A hearing is scheduled in the murder case against Casey Anthony, the Florida mother charged with murdering her 2-year-old daughter. ...more

October 16, 2009

A CBS News employee has pleaded not guilty to trying to blackmail David Letterman for $2 million in a plot that spurred the TV host to acknowledge sexual relationships with female staffers on his show. ...more

October 2, 2009

The public will begin picking up the defense tab for Stephanie Ragusa, a former Hillsborough County middle school teacher accused of having sex with two students. Circuit Judge Wayne S. Timmerman granted a request today by Ragusa's attorney, Robert Herce, to have his client declared indigent. Prosecutors did not object. ...more

September 30, 2009

A man has pleaded guilty to smuggling songbirds into Los Angeles from Vietnam by hiding them under his pants. ...more

September 29, 2009

CHICAGO (AP) — Cell phone footage showing a group of teens viciously kicking and striking a 16-year-old honors student with splintered railroad ties has ramped up pressure on Chicago officials to address chronic violence that has led to dozens of deaths of city teens each year. ...more

September 28, 2009

Jury selection is under way in the first-degree murder trial of a man accused of plowing his truck through a Fourth of July gathering, killing a toddler and injuring another child. ...more

September 14, 2009

La Toya Jackson says her brother Michael looked "absolutely fabulous" when he was laid to rest last week. ...more

September 10, 2009

A Jacksonville baby sitter faces life in prison after being convicted of murdering a 2-year-old child by beating her with a flyswatter. ...more

September 4, 2009

A broker for a Tampa mortgage company has agreed to plead guilty to federal conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud for falsifying information on mortgage applications. Gilberto Jesus Lima, a licensed mortgage broker, worked for Mortgage Corporation of America when he was supposed to pair qualified borrowers with lenders, according to his plea agreement. For his work, he received a commission of 70 percent of fees, while his employer received 30 percent. ...more

August 12, 2009

Kiefer Sutherland's legal troubles for allegedly head-butting a fashion designer in a New York City nightclub are over. ...more

July 21, 2009