The parents of a Tampa teenager who died in North Carolina during "Hell Week" plan to file a civil lawsuit against the Theta Chi fraternity, the students involved in the incident and Lenoir-Rhyne University, according to the family's attorneys. ...more

January 14, 2009

The evidence handling controversy involving the Highlands County Sheriff's Office just isn't going away. ...more

September 6, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist has asked state law enforcement officials to review a state attorney's investigation that cleared a St. Petersburg police officer in the shooting death of teenager Javon Dawson. ...more

August 14, 2008

About 25 protesters traveled from St. Petersburg this morning to rally in front of the Capitol and demand a new investigation into the shooting death of teenager Javon Dawson. ...more

August 13, 2008

David Stern was deep in the bowels of Staples Center, holding an impromptu press conference next to the loading dock when he should have been in a luxury suite upstairs getting ready to enjoy Game 3 of the NBA finals. ...more

July 11, 2008

SEBRING — Sun 'n Lake Golf & Country Club is selling $250 covered tables to watch its July 5 fireworks event, and it's sponsoring a July 26 golf tournament. Megan L. Klootwyk, director of membership and marketing, said the money will go to the Greater Sebring Chamber of Commerce. Robert and Heide Miller of Cherokee Janitorial Service in Avon Park are donating a percentage of its revenues to the Red Cross, the American Cancer Society and the Sebring chamber. And Shawn Marler of the Boy Scouts is planning a joint fundraiser with the chamber. "If there's ever been a time for community support, it's now," said Interim Chamber President Sarah Pallone. ...more

June 11, 2008

Nearly 60 House Democrats on Saturday urged the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel to examine whether top Bush administration officials may have committed crimes in authorizing the use of harsh interrogation tactics against suspected terrorists. ...more

June 8, 2008

Did I miss something here? Didn't Bill Belichick cheat? ...more

May 20, 2008

What's been heralded as a "showdown" - the appearance of baseball pitcher Roger Clemens before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today - is more likely to be a show. ...more

February 13, 2008

The Pakistani government on Saturday rejected foreign help in investigating the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, despite controversy over the circumstances of her death and three days of paralyzing turmoil. ...more

December 30, 2007