When a dark intruder smashed through his bedroom window and repeatedly bounced on his bed, Beat Ettlin at first was relieved to discover it was a kangaroo. ...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

Alone in his mobile home off a winding dirt road, Jimmy Tanks heard a commotion outside his bedroom window at 2:30 a.m.: Somebody was messing with his car. ...more

March 8, 2009

Alone in his mobile home off a winding dirt road, Jimmy Tanks heard a commotion at 2:30 a.m. just outside his bedroom window: Somebody was messing with his car. ...more

February 27, 2009

Unrequited love is generally portrayed in movies and songs as a harmless obsession. ...more

February 22, 2009

Deputies say a man gave a girl a CD containing photographs of him masturbating. ...more

February 16, 2009

Deputies say a man gave a girl a CD containing photographs of him masturbating. ...more

February 16, 2009

Deputy Jim Powers circled the house, banging on windows and doors. He was trying to determine if anyone was home after a neighbor called authorities to say the homeowner hadn't picked up his paper from the driveway recently. ...more

January 22, 2009

The family drama "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" depicts the Holocaust through the simplistic eyes of a child: all the brutality, all the absurdity, crystallized by the innocence of an 8-year-old boy. ...more

November 20, 2008

One of the suspects charged in the murder of Samuel Tiller may change his plea at a December hearing. ...more

November 14, 2008