One of Tampa Bay's prized free agent acquisitions is bolting for home. Lightning right wing Radim Vrbata, who was signed to a three-year contract worth $9 million on July 1, has asked the team to release him from his contract so he can return to his native Czech Republic, according to a team source. ...more

December 8, 2008

A Sebring man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $21,000 bond Monday, after he was charged in connection with beating and choking his estranged wife who is six months pregnant. ...more

August 12, 2008

Detectives have issued an arrest warrant for a man who they say punched and kicked his pregnant wife. ...more

July 8, 2008

"Careless in Red," by Elizabeth George (HarperCollins, $27.95) ...more

July 6, 2008

TAMPA - A man threw a computer mouse at the head of his 3-year-old son after becoming angry with his pregnant wife and the child, according to the Tampa Police Department. ...more

June 13, 2008

CORONA, Calif. - Former Charles Manson follower Susan Atkins, convicted in the 1969 murder of actress Sharon Tate, soon could be released from prison because she is near death, authorities said. ...more

June 13, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG It's difficult to imagine a more hectic offseason than the one Akinori Iwamura navigated last year. ...more

January 17, 2008

'Rendition' focuses on the U.S. government's policy of transporting captured terror suspects to foreign countries for detention, interrogation and perhaps torture - a topic that's prime for debate and more than worthy for exploration in a film. ...more

October 19, 2007