The court battle over whether the taped conversations of Pinellas County Jail inmate Nick Bollea are public record is expected to continue, now that the judge has rejected a solution put forth by Pinellas Sheriff Jim Coats. ...more

September 6, 2008

An 89-year-old former Nazi officer was charged Friday with murder in the killing of 14 civilians in Italy during World War II, German officials said. ...more

July 19, 2008

After prosecutors called their final witnesses today — several expert witnesses who testified about DNA links and blood stain patterns — the state has rested its case against Joshua Rosa. The defense will begin witness testimony after a lunch break. ...more

July 17, 2008

Mexico City's Human Rights Commission cited evidence Sunday that police might have partly blocked the exit at a nightclub where a stampede killed 12 people, including a 13-year-old girl. ...more

June 23, 2008

There's nothing like a good scandal to spice up the campaign season. And This Space enjoys a good scandal as much as the next soulless muckraker. ...more

May 11, 2008

The arrests of 39 purported leaders of the Florida's Latin Kings gang last year might never have happened without the help of a gang member encouraged by detectives to put together a new 'tribe' in Tampa, an attorney for one of those arrested said. ...more

October 5, 2007

TAMPA - The arrests of 39 purported leaders of the Florida's Latin Kings gang last year might never have happened without the help of a gang member encouraged by detectives to put together a new "tribe" in Tampa, an attorney for one of those arrested said. ...more

October 4, 2007

Standing across from the St. Francisville courthouse, Mabel Mangano's face was drawn and her eyes were wide, but her hands were finally relaxed. ...more

September 9, 2007

WAUCHULA — Day four of the Michael Branham murder trial got off to an early and heated start Friday morning at the Hardee County Courthouse. The day began where day three of the trial left off, with Branham's defense attorney, Larry Shearer, trying to suppress witness testimony from Branham's friend and former attorney, James Kelly. Branham, a former Avon Park police officer, allegedly shot his wife, Janette, 40, a prominent Highlands County attorney, 13 times in July 2005. ...more

September 8, 2007