Bronze Star recipient during a home invasion last year was extradited to Florida on Thursday. ...more

March 14, 2009

A North Carolina man accused of killing an 82-year-old Bronze Star recipient during a home invasion last year was extradited to the Land O' Lakes Jail on Thursday. ...more

March 13, 2009

A state panel has commuted the sentence of an 88-year-old retiree to time served for a series of drive-by shootings into the home of a neighbor who owed him money. ...more

March 12, 2009

A New Port Richey man was arrested Tuesday and charged with kidnapping and threatening to shoot to death the teen he blamed for a botched transaction, according to a Pasco County Sheriff's Office report. Keith R. Stokes, 45, was arrested on charges of armed kidnapping and aggravated battery with a firearm. Mary Taylor, 19, told authorities she lives with Stokes, his wife and three children at their residence, 6753 Temple Ave., New Port Richey, said he sells drugs from the house and is a member of the Insane Gangster Disciples street gang. ...more

March 11, 2009

A collection of consumer questions about kitchen- and food-related issues. ...more

March 11, 2009

A man apparently poured gasoline over himself and set himself on fire Tuesday night, suffering burns over about 75 percent of his body. ...more

March 11, 2009

A Seminole family is upset with the law after a neighbor's pit bull escaped from its yard and killed its puppy Saturday. ...more

March 10, 2009

An electrical fire destroyed a home at 1205 E. 15th Avenue in Tampa early Sunday morning. Shortly before 1:20 a.m., firefighters arrived at the house and reported smoke and flames coming from the one-story home, according to a news release from Tampa Fire Rescue. ...more

March 8, 2009