A strange little ritual used to go along with Polaroid cameras. The shooter would grab the print as it came out of the camera and wave it in the air, as if that would stimulate the chemicals and make the picture appear faster. It didn't. Yet it felt dumb to just stand there, waiting for the picture to develop. ...more

January 8, 2009

Man shoots another man he found at his ex-girlfriend's house in Bradenton before turning the gun on himself ...more

December 28, 2008

A murder-suicide at a Dundee home in Polk County on Dec. 20 has claimed the life of a third victim. ...more

December 27, 2008

Three young boys witnessed the shooting Monday of two clerks – one their father and the other their uncle – during a convenience-store robbery in Gulfport, police said. ...more

December 23, 2008

Pasco Circuit Judge Thane Covert sentenced Sharon Sprout to life in prison this morning for the 2004 slaying of her longtime boyfriend, Anthony Candiano. ...more

December 23, 2008

A warrant has been issued for a 25-year-old Tampa man after one person was fatally shot and another wounded Thursday afternoon in Plant City, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

December 4, 2008

Hillsborough County deputies have identified the man they say shot his girlfriend in the neck Tuesday as Julian Lujan. ...more

December 3, 2008

TAMPA - A man accused of shooting his girlfriend in the neck Tuesday night was caught after running away from deputies, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

December 2, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG In the 10 years he has owned a St. Petersburg deli, Narendra Patel has been shot twice in two robberies. Police this morning were still searching for two men they say shot Patel, 53, and robbed Star Deli Food Store, 2451 Fifth Ave. N., about 10:30 p.m. Monday. ...more

December 2, 2008

In a fit of offensive aggression, Chandler Parsons made Missouri-Kansas City pay for an early season full of frustration on Sunday. ...more

December 1, 2008