People who live or work around felines might think Diane LaPierre is a little bit crazy. After all, who in their right mind would willingly trim any cat's claws? ...more

March 11, 2009

In the first year of his presidency George W. Bush was forced to confront the crisis of global terrorism. He responded by aggrandizing his power as president under the theory of a "unitary executive." The controversial and thoroughly repudiated policies that resulted, including warrantless surveillance of Americans' phone conversations, torture, and disregard for the basic constitutional rights of detainees, represented the most sweeping assertion of unchecked executive power in generations. ...more

January 3, 2009

When the first of many loud alarms sounded on the space shuttle Columbia, the seven astronauts had about a minute to live, though they didn't know it. ...more

December 31, 2008

A new NASA report says that the seat restraints, suits and helmets of the doomed crew of the space shuttle Columbia didn't work well, leading to "lethal trauma" as the out-of-control ship broke apart, killing all seven astronauts. ...more

December 30, 2008

A public defender and her husband were out of jail Tuesday on a $1,500 and $2,000 bond, respectively, after being arrested Saturday on drug charges. ...more

November 4, 2008

Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay is offering a reward of $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for breaking into a Port Richey home and killing an 82-year-old resident. ...more

September 3, 2008

A day after neighbors found an 82-year-old man dead and his wife left bound for about 10 hours inside their Timber Oaks home, most of the yellow crime scene tape was gone. ...more

August 30, 2008

A day after neighbors found an 82-year-old man dead and his wife left bound for about 10 hours inside their Timber Oaks home, deputies were investigating and trying to calm neighbors. ...more

August 29, 2008

For nearly 10 hours, a 79-year-old woman, bound by the intruder who killed her husband, waited to be discovered inside her Timber Oaks home. ...more

August 29, 2008

Pasco County Sheriff's Offices deputies are investigating a home invasion that resulted in a slaying at 10519 Quimby Drive. ...more

August 28, 2008