SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — A California rancher who houses homeless people on his property chose to serve 90 days in jail rather than accept probation after being convicted of misdemeanor safety violations. ...more

November 23, 2009

"Suffer little children to come to me ..." So begins one of the most cited passages in the Bible. Yet, in cases involving the deaths of children in faith-healing families, the second half of Jesus's admonition from Luke 18:16 is at the heart of legal controversy: "... and forbid them not." ...more

November 22, 2009

A man on Pasco County's most-wanted list has been captured in Las Vegas and brought to Tampa to face federal charges that he tried to hire a hit man to kill a witness against him, a federal official said. ...more

November 19, 2009

Joe Harris Sullivan was 13 in 1989 when he committed the crime that would put him away for life without possibility of parole: He raped an elderly woman. He had committed 17 other crimes in the two years before the brutal attack and his trial as an adult. ...more

November 16, 2009

The attorney for the Colorado father who reported his son floated away in a helium balloon says his client and the boy's mother will both plead guilty to charges in the case. ...more

November 12, 2009

LARGO (AP) — A high school senior won't go to jail for borrowing his mother's car when he was 15 and causing a fatal accident. ...more

November 9, 2009

Former Avon Park police officer Alberto Perez pleaded guilty Monday morning to charges of extortion and official misconduct. ...more

November 9, 2009

Rihanna says dealing with the media attention after being assaulted in February by ex-boyfriend Chris Brown was humiliating. But she now hopes to speak for young women who are afraid to talk openly about domestic violence. ...more

November 3, 2009

Former middle school teacher and convicted sex offender Debra LaFave can again have unsupervised contact with children, a judge ruled Thursday. ...more

October 30, 2009

Former teacher and convicted sex offender Debra LaFave can again have unsupervised contact with children, a judge ruled this morning. ...more

October 29, 2009