The next to the last chapter in a tragic story was completed Friday, when Joshua Lee Altersberger pleaded guilty to first degree murder in the death of State Trooper Nicholas Sottile. The story won't be complete, however, until a jury decides if the death penalty awaits Altersberger. ...more

March 15, 2009

They call themselves loan modification consultants, negotiators or specialists. Some are legitimate, but many are simple con artists looking for desperate marks facing foreclosure amid the wreckage of the nation's housing market. ...more

March 13, 2009

The lawyer for a Florida mother charged with murder over her missing daughter is seeking a court order for a mall surveillance video that may show the little girl alive last month. ...more

December 11, 2008

A federal judge has granted a motion by attorneys for John "Junior" Gotti to transfer his racketeering case to New York, saying allowing the case to proceed in Florida "stands athwart the manifest interests of justice." ...more

December 3, 2008

State prosecutors dropped charges today against a Valrico man accused of taking sexually explicit pictures of a teenage girl. The action clears the way for federal officials to pursue the case. ...more

November 24, 2008

Assailants threw two grenades into a crowd of Independence Day revelers, killing seven and injuring more than 100 in a brazen attack that escalates the war between Mexico's army and drug gangs. ...more

September 17, 2008

A Port Charlotte woman told deputies she saw the child about 5:45 p.m. Saturday at a McDonald's in Ruskin, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said today. ...more

August 6, 2008

ORLANDO - State prosecutors have filed formal charges against the 22-year-old mother of a missing central Florida girl, but not in the disappearance. ...more

August 5, 2008

The prime minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert, underwent a fourth round of police questioning Friday, part of an unfolding corruption inquiry that has eclipsed his political career. ...more

August 2, 2008

A University of Florida football player turned himself in Friday on charges he used the credit card of a woman who was killed along with another player in a motorcycle accident, his attorney said. ...more

May 9, 2008