When talks broke down last month between the studios and striking writers, it began to hit home that scribes could be jobless for many months to come. One of those writers finally made the agonizing decision to stop picketing and go back to work. ...more

January 3, 2008

Esteban Gonzalez Jr. was inside his family's white clapboard home when his mother telephoned just before noon Thursday with horrifying news. ...more

January 2, 2008

A standoff between Pinellas County deputies and a Seminole man Sunday morning led to exchanges of gunfire, but no one was seriously injured. ...more

December 30, 2007

SEMINOLE - A standoff between Pinellas County deputies and a Seminole man this morning led to exchanges of gunfire. No one was seriously injured, and the man now faces three counts of attempted first-degree murder on a law enforcement officer. ...more

December 30, 2007

A standoff between New Port Richey police and a suicidal man ended early this morning when the unidentified man shot himself, according to authorities. ...more

December 28, 2007

Two nights after Hillsborough County sheriff's Sgt. Ron Harrison was shot to death earlier this year, several of his co-workers decided to turn their grief into action. ...more

December 22, 2007

LAKELAND - An afternoon standoff in a quiet north Lakeland neighborhood ended peacefully with the arrest of a fugitive who escaped from a police car after an arrest several months ago, Lakeland police said. ...more

December 19, 2007

Transport workers shut down most trains Wednesday, testing the patience of Parisians forced to walk, bike or roller skate to work with a strike aimed at derailing President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to strip away labor protections he says hurt France's competitiveness. ...more

November 15, 2007

For 34 hours, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office withheld the news that a Tampa woman had been slain, leaving the public to think that she and her boyfriend were still missing. ...more

November 6, 2007

For 34 hours, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office withheld the news that a Tampa woman had been slain, leaving the public to think that she and her boyfriend were still missing. ...more

November 5, 2007